Islam, Quran and Evolution

[Minimalist]

The koran is a pile of shit just like the bible and all other "holy" books.

I basically agree with you. I just wonder what Muhammad or the author meant with the "grow out of the earth like a plant/growth" if he isn't referring to evolution. And I think it's strange that the Quran doesn't contradict evolution explicitly like the Bible does.

First of all, the translation seems to depend on the translator.

http://web.quran360.com/site/compare/tr/59/ch/71/v/17

English: Wahiduddin Khan

how God has produced you from the earth and caused you to grow,

(71:17)

English: Yusuf Ali

"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),



English: Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

(71:17)

English: Muhammad Asad

"'And God has caused you to grow out of the earth in [gradual] growth; and thereafter He will return you to it [in death]:

(71:17)

English: Muhammad Sarwar

and the sun as a torch.

(71:17)

English: Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan

And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 29, Page 97].

This crap is a Rohrschact test. People look at it and see exactly what they want to see. Religion is the ultimate self-delusion.