Gentiles (Non Jews) and Jews

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Google AI: A gentile is a person who is not Jewish. The term comes from the Latin word for "tribe" or "clan" and, in a biblical context, refers to the "nations" or peoples other than the Israelites. While historically a term to describe non-Jewish people, in a religious sense, it's used by various groups, such as Mormons, to denote those outside their own faith.

• Modern usage: Today, "gentile" is primarily used to mean a non-Jew. However, some religious groups, like members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also use the term to refer to those outside their own community of believers.

This Imam is mostly good, i can Hardly point out things that are wrong in hes speeches. And he make a notable remark quoting Qur'an that "God sent among the gentiles a Prophet to teach them Wisdom and The Book...".

Other sources to this quote is: "2. He it is Who sent amongst the unlettered ones a Messenger from amongst themselves to recite unto them His Verses, to foster them and absolve them of polytheism and discord, and teach them the Heavenly Book and Wisdom. And indeed, they had been formerly in manifest error."

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The Imam is talking through YouTube here. I think he's Monk type person, especially as he said such and he's Sufi Muslim. So Sufi is the mystical section of Islam.

 

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Under verse 2 IMHO

The Arabic plural noun umiyyin whose singular form is ummi ("unlettered," attributed adjective from the nominal form umm "mother), denoting that the noble Prophet (S) did not receive any schooling but what he learned from his mother.

Some scholars maintain that the word ummi connotes "from Mecca," since Mecca was called "the mother of dwelling places" (umm al-qura). According to a tradition narrated from Imam Sadiq (as), the people of Mecca had neither Scriptures nor a Divinely appointed leader, hence the designation ummi was Divinely attributed to them.13

It is noteworthy that the blessed Verse is saying that the Noble Prophet of the Islamic faith (S) is from the same unlettered people such that the significance and greatness of his Prophetic Call be reflected and it may also demonstrate the veracity of his Call, since the Holy Qur’an, a Book with such profound and great contents and an exalted culture like the Islamic culture may not be the fruit of human thought, let alone an unlettered person who had not received any formal education.

 

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I guess! I think:
The Noble Messenger of Allah (S) was appointed to foster and educate people in terms of knowledge, ethics, and practice such that by means of the two wings, they may soar into the sky of happiness and proceed on the path toward Allah and attain to proximity with Him. It is also worthy of note that three out of four Qur’anic Verses give the precedence to self purification and one Verse gives the precedence to teaching over fostering good qualities.

The point reflects that the two affect each other. Ethics is gendered by knowledge in the same manner that knowledge is gendered by ethics. The point refers to the originality of fostering good qualities. It is noteworthy, however, that rue sciences are hereby intended rather than those in the attire of sciences.14

The difference between the Book and Wisdom may be in that the former implies the Holy Qur’an and the latter alludes to the sayings and teachings of the Noble Prophet (S) termed as sunna ("tradition"). The word Book may also connote Islamic Injunctions and Wisdom may make a reference to its philosophy and secrets.

Comment: Bold reminds me of a quote from Dalai Lama, but we are Muslim.