the Quran says that the sun sets in a pool of muddy water in the west (18.86),35 and it assumes stars are the same thing as meteorites (67.5). In the hadith, apart from what we have already seen, Muhammad teaches that flies carry diseases on one wing and antidotes on the other,36 that cumin heals all diseases,37 and that camel urine cures stomach aches.38 These are but a few examples of many of Muhammad’s scientific inaccuracies.
