Nabi-e-Ummi Ka Matlab: An-parh, ya Baghair Kitab Wali Qaum Ka Nabi?

Ek Lafz, Do Bilkul Mukhtalif Tasveerein

Quran ka ek Arabi lafz Nabi-e-Kareem (s.a.w.) ki aisi sifat bayan karta hai jis par khud Quran ke bare mein chaudah sadiyon se behes chali aa rahi hai. Woh lafz hai ummi — yani al-nabi al-ummi, "ummi nabi." Ek qiraat ke mutabiq is ka matlab hai ke aap (s.a.w.) na parh sakte the na likh sakte the, aur yehi an-parh hona mojze ki daleel ka sutoon ban jata hai: ek an-parh shakhs Quran jaisi kitab kaise pesh kar sakta hai? Doosri qiraat ke mutabiq is ka matlab kuch aur hai — ke aap (s.a.w.) ek aisi qaum se taalluq rakhte the jise pehle koi kitab nahin mili thi, Bible ki istilah mein "ghair ahl-e-kitab / gentile" — aur yeh lafz likhne parhne ke bare mein kuch nahin kehta.

Ek hi lafz. Do tasveerein: ek woh jo apna naam na likh sake, aur ek woh jo mehez ek be-kitab qaum se tha. Aur jo riwayaat is maamle ko tai karne ke liye sab se zyada pesh ki jaati hain — Ghar-e-Hira, Sulh-e-Hudaybiyya, aur wafat ke waqt talab kiya gaya qalam — unhein dono fareeq apne haq mein daleel banate hain. Yeh mazmoon is sawal ko hal nahin karta. Yeh sirf kitaben kholta hai.