Islam, Quran and Evolution

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Hi guys,
I wanted to know your thoughts about the Quran and its combatibility with evolution. I really think this a strange topic because there are Muslims like Zakir Naik who are totally against evolution or Harun Yahya who is convinced that the Quran refutes and contradicts evolution. But on the other hand there are people who think that in the Quran there are hints to evolution which could not be known to Muhammad and are therefore proof of the Quran's divine origin, for example like these two:
"And Allah hath caused you to grow as a plant from the earth" (71:17)
and
"He is the One who perfected everything He created, and started the creation of the human from clay. Then He continued his reproduction through a certain lowly liquid." (32:7-8)
I think that the second is rather stupid because he probably just meant that Adam, the "first human" was created from clay and nothing else. But I don't really know what the first one is supposed to mean.
What do you think about all this? I really do not want to believe that the Quran is the word of god because there are so many horrable and inhuman things in it.
I would be glad for any opinions.

Dr. Zakir Naik's argument is that the theory of evolution is a THEORY. Not Fact. He said in a speech: "Have you heard about the FACT of evolution? NO it's the THEORY of evolution. Why THEORY? Because there's no proof."

The idiotic argument of Dr. Zakir Naik is that, eventhough human ancestors like homo abilis and homo erectus were discovered, there's nothing in between. And when something in between them is discovered he says there's nothing in between them and what was recently discovered. So it's just dishonest behavior, don't get fooled by that.