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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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