Was Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Illiterate?
Al-‘Ankabut – 29:48 Arabic وَمَا كُنتَ تَتۡلُواْ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِن كِتَٰبٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُۥ بِيَمِينِكَۖ إِذًا لَّٱرۡتَابَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ All this ayah is saying is adding to one of the possibilities I have above- that it refers to not knowing much about religious scriptures
So wouldn’t it be more likely that ummi was simply the Jews way of referring to gentiles? Or does it have some meaning that necessarily implies that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was unlettered?