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==Translation of "Unlettered"==
The main source of thought for Muhammad being illiterate are several verses (7.157-158, 62.2) that describe Muhammad as the "an-nabi al-ummi." In modern Arabic, this means illiteracy but not in Qur'anic Arabic. Palmer translates "illiterate" and Yusuf Ali translates "can neither read nor write" but these are interpritative translations coming from the strong tradition of Muhammad's illiteracy.
Khadija hired Muhammad to work for her caravan which makes little sense if Muhammad was illiterate at the time. Further, he could not have made the caravan succeed if he could not work with records at all.
