To muslims Wheres the evidence that Mohammed could not read or write ?

Question

After the first revelation had come.
I found this on the internet:

The ignorant Muslim scholars then decided to proclaim Muhammad an illiterate man! They figured that this would make the Quran's extraordinary literary excellence truly miraculous. The word they relied on to bestow illiteracy upon the Prophet was "UMMY." Unfortunately for those "scholars," this word clearly means "Gentile," or one who does not follow any scripture (Torah, Injeel, or Quran) [see 2:78, 3:20 & 75, 62:2]; it does NOT mean "illiterate."
http://submission.org/mu-wrote.html
What do you think?

Answer 1

In their attempt to prove the divine inspiration of the Qur'an, the Islamists depend on Muhammad's illiteracy and ignorance of everything to do with reading and writing. But was Muhammad illiterate in the sense that he could not read or write? And what are the reasons that have led Muslims to believe in their leader's illiteracy?

Historical accounts do not give a definite answer either way on this issue. The historians who wrote the biography of Muhammad emphasized his illiteracy, and the fact that he never went to a tutor or received any human teaching, yet there are still some records that confirm his knowledge of reading and writing as reported by these same historians.

This obvious contradiction in history as handed down through the ages has caused people nowadays to conclude that Muhammad was not illiterate all his life long.

The word ummi occurring in the text in question did not mean, according to the Qur'an itself, having no knowledge of reading or writing, but it means those who did not have a book revealed by God.

Answer 2

The Quran is meant to be a perpetual ebook with perpetual legislation, its instead exciting why the ones consequences don't seem to be stated within the Quran, how can such pertinent tips be excluded from the Quran? If we examine historical past and the contextual situation of the early Muslims it turns into instead perspicuous that they had been a instead fragile entity and consequently adamant destruction of such corruption used to be fundamental to make certain the survival of this fragile and small entity. Now allow us to appear on the difficulty of Muslims now, do you rather it's fundamental and even viable to use the ones legislation now not stated within the Quran now, can one say that the ones legislation excluded from the Quran had been supposed to be transitory? Ill go away that reply to you however I consider to the rational brain the reply is noticeable...

Answer 3

Well, if you made up your mind, why are you asking?

Whats the point of even trying to answer?


The Qurʾanic verses were originally memorized by Muhammad's companions as Muhammad recited them, with some being written down by one or more companions on whatever was at hand, from stones to pieces of bark. In the Sunni tradition, the collection of the Qur'ān compilation took place under the Caliph Abu Bakr, this task being led by Zayd ibn Thabit Al-Ansari. "The manuscript on which the Quran was collected, remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him, and then with 'Umar till Allah took him unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa bint Umar (Umar's daughter)."[20]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_and_development_of_the_Qur%27an

Answer 4

Muhammad was uneducated, why should this cause surprise? He dictated the Koran, he did not write it, is there anything wrong with this?

Answer 5

As far as I know, Muhammad (SAW) used a ring that said "Muhammad, messenger of Allah" to sign documents.

Answer 6

He memorized the verses and recited them to his followers and they wrote it down.
Later on, after his death, Imam Ali (alaih salam) gathered all the verses and organized them into what it is today.

Answer 7

The whole muslim world has been fooled!

Answer 8

it says so in the koran he memorised the versus and they were written down word for word..............

Answer 9

nooo it says in the quran that he couldnt read u probably just dont understand wat it says