“Moses did not know that he was an angel sent by Allah; rather, he thought he was a man who had come intending to kill him, so he defended himself against him, and in the course of doing so put out his eye.”

Although the full account—as I have already explained—clearly indicates this, it is further confirmed by the statement at the beginning of the hadith: “The Angel of Death used to come to people openly,” that is, in human form. The putting out of his eye and its restoration to him likewise reinforce this.

I say: Despite all this, the man arrogantly dismissed the scholars of the Ummah with nothing but words that any falsifier steeped in misguidance could utter:

“We say: All this defense carries little weight; it is a feeble defense that cannot be accepted!”

Part of the man’s misguidance and ignorance is his statement (p. 27):

“Moreover, are angels subject to the physical afflictions that affect human beings, such as blindness or the loss of one eye?! That is far-fetched!”

I say: This itself is evidence against you and demonstrates your lack of understanding. For what you deem far-fetched is precisely what led the scholars, in their defense, to say that Moses did not know that he was an angel. Is it not yet time for you to understand?!

He then concluded his misguidance concerning this hadith and his attack upon it by saying:

“A hidden defect in the text is perceived by critical scholars and escapes those with superficial thinking!”

What a deluded man, destroyed by self-admiration! He has made himself one of the critical scholars, while the scholars of the Ummah are “those with superficial thinking”! The truth is that he himself is the defect, because of his ignorance and lack of understanding—unless there is something in him worse than that, of the kind to which the disbelievers alluded while they are being punished in the Fire: “If only we had