In the Quran, the cloud is between the earth and the sky; the interpreter of the Quran and the Bible Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly explained that the cloud separates the sky [gaseous layers] from the earth, as in the aya 2: 164, which means:
(And in the changing of winds,
and in the cloud [that God] has subjected between the sky and the earth,
[there] are signs to people who understand.)
The interpreter said "Here, God – be exalted – explained that the cloud is between the sky and the earth.
So, the position of the sky [gaseous layers] is from the cloud up, while the position of the air is from the cloud down.
Therefore, the wind belongs or is related to the earth but not to the sky."
http://www.quran-ayat.com/universe/index.htm#The_Gaseous_Heavens
quran-ayat.com/universe/index.htm#The_Gaseous_Heavens
However, someone asked me: "The cloud differs in height: some of it is low, and other clouds are high; so how can the cloud separate the earth from the sky or the gaseous layers?"
The answer:
The gaseous layers of the sky are 7 layers, which almost are the layers of the stratosphere [and above??].
At that altitude there is no wind and no cloud; therefore the airplanes prefer to fly above the cloud in the stratosphere, where there are no aerobic pitfalls because these layers are steady: no winds and no clouds and no rain there.
While the wind moves the cloud and the rain comes down in the troposphere below the stratosphere; here also the birds fly in the air or the lower atmosphere.
God - be glorified - said in the Quran 16: 79, which means:
(Have the [people of Mecca] not regarded the birds [which bombarded with stones the host of the elephant] obedient in the atmosphere of the sky; none withholds them [from bombarding them with stones] save God; surely this [bombarding of the host of the elephant] includes signs for a people who believe [in its occurring.])
http://quran-ayat.com/pret/16.htm#a16_79
quran-ayat.com/pret/16.htm#a16_79
(And in the changing of winds,
and in the cloud [that God] has subjected between the sky and the earth,
[there] are signs to people who understand.)
The interpreter said "Here, God – be exalted – explained that the cloud is between the sky and the earth.
So, the position of the sky [gaseous layers] is from the cloud up, while the position of the air is from the cloud down.
Therefore, the wind belongs or is related to the earth but not to the sky."
http://www.quran-ayat.com/universe/index.htm#The_Gaseous_Heavens
quran-ayat.com/universe/index.htm#The_Gaseous_Heavens
However, someone asked me: "The cloud differs in height: some of it is low, and other clouds are high; so how can the cloud separate the earth from the sky or the gaseous layers?"
The answer:
The gaseous layers of the sky are 7 layers, which almost are the layers of the stratosphere [and above??].
At that altitude there is no wind and no cloud; therefore the airplanes prefer to fly above the cloud in the stratosphere, where there are no aerobic pitfalls because these layers are steady: no winds and no clouds and no rain there.
While the wind moves the cloud and the rain comes down in the troposphere below the stratosphere; here also the birds fly in the air or the lower atmosphere.
God - be glorified - said in the Quran 16: 79, which means:
(Have the [people of Mecca] not regarded the birds [which bombarded with stones the host of the elephant] obedient in the atmosphere of the sky; none withholds them [from bombarding them with stones] save God; surely this [bombarding of the host of the elephant] includes signs for a people who believe [in its occurring.])
http://quran-ayat.com/pret/16.htm#a16_79
quran-ayat.com/pret/16.htm#a16_79
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