Homosexual acts are condemned as unnatural. (Will ye commit abomination such as no
creature ever did before you?) But, in fact, such acts are common in many other species.
7:80-81
Crucifixion is a Roman punishment, unknown in Egypt at the time this story supposedly
occurred. 7:124
Joseph saw in a dream eleven planets. Does this mean that according to the
Quran there are eleven planets in our solar system? 12:4
The sun rises and sets at particular places on a flat earth. At the westernmost point on earth, the
sun sets in a muddy spring. 18:86, 90
Most scholars consider Dhu'l-Qarneyn ("The Two-Horned Lord") to be Alexander the Great, who is here presented as a devout
Muslim. 18:83-98
The Pharaoh threatens to crucify Hebrews on palm tress. (But crucifixion was a
Roman form of punishment that was unknown at the time.) 20:71
Allah created all animals. Some with no legs, some with two, and some with
four. (Most animals have six legs. Did Allah forget about the insects?) 24:45
"The sun runneth on unto a resting-place for him." 36:38
"We decked the nether heaven with lamps.">
Allah put "lamps" in the lower heaven to serve as lights. These are the stars that we see in the sky
at night. 41:12
"Who hath created seven heavens ... Canst thou see any rifts?"
Allah asks Muhammed to examine the sky to see if it has any cracks. 67:3
Allah made the stars as missiles to throw at devils. 67:5
At the end of the world the earth with the mountains will be lifted
up and crushed with one crash. 69:14
"And hath made the moon a light"
This verse implies that the moon produces its own light, rather than reflecting light from the sun.
71:16
Science and History in the Quran
