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If you object, “We declared him a god on the strength of Matthew’s words in his Gospel: ‘The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will gather all the kings and cast them into the furnace of fire’ (1),”

the reply is: This passage is no different from the one discussed previously. It does not mean that the Messiah is the Lord of lords, nor that he created the angels. Far be it from Allah that anyone should call him the Lord of the angels; such a claim is among the most blatant lies and fabrications (2). On the contrary, the Lord of the angels instructed the angels to guard, support (3), and aid the Messiah. Luke the prophet testifies in their scripture: “God commands (4) His angels concerning you, that they may guard you” (5); and again, Luke affirms: “God sent an angel to him from heaven to strengthen him” (6).

This is what the scriptures expressly state, yet those who lie against Allah and against His Messiah have distorted the text, attributing to the prophets the claim that he is the Lord of the angels. Since the Gospel itself, together with the unanimous testimony of the prophets and messengers, affirms that God commands His angels with regard to the Messiah—to protect him—it is clear that both the angels and the Messiah are servants (8) of Allah, carrying out His command, and that none of them are lords or gods.