It is interesting that some Muslim critics will attack this passage, for Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim confirms that Muhammad (pbuh) believed exactly the same story:
…“The Messenger of Allah said: “One of the Prophets made a holy war.”…
To modern and scientific people this test seems strange. However, to those who know the power of God and know that He is able to perform miracles there are no difficulties in this passage.…
One might as well ask for the scientific logic behind the following:
…The Prophet said “If a house-fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease.”
Critics have alleged that the Hebrew phrase “conceived seed” when used of women as in this verse indicates semen production. The word in question is “תזריע” ( tazria‛ ), which literally means “to make seed.”…
This is a simple misunderstanding related to translation. First, the locusts listed all have four normal legs plus two very different large hind legs used for jumping—in ancient times these must not have been counted among the walking legs, and thus they are described as “four-legged.”…
The Hebrew term ‛ôph (עוף) does mean ‘bird’ when it stands alone ; but when combined with שׁרץ (sherets) as one word it becomes שׁרץהעוף sherets’ha‛ôph which means ‘flying insect’ in Hebrew.…
This is simply a translation-based misunderstanding. The Hebrew expression גּרה עלה (‛âlâh gerah) was a term for the leisurely re-chewing practiced by cows, sheep, rabbits and rock badgers. Rabbits and hyraxes do in fact practice this leisurely re-chewing of previously chewed food, but instead of bringing it up from the stomach they pass droppings which they re-eat and chew in order to get at the remaining partially digested food.…
Interestingly, this story is found not only in the Bible but also in Sahih Bukhari:
…Narrated by Abu Huraira: Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion.
Genesis chapter six makes no mention of any ‘clean’ animals, while chapter seven specifically delineates between the clean and unclean animals.…
The critic should be reminded that the Qur’ān also teaches that every species was on board:
…“take thou on board pairs of every species, male and female, and thy family- except those of whom the Word has already gone forth: and address Me not in favor of the wrong-doers: for they shall be drowned (in the Flood).”