al-‘Alaq, 96:1
The translator (Abul Ala Maududi) has taken a literal meaning of the word Ummi? (Meaning Unable to read), for the Prophet ﷺ
❌ I cannot read
[al-‘Alaq, 96:1]
Recite in the name of your Lord Who created,
Footnote:
As we have explained in the Introduction, when the Angel said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): Read, the latter replied: I cannot read! This indicates that the Angel had presented these words of the revelation before him in the written form and had asked him to read them. For if the Angel had meant that he should repeat what he recited, he should not have replied, saying: I cannot read!
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
Now, Let us Analyse from the Translations of Ahle Sunnat wa Jamaat and the true meaning of Ummi
[al-‘Alaq, 96:1]
اِقۡرَاۡ بِاسۡمِ رَبِّکَ الَّذِیۡ خَلَقَ ۚ﴿۱﴾
(O Beloved!) Read (commencing) with the Name of Allah, Who has created (everything).
Meaning of Ummi as per the teachings of Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaa'at:
The Prophet (titled as) al-Ummi (who imparts to the people from Allah the news of the unseen and knowledge and secrets of socio-economic disciplines of life without himself being taught by any human in the world);
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