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feed on the digested foods their

parents provide them.
The most important feature

of parrots is their ability to
imitate sounds. They can

pronounce words they hear
repeatedly. However, they don't

comprehend these words; they
only repeat the sounds they hear.

They can even imitate a doorbell or the
ringing of a telephone. Therefore, if you have a

parrot at home, you may frequently assume that the
102 doorbell is ringing.

If these bright coloured, talkative animals had not been created, we
could not even imagine that such a creature might exist. That is, we

wouldn't even be able to wish that such a colourful bird, which
imitates the way we talk, existed. We cannot conceive anything that

Allah has not taught us. Allah is the Originator of everything and He
creates everything uniquely. This fact is related in the Qur'an as

follows:

He is Allah – the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of
Form… (Surat al-Hashr: 24)

As is the case with parrots, Allah creates many beautiful things for
us. He shows us His miracles and signs everywhere at every moment.

In return for all these, Allah only wants us to recognise the infinite
beauties in His creation and be grateful to Him – to thank Him– and

to keep ourselves occupied with His remembrance.