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أُمِّيّ unlettered in Arabic

أُمِّيّ is how you say “unlettered” in Arabic.

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وأصلي على رسوله الأمي العربي،

And I send blessings upon His messenger, the unlettered Arab.

ٱلْأُمِّيِّ the unlettered

The al- makes this definite, 'the unlettered'. It is an adjective describing 'His messenger' and so agrees with that noun in being definite and in case, sharing its post-preposition -i ending.

From The Story of Prophet Joseph

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فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ الأُمِّيِّينَ

Then Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of the Unlettered."

الأُمِّيِّينَ the Unlettered

A definite plural noun, 'the unlettered ones', the owning half of the pairing before it, in the genitive; it completes 'Messenger of the unlettered' as a single titled phrase.

From A Night with the Companions

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