Then a sad cloud draped the heavens, and the winds wailed, “Who lives now on earth to fight against sin and error?”
And a voice answered, “Such a prophet never arose before.”
And the Earth lamented, “I have lost the holy one!”
And Israel lamented, “We have lost the Shepherd!”
And the angels sang, “He is come in peace to the arms of God!”[[580]]
But the Mussulmans narrate the last scene differently.
They say that the Angel of Death stood over Moses, as he lay in the grave, and said, “Prophet of God, I must take thy soul.”
“How wilt thou take it?”
“From thy mouth.”
“Thou canst not, for my mouth hath spoken with God.”