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With its blue head and neck, the peacock also has gilded

green feathers on its tail. These beautiful feathers, called "the
peacock’s train", have round tips with small spots.

However, you cannot always witness this magnificent sight.
You have to wait for the peacock's breeding season. The male

peacock only opens his tail like a fan and displays its beauty
in order to attract the female peacock's attention.

Here, we need to ponder over the following: How can a male
peacock, who is unable to see himself, be so sure that he will

look beautiful and attractive when he displays his tail?
Someone must have taught him this; is that right? No doubt,

our Lord, Who has created such beauty, has also inspired the
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peacock on how to use it.

Could such a perfect appearance come into existence by the
effort of the peacock himself? Or, could this awe-inspiring

colour harmony occur by coincidence? Surely, that is unlikely.
Would you believe a friend of yours who tells you that the

picture hanging in your room was painted spontaneously, by
the accidental splashing of paints? You would certainly not

believe him! Therefore, the peacock's tail, incomparably more
beautiful than any painting, could not have come into

existence by accident. There is no one who would not be
astonished by the harmony of colours in a peacock's tail since

the One Who creates this perfection is Allah.