The diagram to the side shows the formation of air currents and
winds on the Earth. … and [in His] directing of the winds, there
are Signs for people who use their intellect. (Qur'an, 45:5)
Wind is a movement of air which forms between two different
temperature centres. Due to the different pressures caused by
different temperatures in the atmosphere, air constantly flows
from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. If
differences between pressure centres, in other words,
temperatures in the atmosphere, are large, the flow of air, in
other words, the wind, is very strong, so strong in fact that
tornadoes which can inflict terrible damage can be formed. What
is astonishing here is that, despite there being belts of very
different temperatures and pressures, such as the equator and
the poles, thanks to the order in Allah's creation, our Earth is
not exposed to disastrously fierce winds. Were the force of the
winds that would otherwise blow between the poles and the
equator not tempered, the Earth would