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46 Allah's Artistry In Colour

er. There is certainly a higher will and power that has perfectly placed this
harmony in living beings and the habitats in which they live. The owner of
this power encompasses both the surroundings and the living being itself
and the systems it uses with a higher knowledge. The owner of this power is
Allah, Lord of the worlds.
When we examine living beings, we see how skilfully they employ the
language of colours. Here are some examples of the language of colours,
which has such an important place in the life of living beings:
Camouflage
Camouflage is one of the most effective defence tactics that animals use.
Self-camouflaging animals are under some kind of protection because of
their body structures, which are created in great harmony with their habitats.
The bodies of these animals are so harmonious with their environments that
when you look at their pictures, it is al-
most impossible to tell if they are plants
or animals, or to distinguish an animal
and a plant present in the same environ- The seven heavens
and the earth and
ment from each other.
everyone in them
The living creatures that adapt
glorify Him. There is
their colourings according to the envi-
nothing which does
ronments in which they live have al-
not glorify Him with
ways attracted the attention of scientists.
praise but you do
Research focuses on finding an answer
not understand their
to the question of how a living creature glorification. He is
can look exactly the same as a creature All-Forbearing,
that is of a completely different struc- Ever-Forgiving.
ture. (Surat al-Isra': 44)
Have you ever thought, for in-
stance, how a frog, which, while walking
in the garden, you took for a leaf, and then at the last moment skipped a step
and avoided stepping on it, has it come to possess these patterns and colour?
Camouflage is a very important defence mechanism for a frog. The frog that
is unnoticed in its environment easily loses its enemies.
While a pink spider on a pink flower can successfully take on the
flower's different shades of pinks of, another member of the same spider