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86 Allah's Artistry In Colour

iest way possible. Humans cannot see in water as well as do fish, because the
human eye does not have the features that would allow it to attain sharp eye-
sight underwater. The human eye does not have a lens system such as that of
the fish, and is not spherical and hard like that of a fish, so it does not have
as sharp sight underwater as the fish. It cannot allow as precisely as fish do
for foreshortening of distances in the water due to refraction, as it cannot es-
timate the refraction of light in water.
Allah has created every living being with the most suitable characteris-
tics for the environment it inhabits. Creatures living under the sea constitute
only a small part of the examples of Allah's artistry in creation. Allah has no
partner in creation and everything is under His control.
There is no other god besides Allah. Allah – He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.
(Surah Al 'Imran: 62)

Design of Colours in Plants
If one does not reflect, one cannot see the miraculous characteristics of
the living beings around one. So long as one does not think about how a but-
terfly with its membranous wings flies, how the flowers one sees have such
diversity of colour, how the top branches of hun-
dreds of metres tall trees remain
green, one cannot grasp the
subtleties of these. Even
the extraordinary
artistry in a flower
may not capture
one's attention.
As we exam-
ined throughout this
book, however,
perfect artistry
is clearly dis-
played in all living be-
ings from insects to
birds, from plants to sea
creatures. Certainly this