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God said, “I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth.”
Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth.
God said, “Now we will make humans, and they will be like us. We will let them rule the fish, the birds, and all other living creatures.”
And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes, including animals, both wild and tame, and birds. And so it was.
So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.
and he said, “I'm going to destroy every person on earth! I'll even wipe out animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them.”
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth.
They took along every kind of animal, tame and wild, including the birds.
Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth.”
All animals, birds, reptiles, and fish will be afraid of you. I have placed them under your control,
This includes the birds and the animals that came out of the boat.
And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.
The top basket was full of all kinds of baked things for the king, but birds were eating them.”
Give both birds to the priest, who will offer one as a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness. He will wring its neck without tearing off its head,
I have given these laws so that you will know what animals, birds, and fish are clean and may be eaten, and which ones are unclean and may not be eaten.
he will order someone to bring out two live birds that are acceptable for sacrifice, together with a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, and a branch from a hyssop plant.
The priest will order someone to kill one of the birds over a clay pot of spring water.
And he will pour the rest of the oil from his palm on your head. Then, depending on what you can afford, he will offer either the doves or the pigeons together with the grain sacrifice. One of the birds is the sacrifice for sin, and the other is the sacrifice to please me. After this you will be completely clean.
Then, to show that the house is now clean, he will get two birds, a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, and a branch from a hyssop plant and bring them to the house.
He will kill one of the birds over a clay pot of spring water
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Behold! Abraham said: ''My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead.'' He said: ''Do you not then believe?'' He said: ''Yes! but to satisfy my own understanding.'' He said: ''Take four birds; tame them to turn to you; put a portion of them on every hill, and call to them: they will come to you (flying) with speed. Then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.''
Now with him there came into the prison two young men, said one of them: ''I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine.'' Said the other: ''I see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating thereof. ''Tell us'' (they said) ''the truth and meaning thereof: for we see you are one that does good (to all).''
''O my two companions of the prison! As to one of you, he will pour out the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hang from the cross, and the birds will eat from off his head. (So) has been decreed that matter whereof you twain do enquire''...
Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air and) the sky? Nothing holds them up but (the power of) Allah. Verily in this are Signs for those who believe.
To Solomon We inspired the (right) understanding of the matter: to each (of them) We gave Judgment and Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was We Who did (all this things).
Being true in faith to Allah, and never assigning partners to Him: if anyone assigns partners to Allah, he is as if he had fallen from heaven and been snatched up by birds, or the wind had swooped (like a bird on its prey), and thrown him into a far-distant place.
Don't you see that it is Allah Whose praises all things in the heavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with wings outspread? Each one knows its own (mode of) prayer and praise. And Allah knows well all that they do.
And Solomon was David's heir. He said: ''O you people! we have been taught the speech of Birds, and on us has been bestowed (a little) of all things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from Allah.)''
And before Solomon were marshalled his hosts, - of Jinns and men and birds, and they were all kept in order and ranks.
And he took a muster of the Birds; and he said: ''Why is it I do not see the Hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees?
We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from Ourselves: ''O you Mountains! you sing back the Praises of Allah with him! and you birds (also)! And We made the iron soft for him; -
And the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him turned (to Allah).
Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in? None can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious: truly it is He that watches over all things.
And He sent against them flights of Birds,
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