You will see the mountains and reckon them to be solid; but they
go past like clouds-the handiwork of Allah Who gives to
everything its solidity. He is aware of what you do. (Qur'an,
27:88) The above verse emphasises that the Earth not only
rotates but that it also has a direction of rotation. The
direction of movement of the main cloud masses at 3,500-4,000
metres high is always from West to East. That is why it is
generally the state of the weather in the West which is looked
at in meteorological forecasts.18 If only they had believed and
had fear [and awareness of Allah]! A reward from Allah is
better, if they only knew. Do you not know that Allah is He to
Whom the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs and that,
besides Allah, you have no protector and no helper? The main
reason why cloud masses are pulled from West to East is the
direction in which the Earth rotates. As we now know, our Earth
spins from West to East. This scientific fact, only recently
established by science, was revealed 1,400 yea