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Some have also said that the Kursī is the Throne, but the majority hold that they are two distinct things.
As for Moses, all Muslims—both Ahl al-Sunnah and the adherents of religious innovation—agree that Allah spoke to him without an intermediary. No Muslim has said that there was an intermediary between Moses and Allah when He spoke to him: neither Ahl al-Sunnah, nor the Jahmiyyah, nor the Muʿtazilah, nor the Kullābiyyah, nor anyone else. They do, however, disagree over other aspects of this matter.
What Moses saw was fire, as the Quran explicitly states. It was also light, as stated in the hadith; and fire is light. Allah knows best.
وَقَدْ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ:
إنَّ
" الْكُرْسِيَّ "
هُوَ الْعَرْشُ؛ لَكِنْ الْأَكْثَرُونَ عَلَى أَنَّهُمَا شَيْئَانِ. وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَلَّمَهُ بِلَا وَاسِطَةٍ بِاتِّفَاقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ؛ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَأَهْلِ الْبِدْعَةِ لَمْ يَقُلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنَّ مُوسَى كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَاسِطَةٌ فِي التَّكْلِيمِ لَا أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ وَلَا الْجَهْمِيَّة وَلَا مِنْ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ وَلَا الْكُلَّابِيَة وَلَا غَيْرِهِمْ. وَلَكِنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ نِزَاعٌ فِي غَيْرِ هَذَا. وَاَلَّذِي رَآهُ مُوسَى كَانَ نَارًا بِنَصِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَهُوَ أَيْضًا
" نُورٌ "
كَمَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَ
" النَّارُ "
هِيَ نُورٌ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.