" Have those who disbelieved not considered that....We made from water every living thing. Then will they not believe?" (al-Anbiyah: 21:30)
"Allaah has created every living creature from water...."(an-Nur:24: - )
"And it is He who created from water.....and ever is our Lord competent concerning creation"(al-Furqaan:25: - )
these verses are especially remarkable, as these were revealed withing an Arabian peninsular, full of sand, and only sand, where water was little, and scarce. Muhammad was ridiculed for these verses, seen as a mad man, for thinking sand as everything else, was made from water. we now know this to be true.
"We have sent down our messengers with clear evidences......and We sent down iron, wherin is great military might and benifit for the people...." (al Hadeed:57)
the quraan uses the word ''anjalna'' (We sent down), stating it was a thing sent down from the heavens to earth. Geologists now agree that all of the energy from our solar system is not sufficient to produce one atom of iron. additionally they state, that 4x more energy as that of the solar system would be required to make one atom of iron on the earths surface. they conclude: iron is an extraterrestrial material sent down from outside our solar system.
"Have those who disbelieve not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, then, We separated them?" (al-Anbiya21:30)
the Quraan uses 2 specific words, ''fataqa'' - the process of breaking and separating of elements, and ''ratq'' - a fusion or binding together of elements into a homogeneous mass. the verse reveals the heavens and earth were once joined together, then separated, the 'big bang theory' holds that 20 million yrs ago the universe began with the expansion of a single extremely condensed state of matter. the nobel prize for science in '77 was awarded for this 'discovery', yet it was stated to the Muslims centuries ago.
"And the Heaven, We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are its expander."(adh-Dhariyat 51:47)
it was only after the development of the radio telescope in'37 that the expansion ofth universe was observed and established.
"Have We not made the earth as a bed, and the mountains as pegs?" (78: 6-7)
Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep roots under the surface of the ground an that these roots can reach several times their elevations above the surface of the ground. So the most suitable word to describe the mountains on the basis of this information is the word 'peg', since most of a properly set peg is hidden under the surface of the ground. This idea was introduced only in 1865 by the Astronomer Royal, Sir George Airy.
mountains also play a key part in stabilizing the crust of the earth, they hinder the earth from shaking:
"And He has set firm mountains in the earth so that it would not shake with you..."(16:15)likewise, the modern theory of plate tectonics hold that mountains work as stabilizers for the earth, this kind of knowledge began to be understood in the west since the late 1960's.
there are soooo many more, i put these as they are pretty 'self-evident', but i will list more, without explaining why they are significant or when western sciences caught up with the discoveries by the help of who, when, wha and where. but if any sound interesting, or curious, then ask me, and ill explain.
the quraan on human embryonic development
'' on the cerebrum,
the quraan on the mixing of sea and river waters
the partition between waters
the quraan on deep seas and internal waves
the quraan on clouds
the covering of an embryo by three daknesses
the preservation of Pharaohs body!!
the beginning of the universe from a gaseous mass or ''smoke''
the sun is not stationary
the shape of the earth
the presence of subatomic particles
the exsistance of gender in plants
the source of honey
the process of fertilization by the wind
and more, like prophesy's and the stories of previous nations.