Orbits and the Rotating Universe

One of the most important causes of the great balance in the universe is unquestionably that the heavenly bodies follow certain orbits or 'spheres'. Though unknown until recently, these orbits are emphasized in the Qur'an:

It is He Who created night and day and the sun and moon, each one swimming in an orbit. (Qur'an, 21:33)

Stars, planets and satellites revolve both around their own axes and within the systems to which they belong, and the larger universe works in a subtle order just like the gears of a machine.

The orbits in the universe are not confined to the motions of certain celestial bodies. Our solar system and the galaxies have a great activity around other centers as well. Each year, the Earth and the Solar system move 311 million miles away from their location of the previous year. It has been computed that even a minor deviation of the celestial bodies from their orbits would lead to results that would turn the system upside down. For instance, let us look at what a 0.118 inches deviation above or below the normal in the world's orbit would cause:

"While rotating around the sun, the earth follows such an orbit that, every 18 miles, it only deviates 2.8 millimeters from a direct course. The orbit followed by the earth never changes, because even a deviation of 3 millimeters would cause catastrophic disasters: if the deviation were 2.5 mm instead of 2.8 mm, then the orbit would be very large, and all of us would freeze. If the deviation were 3.1 mm, we would be scorched to death." (Bilim ve Teknik [Science and Technology], July 1983)