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angels. One does not, however, state that the Maulana's confidence in Muslim followers of the Quran was misplaced in asking this question. One need observe that the then leader of the Ahle Hadeeth in India did not believe that any Muslim follower of the Quran could believe that Satan can be given the knowledge of the hidden like prophets and angels. Abdul. Hafeez may profess to be a Muslim but he cannot, under any criterion, profess to be a follower of the Quran. Otherwise he would not believe that, God forbid, the knowledge granted to. Satan is far superior than that granted to the messengers of God and that, consequently, God forbid, the accused Satan was the teacher of God Almighty's blessed messengers, the angels. This is exactly what Abdul Hafeez has stated in his book Two in. One 269 because he subscribes to the opinion which assumes that the accursed Iblis was an angel before his fall from grace. This he does despite the fact that the Holy Quran states quite clearly that the angels are a humble creation of God Almighty who submit humbly to Him and are not proud but fear Allah and obey His command 270 whereas even Abdul Hafeez admits that the Satan whom he believes to be once an angel before its fall from grace and the teacher of angels was a proud being who refused to obey the command of Allah. 271 How can such an accursed being be an angel of God, nay a teacher of God. Almighty's angels, when the Holy Quran states that the angels of God are submissive to His will272 and incapable of disobedience. 273 Only an ignorant person like Abdul Hafeez or a disbeliever in the Holy Quran could hold such obnoxious opinions. And yet, the author of Two in One takes exception to the appellation of a disbeliever on the cover of the Mubahala challenge, despite his beliefs which do not subscribe to Quranic beliefs. 270. Al Quran 16. 50/51 269. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 40. 271. Shah, Syed Abdul Hafeez. Two in One, p. 40 272. Al Quran 2. 35 186 273. Ibid. , 66. 7