AFFIRMATION OF PROPHETHOOD

Affirmation of Prophethood ~ 251 ~ The birds have no such source of knowledge or means of communicating experience. They do not exchange ideas in the way that men do. No bird can collect and write down its experiences in book form for the future guidance of its successors. In spite of this, these birds manage to travel enormous distances, just like human beings, but with much greater accuracy and economy of effort. They move from one place to another with the precision of a rocket going into space by means of radio control. The map on this page shows the intercontinental journeys of the birds from the colder Russian and European countries to the hotter regions of Africa and Asia. During this long journey, they cross the Caspian, the Black sea and the Mediterranean— three seas no less. Far from flying in just any direction in an unaware, haphazard fashion, they unerringly follow the shortest route over the sea. In so doing, they can spend as little time as possible above water, where they can not alight periodically for food and rest. Have a look at this map from right to left. The first flock of birds from Europe arrives at the Caspian, makes a detour around it, splitting into two groups, one of which goes via the