The Qur'an is not the word of God, it contains too many scientific mistakes.

I take the position that this holy book is the word of God, and it does not contain mistakes. For the first example, note the use of the tranlated word "smoke." Zaghlool El-Naggar, an Earth Sciences professor explains: This elementary body was in a state of density and heat that the human mind can hardly imagine and where there is no place for the laws of physics. This elementary body exploded, by Allah's command, in what is called in the Qur'an Al-Fatq, which refers to the phase when the Earth and heavens exploded after being a one solid mass, and by scientists as the Big Bang. Thus, the Qur'an is the first to mention this great cosmic event exceeding any human knowledge; Almighty Allah says: [And have not the ones who disbelieved seen that the heavens and the Earth were an integrated (mass), then We unseamed them, and of water We have made every living thing? Would they then not believe?] (Al-Anbiyaa' 21:30) When an elementary body with these characteristics explodes, it turns into a cloud of smoke from which the Earth and all the celestial bodies were created. Again, the Qur'an exceeds all the human knowledge when it mentions the phase of "smoke" before 1,400 years, as follows: [Say (O Muhammad), "Is it true that, indeed, you surely disbelieve in (The One) Who created the Earth in two days, and do you set up compeers to Him?" That is The Lord of the worlds. And He made therein anchorages (i.e. mountains) from above it, and He blessed it and determined therein its nourishments in four days, equal (i.e. all these four days were equal in the length of time) to the questioners (about its creation). Thereafter, He leveled Himself to the heaven (while) it was smoke, then said to it and to the Earth, "Come up (you two) willingly or unwillingly!" They (both) said, "We come up willingly." So He decreed them as seven heavens in two days, and He revealed in every heaven its Command. And We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and (set Angels) preserving them. That is the determining of the Ever-Mighty, the Ever-Knowing.] (Fussilat 41:9-12) http://webcache.googleusercontent.com... You put an emphasis on the number of days. You did acknolowdge periods of times, but I still want clarify this portion. Days in this context does not neccesarily mean days as we know it (24 hours). Remember that "days" is a translated word. The exact length of creation is not known to us. As for the order you mentioned, I don't understand how you got that interpretation. I'll quote Nabil Haroun: "It is noteworthy also that, in the Qur’an, whenever the earth and the heavens are mentioned in conjunction, the word heavens precedes the word earth, the same as the order of creation. This consistently occurs in 187 verses. In two exceptional cases the word heavens is preceded by the word earth, but that was entailed by the context. This is again in accordance with the Qur’anic concept of the creation and with modern science."http://www.onislam.net...__________________________________________________________________________________________________Let us now look at the second example you mentioned. *{And of everything We have created pairs, that you may remember (the Grace of Allah).}* (Adh-Dhariyat 51:49)Note the translated word "everything." This does not just apply to biology but to everything. One should also note the translated world "pairs." This is not just male and female pairs. This can be seen much more broadly. Sabah E. Karam explains: "The word 'zawgyne' is consistently translated into the English language as 'pairs.' In scientific literature its meaning is extended to incorporate such concepts as 'duality", 'complementarity', 'opposites', 'inverses' and several other concepts reflecting conjugate and/or reciprocal properties."http://www.onislam.net...Let us take a look at examples. There is night and day, celestial bodies and black holes, neutral neutrons and antineutrons, particles and antipariticles. The list goes on and on. Nabil Haroun says "Millions of animal species discovered, classified and investigated only during the last two centuries, were found to be invariably in 'pairs,' male and female. Electron microscopy has clarified that all living creatures, however minute, are in pairs. The smallest microbes, viruses, and bacteria have their counterpart antibodies."http://www.onislam.net...__________________________________________________________________________You got cut off at the end. "These two are just small examples of the scientific nature of the Qur'an that Muslim..." That what? I would like clarification.