Was The Prophet Illiterate?
Salam and Peace!
-----"And you (O Messenger) did not read of any book ""before it (Min Qablihi)"", nor did you write it with your right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow falsehood." (29:48)
The meaning is so clear---"you could not read or write ""Min Qablihi"---means "you could not read or write before this (Quran)"
But what after this (Quran)?----Now you can read and write.
Consider the words "Min Qablihi".---If the Prophet was illiterate before and after, it would have been "you don't know how to read or write".---And in that case the words "Min Qablihi" would have been useless.
But it says"you could not read or write "before this" ("Min Qablihi").
You never ate burger before this time "Min Qablihi"-----means you never ate before this time,---but now you are eating a burger.
And if you have never eaten, and still you don't eat,-----then the sentence would have been,---"you have never eaten a burger."
-----"And they (rejectors) say: “Legends of the ancient people, which he (the Messenger) has written down, so they are dictated to him morning and evening.” (25:5)
Why did they say this?---Because they knew that the Prophet knows how to write. If he didn't know, the rejectors would never have said---"which he (the Messenger) has written down"
-----"And you (O Messenger) did not read of any book ""before it (Min Qablihi)"", nor did you write it with your right hand, for then might those have doubted, who follow falsehood." (29:48)
The meaning is so clear---"you could not read or write ""Min Qablihi"---means "you could not read or write before this (Quran)"
But what after this (Quran)?----Now you can read and write.
Consider the words "Min Qablihi".---If the Prophet was illiterate before and after, it would have been "you don't know how to read or write".---And in that case the words "Min Qablihi" would have been useless.
But it says"you could not read or write "before this" ("Min Qablihi").
You never ate burger before this time "Min Qablihi"-----means you never ate before this time,---but now you are eating a burger.
And if you have never eaten, and still you don't eat,-----then the sentence would have been,---"you have never eaten a burger."
-----"And they (rejectors) say: “Legends of the ancient people, which he (the Messenger) has written down, so they are dictated to him morning and evening.” (25:5)
Why did they say this?---Because they knew that the Prophet knows how to write. If he didn't know, the rejectors would never have said---"which he (the Messenger) has written down"
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Can you just imagine,-----a Messenger receiving Allah's Revelations, conveying and explaining it to people,-----
-----yet he was unable to read a single word of The Revelation that he himself received,-----
-----and then he died without knowing, recognizing and reading even a single word of The Revelation.
His Sahaba could read when they saw the words of Allah in The Exalted Quran,-----yet, the Messenger, never knew the words of The Message he received.
It means when he saw the word, "Allah" in Al-Quran, he never knew, this word is "Allah" written there.
When he would see the Surah Al-Fatiha, he never knew what is this written, although he was the recipient of Al-Quran himself!!!
Can you imagine this???!!!
Can you imagine this???!!!
But,-----how can you imagine this???
How pity!---Take Allah's Refuge!
But, indeed, how shameful for the people of the last Ummah, who call their Prophet illiterate!!!
-----yet he was unable to read a single word of The Revelation that he himself received,-----
-----and then he died without knowing, recognizing and reading even a single word of The Revelation.
His Sahaba could read when they saw the words of Allah in The Exalted Quran,-----yet, the Messenger, never knew the words of The Message he received.
It means when he saw the word, "Allah" in Al-Quran, he never knew, this word is "Allah" written there.
When he would see the Surah Al-Fatiha, he never knew what is this written, although he was the recipient of Al-Quran himself!!!
Can you imagine this???!!!
Can you imagine this???!!!
But,-----how can you imagine this???
How pity!---Take Allah's Refuge!
But, indeed, how shameful for the people of the last Ummah, who call their Prophet illiterate!!!
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So, sad!-----The Ummah (Salafis, Sunnis) today say that the Prophet was illiterate.
Allah Commanded the Prophet:
---"Read" in the name of your Lord who has created." (96:1)
According to Sunnis, the Prophet himself did not obey Allah's Commandment, and did not learn to "Read". (Naoozo Billah!)
---"The One who taught by the pen." (96:4)
According to Sunnis, the Prophet did not obey Allah's Commandment, and never picked up a pen to learn how to write. (Naoozo Billah!)
How shameful!-----How shameful!
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So what is the meaning of the word "Ummi"?
"Ummi" means "one who is unlettered",-----and also-----the Ahlul Kitab would call the Arabs Ummi because the Arabs did not have any Divine Book with them before the last Prophet.
Also......The meaning of the word "Ummi" is "One from the town "Ummul Qara", i.e. "Makkah".
Salam, I appreciate your thoughts, however could you use a better font and less colours?
ReplyDeleteThank you.