The word “اُمی” [illiterate] means not studying like the day when a person was born.[1] Of course, the world “اُمی” [illiterate] mean a person who hasn’t studies; but not studying doesn’t mean illiteracy in prophets; because the divine prophets’ science has been from God.

However; in order to justify their leaders’ not studying, the Baha’i proselytizers consider being illiterate as limited to the lack of acquiring the divine sciences: “One of the protests is that they say the Excellency Bab and the Excellency Bahaullah haven’t been illiterate. The meaning of being illiterate is that they possess sciences which have been bestowed by God and haven’t been acquired by anybody else or at school. As the Excellency Bab and the Excellency Bahaullah’s works and tablets have knowledges which haven’t been acquired.[2]

Answer:

1)   Contrary to the Baha’is justification, the meaning of being illiterate is so clear that even the Baha’i leaders have confessed about it and have claimed about their leaders: “All divine manifestations had been so: The Excellency Ibrahim, Moses, Jesus (peace be upon them and the holy prophet (P.H.P and Excellency Bab and the Excellency Bahaullah haven’t entered into any school.[3]”

Consequently, if being illiterate means the lack of learning the divine knowledge, why have the Baha’i leaders considered not studying as the characteristics of prophets and introduced Bab and Baha as the prophets?!

2)   If it is so, how can they justify their errors in their books and revising them?!

Thus; even according to the definition and deviation of Baha’ism about being illiterate, the Baha’i leaders can’t be called illiterate and the leaders and the proselytizers of Baha’ism have told lies by calling their leaders as illiterate.