1 : not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted a gratuitous insult a gratuitous assumption a movie criticized for gratuitous violence.

noun. the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities. the formal statement of the meaning or significance of a word, phrase, idiom, etc., as found in dictionaries.

: not controlled or restricted : free, unrestrained unfettered access to the Senate.—

1 : any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock. 2 : a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism a political gadfly.

The adjective unfettered describes something or someone uninhibited and unrestrained. If you write mysteries novels for a living you probably turn your unfettered imagination to murder and mayhem. Unfettered comes from the Old English root word fetor, which was a chain or shackle for the feet.

: not slowed, blocked, or interfered with : not impeded an unimpeded view providing unimpeded access …

abeyance h-BAY-unss/ noun. 1 : a state of temporary activity : suspension — used chiefly in the phrase in abeyance. 2 : a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested.

transitive verb. : to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring also : to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument.

A term used to refer to the Prophet Muhammad and variably translated as “the unlettered prophet,” “the prophet sent to a people without a scripture,” or “the prophet of the community of Muslims” (Quran 7:157).

Prophet Muhammad

Prophetic biography (sīra) The life of Muhammad is known as the Sira and was lived in the full light of history. Everything he did and said was recorded. Because he could not read and write himself, he was constantly served by a group of 45 scribes who wrote down his sayings, instructions, and his activities.

Why the Prophet Muhammad (s) couldn’t read or write: This verse was revealed about the people who rejected Islam, and Allah says that they were people who assumed they had knowledge. However, the word ‘Ummi’ is used to describe them, which is translated as unlettered, one who cannot read or write.

In the book you say that Jesus was “very likely” illiterate, and there’s “no reason to think” he could read or write. But a lot of Biblical scholars disagree. 98 percent of Jesus’s fellow Jews could neither read nor write.

The Qur’an identifies the Prophet Muḥammad as al-nabī al-ummī (Q. 7:157–158). Muslim consensus has come to perceive this epithet for the Prophet of Islam as indicating conclusively that he was Muḥammad, ‘the illiterate prophet.

Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel (Jibril), incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his death.

Prophets

• Adam, the first human (25 times)
• Elisha (al-yasa) 38:48, 6:85-87.
• Job (ayyūb)
• David (dāwūd)
• dhūl-kifl (2 times)
• Aaron (hārūn) (24 times)
• Hud (25 times)
• Enoch (idrīs)

Islam Facts Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as Allah.

The name “Muhammad” is mentioned four times in the Quran, and the name “Ahmad” (another variant of the name of Muhammad) is mentioned one time.

Idris

Some of these symmetrical patterns include: “al hayat” (life), 145 times; “al mawt” (death), 145 times.

Adam

Huldah (Hebrew: חֻלְדָּה‎ Ḥuldāh) was a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 22:14–20 and 2 Chronicles 34:22–28. According to Jewish tradition, she was one of the “seven prophetesses”, with Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail and Esther.

Jeremiah

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭtāb

Uthman reigned for twelve years as a caliph. During the first half of his reign, he was the most popular caliph among all the Rashiduns, while in the latter half of his reign he met increasing opposition, led by the Egyptians and concentrated around Ali, who would albeit briefly, succeed Uthman as caliph.