he is to be told that among the merits the scholars have listed for the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is that he was taken up to heaven, then returned and by morning was like someone who had spent the night at home. He had not undergone the change experienced by Moses, peace be upon him, when Allah spoke to him, for Moses used to veil his face. Likewise, when the Prophet came out to lead them in the dawn prayer in Medina and told them what he had seen, no one reported that his form had changed to become the most beautiful of forms. The most that some versions report is that he came out in good spirits, his complexion radiant. It is well known that this does not constitute the most beautiful form.

Sixth, if it is said that this enhancement of his form remained with him, that is plainly false, for his appearance underwent no extraordinary change. If it is said that it was present during the vision and disappeared when the vision ended, then it is well known that, for someone who is further honoured through the beautification of his form, if people do not see him in that fine, beautified form, he himself otherwise derives no