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118 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad قُلْ يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا Say, 'O mankind! Truly I am a Messenger to you all. A study of other places in the Holy Quran reveals that Allah the Exalted has referred to the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as 'unlet- tered. ' This is because the Holy Prophetsa had no other teacher except for Allah the Exalted. However, even though the Holy Prophets himself was illiterate, nev- ertheless, philosophers and scholars of the highest calibre were to enter his fold, in addition to the uneducated and those of average learning. Allah the Exalted states: قُلْ يَايُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيْعًا Say, 'O mankind! Truly I am a Messenger to you all. The There is a very subtle meaning alluded to in this verse that one may grasp. word jamee'aa has two connotations: firstly, all of mankind or creation in general; secondly, people of all classes, i. e. human beings of every intellectual level, be they of average learning, the uneducated, or even philosophers of the highest calibre. In short, an individual at any intellectual level or of any disposition can develop a relationship with the Holy Prophets. When a person reads the Holy Quran, it is astonishing to note that this very unlettered person not only informed us of the Book and Wisdom, but enlight- ened us as to the ways that one can purify the soul, elevating people to the rank expressed in the following verse: أَيَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحِ مِنْهُ Whom He has strengthened with inspiration from Himself. Observe and reflect deeply over the fact that the Holy Quran conveys a seeker of any disposition to their objective and satiates all those who are thirsty for virtue and truth. However, one ought to reflect: who was this ocean of wisdom and divine understanding, and this fountain of divine light revealed upon? The very same Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who on the one hand is known as unlettered, but on the other hand, from whose mouth flowed such sublimities and verities that have no parallel in the 1 al-A'raf, 7:159 2 al-A'raf, 7:159 al-Mujadalah, 58:23