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to life, by Allah’s permission. I will tell you what he had fallen from the sky and the birds had
you eat and what you store up in your homes. seized him and carried him away or the wind
There is a Sign for you in that if you are believers. had dropped him in a distant place. (22:31)
(3:48-49) Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and
Remember when Allah said, ‘‘Isa, son of earth glorifies Allah, as do the birds with their
Maryam, remember My blessing to you and to outspread wings? Each one knows its prayer and
your mother when I reinforced you with the glorification. Allah knows what they do. (24:41)
Purest Spirit so that you could speak to people in Sulayman was Dawud’s heir. He said, ‘Mankind!
the cradle and when you were fully grown; and We have been taught the speech of birds and we
when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and have been given everything. This is indeed clear
the Torah and the Gospel; and when you created favour.’ (27:16)
a bird-shape out of clay by My permission, and Sulayman’s troops, made up of jinn and men and
then breathed into it and it became a bird by My birds, were assembled for him, paraded in tight
permission; and healed the blind and the leper ranks. (27:17)
by My permission; and when you brought forth He (Sulayman) inspected the birds and said,
the dead by My permission; and when I held ‘How is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Or is it
back the tribe of Israel from you, when you absent without leave?’ (27:20)
brought them the Clear Signs and those of them We gave Dawud great favour from Us: ‘O moun-
who disbelieved said, "This is nothing but down- tains and birds! Echo with him in his praise!’ And
right magic";’ (5:110) We made iron malleable for him. (34:10)
There is no creature crawling on the earth or fly- And also the birds, flocking together, all of them
ing creature, flying on its wings, who are not turned to Him. (38:19)
communities just like yourselves–We have not Have they not looked at the birds above them,
omitted anything from the Book–then they will with wings outspread and folded back? Nothing
be gathered to their Lord. (6:38) holds them up but the All-Merciful. He sees all
Two servants entered prison along with him things. (67:19)
(Yusuf). One said, ‘I dreamt that I was pressing Did He not bring all their schemes to nothing,
grapes.’ The other said, ‘I dreamt I carried bread unleashing upon them flock after flock of birds,
upon my head and birds were eating it. Tell us bombarding them with stones of hard-baked
the true meaning of these dreams. We see that clay, making them like stripped wheat-stalks
you’re one of the righteous.’ (12:36) eaten bare? (105:2-5)
(Yusuf said,) ‘My fellow-captives, one of you will
serve his lord with wine, the other of you will be BLAME
crucified and birds will eat his head. The thing You who believe! If any of you renounce your re-
you asked about is foreordained.’ (12:41) ligion, Allah will bring forward a people whom
Do they not see the birds suspended in mid-air He loves and who love Him, humble to the be-
up in the sky? Nothing holds them there except lievers, fierce to the disbelievers, who strive in
Allah. There are certainly Signs in that for people the Way of Allah and do not fear the blame of
who believe. (16:79) any censurer. That is the unbounded favour of
We gave Sulayman understanding of it. We gave Allah which He gives to whoever He wills. Allah
each of them judgement and knowledge. We is Boundless, All-Knowing. (5:54)
subjected the mountains to Dawud, glorifying, She said, ‘You see! It’s him you blamed me for. I
and the birds as well. This is something We are tried seducing him but he refused. If he (Yusuf)
well able to do. (21:79) does not do what I order him, he will be put in
Be people of pure natural belief in Allah, not as- prison and brought low.’ (12:32)
sociating anything else with Him. As for anyone He said, ‘No blame at all will fall on you. Today
who associates others with Allah, it is as though you have forgiveness from Allah. He is the Most
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