The second and third abominable matters mentioned by the aforementioned man are his claim that the stories of Musa's stick and the People of the Cave are legends introduced to the Qur'an by the Messenger (peace be upon him). According to this claim, the Prophet (peace be upon him) was a simple person who used to travel through the Arabian desert and listen to the common myths at the time, including the two stories mentioned above.
Indeed, this heinous inexpressible claim is extremely disgusting. It is blatant disbelief and major apostasy from Islam. We explained this and stated the Ijma` (consensus) of scholars on the disbelief of anyone who advocates such statements. However, we have to state this malicious misconception in order to remove and refute it. He claimed that those two stories were unbelievable on the grounds that the stick was inanimate and the people of the cave stayed asleep for a very long time. However, this claim is null and void from many perspectives as follows:
First, reason has nothing to do with these extraordinary events. The people of true reason should believe in what Allah and His Messenger told them, not deny any of them or believe in some and disbelieve the others. No one should allow mind to be a criterion to believe partly in the revelation.
O you who believe! Believe in Allâh, and His Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ), and the Book (the Qur'ân) which He has sent down to His Messenger, and the Scripture which He sent down to those before (him)
Therefore, believe in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) and in the Light (this Qur'ân) which We have sent down. And Allâh is AllAware of what you do.
[Say (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) to these idolaters (pagan Arabs) of your folk:] Follow what has been sent down unto you from your Lord (the Qur'ân and Prophet Muhammad's Sunnah), and follow not any Auliyâ' (protectors and helpers who order you to associate partners in worship with Allâh), besides Him (Allâh). Little do you remember!
The Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allâh, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say), "We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers" and they say, "We hear, and we obey. (We seek) Your Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return (of all)."
AlifLâmMîm. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân and none but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings.] This is the Book (the Qur'ân), whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who are AlMuttaqûn [the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism who fear Allâh much (abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden) and love Allâh much (perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)].
in the Ghaib and perform AsSalât (IqâmatasSalât), and spend out of what We have provided for them [i.e. give Zakât , spend on themselves, their parents, their children, their wives, etc., and also give charity to the poor and also in Allâh's Cause Jihâd].
who believe in (the Qur'ân and the Sunnah ) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) and in that which was sent down before you [the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.] and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell). They are on (true) guidance from their Lord, and they are the successful.
Verily, those who disbelieve in Allâh and His Messengers and wish to make distinction between Allâh and His Messengers (by believing in Allâh and disbelieving in His Messengers) saying, "We believe in some but reject others," and wish to adopt a way in between. They are in truth disbelievers. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating torment.
Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment. And Allâh is not unaware of what you do.
Second, Allah (glory be to Him) is the Most Truthful and the AllKnower. He knows all that had been and all that will be, and His book is the best word and narrative. Allah secured the preservation of His Book, the Qur'an.
Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it
Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Surely, He will gather you together on the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubt. And who is truer in statement than Allâh?
and whose words can be truer than those of Allâh? (Of course, none).
Allâh has sent down the Best Statement, a Book (this Qur'ân), its parts resembling each other (in goodness and truth)
We relate unto you (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ ﺳﻠﻢ) the best of stories through Our Revelations unto you, of this Qur'ân.
Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'ân) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption).
it is an honourable wellfortified respected Book (because it is Allâh's Speech, and He has protected it from corruption). Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it: (it is) sent down by the AllWise, Worthy of all praise (Allâh ﻋﺰ ﻭﺟـﻞ).
Verily, Allâh is the AllKnower of everything.
that you may know that Allâh has power over all things, and that Allâh surrounds all things in (His) Knowledge.
In the light of the Ayahs mentioned above, how can a person allow himself to appoint his mind as a judge on the Qur'an so that he may accept what complies with his fancy and denies what does not? The Prophet (peace be upon him) never tells lies. He is the most knowledgeable and mindperfected person, according to the Qur'an, Sunnah and consensus of scholars.
O Prophet (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ)! Verily, We have sent you as witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner, And as one who invites to Allâh [Islâmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none but Allâh (Alone)] by His Leave, and as a lamp spreading light (through your instructions from the Qur'ân and the Sunnah the legal ways of the Prophet ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳـﻠﻢ).
And Verily, you (O Muhammad ﺻـﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴـﻪ ﻭﺳـﻠﻢ) are on an exalted (standard of) character.
By the star when it goes down (or vanishes). Your companion (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) has neither gone astray nor has erred. Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is only a Revelation revealed.
And if he (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴـﻪ ﻭﺳـﻠﻢ) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allâh ﺟـﻞ ﺟﻼﻟـﻪ), We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta), And none of you could have withheld Us from (punishing) him.
what is not from it? Glory is to You, O Allah! This is a great lie and blatant disbelief. May Allah punish those who say such fallacies! Third, Allah (glory be to Him) created reason to think deeply in the Revelation to derive guidance from the divine texts and contemplate on their meanings in order to know what they bear of rulings and teachings to comply with them.
(This is) a Book (the Qur'ân) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings, that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.
Do they not then think deeply in the Qur'ân, or are their hearts locked up (from understanding it)?
Fourth, sound reason does not disagree or conflict with the authentically reported texts. This is because Allah's messengers (peace be upon them) did not come with matters that were considered by sound mentalities as odd or unacceptable. However, they might have made something which amazed the minds owing to the disability of the mind to recognize them, such as the unseen.
Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" and it is!
And Allâh is Able to do everything.
And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Throw your stick," and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed. Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect. So they were defeated there and returned disgraced. And the sorcerers fell down prostrate. They said: "We believe in the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists). "The Lord of Mûsâ (Moses) and Hârûn (Aaron)."
That is He: the AllKnower of the unseen and the seen, the AllMighty, the Most Merciful. Who made everything He has created good and He began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his offspring from semen of despised water (male and female sexual discharge).
And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth). Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman). Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So Blessed is Allâh, the Best of creators.