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find our houses easily. Of course, this is not something we do by
ourselves, but by Allah's inspiration."

"Do you have any brothers and sisters?" asked Ali.

"We rabbits reproduce very quickly," answered his friend. "Our
mothers are only pregnant for a short time, about 28-33 days.
They give birth to many babies at one time. For example, I have 15

brothers and sisters… The young stay with their
mother for about one month. And rabbits
have another characteristic: they can mate
3-4 days after they are born."

At that moment, Ali's father came and
joined in their conversation.

"Even I didn't know all this, little rab-
bit," he said: "May Allah reward
you well. How wonderfully He

has created the whole uni-
verse and everything and
every creature in it. In the
Qur'an our Almighty Lord

says:

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