"Y A K U B"
'ABRAHAM'
In the year of 6,400, Abraham came to the Holy Black People, which includes the Brown, Red and Yellow, to warn them about the unrest that was among them. His coming was predicted by our Brother Scientists, commonly known as the twenty-four elders (spoken about in Rev. 4:4) in the year one of this 25,000 year cycle. His (Abraham's) job was to do as all the prophets of Allah; warn his people of their evils and disobedience to the Will of Almighty God Allah, thereby separating those who would heed his teachings, FROM THOSE WHO WERE DISSATISFIED. Among these dissatisfactions were the speaking of tongues and not being satisfied being other than Black "which is not a color", but the substance from whence all colors come, such as brown, red and yellow.
Brothers, please remember that everything that goes around comes around.
About 8,400 years ago it was our people speaking tongues, today it has come back around to the people who's beginning started it; today we see our arch-enemies, the catholics, arguing among themselves about the speaking of tongues, saying it will cause chaos among the believers -- (Parable).
We spoke Arabic, we were given the proper dialect to use, yet we wanted to change it or as was said, we wanted to improve it, or make it more easier to understand, or more suitable to each family plus Brown, Red and Yellow. This, however, was wrong for we see what happened in order to straighten out the wrong; (a grafting out of it).
Brother, in our days, about 8,400 years ago in order to put an end to the dissatisfaction, Allah allowed Yakub to graft the devil (white man). So we can say, the speaking of tongues, in our days, repercussions was the having a people rule over us, who is not a people of Allah. Now, today, the devils speaking of tongues is going to cause all kinds of chaos among his followers, thereby revealing to us that they and their religion is Hot. The religion of Allah and the prophets which is going to cause all of our people Black Brothers and Sisters, who have eyes to see and ears to hear to flee unto their own kind, who will be under the banner of Islam, which in turn will destroy Christianity or "the speaking of tongues".
Brother, do bear in mind that we are the seeds of Abraham, by this, I mean some of the same things Abraham was teaching; we, the followers of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad are doing today, which is, trying to remain ourselves -- "STAY BLACK"!, by separating ourselves from those of our pigmentation who are integration-conscious and not satisfied being the "Original People".
Abraham told our Holy Black Brothers and Sisters that if they did not stop their rebellious ways and take heed to his teachings, which was entire submission to the Will of Allah (God), that in the year 8,400, as was predicted, a child by the name of "Yakub", commonly known as "Jacob" in the Bible, would be born and that he would make a people who would rule over them, a people who would deal with them cruelly, a people who would show no mercy, but would show or cause malignity among them. This, up unto this day, we can see these Yakub's grafted devils are masters at causing malice or malign, speaking evil of or causing us to speak evil of each other. So in the year 8,400, Yakub was born, and at the age of six while playing in his uncle's back yard with two pieces of magnet, he found that the unalike attracted the alike; broke down: un-alike=(white); alike=(like Allah, original) and that alike repels. [unalike attracts - alike repels] Do not the Black fight against Black, while being attracted by the devil, wanting to be with him?
When we, the Muslims, live upright according to the teachings of the Lamb, are we not un-alike our brothers who are not living the teachings? Does not our brothers who have eyes to see and care enough for themselves and Allah become attracted by our unalikeness of them who remain among those who take part in the ways of the devil who is unalike the both of us?
'YAKUB'
You have noticed statements saying Yakub was playing in his uncle's backyard, well, he also called his uncle "father"; this is because his father died before he was old enough to know him. So through playing with these magnets, Yakub found what his mission or purpose in life would be. So he told his uncle, saying, "Father, I know that which you know not." His uncle replied, "Yakub!, what is it that you know, that I know not?" Yakub's reply was, "I am going to make a man when I grow of age", meaning when he finishes the study of genetics. His uncle replied, "Yakub, do you not know that if you make a man other than the original man who is already here on the Planet Earth, you will be making the devil himself?" Yakub replied, "Nevertheless, I know that which you know not." From Yakub's continuously saying he knew what his uncle knew not gives one the impression that Yakub's uncle did not know his mission or purpose for being on the planet earth. And speaking of today, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if some devil didn't tell another, that if they set up a birth control system in Liberia, they would make a people other than we originally was, of course it wasn't said for righteousness sake, but for fear we wouldn't have the strength needed to do the hard labor. So, brother Yakub became of age 12, in other words, came into the knowledge of how he would graft a people, finished all the universities throughout the Holy Land, and began going about converting the dissatisfied Black people to his doctrine which was based on lies and trickery; Genesis 27:35 tells of how he, Yakub, dealt with his said father with subtlety; Genesis 27:36 further shows Yakub taking Esau's birth-right. One phase of this birthright was to rule all over the planet earth, which Yakub's children have done for the last 6,000 years by supplanting. Brother, if we checkYakub's history close enough, we would have to find that he did his job through supplanting. As the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad has said, "Our Black Brothers and Sisters who followed Yakub had no idea that he intended to strip them of their dignity, their birth-right, their clothes of knowledge (meaning mind) nor did they have any idea that he, Yakub, would strip them of their clothes for covering their privates or shame.
Brother, if we give Yakub's children's actions of today, some comparative observation with his works, we can find that for everything he and his scientists did back there, is being carried out here today, the only difference is the names have been changed to so-called medical terms or more technical terms, or more scientific terms, which in itself is a form of his teachings of high tricknology of words, etc.
To further show or compare Yakub's children with his works of old, we know he stripped the Holy/Black Sisters and Brothers of their "holy garments" which were long robes covering their entire bodies. We see the Lamb today putting our clothes back on us and our sisters, next we will put our robes back on. You see, Brother, whenever a Sister or Brother has his or her holy garments on, they must use each others true selves in order to entice the other. This Mr. Yakub could not have, for as it was it took him six hundred years to come up with his civilization, so as to entice the Brother and Sister to commit immoral acts which thereby enabled him to get more children. He made them wear cloth that only covered their privates, leaving more than half of their bodies exposed to the naked eye. Remember, this was in essence an experiment Yakub was going through. So today and for the last four-hundred and about ten years, we see Yakub's children have been experimenting with us in an even more subtle way than their father.
A good place to start for reference would be "Liberia". We know that Mr. Yakub set up a rigorous birth control system at the beginning of his civilization, by dividing the brown babies from the black, the brown from the reds, the reds from the yellow. Now bear in mind these are only the major solutions, for there were nine more lighter colors that came after these.
Many places in the bible will show that a people were grafted from another without any uncertainty. For instance, the Acts 17:26, shows Mr. Yakub must have made or grafted his people (white man) from the Black, for Allah Himself created all nations of one blood. Of course, these nations are the Brown, Red and Yellow. The fifth parties are not really a Nation, but a "race", a group of 400,000,000 people-beast racing with time! In the same verse it shows that, as the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad has said, these Yakub grafted devils were doomed, or limited from the day they were grafted. The bounds of their habitation on our planet earth was 6,000, and we bear witness he is some 50 years overdue, and only Allah is the best knower! as to how many more days he will be allowed to dwell here in this wilderness (called earth in the bible to throw us off). Verse 42 of the same chapter further proves it was the lighter babies being separated from the dark, in it, it says; "when the cattle were feeble=light (REMEMBER THE LIGHTER THEY GOT, THE FEEBLER IN REALITY THEY WERE), he (Yakub) put them not in (meaning, not among the Dark); the feeble was Labin's, and the stronger Jacob's (Yakub's). this can be easily understood, because Yakub was a jet Black man. Stronger Yakub's; meaning like Yakub. If there be further doubt in our minds to this and we have an understanding of the bible, we can see where it was predicted, that we, the Black people, had two Nations in our sperm (called womb in Genesis 25:23). In the very same verse it also shows that one people shall be stronger of the two, and for that matter, all others. Verse 23 also further shows the elder would serve the young, we bear witness that we are the elder, for it has not been recorded in history our beginning, over here or over there, yet we know that we have served a boy who is the young AND IS ONLY SIX DAYS OLD! Brother, Mr. Yakub also got an idea about making devils by seeing that his parents had produced a light and a dark baby, as shown in Genesis 25:25.
Mr. Yakub lived to be 150 years of age; we would expect the bible to tell exactly, but I think Genesis 5:3 comes close enough, considering whose version it is.
'Yakub Goes Through the Holy Land Teaching'
After going throughout the Holy Land teaching and consorting the dissatisfied of the "Holy people" for so long, the word got around about he and his teachings, somehow he was thrown in jail. Of course, this didn't stop his doctrine from being spread, for his followers carried the word on. Yakub was the god of his people who were longing for a change, they were dissatisfied and diligent to Yakub's teachings, therefore to jail him or them could not and did not stop his ideology. While Mr. Yakub was in jail he continued his teaching, the word got to the captain, who then consulted the Sultan, telling him that there was a man other than the Original Man, who was already on the planet Earth, and that he (Yakub) was causing unrest in the prison (I hope you can see this being said about we the Muslims, too). So the Sultan being a wise man consulted Mr. Yakub. Upon his entry, he asked among the prisoners, "Who is it that is called Yakub?" Yakub was a large Black Brother and very bold, he (Yakub) stepped forward and said, "I am called Yakub", the wise Sultan then said, "As Salaam Alaikum", Mr. Yakub's reply was, "Wa Alaikum Salaam!"
The Sultan proceeded to ask Yakub about his plan of making a people un-alike the Original people, who were already here on the planet earth. Yakub told him, "Yes, I am going to make a people." So the Sultan said, "You realize that we can't have such here in the Holy Land", then Yakub told him if he would give him and his followers land and supplies to last them twenty-years, they would leave. This is shown to us in Genesis 30:26, (Yakub asks for his followers). Genesis 30:28 could be giving us an idea of what the wise Sultan said to Yakub, such as, "How much do you need, etc?" Genesis 30:32 shows Mr. Yakub telling the Sultan he would take away all the dissatisfaction if he (the Sultan) would provide him with the necessary supplies. This or these versions can be gone deeper into, but our aim is only to give you a little insight, the Mosque can show you all things needed. Allah be with us, we, before long, WILL BE ABLE TO EAT FROM THE LAMB'S TABLE WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE OPPRESSORS OF TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS!
Brother, notice, just as Mr. Yakub told the wise Sultan of that region, he would relieve him of all his troubles if he would supply him and his followers with LAND, etc., I ask you, is not the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad telling this government to give us land and 20 years supplies and we will leave him, thereby ridding him of the dissatisfaction which is among him (the accursed?) Of course, you realize that we, the followers of the Lamb are the DISSATISFIED!!
The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad is many thing in one, to many. It depends on how close we observe him.
Now we know he is not going to do as Yakub, graft a people through supplantation, or cross breeding. We see what Yakub did with his few degrees of knowledge - to do evil. Now, how much more can and will the Lamb do good with Supreme knowledge and wisdom? Brother, we all will think as we will, the profoundness of our thought depends on how we apply or call on our mentality. If we should think deep enough and pure enough, we will find the Lamb, too, is making a people, not through tricks, cross breeding force, but through knowledge of self, God and the devil. What were we before we heard and started living the teachings of the Lamb? Does not even our furthest associates see the change in us, the difference after we accept Almighty Allah through the teachings of the the Lamb? This is the physical change. Now is there any need of our speaking of the mental change? Yakub made a people mentally and physically through birth control, etc. The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad is making a people mentally and physically through knowledge of self. He, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, has said we need not make any excuses for some of us being spotted up, because we bear witness that we've been like sheep in the midst of sex perverted beasts. So he is teaching us to separate ourselves, and when we are separated mentally and physically, I don't believe we will have to be told how to get all our clothes back on, thereby going all the way back home (Jet black).
A heep see, but only a few realize and will admit that it must be for the best that we all do not have all of our clothes for knowledge and clothes for covering. Tis indeed a pity to see those so (blessed) be so rebellious against their true identity.
'Yakub on the Island of Patmos'
Upon arrival to the Island of Patmos, (Mr. Yakub verifies that he was there in Rev. 1:19) or Pelan, located in the Aegean Sea, he started his government, or staff, headed by a doctor, a priest, a nurse and a cremator (as shown in Exodus 1:15 - the nurse). Exodus 1:9-10 shows Yakub talking to his other staff members; and wonder can we recall when the Pharaoh of this day said the same thing about us, the tribe of Shabazz. Remember "Hitler" Herbert Hoover when he was in office?
The doctor's job was to take blood tests of the people who wanted to be married; if two Black people came to be married, he would pass them without question, but if a Black man and a Sister of light complexion tried to get married, he ( the doctor) would go behind a screen, come back and tell them there were defects in their blood (serpent liar). Now if by chance these couples whom he turned down decided to live together or slip around together, Mr. Yakub, didn't make an issue out of it, he simply had their heads cut off. Today, wonder why before we can get a marriage license (to marry our own queen, incidentally), we must get an approved "blood test"? Believe me, the accursed Shaitan has been a very obedient son to his father Yakub! . . . For he has carried out his works to a tee. Instead of going behind a screen today, the doctor goes into what we call his "laboratory", and after a certain number of different shades has passed, or after a certain quota of the year, he tells some sort of lie to try and hinder a Brother and Sister from so-called legally marrying.
Of course, this has not worked as it did in Yakub's time, for his son is not allowed to such open actions as his father, for he would be warring against his very nature, which is to be a fornicator. After a man or woman commits fornication or adultery for TWO THOUSAND YEARS it is useless to think they would be against such in the latter 4,050 years.
The priest's job was as is today, to marry, counsel, lie, etc., to the couple, and spread Yakub's doctrine. Is not he too trying to follow his father's teachings up to this very day, TRYING TO DECEIVE EVEN THE ELECT - chosen of Allah, going before and behind the Truth Bearer trying to change the truth to a lie? All praise is due to Allah, for this only works among the weak of us, who then is not worthy of Allah's truth.
Yakub told the nurse that she was to stick a sharp instrument in the mold, which is the tender part of all the Dark Black baby boys heads. She was to help deliver the baby - she was called the midwife (Exodus 1:16). She being an original Sister having a conscience still having fear of Allah, went to Mr. Yakub and questioned him, asking him what if the child's family is happy over him whether he be light or dark, boy or girl? She also did this because she did not like the idea of murdering her Brothers and Sisters. And seeing that Yakub's followers were well disciplined and he was such a master at lies and trickery, she, the nurse was convinced when he told her to tell the young brother's parents that it was being taken to Mecca to be blessed so that it's seed to come would be blessed, thereby seemingly relieving her of her duty of murdering them. She was to, instead of sticking the Holy Black Brother in the mold of the head, to take him to the cremator, who was to cremate the child without question.
About 600 years after Mr. Yakub set up his staff and started his civilization, in the year 9,000 of our calendar, his scientists were successful in grafting a pale skin, showing no life, pink eyed germ weakness; they had thick woolly hair, thick lips, big nose looking like albinos of today. This tie can be seen through the like the devil shows for an albino, and the dislike an albino has for him, especially when the albino has knowledge of himself, other, than that they may get along as the hand in the glove.
By doing this Mr. Yakub could control how many Black babies would be born in a year or years, or even down to how many would be born per hour, day or week or month. His separation of the colors from each other is shown in Genesis 30:40. In the same book (verse 37), it shows that he had begun working with the Brown, Red and Yellow, to make the "white" (caucasian) appear that was in the rods (their sperms) through these things Mr. Yakub came up with the devil. Today, his children are still trying to make a people; they have developed all kinds of pills, THEY HAVE BREEDED US AS CATTLE AS DID YAKUB ON THE ISLAND OF PELAN TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED HIM.
If we watch our papers, listen to radio, or those who can, watch television, we can see Yakub's children trying to further their birth control system.
In the old days when our ancestors were first brought to the Dominican Republic, the slave master wanted strong backs and weak minds. We were naturally strong so he didn't have to be particular where we came from, such as brother being forced to have sister, etc.; the baby would still be strong enough for labor, but it is easy to see how he might be lacking in mental capabilities.
Just as Yakub kept tabs on how many Black, Brown, Red and Yellow babies were being born on his island, his children has followed closely in his foot steps by trying to keep tabs on how many of we, the so-called negroes (Holy Black People members of Allah God's tribe of Shabazz) are born per hour, day, week, month, year. Yakub wanted the lighter sperms-germ, his children are after even worse than that, they want to let just so many blacks be born in order to keep the public off of them, and in the background kill thousands. They want to allow more spotty-up children to be born, this will come through the ignorance of our people who are intergration-conscious. But put a limit as to how many of them there should be. This also coincides with Yakub, their father, drawing the title of the devil, murderer from the beginning.
Other words, to even start this birth control system, to which they have come 400 years ago, but is now trying to sell to the public, they had to murder some Holy Black children. Among their religious faiths, they are arguing as to whether they should practice their father's teachings on birth control or not.
They are angry with each other and ALMIGHTY GOD (ALLAH) IS AGAINST THEM ALL FOR THEIR EVILS DONE TO HIS VESSELS!
Before Mr. Yakub died, he drew up maps showing his people the way back into the Holy Land. After his scientists had come up with his people, who had went through TWELVE solutions (and if they would have been taking one more solution, they would have been running sores. We bear witness how weak and sickly they are, as it is).
They built rafts and sailed back to the Holy Land. Upon their entrance, they were stoned by the Holy Black children who had never seen the likes of such people before. So the elders, people of wisdom and knowledge, knew who these Yakub grafted people were, so they put out an edict throughout the holy land telling the Holy Black people not to stone these people for they are of Yakub's civilization. The wise Sultans, or Imans, then had a meeting with some of Yakub's people and told them that they were going to be allowed to enter into the Holy Land, or stay there, and that they would be free to go all over providing they did not start any confusion or unrest among the people, and that they could be intimate with all the families or eat of all the fruits in the Garden (Holy Land) except the fruit in the midst of the Garden (which was the Black Brother's and Sisters). For by having a Black brother or sister, Yakub's people broke the Divine Law of Almighty God Allah. For as we know, one of Yakub's main reasons of grafting them was to take out the dissatisfaction that was among or in us. And seeing that they had only been made six months, I could see no need in taking the evil out of us if we were going to allow it to be put right back in through integration.
Genesis 1:5 shows the wise Sultan telling them upon leaving them enter the Holy Land that if they touch the Holy Black brother and sister they surely would die. We know ours, the Black seed, is dominant and will kill all that it comes in contact with.
So, Brother, within six months after these Yakub grafted devils were in the Holy Land all kinds of confusion started; Brothers started warring against one another and Sisters likewise. Yakub's people would go to the Holy Black Brothers and Sisters and tell one the other was speaking evil of them, they began stealing, something that was never seen in the Holy Land. One of their major faults was, as it is today (Greed), and the want of material things.
We, being the Original people, the "Best" naturally had to be the best of Gold, Silver, Diamonds, etc., whereas these Yakub grafted people had never seen such, and being evil by nature, they could not help but yield to their lust, so they began to steal our gold and silver cups, plates and many other things that were conventional to us.
They would tell one brother that the other brother committed such crimes, thereby starting all kinds of unrest. The word got to the Sultan of the land of this unrest so he then had an investigation of these Yakub grafted devils and found that it was them causing all the trouble, he then consulted his Imans, directors of the different districts, and they decided to drive them out of the Holy Land. So at high noon (12:00 o'clock) our Holy Black Brothers mounted camels with our favorite weapon drawn, the scimitar, and as Job 30:5 tells, they drove these people from among the Holy People across the Arabian Desert at a distance of 2200 miles to dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth or holes and in the rocks of Europa (Job 30:6).
'Vegetation'
Europe was void of all so they ate mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.
Whenever Allah turns his back on a people, that people goes astray, so Allah stripped these devils of all knowledge of civilization, therefore they had no sense of discretion or direction; they ate their food raw; they had no knowledge of economics, or how to build good shelter; they nearly went all the way into the animal family! They were only dressed in goat skin which was wrapped around their privates; to they had poor food, poor shelter and little clothes. They were viler than the earth, meaning the land they were in, Europe. (Job 30:8).
As for clothes, we know whether it be man or beast, Nature has its way of looking out for them, so seeing that they had so little clothes on plus they had begun going into the animal family, (Daniel 4:33) shows their body was wet with dew, meaning they were exposed to the weather, being too dumb at first to even go inside of the caves! The same verse shows that because of this exposure and mixing with the animals, their hairs grew as eagles feathers and their nails grew as bird claws.
After constantly being attacked by the wild beasts, they built small trenches in the sides of the hills and used clubs and rocks to ward off the vicious beast. The weren't successful this way, too many of their people were being killed. So then, they found the animal, only, that they could befriend, originally called the wild "Jackal", known today as the "dog".
'Moves into the Caves'
They then moved into the caves, that is the bulk of them moved into the caves, for some had already moved in. They moved into these caves for two reasons; better shelter and because they felt they had a better means of protecting themselves through the wild jackal dog, who would warn them at night when the animals were near. They would then set big boulders over the openings of these caves and when any animal would try to enter, they would drop the boulders on them and since they had very little green roots to eat, they began eating these beasts they killed, from thence they became meat eaters or cannibals. They had no knowledge of burying their dead, so after beginning to eat meat they would eat even their dead, THEY EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO KILL EACH OTHER FOR FOOD. This is one of the reasons they look at one's size, for it has been handed down from the caves of Europe; of the larger ruling the small, or the stronger eating the small.
Brother, seeing that Allah had turned His back on these people (or was punishing them for their evils done in the Holy Land), they became degenerates, as Romans 1:24 tells us, in the 2,000 years they were in the caves. Allah gave them up to uncleanliness through the lust of their own heart (minds) to dishonor their own bodies, and have succeeded in making many of our Holy Black Brothers and Sisters take part in such, for them seeing and being as they are, cannot be freaks, but can only take part. Romans 1:25 shows us that they changed the truth of Allah into a lie.
We bear witness that they have taken the truth (Islam) and twisted it, and calls it Christianity, which is a lie!
Roman 1: 26-27 shows us of how the men turned to each other, receiving in themselves that recompense of their error, which was meat. In short, homosexuality. The women changed the natural use of their bodies. They at one time ate their little ones after giving birth to them, as Deuteronomy 28:53 tells us.
We knowing that everything that goes around comes around, and there is nothing new under the sun; there will be nothing new about the (Jezebel) repeating that performance in the near future because of want and famine.
Deut. 28:57 may make the above statement more clearer.
They did not, do not and will never retain Allah in their knowledge, such as following the NATURAL LAW, HAVING MORALS (Romans 1:26).
AS MOST BROTHER MALCOLM MALIK OR MALCOLM HAS SAID, "ANYONE TEACHING MORALS ON THIS CORRUPT SOCIETY IS A THREAT!"
AS SALAAM ALAIKUM!
Monday, December 25, 2006
THE BEGININGS OF SLAVERY
THE HISTORY OF SIR JOHN HAWKINS
SO the spread of Islam was stopped to allow the devils to complete their ruling after the devil had over-populated Europe. Allah allowed them to spread out. He gave a guide to lead them (Columbus) was a half original man. He guided them over, for Allah had told Moses one of his kind would guide them all the way. They realized the country would have to be built up and they also knew they couldn't build up the country for they were not strong enough. The Queen, Elizabeth, called in leaders and world travelers and wanted to know if there existed a people on the face of the planet earth who could stand the hard work and yet be submissive enough to submit to the task. John Hawkins told them "yes, there are, along the Nile, the strongest people and the most wisest that ever lived yet, they had never been lied to." The Queen appointed John Hawkins the job of getting them into the United States. This was called the "hundred year plan".
JOHN Hawkins one day sailed along the the Nile. He came among the tribe of SHABAZZ. He was flying a red flag which represented Freedom and his ship was named "Jesus" which means justice. He came among the tribe of SHABAZZ offering them peace. Our people never being lied to or mislead, accepted his greetings and him as a brother. He lived among us for 29 1/2 years, learning our customs, our way of life, our culture, our philosophy, our tongue, everything he could about us. After learning all he could he started a rumor about Alan to the west of milk and honey, a paradise, a place of plenty. Our people wee living along the Nile, the children were allowed to play with diamonds of such size as to be astonishing. They were advanced and played with algebra as a game and past time play. We gave out high mathematics and advanced astronomy. We were advanced in arts and mastered all the sciences of life. We were the most beautiful people physically one had ever laid eyes on, because we had mastered the sciences of proper eating and caring for the body. We could outwork any people on the planet and could endure hardship longer than anyone else. Yet we were the most devoted and the most submissive people. We were Allah's choice, his most beloved people. We were his perfect example for our brothers and sisters. A house of presents and holy ones. We were (Job), Allah's most faithful servants, we were royal and holy and Allah, to Whom we submitted completely was our God. We knew every inch of the planet, but when the rumor started we fell for it, prophecy had to be fulfilled, we went aboard John Hawkin's ship and this was to discuss the place and get a better picture of it and better understanding. While everyone was preparing, the hatch was closed and the ship was allowed to drift into the sea. When day light came, they were on their way. The men became aware and some were successful in going overboard but most were outnumbered and subdued.
Question: When John Hawkins first appeared, didn't the tribe of SHABAZZ know who he was?
Answer: Yes, many knew, the same as when the devils went back to Mecca.
Question: Why weren't the Indians or Mexicans used for the job?
Answer: They couldn't stand the labor and they couldn't submit to such treatment.
AFTER the brothers were subdued they headed westward along the outpost that had been set-up to refill on water and fuel. When the ship pulled into these Islands, some of the slaves would escape and these populated the areas and became such places as West Indies, etc. When the ship landed in Jamestown, Virginia there were twenty-one (21) aboard. After unloading, the ship pulled out and started back for another load. The twenty-one (21) seeing the ship and realizing the great trickery that had been played on them, sang out: "give us Jesus and you can have this whole wide world". Quarters were set up for the slaves and they were treated well so they could reproduce. When the time was ripe the devil began to separate the children from their parents.
HE put the children in a compound where they were raised by devil nurses. The parents were taken and worked to death or killed on the spot to imbed fear in the babies. The devils would take a pregnant mother and carry her before a stake, before the father and he would have to witness his pregnant wife being split open and the baby and her burned. This is to put fear in the very nature of the seed the father carries. The older heads were killed out, so that they would not teach the children the teachings of their fore parents, the mother's tongue, which is taught to us by our parents. As the saying goes, "the hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world". Why? Because the mothers teach the children. The mothers are the ones to tell or teach the children about our great history and culture.
IN the compound, the children were raised by devils and when they cried out into the night for their mothers the sugar tits were put into their mouths. The hog fat was rubbed into the mole of their head, to freeze the brain. This filthy lard seeping through the thin tissue to clog up the function of the brains. The trichinosis worms once entering the different cavities, reproduces so fast, it soon fills up the cavity and has to penetrate the tissue and find another cavity. They protect themselves by enclosing themselves in a hard shield like enclosing. The desire would come to them, the urge to be comforted by their parents, but their parents were not to be found. They felt the burning urge to return home, but they didn't know where home was. They felt the urge to speak their original tongue but what that was they didn't know. These feelings grew with them but there was noone to explain these feelings to them. He knew something was drastically wrong and felt something was missing, but what he didn't know, he couldn't put his fingers on it. They (the devils) spit in the food or relieved themselves in it. They herded them like animals. they destroyed all family life among them and for 64 years this went on 1555 to 1619. Then the process was completed. Meanwhile, they (the devil) went to southern Africa and used tricknology on our brothers, turning them against each other, made them destroy their way of life, steal, kill and rob. The devils gave them strong drinks. They brought these over in 1614. Conquered and twisted mentally, we were lost and ragged. These they brought over in 1916. The name "Negro" was given to them after the process because they (the devil) said, "what shall we call these things?" They were the "walking dead". Their name was given accordingly, it fits. They stayed in slavery for three hundred and ten (310) years, building up the country. They took their bare hands and joined the two (2) oceans. Every cross tie on the railroad is the burnt out body of a so-called Negro.
Question: Why didn't the so-called Negro revolt, like hate?
Answer: The Negro, so-called, were like a cub lion captured when still a baby and taught to do tricks. The so-called Negroes are likewise taught, for they, like the lion babies do tricks and carry out biddings for the devil. They, like the lion, do not realize their great strength and that they are the stronger of the two. When they come into knowledge of self they will start things rolling, for they have awakened to find even their brother slack on the job.
Question: What do you mean slack on the job?
Answer: Meaning they are teaching Allah's truth in an apologetic manner, which is wrong. Allah does not need anyone to feel ashamed to spread his teachings. If you are not man enough to teach it then don't stand in the way, but step aside and make room for a man who is not afraid. When all the hard labor had been done and the country was in a position to go for self, then the problem came up of what to do with the slaves. They wanted to send them back to Africa. Abraham Lincoln is one who went so far as to send a ship load as a trial, but they died off so fast, he had to return them to the United states. During the Civil war the leaders got their heads together and agreed the slaves were to be free, but only out of physical slavery into mental slavery, which is worst. The weapon prepared to do the job was a special weapon, fixed for this purpose alone, which is called the "Holy Bible". The Bible is a book prepared under the guidance of "King James". The book was fixed in 1611. The devils had it for 250 years before giving it to the so-called Negroes, who had it for only 90 years. The slaves were set free, off from the white district and the smart so-called negroes were given the Bible and taught how to read and ordain to enslave the minds of His people and keep them there. When they were so-called free, there was no where for them to go, nor did they have anything to call their own, family life did not exist. So they started from nothing and worked up. In 1914 the devils time was up, 6,000 years. And the sign that was to let them know their time was up would be as Jesus said: "Dark clouds would cover the land", means troubles, famine and earthquakes. In 1914, the whole European world became involved in "war". There were wars and rumors of wars, plagues and famines; Earthquakes death and destruction.
IN 1910, Allah, being a world traveler, came to these shores. He went to Africa and learned the language of the birds, he extracted the language of the people of mars. He came to South America, Japan, India, Alaska and other places a world traveler would. He could quote 150,000 years of history from memory, write 10 languages and speak 16. As it was mentioned in "We seek a City", he had searched the entire universe looking for this heaven that the devil speaks of in Christianity. He came in 1930, July 4, as mentioned in Ezekiel 1st Chapter, 1st verse. He came without observation, for He had said He would come for His people and He stepped down off His throne and come into the bottomless pit (HELL) for His people.
Question: Why didn't He send His servants to get us?
Answer: Because he told Abraham: "Your seed shall be taken into a land of strangers, a land that is not theirs and shall serve them 400 years and he that your seed shall serve, "I" shall judge. As it has been stated Abraham God asked Allah to allow him to live and go and bring them home. But Allah refused his request, because they were to be punished by none other than Him. He is the Lord of All the Worlds. Allah has said even though they seem as endurable as the mountains, "I shall bring them down to hell..."
SO the spread of Islam was stopped to allow the devils to complete their ruling after the devil had over-populated Europe. Allah allowed them to spread out. He gave a guide to lead them (Columbus) was a half original man. He guided them over, for Allah had told Moses one of his kind would guide them all the way. They realized the country would have to be built up and they also knew they couldn't build up the country for they were not strong enough. The Queen, Elizabeth, called in leaders and world travelers and wanted to know if there existed a people on the face of the planet earth who could stand the hard work and yet be submissive enough to submit to the task. John Hawkins told them "yes, there are, along the Nile, the strongest people and the most wisest that ever lived yet, they had never been lied to." The Queen appointed John Hawkins the job of getting them into the United States. This was called the "hundred year plan".
JOHN Hawkins one day sailed along the the Nile. He came among the tribe of SHABAZZ. He was flying a red flag which represented Freedom and his ship was named "Jesus" which means justice. He came among the tribe of SHABAZZ offering them peace. Our people never being lied to or mislead, accepted his greetings and him as a brother. He lived among us for 29 1/2 years, learning our customs, our way of life, our culture, our philosophy, our tongue, everything he could about us. After learning all he could he started a rumor about Alan to the west of milk and honey, a paradise, a place of plenty. Our people wee living along the Nile, the children were allowed to play with diamonds of such size as to be astonishing. They were advanced and played with algebra as a game and past time play. We gave out high mathematics and advanced astronomy. We were advanced in arts and mastered all the sciences of life. We were the most beautiful people physically one had ever laid eyes on, because we had mastered the sciences of proper eating and caring for the body. We could outwork any people on the planet and could endure hardship longer than anyone else. Yet we were the most devoted and the most submissive people. We were Allah's choice, his most beloved people. We were his perfect example for our brothers and sisters. A house of presents and holy ones. We were (Job), Allah's most faithful servants, we were royal and holy and Allah, to Whom we submitted completely was our God. We knew every inch of the planet, but when the rumor started we fell for it, prophecy had to be fulfilled, we went aboard John Hawkin's ship and this was to discuss the place and get a better picture of it and better understanding. While everyone was preparing, the hatch was closed and the ship was allowed to drift into the sea. When day light came, they were on their way. The men became aware and some were successful in going overboard but most were outnumbered and subdued.
Question: When John Hawkins first appeared, didn't the tribe of SHABAZZ know who he was?
Answer: Yes, many knew, the same as when the devils went back to Mecca.
Question: Why weren't the Indians or Mexicans used for the job?
Answer: They couldn't stand the labor and they couldn't submit to such treatment.
AFTER the brothers were subdued they headed westward along the outpost that had been set-up to refill on water and fuel. When the ship pulled into these Islands, some of the slaves would escape and these populated the areas and became such places as West Indies, etc. When the ship landed in Jamestown, Virginia there were twenty-one (21) aboard. After unloading, the ship pulled out and started back for another load. The twenty-one (21) seeing the ship and realizing the great trickery that had been played on them, sang out: "give us Jesus and you can have this whole wide world". Quarters were set up for the slaves and they were treated well so they could reproduce. When the time was ripe the devil began to separate the children from their parents.
HE put the children in a compound where they were raised by devil nurses. The parents were taken and worked to death or killed on the spot to imbed fear in the babies. The devils would take a pregnant mother and carry her before a stake, before the father and he would have to witness his pregnant wife being split open and the baby and her burned. This is to put fear in the very nature of the seed the father carries. The older heads were killed out, so that they would not teach the children the teachings of their fore parents, the mother's tongue, which is taught to us by our parents. As the saying goes, "the hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world". Why? Because the mothers teach the children. The mothers are the ones to tell or teach the children about our great history and culture.
IN the compound, the children were raised by devils and when they cried out into the night for their mothers the sugar tits were put into their mouths. The hog fat was rubbed into the mole of their head, to freeze the brain. This filthy lard seeping through the thin tissue to clog up the function of the brains. The trichinosis worms once entering the different cavities, reproduces so fast, it soon fills up the cavity and has to penetrate the tissue and find another cavity. They protect themselves by enclosing themselves in a hard shield like enclosing. The desire would come to them, the urge to be comforted by their parents, but their parents were not to be found. They felt the burning urge to return home, but they didn't know where home was. They felt the urge to speak their original tongue but what that was they didn't know. These feelings grew with them but there was noone to explain these feelings to them. He knew something was drastically wrong and felt something was missing, but what he didn't know, he couldn't put his fingers on it. They (the devils) spit in the food or relieved themselves in it. They herded them like animals. they destroyed all family life among them and for 64 years this went on 1555 to 1619. Then the process was completed. Meanwhile, they (the devil) went to southern Africa and used tricknology on our brothers, turning them against each other, made them destroy their way of life, steal, kill and rob. The devils gave them strong drinks. They brought these over in 1614. Conquered and twisted mentally, we were lost and ragged. These they brought over in 1916. The name "Negro" was given to them after the process because they (the devil) said, "what shall we call these things?" They were the "walking dead". Their name was given accordingly, it fits. They stayed in slavery for three hundred and ten (310) years, building up the country. They took their bare hands and joined the two (2) oceans. Every cross tie on the railroad is the burnt out body of a so-called Negro.
Question: Why didn't the so-called Negro revolt, like hate?
Answer: The Negro, so-called, were like a cub lion captured when still a baby and taught to do tricks. The so-called Negroes are likewise taught, for they, like the lion babies do tricks and carry out biddings for the devil. They, like the lion, do not realize their great strength and that they are the stronger of the two. When they come into knowledge of self they will start things rolling, for they have awakened to find even their brother slack on the job.
Question: What do you mean slack on the job?
Answer: Meaning they are teaching Allah's truth in an apologetic manner, which is wrong. Allah does not need anyone to feel ashamed to spread his teachings. If you are not man enough to teach it then don't stand in the way, but step aside and make room for a man who is not afraid. When all the hard labor had been done and the country was in a position to go for self, then the problem came up of what to do with the slaves. They wanted to send them back to Africa. Abraham Lincoln is one who went so far as to send a ship load as a trial, but they died off so fast, he had to return them to the United states. During the Civil war the leaders got their heads together and agreed the slaves were to be free, but only out of physical slavery into mental slavery, which is worst. The weapon prepared to do the job was a special weapon, fixed for this purpose alone, which is called the "Holy Bible". The Bible is a book prepared under the guidance of "King James". The book was fixed in 1611. The devils had it for 250 years before giving it to the so-called Negroes, who had it for only 90 years. The slaves were set free, off from the white district and the smart so-called negroes were given the Bible and taught how to read and ordain to enslave the minds of His people and keep them there. When they were so-called free, there was no where for them to go, nor did they have anything to call their own, family life did not exist. So they started from nothing and worked up. In 1914 the devils time was up, 6,000 years. And the sign that was to let them know their time was up would be as Jesus said: "Dark clouds would cover the land", means troubles, famine and earthquakes. In 1914, the whole European world became involved in "war". There were wars and rumors of wars, plagues and famines; Earthquakes death and destruction.
IN 1910, Allah, being a world traveler, came to these shores. He went to Africa and learned the language of the birds, he extracted the language of the people of mars. He came to South America, Japan, India, Alaska and other places a world traveler would. He could quote 150,000 years of history from memory, write 10 languages and speak 16. As it was mentioned in "We seek a City", he had searched the entire universe looking for this heaven that the devil speaks of in Christianity. He came in 1930, July 4, as mentioned in Ezekiel 1st Chapter, 1st verse. He came without observation, for He had said He would come for His people and He stepped down off His throne and come into the bottomless pit (HELL) for His people.
Question: Why didn't He send His servants to get us?
Answer: Because he told Abraham: "Your seed shall be taken into a land of strangers, a land that is not theirs and shall serve them 400 years and he that your seed shall serve, "I" shall judge. As it has been stated Abraham God asked Allah to allow him to live and go and bring them home. But Allah refused his request, because they were to be punished by none other than Him. He is the Lord of All the Worlds. Allah has said even though they seem as endurable as the mountains, "I shall bring them down to hell..."
THE BLACK MAN
The Black Man
By Messenger Elijah Muhammad
Reprinted from Chaper 19 of Our Saviour Has Arrived
According to the teachings to me of man’s histories by Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, praise is due to Him forever, The Great Mahdi and the Messiah that the world has been expected to come for the last two thousand years, has come and is going about His work as has been predicted that He would do.
He taught me for three years (night and day) on the histories of the two people, Black and white.
What he taught me verifies the teachings of the Bible and Holy Qur’an (if rightly understood) of the two people, Black and white.
He said that there was no birth record of the Black Man and therefore none can say how old the Black Nation is. As far back as, He said, a record has been kept, it dates 76 trillion years. These years (76 trillion) were divided into periods of six trillion years beyond 66 trillion years which would make the said figure 76 be 78, instead of 76 trillion. I will not go into the finer details here. I hope to go into the details and analysis of our Lord’s (Master Fard Muhammad’s) teachings to me in a book entitled Black and White.
Allah, in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught me that there are not any gods Who live forever. Their wisdom and work may live six thousand or twenty-five thousand years, but the actual individual may have died within a hundred or two hundred years, or the longest that we have a record of, around a thousand years.
There is no God Living Who was here in the Creation of the Universe, but They produce Gods from Them and Their Wisdom lives in us.
Human Beings are created according to the life of the Universe (planets). Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught me that the Original Designer and Maker of the Universe created it on time and there is an end to it.
Scientists have learned by study that everything we see that we call Universe is not endurable. It is gradually decaying. The Bible and the Holy Qur’an both verify this decay of the Universe and that one day a Wiser God than Them all will exist in a new Universe. A new universe means that it will not be exactly like this one that we know. According to the hints of the Holy Qur’an, it will be a better one than we have. Naturally, after experimenting with a thing that has been made, we can improve on a new make of it.
The Black Man’s Gods, according to the history He taught me, have All been the Wisest. They made the white man after their order in wisdom except the knowledge of how to bring into reality and perfection their vision and idea of what they want to perceive equal to the Black Man’s Wisdom. This was kept back. They are forced to build their world on the basis of what they found in the Wisdom of Black Man.
The white man only made, formed, and put into service those things that met with the cravings and necessities of his people.
The white man was given the power of vision and different ways of life to enable him to build an unalike world from what we have had throughout the millions, billions, and trillions of years.
No God Who is going to rule the people of earth universally, as the white man has ruled for the past six thousand years, was to be given a history or knowledge of the God Who ruled the people before Him. This is in order to keep the Present God from patterning after the Former God and to force Him to use His Own Wisdom in making a world and not a world patterning after previous Wisdom of the Gods Before Him.
The white race did not get a chance to rule solely according to their wisdom because we were present and they patterned much of their world after what they saw of the Gods of the Black Man. This was due to the fact that the white race was made an enemy to the Black Man; therefore their time to deceive the Black Man was limited to a short span of six thousand years that are used by the Black Gods to rule.
The Wisdom of Each God, according to what Allah (God), in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught me, has a cycle of twenty-five thousand years.
Once every twenty-five thousand years, another God would be given a chance to show forth His Wisdom to the people.
This has been going on for many trillions of years, according to His teachings to me -- at least since the deportation of moon and earth, according to the science of why we use a cycle of twenty-five thousand years, this is compared to the circumference of our earth at the equator, which is approximately twenty-five thousand miles. This is also compared with the rotation of our earth or the change at the poles which also makes a complete change once every twenty-five thousand years.
The White Race is an unusual people and their ideology is unusual. He has and was given the gift of a creative mind. To allow him to use his own ideas, the Black Man or Gods were put to sleep in order that the Wisdom of the Black Man did not interfere with what the white man is made for (to rule us under wickedness, enslavement, deceit, murder, and death for six thousand years).
The Black Man or gods of the Black Man are infinitely wise. They are being aroused to their Wisdom today to rule the people again throughout the ages of time.
The Present God’s (Master Fard Muhammad’s) Wisdom is infinite. No Scientist can see an end to This Man’s Wisdom coming in the future. That is why the Bible and the Holy Qur’an refer to Him as The Greatest and Wisest of Them All and say that He will set up a Kingdom (Civilization) that will live forever.
The Black Man in America is not an example of the Original Black Man; for he has been used by his slave masters for four centuries in what we call experimentation. Through the experimentation by the wicked slavemasters who were made without love or mercy for Black people, they have the Black Man in America before the world as a wrecked, robbed, and spoiled human being without knowledge of himself or anyone else. And he is used by the white man as a tool for whatever purpose the white man sees fit.
He is called a "Negro" by them. The name means something dead, lifeless, neutral (not that nor this).
They call the slave after their own names because he is the property of the slavemaster until he is redeemed -- although he is a member of the Original Black Nation.
To restore him back to his people, he must be re-educated to give him the knowledge of self and the knowledge of those who deprived him of the knowledge of self.
This knowledge of self will unite him onto his own kind with love of self and kind.
By Messenger Elijah Muhammad
Reprinted from Chaper 19 of Our Saviour Has Arrived
According to the teachings to me of man’s histories by Allah (God) in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, praise is due to Him forever, The Great Mahdi and the Messiah that the world has been expected to come for the last two thousand years, has come and is going about His work as has been predicted that He would do.
He taught me for three years (night and day) on the histories of the two people, Black and white.
What he taught me verifies the teachings of the Bible and Holy Qur’an (if rightly understood) of the two people, Black and white.
He said that there was no birth record of the Black Man and therefore none can say how old the Black Nation is. As far back as, He said, a record has been kept, it dates 76 trillion years. These years (76 trillion) were divided into periods of six trillion years beyond 66 trillion years which would make the said figure 76 be 78, instead of 76 trillion. I will not go into the finer details here. I hope to go into the details and analysis of our Lord’s (Master Fard Muhammad’s) teachings to me in a book entitled Black and White.
Allah, in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught me that there are not any gods Who live forever. Their wisdom and work may live six thousand or twenty-five thousand years, but the actual individual may have died within a hundred or two hundred years, or the longest that we have a record of, around a thousand years.
There is no God Living Who was here in the Creation of the Universe, but They produce Gods from Them and Their Wisdom lives in us.
Human Beings are created according to the life of the Universe (planets). Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught me that the Original Designer and Maker of the Universe created it on time and there is an end to it.
Scientists have learned by study that everything we see that we call Universe is not endurable. It is gradually decaying. The Bible and the Holy Qur’an both verify this decay of the Universe and that one day a Wiser God than Them all will exist in a new Universe. A new universe means that it will not be exactly like this one that we know. According to the hints of the Holy Qur’an, it will be a better one than we have. Naturally, after experimenting with a thing that has been made, we can improve on a new make of it.
The Black Man’s Gods, according to the history He taught me, have All been the Wisest. They made the white man after their order in wisdom except the knowledge of how to bring into reality and perfection their vision and idea of what they want to perceive equal to the Black Man’s Wisdom. This was kept back. They are forced to build their world on the basis of what they found in the Wisdom of Black Man.
The white man only made, formed, and put into service those things that met with the cravings and necessities of his people.
The white man was given the power of vision and different ways of life to enable him to build an unalike world from what we have had throughout the millions, billions, and trillions of years.
No God Who is going to rule the people of earth universally, as the white man has ruled for the past six thousand years, was to be given a history or knowledge of the God Who ruled the people before Him. This is in order to keep the Present God from patterning after the Former God and to force Him to use His Own Wisdom in making a world and not a world patterning after previous Wisdom of the Gods Before Him.
The white race did not get a chance to rule solely according to their wisdom because we were present and they patterned much of their world after what they saw of the Gods of the Black Man. This was due to the fact that the white race was made an enemy to the Black Man; therefore their time to deceive the Black Man was limited to a short span of six thousand years that are used by the Black Gods to rule.
The Wisdom of Each God, according to what Allah (God), in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom praises are due forever, taught me, has a cycle of twenty-five thousand years.
Once every twenty-five thousand years, another God would be given a chance to show forth His Wisdom to the people.
This has been going on for many trillions of years, according to His teachings to me -- at least since the deportation of moon and earth, according to the science of why we use a cycle of twenty-five thousand years, this is compared to the circumference of our earth at the equator, which is approximately twenty-five thousand miles. This is also compared with the rotation of our earth or the change at the poles which also makes a complete change once every twenty-five thousand years.
The White Race is an unusual people and their ideology is unusual. He has and was given the gift of a creative mind. To allow him to use his own ideas, the Black Man or Gods were put to sleep in order that the Wisdom of the Black Man did not interfere with what the white man is made for (to rule us under wickedness, enslavement, deceit, murder, and death for six thousand years).
The Black Man or gods of the Black Man are infinitely wise. They are being aroused to their Wisdom today to rule the people again throughout the ages of time.
The Present God’s (Master Fard Muhammad’s) Wisdom is infinite. No Scientist can see an end to This Man’s Wisdom coming in the future. That is why the Bible and the Holy Qur’an refer to Him as The Greatest and Wisest of Them All and say that He will set up a Kingdom (Civilization) that will live forever.
The Black Man in America is not an example of the Original Black Man; for he has been used by his slave masters for four centuries in what we call experimentation. Through the experimentation by the wicked slavemasters who were made without love or mercy for Black people, they have the Black Man in America before the world as a wrecked, robbed, and spoiled human being without knowledge of himself or anyone else. And he is used by the white man as a tool for whatever purpose the white man sees fit.
He is called a "Negro" by them. The name means something dead, lifeless, neutral (not that nor this).
They call the slave after their own names because he is the property of the slavemaster until he is redeemed -- although he is a member of the Original Black Nation.
To restore him back to his people, he must be re-educated to give him the knowledge of self and the knowledge of those who deprived him of the knowledge of self.
This knowledge of self will unite him onto his own kind with love of self and kind.
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
MR. MUHAMMAD SPEAKS
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
EDITOR'S NOTE IN RED PRINT
Disguise: That which is under disguise; a false or misleading appearance, used to hide who one really is, make a person look like someone else, deception, concealment, unfriendly opponent.
The first work of God on His coming was to make manifest to the world His and the righteous One’s enemies.
The chief enemy of the Black, Brown, Yellow and Red man is the devil, the man of sin: created, or rather grafted, from the Black Man into a distinct, independent being .
He was made and unlike, thus, enabling him to attract the alike. So said Allah (God ) to me——unlike attracts and alike repels.
The devils, being endowed with the knowledge of both good and evil could, therefore with such knowledge and power of attraction, appear as he is or like a righteous person, as a friend or a sincere adviser. ( Holy Qur-an 7: 21 )
Misled Original people
The devils (white race) have misled the whole of the original people of the earth. (The devils are not original, they are a new race made six thousand years ago as Allah has taught me.)
Read the Bible; Rev. 12: 9: “And the great dragon as cast out, that old serpent called the Devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world.”
And Allah said to me that we allowed them to be created to try them at ruling the righteous until the righteous produced one Supreme in wisdom and power, who by His word or will is capable of bringing about that which He pleases. (This is He who teaches me all that I know.)
He is the great Champion of our faith— Islam——Whose rule will be truth, justice and righteousness.
Evil injustice In Rule
The devils have ruled the nations under evil and injustice; this Mighty One’s rule will be righteousness. We must come into the knowledge of our next ruler! But how can we appreciate or recognize a Ruler or God of righteousness until we first have a thorough knowledge of the present ruler of evil and unrighteousness.
You must know the truth of this pale face, blue-eyed race of devils who have deceived you and our fathers. The entire history of them is written in evil and bloodshed. They have shed your blood like water, but yet you love them: your love for them will surely get you hell!
The Bible and Holy Qur-an warns you and me against taking them for friends.
Fear Governs Acts Of course, your fear of them makes you act, say and do things you would not if the fear had not been present. Accept Allah (The True God) and His religion. Islam, and He will remove the fear of them from you.
They were created and made to be our enemies and also they were made to be destroyed by fire. You cannot reform them (devils) unless you graft them back into who they came from (the Black Nation). (As Allah taught me to Whom be praised forever.)
They lead or invite you to nothing but evil and filth sport and play. And they make you to believe that they are God’s chosen people to lead and guide you on the right way.
The head of the church (Pope) the Christians call the “father” and vice regent of God. Here in the church of the devil’s religion is where he disguises himself as a Divine Guide.
The Catholic are the chiefs of the christian religion and are out to deceive the so-called Negroes in America to keep from going over to the true religion of ISLAM.
The devils in Christianity are stripping their followers of their clothes. The women wearing their dresses above the knees —— one of the most (words missing)could do, walk or ride in the public dressed half-nude.
To be continued: A RACE OF EVILNESS AND INDECENCY.
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
EDITOR'S NOTE IN RED PRINT
Disguise: That which is under disguise; a false or misleading appearance, used to hide who one really is, make a person look like someone else, deception, concealment, unfriendly opponent.
The first work of God on His coming was to make manifest to the world His and the righteous One’s enemies.
The chief enemy of the Black, Brown, Yellow and Red man is the devil, the man of sin: created, or rather grafted, from the Black Man into a distinct, independent being .
He was made and unlike, thus, enabling him to attract the alike. So said Allah (God ) to me——unlike attracts and alike repels.
The devils, being endowed with the knowledge of both good and evil could, therefore with such knowledge and power of attraction, appear as he is or like a righteous person, as a friend or a sincere adviser. ( Holy Qur-an 7: 21 )
Misled Original people
The devils (white race) have misled the whole of the original people of the earth. (The devils are not original, they are a new race made six thousand years ago as Allah has taught me.)
Read the Bible; Rev. 12: 9: “And the great dragon as cast out, that old serpent called the Devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world.”
And Allah said to me that we allowed them to be created to try them at ruling the righteous until the righteous produced one Supreme in wisdom and power, who by His word or will is capable of bringing about that which He pleases. (This is He who teaches me all that I know.)
He is the great Champion of our faith— Islam——Whose rule will be truth, justice and righteousness.
Evil injustice In Rule
The devils have ruled the nations under evil and injustice; this Mighty One’s rule will be righteousness. We must come into the knowledge of our next ruler! But how can we appreciate or recognize a Ruler or God of righteousness until we first have a thorough knowledge of the present ruler of evil and unrighteousness.
You must know the truth of this pale face, blue-eyed race of devils who have deceived you and our fathers. The entire history of them is written in evil and bloodshed. They have shed your blood like water, but yet you love them: your love for them will surely get you hell!
The Bible and Holy Qur-an warns you and me against taking them for friends.
Fear Governs Acts Of course, your fear of them makes you act, say and do things you would not if the fear had not been present. Accept Allah (The True God) and His religion. Islam, and He will remove the fear of them from you.
They were created and made to be our enemies and also they were made to be destroyed by fire. You cannot reform them (devils) unless you graft them back into who they came from (the Black Nation). (As Allah taught me to Whom be praised forever.)
They lead or invite you to nothing but evil and filth sport and play. And they make you to believe that they are God’s chosen people to lead and guide you on the right way.
The head of the church (Pope) the Christians call the “father” and vice regent of God. Here in the church of the devil’s religion is where he disguises himself as a Divine Guide.
The Catholic are the chiefs of the christian religion and are out to deceive the so-called Negroes in America to keep from going over to the true religion of ISLAM.
The devils in Christianity are stripping their followers of their clothes. The women wearing their dresses above the knees —— one of the most (words missing)could do, walk or ride in the public dressed half-nude.
To be continued: A RACE OF EVILNESS AND INDECENCY.
MR. MUHAMMAD SPEAKS
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
EDITOR'S NOTE IN RED PRINT
Disguise: That which is under disguise; a false or misleading appearance, used to hide who one really is, make a person look like someone else, deception, concealment, unfriendly opponent.
The first work of God on His coming was to make manifest to the world His and the righteous One’s enemies.
The chief enemy of the Black, Brown, Yellow and Red man is the devil, the man of sin: created, or rather grafted, from the Black Man into a distinct, independent being .
He was made and unlike, thus, enabling him to attract the alike. So said Allah (God ) to me——unlike attracts and alike repels.
The devils, being endowed with the knowledge of both good and evil could, therefore with such knowledge and power of attraction, appear as he is or like a righteous person, as a friend or a sincere adviser. ( Holy Qur-an 7: 21 )
Misled Original people
The devils (white race) have misled the whole of the original people of the earth. (The devils are not original, they are a new race made six thousand years ago as Allah has taught me.)
Read the Bible; Rev. 12: 9: “And the great dragon as cast out, that old serpent called the Devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world.”
And Allah said to me that we allowed them to be created to try them at ruling the righteous until the righteous produced one Supreme in wisdom and power, who by His word or will is capable of bringing about that which He pleases. (This is He who teaches me all that I know.)
He is the great Champion of our faith— Islam——Whose rule will be truth, justice and righteousness.
Evil injustice In Rule
The devils have ruled the nations under evil and injustice; this Mighty One’s rule will be righteousness. We must come into the knowledge of our next ruler! But how can we appreciate or recognize a Ruler or God of righteousness until we first have a thorough knowledge of the present ruler of evil and unrighteousness.
You must know the truth of this pale face, blue-eyed race of devils who have deceived you and our fathers. The entire history of them is written in evil and bloodshed. They have shed your blood like water, but yet you love them: your love for them will surely get you hell!
The Bible and Holy Qur-an warns you and me against taking them for friends.
Fear Governs Acts Of course, your fear of them makes you act, say and do things you would not if the fear had not been present. Accept Allah (The True God) and His religion. Islam, and He will remove the fear of them from you.
They were created and made to be our enemies and also they were made to be destroyed by fire. You cannot reform them (devils) unless you graft them back into who they came from (the Black Nation). (As Allah taught me to Whom be praised forever.)
They lead or invite you to nothing but evil and filth sport and play. And they make you to believe that they are God’s chosen people to lead and guide you on the right way.
The head of the church (Pope) the Christians call the “father” and vice regent of God. Here in the church of the devil’s religion is where he disguises himself as a Divine Guide.
The Catholic are the chiefs of the christian religion and are out to deceive the so-called Negroes in America to keep from going over to the true religion of ISLAM.
The devils in Christianity are stripping their followers of their clothes. The women wearing their dresses above the knees —— one of the most (words missing)could do, walk or ride in the public dressed half-nude.
To be continued: A RACE OF EVILNESS AND INDECENCY.
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962
BY ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
EDITOR'S NOTE IN RED PRINT
Disguise: That which is under disguise; a false or misleading appearance, used to hide who one really is, make a person look like someone else, deception, concealment, unfriendly opponent.
The first work of God on His coming was to make manifest to the world His and the righteous One’s enemies.
The chief enemy of the Black, Brown, Yellow and Red man is the devil, the man of sin: created, or rather grafted, from the Black Man into a distinct, independent being .
He was made and unlike, thus, enabling him to attract the alike. So said Allah (God ) to me——unlike attracts and alike repels.
The devils, being endowed with the knowledge of both good and evil could, therefore with such knowledge and power of attraction, appear as he is or like a righteous person, as a friend or a sincere adviser. ( Holy Qur-an 7: 21 )
Misled Original people
The devils (white race) have misled the whole of the original people of the earth. (The devils are not original, they are a new race made six thousand years ago as Allah has taught me.)
Read the Bible; Rev. 12: 9: “And the great dragon as cast out, that old serpent called the Devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world.”
And Allah said to me that we allowed them to be created to try them at ruling the righteous until the righteous produced one Supreme in wisdom and power, who by His word or will is capable of bringing about that which He pleases. (This is He who teaches me all that I know.)
He is the great Champion of our faith— Islam——Whose rule will be truth, justice and righteousness.
Evil injustice In Rule
The devils have ruled the nations under evil and injustice; this Mighty One’s rule will be righteousness. We must come into the knowledge of our next ruler! But how can we appreciate or recognize a Ruler or God of righteousness until we first have a thorough knowledge of the present ruler of evil and unrighteousness.
You must know the truth of this pale face, blue-eyed race of devils who have deceived you and our fathers. The entire history of them is written in evil and bloodshed. They have shed your blood like water, but yet you love them: your love for them will surely get you hell!
The Bible and Holy Qur-an warns you and me against taking them for friends.
Fear Governs Acts Of course, your fear of them makes you act, say and do things you would not if the fear had not been present. Accept Allah (The True God) and His religion. Islam, and He will remove the fear of them from you.
They were created and made to be our enemies and also they were made to be destroyed by fire. You cannot reform them (devils) unless you graft them back into who they came from (the Black Nation). (As Allah taught me to Whom be praised forever.)
They lead or invite you to nothing but evil and filth sport and play. And they make you to believe that they are God’s chosen people to lead and guide you on the right way.
The head of the church (Pope) the Christians call the “father” and vice regent of God. Here in the church of the devil’s religion is where he disguises himself as a Divine Guide.
The Catholic are the chiefs of the christian religion and are out to deceive the so-called Negroes in America to keep from going over to the true religion of ISLAM.
The devils in Christianity are stripping their followers of their clothes. The women wearing their dresses above the knees —— one of the most (words missing)could do, walk or ride in the public dressed half-nude.
To be continued: A RACE OF EVILNESS AND INDECENCY.
WHY GODS AND EARTHS DON'T EAT PORK
WANTED FOR MURDER
"MR" HOG
Known Aliases: Pork, Swine, Hog, Pig, Lard, Animal fat, Animal shortening, Gelatin, Hydrolized animal protein/protein, Collagen, Enzymes, Tallow, Emulsifiers, Stabilizers (Mono and Di-glycerides), Tween, Swine pepsin, Calcium stearate, Poly-sorbates, Monostearates, Fatty acids.
HOW TO EAT TO LIVE
'Why Allah Warned Against Eating the Flesh of Swine'
"What Allah has taught me in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad"
By Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah
The prohibited flesh of the swine to be taken as a food is beyone righteous imagination. It is difficult to understand why Christians eat such divinely-prohibited flesh, while having a Bible and the law given to Moses against the swine flesh. Other prophets, down to Muhammad, preached against the eating of swine.
ALLAH TAUGHT me that this grafted animal was made for medical purposes, not for a food for the people, and that this animal destroys the beautiful appearance of its eaters. It takes away the shyness of those who eat this shyless flesh. Nature did not give the hog anything like shyness.
The Table of Filth
He is the foulest animal. He lives off nothing but filth. The only way you can get him to live and eat better food is to keep him from getting to filth. He is so poisonous (99 per cent), that you can hardly poison him with other poison. You can even give him lye, something you'd think would cut up the intestines when eaten.
Snakes can't poison them; they eat them and fatten. The bit of the snakes don't harm them, because they eat the biter. He is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line and you may find the opening on his forelegs. It is a little hole out of which oozes pus.
This is the filth of his body that cannot be passed fast enough.
HE IS THE greediest animal. He never knows or cares to stop eating, as long as he sees something to eat. He is the dumbest animal. He keeps his nose smelling and eyes looking for something in the earth. You could feed him all day long, and he will never look up to see his feeder.
In case of bad weather arising, he is never intelligent enough to go in before it actually starts raining or hailing on his back. He takes no warning. He will keep his head in the earth, rooting until the storm is lashing his back with rain and the lighting is blinding his eyes.
Please learn to eat one meal a day, and let it be without swine flesh and many of the ailments you are now suffering and getting medicine from the doctor, will disappear.
TO DIABETICS: Eat one meal a day, and lay off that starch and sugar that is making you sick. Write and let me know that you have tried eating once a day, shunning sugar and starches and before a week's time, your urine is negative of sugar and acid is negative.
"MR" HOG
Known Aliases: Pork, Swine, Hog, Pig, Lard, Animal fat, Animal shortening, Gelatin, Hydrolized animal protein/protein, Collagen, Enzymes, Tallow, Emulsifiers, Stabilizers (Mono and Di-glycerides), Tween, Swine pepsin, Calcium stearate, Poly-sorbates, Monostearates, Fatty acids.
HOW TO EAT TO LIVE
'Why Allah Warned Against Eating the Flesh of Swine'
"What Allah has taught me in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad"
By Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah
The prohibited flesh of the swine to be taken as a food is beyone righteous imagination. It is difficult to understand why Christians eat such divinely-prohibited flesh, while having a Bible and the law given to Moses against the swine flesh. Other prophets, down to Muhammad, preached against the eating of swine.
ALLAH TAUGHT me that this grafted animal was made for medical purposes, not for a food for the people, and that this animal destroys the beautiful appearance of its eaters. It takes away the shyness of those who eat this shyless flesh. Nature did not give the hog anything like shyness.
The Table of Filth
He is the foulest animal. He lives off nothing but filth. The only way you can get him to live and eat better food is to keep him from getting to filth. He is so poisonous (99 per cent), that you can hardly poison him with other poison. You can even give him lye, something you'd think would cut up the intestines when eaten.
Snakes can't poison them; they eat them and fatten. The bit of the snakes don't harm them, because they eat the biter. He is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line and you may find the opening on his forelegs. It is a little hole out of which oozes pus.
This is the filth of his body that cannot be passed fast enough.
HE IS THE greediest animal. He never knows or cares to stop eating, as long as he sees something to eat. He is the dumbest animal. He keeps his nose smelling and eyes looking for something in the earth. You could feed him all day long, and he will never look up to see his feeder.
In case of bad weather arising, he is never intelligent enough to go in before it actually starts raining or hailing on his back. He takes no warning. He will keep his head in the earth, rooting until the storm is lashing his back with rain and the lighting is blinding his eyes.
Please learn to eat one meal a day, and let it be without swine flesh and many of the ailments you are now suffering and getting medicine from the doctor, will disappear.
TO DIABETICS: Eat one meal a day, and lay off that starch and sugar that is making you sick. Write and let me know that you have tried eating once a day, shunning sugar and starches and before a week's time, your urine is negative of sugar and acid is negative.
KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE
King James Version Bible
This is the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, traditionally the principal English translation. The KJV is considered one of the masterpieces of early modern English literature, although most modern readers find the language a bit dated and occasionally opaque. There have been numerous successive English translations, many of which have borrowed heavily from the KJV.
One thing to note about the names of the books in the KJV, particularly if you are linking to the files here: the KJV books called 1, 2, 3 and 4 Kings are called Samuel 1 and 2, and Kings 1 and 2 respectively in other versions and translations. However, the abbreviations used at this site are sa1, sa2, ki1 and ki2 respectively across all of the Bible etexts.
GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Kings (1 Samuel)2 Kings (2 Samuel)3 Kings (1 Kings)4 Kings (2 Kings)1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of Solomon (Canticles)IsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation
This is the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, traditionally the principal English translation. The KJV is considered one of the masterpieces of early modern English literature, although most modern readers find the language a bit dated and occasionally opaque. There have been numerous successive English translations, many of which have borrowed heavily from the KJV.
One thing to note about the names of the books in the KJV, particularly if you are linking to the files here: the KJV books called 1, 2, 3 and 4 Kings are called Samuel 1 and 2, and Kings 1 and 2 respectively in other versions and translations. However, the abbreviations used at this site are sa1, sa2, ki1 and ki2 respectively across all of the Bible etexts.
GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Kings (1 Samuel)2 Kings (2 Samuel)3 Kings (1 Kings)4 Kings (2 Kings)1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of Solomon (Canticles)IsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation
THE HOLY QUR'AN
Sacred Texts Islam Hypertext Qur'an Unicode Palmer, Part I (SBE06) Palmer, Part II (SBE09) Pickthall Rodwell
The Holy Qur'an
Arabic Text
Arabic Pronunciation
English text by A. Yusuf Ali
Contents Start Reading
This is the main Qur'an version at sacred-texts.com. Because a completely accurate Unicode version of the Arabic Qur'an text is not yet available, the Arabic is presented as embedded graphics in the GIF format. To allow for viewing on slower systems, each Surah is broken down into traditional sections, which usually include about a dozen verses. Each verse is presented in Arabic along with a pronunciation guide, and The Yusuf Ali English text. The system used in the pronunciation guide can be viewed in this file. This text is hyperlinked with other English versions and transcriptions of the Qur'an at this site.
The Yusuf Ali English text is based on the 1938 book, The Holy Qur-an, Text, Translation and Commentary, (published in Lahore, Cairo and Riyadh). Some modifications have been made; in particular, where the term 'God' appears in the original book, 'Allah' has been substituted. This version is widely used because it is a clear, modern and eloquent translation by a well-respected Muslim scholar. The Surah titles used here are also those which were used in this book.
NOTICE. The English text presented here was free of copyright in the US until 1996, at which point it had a pro-forma copyrighted status created which will last until 2033. However in many countries, including its original country of publication, Pakistan, this text is currently in the public domain. Here's how this happened. Yusuf Ali died in 1952, and Pakistan (his country of residence) has copyright rules of life+50. So the Pakistan copyright expired in 2002. The Ali Qur'an English text was first published in the US in 1946, but was never registered or renewed, so it was never copyrighted in the US. The GATT copyright law granted US copyrights to works not in the public domain in the country of publication as of 1/1/1996, for a full term of 95 years from the date of original publication. This includes works that were never copyrighted in the US or whose US copyrights had already expired, in which category this work falls. We are sure that Yusuf Ali labored on this work so that the world could benefit from it, not to lock it up as someone's personal intellectual property. However, if anyone can establish that they are the copyright holder, we will promptly comply with their wishes.
Sūra 1. Fātiḥa, or the Opening ChapterSūra 2: Baqara, or the HeiferSūra 3: Āl-i-’Imrān, or the Family of ’ImrānSūra 4: Nisāa, or The WomenSūra 5: Māïda, or The Table SpreadSūra 6: An’ām, or CattleSūra 7: A’rāf, or The HeightsSūra 8: Anfāl, or the Spoils of WarSūra 9: Tauba (Repentance) or Barāat (Immunity)Sūra 10: Yūnus, or JonahSūra 11: Hūd (The Prophet Hūd)Sūra 12: Yūsuf, or JosephSūra 13: Ra’d, or ThunderSūra 14: Ibrāhim, or AbrahamSūra 15: Al-Ḥijr, or The Rocky TractSūra 16: Naḥl, or The BeeSūra 17: Banī Isrā-īl, or the Children of IsraelSūra 18: Kahf, or the CaveSūra 19: Maryam, or MarySūra 20: Ṭā HāSūra 21: Anbiyāa, or the ProphetsSūra 22: Hajj, or the PilgrimageSūra 23: Mū-minūn, or The BelieversSūra 24: Nūr, or LightSūra 25: Furqān, or The CriterionSūra 26: Shu‘arāa, or The PoetsSūra 27: Naml, or The AntsSūra 28: Qaṣaṣ, or The NarrationSūra 29: ‘Ankabūt, or The SpiderSūra 30: Rūm, or The Roman EmpireSūra 31: Luqmān (the Wise)Sūra 32: Sajda, or AdorationSūra 33: Aḥzāb, or The ConfederatesSūra 34: Sabā, or the City of SabāSūra 35: Fāṭir, or The Originator or Creation; or Malāïka, the AngelsSūra 36: Yā-SīnSūra 37: Ṣāffāt, or those Ranged in RanksSūra 38: ṢādSūra 39: Zumar, or the CrowdsSūra 40: Mū-min, or The BelieverSūra 41: Hā-MīmSūra 42: Shūrā, or ConsultationSūra 43: Zukhruf, or Gold AdornmentsSūra 44: Dukhān, or Smoke (or Mist)Sūra 44: Jāthiya, or Bowing the KneeSūra 46: Aḥqāf, or Winding Sand-tractsSūra 47: Muḥammad (the Prophet)Sūra 48: Fat-ḥ or VictorySūra 49: Ḥujurāt, or the Inner ApartmentsSūra 50: QāfSūra 51: Ḯāriyāt, or the Winds That ScatterSūra 52: Ṭūr, or the MountSūra 53: Najm, or the StarSūra 54: Qamar, or the MoonSūra 55: Raḥmān, or (Allah) Most GraciousSūra 56: Wāqi‘a, or the Inevitable EventSūra 57: Ḥadid, or IronSūra 58: Mujādila, or The Woman who PleadsSūra 59: Ḥashr, or The Gathering (or Banishment)Sūra 60: Mumtaḥana, or the Woman to be ExaminedSūra 61: Ṣaff, or Battle ArraySūra 62: Jumu‘a, or the Assembly (Friday) PrayerSūra 63: Munāfiqūn, or the HypocritesSūra 64: Tagābun, or Mutual Loss and GainSūra 65: Ṭalāq, or DivorceSūra 66: Taḥrīm, or Holding (something) to be ForbiddenSūra 67: Mulk, or DominionSūra 68: Qalam, or the Pen, or NūnSūra 69: Ḥāqqa, or the Sure RealitySūra 70: Ma‘ārij, or the Ways of AscentSūra 71: Nūḥ, or NoahSūra 72: Jinn, or the SpiritsSūra 73: Muzzammil, or Folded in GarmentsSūra 74: Muddaththir, or One Wrapped UpSūra 75: Qiyāmat, or the RessurectionSūra 76: Dahr, or Time; or Insān, or ManSūra 77: Mursalāt, or Those Sent ForthSūra 78: Nabaa, or the Great NewsSūra 79: Nāzi’āt, or Those Who Tear OutSūra 80: ’Abasa, or He FrownedSūra 81: Takwīr, or the Folding UpSūra 82: Infiṭār, or The Cleaving AsunderSūra 83: Taṭfīt, or Dealing in FraudSūra 84: Inshiqāq, or The Rending AsunderSūra 85: Burūj, or the Zodiacal SignsSūra 86: Ṭāriq, or The Night-VisitantSūra 87: A‘la, or The Most HighSūra 88: Gāshiya, or the Overwhelming EventSūra 89: Fajr, or DawnSūra 90: Balad, or the CitySūra 91: Shams, or The SunSūra 92: Lail, or The NightSūra 93: Dhuḥā, or The Glorious Morning LightSūra 94: Inshirāḥ, or the ExpansionSūra 95: Tīn, or the FigSūra 96: Iqraa, or Read!, or Proclaim!Sūra 97: Qadr, or The Night of Power (or Honor)Sūra 98: Baiyina, or The Clear EvidenceSūra 99: Zilzāl, or The ConvulsionSūra 100: ’Ādiyāt, or Those Who RunSūra 101: Al-Qāri’a, or The Day of Noise and ClamorSūra 102: Takathur, or Piling UpSūra 103: ‘Aṣr, or Time through the AgesSūra 104: Humaza, or the Scandal-mongerSūra 105: Fīl, or The ElephantSūra 106: Quraish, or The Quraish, (Custodians of the Ka’ba)Sūra 107: Mā’ūn, or Neighborly NeedsSūra 107: Mā’ūn, or Neighborly NeedsSūra 108: Kauthar, or AbundanceSūra 109: Kāfirūn, or Those who reject FaithSūra 109: Kāfirūn, or Those who reject FaithSūra 110: Naṣr, or HelpSūra 111: Lahab, or The FlameSūra 112: Ikhlāṣ, or Purity (of Faith)Sūra 113: Falaq, or The DawnSūra 114: Nās, or Mankind
The Holy Qur'an
Arabic Text
Arabic Pronunciation
English text by A. Yusuf Ali
Contents Start Reading
This is the main Qur'an version at sacred-texts.com. Because a completely accurate Unicode version of the Arabic Qur'an text is not yet available, the Arabic is presented as embedded graphics in the GIF format. To allow for viewing on slower systems, each Surah is broken down into traditional sections, which usually include about a dozen verses. Each verse is presented in Arabic along with a pronunciation guide, and The Yusuf Ali English text. The system used in the pronunciation guide can be viewed in this file. This text is hyperlinked with other English versions and transcriptions of the Qur'an at this site.
The Yusuf Ali English text is based on the 1938 book, The Holy Qur-an, Text, Translation and Commentary, (published in Lahore, Cairo and Riyadh). Some modifications have been made; in particular, where the term 'God' appears in the original book, 'Allah' has been substituted. This version is widely used because it is a clear, modern and eloquent translation by a well-respected Muslim scholar. The Surah titles used here are also those which were used in this book.
NOTICE. The English text presented here was free of copyright in the US until 1996, at which point it had a pro-forma copyrighted status created which will last until 2033. However in many countries, including its original country of publication, Pakistan, this text is currently in the public domain. Here's how this happened. Yusuf Ali died in 1952, and Pakistan (his country of residence) has copyright rules of life+50. So the Pakistan copyright expired in 2002. The Ali Qur'an English text was first published in the US in 1946, but was never registered or renewed, so it was never copyrighted in the US. The GATT copyright law granted US copyrights to works not in the public domain in the country of publication as of 1/1/1996, for a full term of 95 years from the date of original publication. This includes works that were never copyrighted in the US or whose US copyrights had already expired, in which category this work falls. We are sure that Yusuf Ali labored on this work so that the world could benefit from it, not to lock it up as someone's personal intellectual property. However, if anyone can establish that they are the copyright holder, we will promptly comply with their wishes.
Sūra 1. Fātiḥa, or the Opening ChapterSūra 2: Baqara, or the HeiferSūra 3: Āl-i-’Imrān, or the Family of ’ImrānSūra 4: Nisāa, or The WomenSūra 5: Māïda, or The Table SpreadSūra 6: An’ām, or CattleSūra 7: A’rāf, or The HeightsSūra 8: Anfāl, or the Spoils of WarSūra 9: Tauba (Repentance) or Barāat (Immunity)Sūra 10: Yūnus, or JonahSūra 11: Hūd (The Prophet Hūd)Sūra 12: Yūsuf, or JosephSūra 13: Ra’d, or ThunderSūra 14: Ibrāhim, or AbrahamSūra 15: Al-Ḥijr, or The Rocky TractSūra 16: Naḥl, or The BeeSūra 17: Banī Isrā-īl, or the Children of IsraelSūra 18: Kahf, or the CaveSūra 19: Maryam, or MarySūra 20: Ṭā HāSūra 21: Anbiyāa, or the ProphetsSūra 22: Hajj, or the PilgrimageSūra 23: Mū-minūn, or The BelieversSūra 24: Nūr, or LightSūra 25: Furqān, or The CriterionSūra 26: Shu‘arāa, or The PoetsSūra 27: Naml, or The AntsSūra 28: Qaṣaṣ, or The NarrationSūra 29: ‘Ankabūt, or The SpiderSūra 30: Rūm, or The Roman EmpireSūra 31: Luqmān (the Wise)Sūra 32: Sajda, or AdorationSūra 33: Aḥzāb, or The ConfederatesSūra 34: Sabā, or the City of SabāSūra 35: Fāṭir, or The Originator or Creation; or Malāïka, the AngelsSūra 36: Yā-SīnSūra 37: Ṣāffāt, or those Ranged in RanksSūra 38: ṢādSūra 39: Zumar, or the CrowdsSūra 40: Mū-min, or The BelieverSūra 41: Hā-MīmSūra 42: Shūrā, or ConsultationSūra 43: Zukhruf, or Gold AdornmentsSūra 44: Dukhān, or Smoke (or Mist)Sūra 44: Jāthiya, or Bowing the KneeSūra 46: Aḥqāf, or Winding Sand-tractsSūra 47: Muḥammad (the Prophet)Sūra 48: Fat-ḥ or VictorySūra 49: Ḥujurāt, or the Inner ApartmentsSūra 50: QāfSūra 51: Ḯāriyāt, or the Winds That ScatterSūra 52: Ṭūr, or the MountSūra 53: Najm, or the StarSūra 54: Qamar, or the MoonSūra 55: Raḥmān, or (Allah) Most GraciousSūra 56: Wāqi‘a, or the Inevitable EventSūra 57: Ḥadid, or IronSūra 58: Mujādila, or The Woman who PleadsSūra 59: Ḥashr, or The Gathering (or Banishment)Sūra 60: Mumtaḥana, or the Woman to be ExaminedSūra 61: Ṣaff, or Battle ArraySūra 62: Jumu‘a, or the Assembly (Friday) PrayerSūra 63: Munāfiqūn, or the HypocritesSūra 64: Tagābun, or Mutual Loss and GainSūra 65: Ṭalāq, or DivorceSūra 66: Taḥrīm, or Holding (something) to be ForbiddenSūra 67: Mulk, or DominionSūra 68: Qalam, or the Pen, or NūnSūra 69: Ḥāqqa, or the Sure RealitySūra 70: Ma‘ārij, or the Ways of AscentSūra 71: Nūḥ, or NoahSūra 72: Jinn, or the SpiritsSūra 73: Muzzammil, or Folded in GarmentsSūra 74: Muddaththir, or One Wrapped UpSūra 75: Qiyāmat, or the RessurectionSūra 76: Dahr, or Time; or Insān, or ManSūra 77: Mursalāt, or Those Sent ForthSūra 78: Nabaa, or the Great NewsSūra 79: Nāzi’āt, or Those Who Tear OutSūra 80: ’Abasa, or He FrownedSūra 81: Takwīr, or the Folding UpSūra 82: Infiṭār, or The Cleaving AsunderSūra 83: Taṭfīt, or Dealing in FraudSūra 84: Inshiqāq, or The Rending AsunderSūra 85: Burūj, or the Zodiacal SignsSūra 86: Ṭāriq, or The Night-VisitantSūra 87: A‘la, or The Most HighSūra 88: Gāshiya, or the Overwhelming EventSūra 89: Fajr, or DawnSūra 90: Balad, or the CitySūra 91: Shams, or The SunSūra 92: Lail, or The NightSūra 93: Dhuḥā, or The Glorious Morning LightSūra 94: Inshirāḥ, or the ExpansionSūra 95: Tīn, or the FigSūra 96: Iqraa, or Read!, or Proclaim!Sūra 97: Qadr, or The Night of Power (or Honor)Sūra 98: Baiyina, or The Clear EvidenceSūra 99: Zilzāl, or The ConvulsionSūra 100: ’Ādiyāt, or Those Who RunSūra 101: Al-Qāri’a, or The Day of Noise and ClamorSūra 102: Takathur, or Piling UpSūra 103: ‘Aṣr, or Time through the AgesSūra 104: Humaza, or the Scandal-mongerSūra 105: Fīl, or The ElephantSūra 106: Quraish, or The Quraish, (Custodians of the Ka’ba)Sūra 107: Mā’ūn, or Neighborly NeedsSūra 107: Mā’ūn, or Neighborly NeedsSūra 108: Kauthar, or AbundanceSūra 109: Kāfirūn, or Those who reject FaithSūra 109: Kāfirūn, or Those who reject FaithSūra 110: Naṣr, or HelpSūra 111: Lahab, or The FlameSūra 112: Ikhlāṣ, or Purity (of Faith)Sūra 113: Falaq, or The DawnSūra 114: Nās, or Mankind
THE KYBALION
The Kybalion
Cover Page
Introduction
I.
Hermetic Philosophy
II.
Seven Hermetic Principles
III.
Mental Transmutation
IV.
The All
V.
The Mental Universe
VI.
The Divine Paradox
VII.
"The All" in All
VIII.
Planes of Correspondence
IX.
Vibration
X.
Polarity
XI.
Rhythm
XII.
Causation
XIII.
Gender
XIV.
Mental Gender
XV.
Hermetic Axioms
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"There have always been a few Initiates in each generation... who kept alive the sacred flame..." - K
A Study of
The Hermetic Philosophy ofAncient Egypt and Greece
byThree Initiates
"The lips of wisdom are closed,except to the ears of Understanding"
To Hermes Trismegistus
Known by the Ancient Egyptians as"The Great Great"and"Master of Masters"
This little volume of Hermetic Teachings is Reverently dedicated
Cover Page
Introduction
I.
Hermetic Philosophy
II.
Seven Hermetic Principles
III.
Mental Transmutation
IV.
The All
V.
The Mental Universe
VI.
The Divine Paradox
VII.
"The All" in All
VIII.
Planes of Correspondence
IX.
Vibration
X.
Polarity
XI.
Rhythm
XII.
Causation
XIII.
Gender
XIV.
Mental Gender
XV.
Hermetic Axioms
Show All Chapters
"There have always been a few Initiates in each generation... who kept alive the sacred flame..." - K
A Study of
The Hermetic Philosophy ofAncient Egypt and Greece
byThree Initiates
"The lips of wisdom are closed,except to the ears of Understanding"
To Hermes Trismegistus
Known by the Ancient Egyptians as"The Great Great"and"Master of Masters"
This little volume of Hermetic Teachings is Reverently dedicated
TABLE TALKS...# 2
TABLE TALKS WITH MESSENGER ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
NOTE: Messenger Elijah Muhammad is identified in these talks as "Holy Apostle"
In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful, The Lord of the Worlds
Recorded from 6/16/74
She: Yes, well, I had given myself over to it, I got in a trance over this music. This old man told me that this music was what played before people would go into a Temple to get you into the spirit to communicate with thoughts. He was telling me to direct my thoughts on one word or one thought or one picture and keep it on that until you achieve unification with that. Then you can direct you mind into other channels. I got to that stage. I thought I couldn't move. I knew he was speaking to me....(Interruption by another dinner guest that we shall designate by the initials AB).
AB: He was continually speaking to you while the music was going?
She: He left me there.
AB: But every now and then he would say something to you right?
She: Yes, when he came back I couldn't lift up my arm. I was on a plane (state of mind) where I felt I was away from everything yet I could see in the third person. He said if you put yourself in the 3rd Person you can't feel pain or anything to your body because you are looking at yourself from the outside, therefore you are not conscious of anything that is inflicted upon you as a person. I that's true Sir. So I was in this hypnotic state....
All Table Participants: That's right and that's the secret right there. You were in a hypnotic trance.
She: He could speak to me, and I couldn't move. I could hear him and everything, but I couldn't do anything until he threw water on me and slapped my face.
AB: Sister, while you were under this hypnotic state he could have told you anything he wanted to and you would have believed it. He could have suggested things to your mind such that from now on you would believe this and you would do this and do that and you would have been inclined to do them especially if you had gone to him more than once or twice.
Holy Apostle: Look at the magician. He stands up and produces live rabbits, chickens and turkeys and all such as that seemingly coming out of his hat. None of it is real. There is no such thing as rabbits jumping out of a hat unless they are put there. These are tricks, sleight-of-hand.
Questioner: That is of course an important consideration I think. Its important to be able to understand that the rabbit didn't come out of the air. It is a material thing that came from some other material thing.. That rabbit was born somewhere and the magician had to bring it to the place from whence it was shown.
Holy Apostle: But how did he shutter our eyes bring a trick, curtain or vision here to make us believe it was something actually completely different than what it was? He could not produce a glass of water unless he were to go somewhere and take it out of a hydrant. But I see a glass of water. Well alright then, if I did not see him get it out of the hydrant he has tricked my vision right? Well this is the thing I am coming to. Regardless to the education we may acquire, if we don't believe in the truth of reality we are bound to be headed for the fisher's net. Now this poor Sister here, just listening to her, I looked over an area of millions of people while she was talking. What I mean is it came into my mind that there are millions of people like that. What is the best way to convince them? You have to convince them with reality. Our People, they have for many centuries, thousands of years worked hard with each other to show that I am greater in power than you. And now they have a greater field of trick power, that you are better than me at tricks, And I will worship you power of tricks. And this is the kind of thing now that gives us trouble and drags us into the net. We must just remember that it is not the real thing. We must remember that this is not the way of God and if its not the way of God, we don't partake of it. When you get that kind of mind nothing will have power over you. She was talking about this Hinduism power that kind of captivated her. She thinks there is a little something in it, that she can use it, that she can bring you out from the Detroit or Milwaukee with the power of her mind because she was tricked under that kind of power. She was depending on it and felt she could do it because under those circumstances it looked like it worked alright. But if put to a test she couldn't do anything. No! if put to a test she couldn't do anything.
AB: That's Right. And her teacher, if put to a test, If his life depended on it........
Holy Apostle: That's right, if put to a test he and his teacher and his fathers Teachers, you can put them all to light with the power of truth.
Questioner: That's beautiful Dear Holy Apostle and if I may, I would like to add that a further protection from that kind of things is the ability to delude beneath the veneer that is put before your eyes and get at the basic of the thing. Certainly your Teaching is such that if one understands the need to get at the root of a thing, The very foundation, your final conclusion will be much more understandable.
Holy Apostle: Now here's a biblical picture. Moses and the Magicians had rods. The Magicians rods could do practically the same thing that Moses rod could do. It could crawl away and look like a serpent. It was so real and looked like it had so much power that Moses became frightened. Maybe he wouldn't be able to convince that people, He thought. Moses was afraid he wouldn't be able to compete with them. Thought Moses, "These birds are pretty strong, they have something crawling around here too." Now remember God back there in the bushes had demonstrated to him his rod and Moses even become frightened out there to see his rod crawling away like a serpent. The God told him , "Pick it up and it will become a rod again." And so Moses picked it up. God said to him, "Now show these signs to Pharoah." O.K. when Moses got there so as to demonstrate his rod Pharoah said, "Well now you haven't done anything. I have some who can do the same thing. Come on Magicians. That was Pharoah's false prophets. He says, "Go ahead and cast you rod." When the Magicians cast their rods the rods crawled around like serpents. Moses was afraid again. Maybe he was being cheated or maybe Jehovah did not give him the Best for these people have rods that do the same thing as mine. Look at the point there. Then, the Holy Qur'an says, Allah says go ahead, you will be the over-comer, cast down you rod. He cast his down and his serpent ate up the Magicians. Then the Magicians were astonished. Pharoah was defeated. The same goes now. The Magicians make a picture before you that looks like it really has divine work in it. God Himself could not (do) any better, you might think. Oh brother! Its not the power of God working there. Some of the scientists say that this serpent that was crawling of the Magicians was the lies that they were telling and Moses put down the truth, and his Truth ate up their lies. It was Truth versus lies. The Magicians had the lies and Moses had the Truth. They were smart with their lies thinking they could win with lies but Moses put down the Truth and it ate up the lies. That's the way one Scientist gives it. I don't say that's exactly what it was. Actually this rod serves as a sign. The rod acts as something we use to chastise. When God asked Moses the first time, "Moses what is that you have in your hand." He says, "My rod that I walk with and that I beat off the leaves that fall on my sheep with." This is a good thing to show Pharoah, some Truth that I have to demonstrate to the world and that will come 4,000 years from now. See this rod, you can use it for chastising. You can use it for resting on, to learn on; you can use it to aid your sheep. I'm going to give a rod that in the Last Day will aid people we will give a sign of that by your rod here. That same rod brought death to Pharoah and his army in The Red Sea according to the Book as he struck the water and the water went together and drowned Pharoah. This was a might rod but this was also an example of what God has in mind in the Last Day. The rod is spoken of in Isaiah as , "And you shall beat them to pieces with the Rod like a clay pot." Referring to people. This is not a literal rod. The Book closes in the last Chapter that a sword came out of the Lamb's mouth to over-come the Beast and brought the Beast to naught. Not with a literal sword but the sword that proceeded out of his mouth. That was Truth. That was the Truth that Moses was contending with Pharoah with. It put Pharoah and his Magicians to death. Right? All Praise Is Due to Allah!!
Holy Apostle: Brother now you can see to get this world into the knowledge of Truth, you have a job.
AB: That's right, because so many people out here are messing up. They get a little bit of knowledge about a thing, especially about fooling with the human mind, that it really messes up the person's beliefs. He could really make you believe he's God if he wanted to.
She: But I think I really learned how to communicate with some people mentally by just focusing my mind on one thing.
Holy Apostle: You did! Alright, communicate with me. Go home and try to communicate with me now.
She: Well Sir your mind is so much more powerful than mine that.... (Interruption)
AB: Well I've got a weak mind, concentrate on me. (General, good natured laughter)
Holy Apostle: That's the Tricknowledgy. You see, the old man was smart. He said if you don't believe, or you don't act like such and such a thing, I can't do anything with you. You admits his defeats.
She: Dear Holy Apostle; you have said that if you think something to be or to come into existence that if that thought is not interfered with, that it could come to pass.
AB: Who said that?
She: The Dear Holy Apostle has said this.
AB: Yes, but who can do this?
She: He said anyone....(looking around the table) didn't he? Didn't some of you hear him say this one night when I asked him?............(Silence)
Holy Apostle: Wait a minute now. Let me tell you what kind of thing...................................
NOTE: Messenger Elijah Muhammad is identified in these talks as "Holy Apostle"
In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful, The Lord of the Worlds
Recorded from 6/16/74
She: Yes, well, I had given myself over to it, I got in a trance over this music. This old man told me that this music was what played before people would go into a Temple to get you into the spirit to communicate with thoughts. He was telling me to direct my thoughts on one word or one thought or one picture and keep it on that until you achieve unification with that. Then you can direct you mind into other channels. I got to that stage. I thought I couldn't move. I knew he was speaking to me....(Interruption by another dinner guest that we shall designate by the initials AB).
AB: He was continually speaking to you while the music was going?
She: He left me there.
AB: But every now and then he would say something to you right?
She: Yes, when he came back I couldn't lift up my arm. I was on a plane (state of mind) where I felt I was away from everything yet I could see in the third person. He said if you put yourself in the 3rd Person you can't feel pain or anything to your body because you are looking at yourself from the outside, therefore you are not conscious of anything that is inflicted upon you as a person. I that's true Sir. So I was in this hypnotic state....
All Table Participants: That's right and that's the secret right there. You were in a hypnotic trance.
She: He could speak to me, and I couldn't move. I could hear him and everything, but I couldn't do anything until he threw water on me and slapped my face.
AB: Sister, while you were under this hypnotic state he could have told you anything he wanted to and you would have believed it. He could have suggested things to your mind such that from now on you would believe this and you would do this and do that and you would have been inclined to do them especially if you had gone to him more than once or twice.
Holy Apostle: Look at the magician. He stands up and produces live rabbits, chickens and turkeys and all such as that seemingly coming out of his hat. None of it is real. There is no such thing as rabbits jumping out of a hat unless they are put there. These are tricks, sleight-of-hand.
Questioner: That is of course an important consideration I think. Its important to be able to understand that the rabbit didn't come out of the air. It is a material thing that came from some other material thing.. That rabbit was born somewhere and the magician had to bring it to the place from whence it was shown.
Holy Apostle: But how did he shutter our eyes bring a trick, curtain or vision here to make us believe it was something actually completely different than what it was? He could not produce a glass of water unless he were to go somewhere and take it out of a hydrant. But I see a glass of water. Well alright then, if I did not see him get it out of the hydrant he has tricked my vision right? Well this is the thing I am coming to. Regardless to the education we may acquire, if we don't believe in the truth of reality we are bound to be headed for the fisher's net. Now this poor Sister here, just listening to her, I looked over an area of millions of people while she was talking. What I mean is it came into my mind that there are millions of people like that. What is the best way to convince them? You have to convince them with reality. Our People, they have for many centuries, thousands of years worked hard with each other to show that I am greater in power than you. And now they have a greater field of trick power, that you are better than me at tricks, And I will worship you power of tricks. And this is the kind of thing now that gives us trouble and drags us into the net. We must just remember that it is not the real thing. We must remember that this is not the way of God and if its not the way of God, we don't partake of it. When you get that kind of mind nothing will have power over you. She was talking about this Hinduism power that kind of captivated her. She thinks there is a little something in it, that she can use it, that she can bring you out from the Detroit or Milwaukee with the power of her mind because she was tricked under that kind of power. She was depending on it and felt she could do it because under those circumstances it looked like it worked alright. But if put to a test she couldn't do anything. No! if put to a test she couldn't do anything.
AB: That's Right. And her teacher, if put to a test, If his life depended on it........
Holy Apostle: That's right, if put to a test he and his teacher and his fathers Teachers, you can put them all to light with the power of truth.
Questioner: That's beautiful Dear Holy Apostle and if I may, I would like to add that a further protection from that kind of things is the ability to delude beneath the veneer that is put before your eyes and get at the basic of the thing. Certainly your Teaching is such that if one understands the need to get at the root of a thing, The very foundation, your final conclusion will be much more understandable.
Holy Apostle: Now here's a biblical picture. Moses and the Magicians had rods. The Magicians rods could do practically the same thing that Moses rod could do. It could crawl away and look like a serpent. It was so real and looked like it had so much power that Moses became frightened. Maybe he wouldn't be able to convince that people, He thought. Moses was afraid he wouldn't be able to compete with them. Thought Moses, "These birds are pretty strong, they have something crawling around here too." Now remember God back there in the bushes had demonstrated to him his rod and Moses even become frightened out there to see his rod crawling away like a serpent. The God told him , "Pick it up and it will become a rod again." And so Moses picked it up. God said to him, "Now show these signs to Pharoah." O.K. when Moses got there so as to demonstrate his rod Pharoah said, "Well now you haven't done anything. I have some who can do the same thing. Come on Magicians. That was Pharoah's false prophets. He says, "Go ahead and cast you rod." When the Magicians cast their rods the rods crawled around like serpents. Moses was afraid again. Maybe he was being cheated or maybe Jehovah did not give him the Best for these people have rods that do the same thing as mine. Look at the point there. Then, the Holy Qur'an says, Allah says go ahead, you will be the over-comer, cast down you rod. He cast his down and his serpent ate up the Magicians. Then the Magicians were astonished. Pharoah was defeated. The same goes now. The Magicians make a picture before you that looks like it really has divine work in it. God Himself could not (do) any better, you might think. Oh brother! Its not the power of God working there. Some of the scientists say that this serpent that was crawling of the Magicians was the lies that they were telling and Moses put down the truth, and his Truth ate up their lies. It was Truth versus lies. The Magicians had the lies and Moses had the Truth. They were smart with their lies thinking they could win with lies but Moses put down the Truth and it ate up the lies. That's the way one Scientist gives it. I don't say that's exactly what it was. Actually this rod serves as a sign. The rod acts as something we use to chastise. When God asked Moses the first time, "Moses what is that you have in your hand." He says, "My rod that I walk with and that I beat off the leaves that fall on my sheep with." This is a good thing to show Pharoah, some Truth that I have to demonstrate to the world and that will come 4,000 years from now. See this rod, you can use it for chastising. You can use it for resting on, to learn on; you can use it to aid your sheep. I'm going to give a rod that in the Last Day will aid people we will give a sign of that by your rod here. That same rod brought death to Pharoah and his army in The Red Sea according to the Book as he struck the water and the water went together and drowned Pharoah. This was a might rod but this was also an example of what God has in mind in the Last Day. The rod is spoken of in Isaiah as , "And you shall beat them to pieces with the Rod like a clay pot." Referring to people. This is not a literal rod. The Book closes in the last Chapter that a sword came out of the Lamb's mouth to over-come the Beast and brought the Beast to naught. Not with a literal sword but the sword that proceeded out of his mouth. That was Truth. That was the Truth that Moses was contending with Pharoah with. It put Pharoah and his Magicians to death. Right? All Praise Is Due to Allah!!
Holy Apostle: Brother now you can see to get this world into the knowledge of Truth, you have a job.
AB: That's right, because so many people out here are messing up. They get a little bit of knowledge about a thing, especially about fooling with the human mind, that it really messes up the person's beliefs. He could really make you believe he's God if he wanted to.
She: But I think I really learned how to communicate with some people mentally by just focusing my mind on one thing.
Holy Apostle: You did! Alright, communicate with me. Go home and try to communicate with me now.
She: Well Sir your mind is so much more powerful than mine that.... (Interruption)
AB: Well I've got a weak mind, concentrate on me. (General, good natured laughter)
Holy Apostle: That's the Tricknowledgy. You see, the old man was smart. He said if you don't believe, or you don't act like such and such a thing, I can't do anything with you. You admits his defeats.
She: Dear Holy Apostle; you have said that if you think something to be or to come into existence that if that thought is not interfered with, that it could come to pass.
AB: Who said that?
She: The Dear Holy Apostle has said this.
AB: Yes, but who can do this?
She: He said anyone....(looking around the table) didn't he? Didn't some of you hear him say this one night when I asked him?............(Silence)
Holy Apostle: Wait a minute now. Let me tell you what kind of thing...................................
THE SPEECH
THE SPEECH
"How to control the Black man for at least 300 years"
By Willie Lynch, 1712
Gentlemen:
I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, I shall thank you, The Gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to hlep you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies where I have experimented with some of the newest and still the oldest methods for the control of slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my program was implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King, whose version of the Bible we cherish, I saw enough to know that your problem is not unique. While Rome used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies along its old highways, in great numbers you are here using the tree and the rope on occasion.
I caught the whiff of a dead slave hanging from a tree a couple of miles back. You are losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, you suffer occassional fires, your animals are killed off.
Gentlemen, you know what your problems are: I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems. I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them.
In my bag here, I have a fool proof method for controlling your Black slaves. I guarantee everyone of you that if installed correctly, it will control the slaves for at least 300 years. My method is simple, any member of your family or any overseer can use it.
I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves: and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South for you also. Take this simple little list of differences, and think about them. On top of my list is "Age" but it is only there because it starts with an "A": the second is "Color" or shade, there is intelligence, size, sex size of plantations, status on plantation, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine or coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action -- but before that, I shall assure you that distrust is stronger than trust, and envy is stronger than adulation, respect or admiration. The Black Slave, after receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self re-fueling and self-generating for hundreds of years, maybe thousands.
Don't forget you must pit the old Black male vs. the young Black male and the young Blabck male vs. the old Black male. You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin slaves. You must use the female vs. the male, and the male vs. the female. You must also have you caucasion servants and overseers distrust all Blacks, but it is necessary that your Black slaves trust and depend on us. They must love, respect and trust only us.
Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them. Never miss an opportunity. My plan is guaranteed, and the good thing about this plan is that if used intensely and properly for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually distrustful.
Thank you Gentlemen.
"How to control the Black man for at least 300 years"
By Willie Lynch, 1712
Gentlemen:
I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First, I shall thank you, The Gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to hlep you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies where I have experimented with some of the newest and still the oldest methods for the control of slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my program was implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King, whose version of the Bible we cherish, I saw enough to know that your problem is not unique. While Rome used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies along its old highways, in great numbers you are here using the tree and the rope on occasion.
I caught the whiff of a dead slave hanging from a tree a couple of miles back. You are losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, you suffer occassional fires, your animals are killed off.
Gentlemen, you know what your problems are: I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems. I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them.
In my bag here, I have a fool proof method for controlling your Black slaves. I guarantee everyone of you that if installed correctly, it will control the slaves for at least 300 years. My method is simple, any member of your family or any overseer can use it.
I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves: and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South for you also. Take this simple little list of differences, and think about them. On top of my list is "Age" but it is only there because it starts with an "A": the second is "Color" or shade, there is intelligence, size, sex size of plantations, status on plantation, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine or coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action -- but before that, I shall assure you that distrust is stronger than trust, and envy is stronger than adulation, respect or admiration. The Black Slave, after receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self re-fueling and self-generating for hundreds of years, maybe thousands.
Don't forget you must pit the old Black male vs. the young Black male and the young Blabck male vs. the old Black male. You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin slaves. You must use the female vs. the male, and the male vs. the female. You must also have you caucasion servants and overseers distrust all Blacks, but it is necessary that your Black slaves trust and depend on us. They must love, respect and trust only us.
Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them. Never miss an opportunity. My plan is guaranteed, and the good thing about this plan is that if used intensely and properly for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually distrustful.
Thank you Gentlemen.
THE PROPER HANDLING OF PEOPLE
The Proper Handling of People
As Taught By Messenger Elijah Muhammad
Chapter 1.
I. Fundamental Technique in Handling People
Don't criticize, condemn or complain.
Give honest, sincere appreciation.
Arouse in the other person an eager want.
II. Ways To Make People Like You.
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Smile.
Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely.
III. Ways To Win People To Your Way of Thinking.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Show respect for the other man's opinion. Never tell a man he is wrong.
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Begin in a friendly way.
Get the other person saying, "Yes, yes" immediately.
Let the other man feel that the idea is his.
Let the other man do a great deal of talking.
Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Be sympathetic with other person's ideas and desires.
Appeal to the nobler motives.
Dramatize you ideas.
Throw down a challenge.
IV. Ways To Change People Without Giving Offense Or Arousing Resentment.
Begin with praise and honest appreaciation.
Call attention to peoples mistakes indirectly.
Talk about you own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Let the other man save his face.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
Chapter 2
V. Things Important To People.
1. People were listed as concerned with the following in order of importance to them:
Security.
Treatment by people in authority over them.
Relationship to associates.
Physical surroundings.
Treatment by their job.
Compensation.
Appreciation of efforts.
Incentives.
Benefits.
Attention given complaints.
Opportunity for advancement.
Opportunity to make suggestions.
VI. Things Laborers Should Be Concerned With.
Job progress
How to do job.
Nations or Mosque's plans and results.
Recognition of achievement through:
Advancement
Credit from good job.
Pleasant relations with people.
Consideration of job is important.
A laborer who is effecient, is fair, gives full consideration to complaints, gives clear orders and instructions, considers others personal problems, give subordinates chances to make suggestions and opportunity to use initiative.
Chapter 3
VII. People Work Best
1. People work best when they feel that they and their efforts are important. You can make them feel this way if you:
understand that each believer is an individual
find out what they want from their position or Islam
Situations in Dealing With People
2. You put this knowledge to work by the way you deal with each person in such situations as:
correcting mistakes
praising
dealing with personal problems
resolving personal conflicts
getting them to work as a group
handling grievances
giving orders
introducing changes
VIII. Dealing With Authority
They are people too and so are other officials or laborers.
Your success as a person depends on how you get along with them too.
Maintaining good relations with authorities and other officials probably does not differ much from dealing with some one who is not. They are all people.
If you can figure out how to handle them, you know it will pay off.
IX. Steps in Handling Personal Problems
Listen without judging or advising.
Help the person to clarify his thinking.
Assist him in carrying out his decision.
If you can't help, minimize the load
lessen responsibility
create new interest
assure the individual of your sympathy and understanding
emphasize the need to carry on
X Two Basic Goals
Security
Approval
realize people need approval
how and when depends on the individual and the situation
a man wants respect for his ideas and opinions and a chance to excel, to show his ability
Chapter 4
XI Elements of Correction
Be sure it's necessary.
Correct in private, if possible.
Be matter-of-fact.
Start with a favorable comment, if possible.
Suit the correction to the person corrected.
Tell what's wrong, and why.
Give him a chance to comment.
Tell how to make the correction.
End on an encouraging note.
XII Types of Assistant's Responsibilities
FULL RESPONSIBILITY (No referral to Superior)
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY (Report action to Superior)
NO RESPONSIBILITY (Refer to Superior for decision)
Checking set up before new project begins
Progress records
Matters of discipline
Checking attendance
Quality reports
Assignments
Routine maintenance
Progress of program schedules
Scheduling
Keeping performance charts up to date.
Training of new people
Granting of privileges
Advising setup man of needed changes
Grievance handling
XIII How to Make Decisions
Define the problem exactly.
Canvass all possibilities.
Compare and evaluate each solution.
Select the best parts of each.
Implement the decision.
XIV How to Assist Your Assistant
1. Give specific training.
2. Help him establish good relations with group.
prepare group
prepare assistant
define his authority
3. Define his duties:
regular duties
emergency duties
4. Define his responsibility:
full
shared
none
5. Train him to make decisions
6. Tell him who to see for guidance.
Chapter 5
XV Road to Satisfaction
Recognition as Individual
Security
Sense of Belonging
Learn person's name and use it
Teach him Properly
Make him feel wanted
Put him on his own
Criticize sparingly.
Help him make friends
Listen to his ideas. Recognize him away from Mosque life.
Praise good work.
Point out his contribution to the group.
Show him his work is important.
Make him feel your Mosque is a team of which he is a respected member.
Make sure orders are understood.
Expect enough from him to provide incentive but not more than he can deliver
Don't let any change come as a surprise
XVI Four Basic Problems
Health.
Finances.
Domestic Affairs.
Affairs of the Heart.
XVII -Official Agreement
The welfare of the group comes first.
The official shall lead the group and be responsible for its welfare
The Muslim should follow the official's lead, obey instructions, directions, orders, etc.
The official shall not take advantage of his position to give harmful orders, play favorites, etc.
The official and believers shall each do what he can to make it advantageous to belong to the Mosque.
XVIII What do you Owe to Members of the Group
Ability to do your job.
Responsibility.
Fairness.
Advancement of group welfare.
Chapter 6
XIX Good Laborers' Neighbor Policy
1. Time cutting: if laborers work smoothly together, they can interchange.
2. Muslim Morale: no use trying to put the team idea across to your people if they see there is no team work on the Official level.
3. Emergency aid: if laborers are on good terms, one will jump in to meet the other fellow's emergency.
4. Communication: a few warning words can save a lot of headaches and time.
Improving Relations With Fellow Official
1. Don't tear him down
passing the buck
encroaching on his authority
making the most of his mistakes
digging at him in public
2. Build him up
giving timely warnings
keeping him informed
saying a good word to him
keeping competition friendly.
XX Basic Personality Types:
TYPE
CHARACTERISTICS
Stubborn
Says "no" to everything
Changes his mind reluctantly.
Can't be swayed by argument.
Balks at instructions.
Resents taking orders.
Dislikes change.
Slow
Slow Always chews things over.
Slow getting started.
Not likely to go off half-cocked.
Can't be rushed.
Sensitive
Easily offended
Hurt by criticism
Can't be kidded
Magnifies complaints
Takes everything personally
Resents orders.
Timid
Crumbles under criticism
Too shy to ask necessary questions
Slow in making friends
Has little initiative
Bold
Quick and positive with suggestions
Impatient about complaints
Somewhat conceited
Argumentative
Leaps before looking
Apt to be enthusiastic worker.
Chapter 7
XXI Friction Points
Giving orders
Handling unjustified complaints.
Giving praise.
Correcting mistakes.
Making changes.
XXII Program for Induction, Orientation of New Muslims
1. Before he arrives
prepare future associates
get his place ready.
2. When he arrives
greet him by name
show him around
introduce him to the others
tell him about the rules and routine
tell him about his duties
let everybody know he's arrived.
XXIII Reward kickback Areas
Resentful co-people.
Reaction of the rewarded worker himself.
Other associate group reaction.
Organizational conflict.
XXIV Some Type of Reward
Verbal approval.
Written approval.
Public praise.
Speacial priviledges.
Promotion.
Compensation.
XXV How to Reward
Aim your approval.
Select the reward.
Distribute rewards fairly
Explain the purpose
Inform the others.
Keep records.
Chapter 8
XXVI Points of Being Friendly
Establish friendly relations with all your people.
Be completely impartial on the job or position.
Make your position clear to your friend.
Don't try to cover up the relationship.
XXVII Guide for Handling Conflicts
Approach the matter calmly.
Be strictly impartial.
Get to the bottom of conflict.
Make the individuals recognize their motivations.
Show why antagonism doesn't belong among Muslims.
Try to bring about a friendly relationship.
Follow up.
XXVIII Painless Disciplining
1. Beforehand
give ample and definite warning.
make sure it's his fault.
see that no one is irreplaceable.
consider compensating factors.
decide who else must be told.
XXIX When You Discipline
Get your feelings under control.
Select the right time and place.
Make your decision final at the outset.
Back it up with facts.
Allow him to let off steam.
Help him to make a fresh start.
Help him to save face with others.
Help him to make final arrangements.
Safeguard group reaction.
Learn from each disciplining or firing how to prevent others
Chapter 9
XXX Detecting Personality Quirks
The Basic Question: How will a man's emotional make-up show up on
1. Some cautions
Spread emotional stability questions throughout interview.
Consider the facts in light of the circumstances, nature of job working conditions, and so on.
Don't overemphasize any one point. Evaluate the entire picture.
2. Behavior
Is he inflexible; has he refused to change his work at all?
Is he chronically dissatisfied Ñ was something wrong with every job?
Did he consider himself too good for the job?
3. Relations with others
Other workers; was it always the other's fault?
His foreman, did he resent authority? Was the laborer alwayspicking on him? Was he always in trouble?
4. Inexperienced applicants
Did he take part in outside school activities?
Did he make friends in school?
What did he think of his teachers?
XXXI Four Steps to Teamwork
Principal aim: To turn worker's attention toward the group
Relate individual purpose to group purpose.
Keep the group posed on its score.
Relate individual's job performance to group score.
Give group a part in planning and problem solving.
Chapter 10
XXXII Troubles of the Insecure Laborer
He passes the buck.
He takes all the credit.
He doesn't give information to subordinates.
He surrounds himself with favorites or yes-men.
He gets panicky over having to make decisions.
XXXIII Troubles of the Sadistic Laborer
He tends to "take it out on his men".
He like to "see people eat dirt".
Picks on individuals.
He's overquick to punish.
XXXIV Factors Forcing the Neurotic Pattern
Sensitivity to domination.
Burdens of responsibility exaggerate insecurity.
Economic and emotional security depends on the relationship
Future status depends on it.
Frustrations of inadequate leadership.
Frustrations of inadequate assistance.
XXV Some Problems Laborers
Wishy-washy. Not sure of anything, least of all himself.
Domineering. He runs the show, and wants everyone to know
Slave driver. Wages personal war with his people, and is to win.
Out-of-touch. Leave details and everything else to subordinates.
Palsy-walsy. He thinks, 'I can get the so-and-so's to work better by means of a little back-slapping.'
Moody. Personal problems keep him out of the running.
Knows-it-all. Knows all the answers and nobody else knows any
On his way up. Has eye on the next rung and his foot on your neck.
Overburdened. Starts running the moment he wakes up, but hasn't caught up yet.
XXXVI Are You the Cause of the Laborer's Trouble?
Do you like to "show up" your superior?
Do you resent taking his orders?
Do you tend to by-pass him?
Do you get emotional in thinking or talking about him?
Do you think you should be in his shoes?
Do you depend on him too much?
Do you dislike him for "personal reason"?
Do you keep him in the dark as much as possible?
Are you afraid of him?
XXXVII Finding the Source of Error
Verify the extent of the mistake.
Find the reason.
Bring the situation out into the open.
Weigh a remedy.
Prevent reoccurences and rebuild damaged feelings.
Chapter 11
XXXVIII Three View-points of Grievances
The person involved
The Nation
The laborer's view
The Person Involved View
Grievance procedure gives him formal recognition in dealing with his superior. This gives him status, prestige.
It provides him with the means of protecting his rights as an individual on the scene. This tends to act as a guarantee of fair treatment.
He can get a hearing from top laborers. This means he has access to the ultimate authority in the Mosque.
The Nation View
Grievances show the friction points of believer-laborer relations. Each case pinpoints an area that bears watching, or treatment.
It's the safety valve that blows off before personnel pressures have a chance to build to the explosive point. In this way, minor matters remain minor, before emotional irritations can manify them.
A Mosque's grievances are a rough measure of supervisory performance. Because it's so complex, supervisory job performance is difficult to measure. Success in handling grievances is one of the indicators management uses.
The Laborer View
A means of Communication. The worker has a formal channel along which to broadcast his viewpoints and his wishes directly to the laborer.
A means of satisfying the believer. He may or may not get what he wants, but at least he had his say.
The laborer can deal with irritations at the time they start. Thus, the grievance procedure becomes a trouble-spotting device
As it is true of any contact the laborer has with his people, he has a chance of cementing his relationships, getting to know them better, satisfying them further.
XXXIX Steps for Handling Grievances
Prepare yourself.
Prepare the believer.
Listen to his story.
Analyze the grievance.
Judge it.
Sell your opinion.
Follow up.
XL Essentials of the Effective Order
Make sure it's necessary.
Think it through.
Issue under proper conditions.
Decide who's to get the order.
Get cooperation.
Fit the details to the believer.
Select the best form of the order.
the direct order
the request
the suggestion
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/6/64 and 12/8/64
Chapter 12
XLI Possible Real Loss From Change
Additional work -- the believer feels he's turning out more work with no type of compensation increase.
Lay offs -- increase productivity means few people to do the same amount of work.
Lowered prestige --job simplification makes believer's skill less important, he becomes less valuable.
Less compensation --for simpler type of work.
XLII How to Overcome Resistance to Change
1. Alleviate real hardships.
2. Ally unjustified fears.
3. Deal with neurotic fears.
let group help develope the change.
start change off on a "fair trial" basis.
4. Be prepared to adjust to well-founded complaints.
5. Continue your anti-neurotic fear campaign.
6. Keep communication lines open.
XLIII Factors in Turnover
Costs
Training
Overhead
Waste
Prestige
XLIV Stated Reasons for Quitting
Family reasons
Poor health
Prosecution
Dissatisfied with laborers.
Thought would get compensation.
Dislike of laborers.
Transportation problems.
Housing difficulties.
Hours unsatisfactory.
XLV How to Combat Turnover
Discover the real reasons for person's leaving.
Eliminate the specific causes.
Build on the Mosque reason for the individual staying.
General reasons people quit
1. Matters of necessity
Poor health.
Marriage or pregnancy.
Desire or need to live elsewhere.
Transportation troubles.
2. Psychological factors.
3. Working conditions.
4. Poor supervision.
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/13/64 and 12/15/64.
Chapter 13
XLVI Leadership Qualities
Initiative
Determination
Courage
Intelligence
Aggressiveness
Integrity
Self-confidence
XLVII Contrasts in Leadership
CRISIS LEADERSHIP
CONSTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP
Dependence on leader.
Individual responsibility.
Acceptance of leader's ideas
Chance to develope own ideas.
Loyalty to leader.
Group feeling.
Discipline as incentive
Job satisfaction as incentive.
Orders
Consultation.
Objective: obedience
Objective: cooperation.
XLVIII Road to Constructive Leadership
1. Respect the personal integrity of the people you lead. Each person is a worth-while individual in his own right. The fact that one person is homelier, or less able than another, doesn't make him less of a person.
Help your people develope their talent abilities. Every one has a greater potentiality than he ever realizes. It's a matter of degree, of course, but by encouraging your people to further education, training, and so on, you increase not only their satisfaction, but their accomplishment as well. This covers both their in-Mosque activities and outside interests.
Help them advance in the Mosque. You accomplish this not only by your own training efforts, but by setting up objectives for their efforts. When you tell a brother: "Brother John, I feel with a little more study and effort you'll qualify for the next grade in this classification", your setting up a tempting target he's not likely to overlook. There's a double gain. For the believer it's improved status. You benefit from having a better-equipped believer.
Weld your people into a group. Besides the personal relationship between you and the individual, you strive to create group feeling. This attitude, the individual developes as a group member.
Make it possible for your people to contribute their ideas. By inviting suggestions, by consulting with your people in your over-all planning, you give them the sense of participation that makes the objectives of your Mosque their objectives.
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/20/64 and 12/22/64
Chapter 14
XLIX Rules for Making Your Home Life Happier
Don't nag
Don't try to make your partner over.
Don't criticize.
Give honest appreciation.
Pay little attention.
Be courteous.
Read a good book on the sexual side of marriage.
LI. Rules for Overcoming Worry
1. Live in "day-tight comparments".
2. How to face trouble:
ask yourself, "What is the worst that can possible happen?"
prepare to accept the worst.
try to improve on the worst.
3. Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health.
LI Techniques in Analyzing Worry
Get all the facts.
Weigh all the facts, then come to a decision.
Once a decision is reached, act!
Write out and answer the following questions:
What is the problem?
What are the causes of the problem?
What are all possibles solutions?
What is the best solution?
LII How to Break the Worry Habit
Keep busy.
Don't fuss about trifles.
Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries.
Co-operate with the inevitable.
Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth and refuse to give it more.
Don't worry about the past.
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/27/64 and 12/29/64
Chapter 15
LII Ways to Cultivate a Mental Attitude Leading to Peace and Happiness
Fill your mind with thoughts of peace, courage, health and hope
Always keep aware of things around you.
Expect ingratitude.
Count your blessings, not your troubles.
Do not imitate others.
Try to profit from your losses.
Create happiness for others.
LIV To Keep From Worrying About Criticism
Remember that unjust criticism is often a disquised compliment.
Do the very best you can.
Analyze your own mistakes and criticize yourself.
Ask others for constructive criticism.
LV Ways to Prevent Fatigue and Worry and Keeping Spirits High
1. Rest before you get tired.
2. Learn to relax at your work.
3. If you are a housewife, protect your health and appearance by relaxing at home.
4. Apply these four good working habits:
Clear your desk of all papers exept those relating to
immediate problems at hand.
Do things in order of their importance.
When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision.
Learn to organize, deputize and supervise.
5. Put enthusiam into your work.
6. Don't worry about insomnia.
LVI How to Observe
You may see but not observe what you see.
It is important to observe because observations are the best ways to learn.
All sciences begin with observations.
You can learn a lot about how people behave.
Imagination can be creative thinking or day.
A new world awaits your discovery through observations.
Be alert.
Be interested.
Ask questions of big things and small things.
LVII How to Think
Concentrate on problems at hand. Define problem.
Apply logic to make coherent and revelent. Make your conclusions from facts you have gathered from observations.
Get clear facts and sound information from observations.
Fit your various observations together; make them add up.
Imagination can be creative thinking or day dreaming.
Memory gives extra information for thoughts tucked away in our minds.
Judgement: with all facts at hand, you must judge wisely.
LVIII Kinds of Thinking
Good thoughts lead to wise actions; that is the purpose of thoughts.
Allah said think five times before we do anything.
LIX How to Remember
1. Two types of rememberance:
In general--idea
Word for word--memorize
2. Try to get meaning
Understanding is the first step to remembering.
Understand the material.
3. Get an overall view
4. Visualize things you want to remember.
5. Form associations.
6. Pick out key ideas.
7. Forget useless information.
8. Repeat and use what you have learned.
LX How to Concentrate
1. Concentration gets work done faster.
Pick at one thing to concentrate on.
Give it full attention. Shut out other things. Select out, from all things around, one thing to concentrate.
Take a few minutes rest. Relax before concentrating so intensively.
Begin with question first. With good questions, attention then can be more fixed. Distractions are not as active then.
Relax....let your mind relax.
LXI How to Study
1. All at at time.
Rapid reading - get hold idea
Careful reading - slowly
Rereading to fix material in your mind to relate it to things you know.
2. Organizing your work.
Think of all you know about subject.
Make list of things you do not know. Make questions; make search for information to questions.
3. Check source for additional material.
4. Then get first hand material to substantiate book material.
Skill in reading
Skill in organizing
Skill in locating material
Do more work in less time with less effort by practicing sound principles on "HOW TO STUDY".
LXII Getting the Facts
1. To make an accurate and proper decision, you must get the facts.
2. Then consider different opinions based on facts.
3. Weigh facts depending on different circumstances.
Our principle sources of timely information is the press, radio, T.V., weekly news magazines, etc.
One way to be sure you are getting the facts is to compare information you get from different sources. Read more than one paper and listen to more than one source.
Remember, newspapers, magazines, etc., are limited in scope and often reflect opinions of others.
The facts and opinions provided by experts on subjects are good sources. Sometimes experts differ in opinion on the subject.
Have an open mind.
Do not form opinions until you get all the facts.
Pool your information, then reach a decision.
LXIII How to Judge the Facts
Irrevelent facts are of little use.
Avoid false analogy. Two things may appear the same on the surface, but watch for analogies.
Avoid an assumption. Examine your assumptions carefully to be sure.
Watch out for platitudes. "Old broom sweeps clean." "What's good for grandma is good for me."
Think carefully about meaning.
Confused words give confused meanings.
As Taught By Messenger Elijah Muhammad
Chapter 1.
I. Fundamental Technique in Handling People
Don't criticize, condemn or complain.
Give honest, sincere appreciation.
Arouse in the other person an eager want.
II. Ways To Make People Like You.
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Smile.
Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely.
III. Ways To Win People To Your Way of Thinking.
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
Show respect for the other man's opinion. Never tell a man he is wrong.
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
Begin in a friendly way.
Get the other person saying, "Yes, yes" immediately.
Let the other man feel that the idea is his.
Let the other man do a great deal of talking.
Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
Be sympathetic with other person's ideas and desires.
Appeal to the nobler motives.
Dramatize you ideas.
Throw down a challenge.
IV. Ways To Change People Without Giving Offense Or Arousing Resentment.
Begin with praise and honest appreaciation.
Call attention to peoples mistakes indirectly.
Talk about you own mistakes before criticizing the other person.
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Let the other man save his face.
Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.
Chapter 2
V. Things Important To People.
1. People were listed as concerned with the following in order of importance to them:
Security.
Treatment by people in authority over them.
Relationship to associates.
Physical surroundings.
Treatment by their job.
Compensation.
Appreciation of efforts.
Incentives.
Benefits.
Attention given complaints.
Opportunity for advancement.
Opportunity to make suggestions.
VI. Things Laborers Should Be Concerned With.
Job progress
How to do job.
Nations or Mosque's plans and results.
Recognition of achievement through:
Advancement
Credit from good job.
Pleasant relations with people.
Consideration of job is important.
A laborer who is effecient, is fair, gives full consideration to complaints, gives clear orders and instructions, considers others personal problems, give subordinates chances to make suggestions and opportunity to use initiative.
Chapter 3
VII. People Work Best
1. People work best when they feel that they and their efforts are important. You can make them feel this way if you:
understand that each believer is an individual
find out what they want from their position or Islam
Situations in Dealing With People
2. You put this knowledge to work by the way you deal with each person in such situations as:
correcting mistakes
praising
dealing with personal problems
resolving personal conflicts
getting them to work as a group
handling grievances
giving orders
introducing changes
VIII. Dealing With Authority
They are people too and so are other officials or laborers.
Your success as a person depends on how you get along with them too.
Maintaining good relations with authorities and other officials probably does not differ much from dealing with some one who is not. They are all people.
If you can figure out how to handle them, you know it will pay off.
IX. Steps in Handling Personal Problems
Listen without judging or advising.
Help the person to clarify his thinking.
Assist him in carrying out his decision.
If you can't help, minimize the load
lessen responsibility
create new interest
assure the individual of your sympathy and understanding
emphasize the need to carry on
X Two Basic Goals
Security
Approval
realize people need approval
how and when depends on the individual and the situation
a man wants respect for his ideas and opinions and a chance to excel, to show his ability
Chapter 4
XI Elements of Correction
Be sure it's necessary.
Correct in private, if possible.
Be matter-of-fact.
Start with a favorable comment, if possible.
Suit the correction to the person corrected.
Tell what's wrong, and why.
Give him a chance to comment.
Tell how to make the correction.
End on an encouraging note.
XII Types of Assistant's Responsibilities
FULL RESPONSIBILITY (No referral to Superior)
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY (Report action to Superior)
NO RESPONSIBILITY (Refer to Superior for decision)
Checking set up before new project begins
Progress records
Matters of discipline
Checking attendance
Quality reports
Assignments
Routine maintenance
Progress of program schedules
Scheduling
Keeping performance charts up to date.
Training of new people
Granting of privileges
Advising setup man of needed changes
Grievance handling
XIII How to Make Decisions
Define the problem exactly.
Canvass all possibilities.
Compare and evaluate each solution.
Select the best parts of each.
Implement the decision.
XIV How to Assist Your Assistant
1. Give specific training.
2. Help him establish good relations with group.
prepare group
prepare assistant
define his authority
3. Define his duties:
regular duties
emergency duties
4. Define his responsibility:
full
shared
none
5. Train him to make decisions
6. Tell him who to see for guidance.
Chapter 5
XV Road to Satisfaction
Recognition as Individual
Security
Sense of Belonging
Learn person's name and use it
Teach him Properly
Make him feel wanted
Put him on his own
Criticize sparingly.
Help him make friends
Listen to his ideas. Recognize him away from Mosque life.
Praise good work.
Point out his contribution to the group.
Show him his work is important.
Make him feel your Mosque is a team of which he is a respected member.
Make sure orders are understood.
Expect enough from him to provide incentive but not more than he can deliver
Don't let any change come as a surprise
XVI Four Basic Problems
Health.
Finances.
Domestic Affairs.
Affairs of the Heart.
XVII -Official Agreement
The welfare of the group comes first.
The official shall lead the group and be responsible for its welfare
The Muslim should follow the official's lead, obey instructions, directions, orders, etc.
The official shall not take advantage of his position to give harmful orders, play favorites, etc.
The official and believers shall each do what he can to make it advantageous to belong to the Mosque.
XVIII What do you Owe to Members of the Group
Ability to do your job.
Responsibility.
Fairness.
Advancement of group welfare.
Chapter 6
XIX Good Laborers' Neighbor Policy
1. Time cutting: if laborers work smoothly together, they can interchange.
2. Muslim Morale: no use trying to put the team idea across to your people if they see there is no team work on the Official level.
3. Emergency aid: if laborers are on good terms, one will jump in to meet the other fellow's emergency.
4. Communication: a few warning words can save a lot of headaches and time.
Improving Relations With Fellow Official
1. Don't tear him down
passing the buck
encroaching on his authority
making the most of his mistakes
digging at him in public
2. Build him up
giving timely warnings
keeping him informed
saying a good word to him
keeping competition friendly.
XX Basic Personality Types:
TYPE
CHARACTERISTICS
Stubborn
Says "no" to everything
Changes his mind reluctantly.
Can't be swayed by argument.
Balks at instructions.
Resents taking orders.
Dislikes change.
Slow
Slow Always chews things over.
Slow getting started.
Not likely to go off half-cocked.
Can't be rushed.
Sensitive
Easily offended
Hurt by criticism
Can't be kidded
Magnifies complaints
Takes everything personally
Resents orders.
Timid
Crumbles under criticism
Too shy to ask necessary questions
Slow in making friends
Has little initiative
Bold
Quick and positive with suggestions
Impatient about complaints
Somewhat conceited
Argumentative
Leaps before looking
Apt to be enthusiastic worker.
Chapter 7
XXI Friction Points
Giving orders
Handling unjustified complaints.
Giving praise.
Correcting mistakes.
Making changes.
XXII Program for Induction, Orientation of New Muslims
1. Before he arrives
prepare future associates
get his place ready.
2. When he arrives
greet him by name
show him around
introduce him to the others
tell him about the rules and routine
tell him about his duties
let everybody know he's arrived.
XXIII Reward kickback Areas
Resentful co-people.
Reaction of the rewarded worker himself.
Other associate group reaction.
Organizational conflict.
XXIV Some Type of Reward
Verbal approval.
Written approval.
Public praise.
Speacial priviledges.
Promotion.
Compensation.
XXV How to Reward
Aim your approval.
Select the reward.
Distribute rewards fairly
Explain the purpose
Inform the others.
Keep records.
Chapter 8
XXVI Points of Being Friendly
Establish friendly relations with all your people.
Be completely impartial on the job or position.
Make your position clear to your friend.
Don't try to cover up the relationship.
XXVII Guide for Handling Conflicts
Approach the matter calmly.
Be strictly impartial.
Get to the bottom of conflict.
Make the individuals recognize their motivations.
Show why antagonism doesn't belong among Muslims.
Try to bring about a friendly relationship.
Follow up.
XXVIII Painless Disciplining
1. Beforehand
give ample and definite warning.
make sure it's his fault.
see that no one is irreplaceable.
consider compensating factors.
decide who else must be told.
XXIX When You Discipline
Get your feelings under control.
Select the right time and place.
Make your decision final at the outset.
Back it up with facts.
Allow him to let off steam.
Help him to make a fresh start.
Help him to save face with others.
Help him to make final arrangements.
Safeguard group reaction.
Learn from each disciplining or firing how to prevent others
Chapter 9
XXX Detecting Personality Quirks
The Basic Question: How will a man's emotional make-up show up on
1. Some cautions
Spread emotional stability questions throughout interview.
Consider the facts in light of the circumstances, nature of job working conditions, and so on.
Don't overemphasize any one point. Evaluate the entire picture.
2. Behavior
Is he inflexible; has he refused to change his work at all?
Is he chronically dissatisfied Ñ was something wrong with every job?
Did he consider himself too good for the job?
3. Relations with others
Other workers; was it always the other's fault?
His foreman, did he resent authority? Was the laborer alwayspicking on him? Was he always in trouble?
4. Inexperienced applicants
Did he take part in outside school activities?
Did he make friends in school?
What did he think of his teachers?
XXXI Four Steps to Teamwork
Principal aim: To turn worker's attention toward the group
Relate individual purpose to group purpose.
Keep the group posed on its score.
Relate individual's job performance to group score.
Give group a part in planning and problem solving.
Chapter 10
XXXII Troubles of the Insecure Laborer
He passes the buck.
He takes all the credit.
He doesn't give information to subordinates.
He surrounds himself with favorites or yes-men.
He gets panicky over having to make decisions.
XXXIII Troubles of the Sadistic Laborer
He tends to "take it out on his men".
He like to "see people eat dirt".
Picks on individuals.
He's overquick to punish.
XXXIV Factors Forcing the Neurotic Pattern
Sensitivity to domination.
Burdens of responsibility exaggerate insecurity.
Economic and emotional security depends on the relationship
Future status depends on it.
Frustrations of inadequate leadership.
Frustrations of inadequate assistance.
XXV Some Problems Laborers
Wishy-washy. Not sure of anything, least of all himself.
Domineering. He runs the show, and wants everyone to know
Slave driver. Wages personal war with his people, and is to win.
Out-of-touch. Leave details and everything else to subordinates.
Palsy-walsy. He thinks, 'I can get the so-and-so's to work better by means of a little back-slapping.'
Moody. Personal problems keep him out of the running.
Knows-it-all. Knows all the answers and nobody else knows any
On his way up. Has eye on the next rung and his foot on your neck.
Overburdened. Starts running the moment he wakes up, but hasn't caught up yet.
XXXVI Are You the Cause of the Laborer's Trouble?
Do you like to "show up" your superior?
Do you resent taking his orders?
Do you tend to by-pass him?
Do you get emotional in thinking or talking about him?
Do you think you should be in his shoes?
Do you depend on him too much?
Do you dislike him for "personal reason"?
Do you keep him in the dark as much as possible?
Are you afraid of him?
XXXVII Finding the Source of Error
Verify the extent of the mistake.
Find the reason.
Bring the situation out into the open.
Weigh a remedy.
Prevent reoccurences and rebuild damaged feelings.
Chapter 11
XXXVIII Three View-points of Grievances
The person involved
The Nation
The laborer's view
The Person Involved View
Grievance procedure gives him formal recognition in dealing with his superior. This gives him status, prestige.
It provides him with the means of protecting his rights as an individual on the scene. This tends to act as a guarantee of fair treatment.
He can get a hearing from top laborers. This means he has access to the ultimate authority in the Mosque.
The Nation View
Grievances show the friction points of believer-laborer relations. Each case pinpoints an area that bears watching, or treatment.
It's the safety valve that blows off before personnel pressures have a chance to build to the explosive point. In this way, minor matters remain minor, before emotional irritations can manify them.
A Mosque's grievances are a rough measure of supervisory performance. Because it's so complex, supervisory job performance is difficult to measure. Success in handling grievances is one of the indicators management uses.
The Laborer View
A means of Communication. The worker has a formal channel along which to broadcast his viewpoints and his wishes directly to the laborer.
A means of satisfying the believer. He may or may not get what he wants, but at least he had his say.
The laborer can deal with irritations at the time they start. Thus, the grievance procedure becomes a trouble-spotting device
As it is true of any contact the laborer has with his people, he has a chance of cementing his relationships, getting to know them better, satisfying them further.
XXXIX Steps for Handling Grievances
Prepare yourself.
Prepare the believer.
Listen to his story.
Analyze the grievance.
Judge it.
Sell your opinion.
Follow up.
XL Essentials of the Effective Order
Make sure it's necessary.
Think it through.
Issue under proper conditions.
Decide who's to get the order.
Get cooperation.
Fit the details to the believer.
Select the best form of the order.
the direct order
the request
the suggestion
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/6/64 and 12/8/64
Chapter 12
XLI Possible Real Loss From Change
Additional work -- the believer feels he's turning out more work with no type of compensation increase.
Lay offs -- increase productivity means few people to do the same amount of work.
Lowered prestige --job simplification makes believer's skill less important, he becomes less valuable.
Less compensation --for simpler type of work.
XLII How to Overcome Resistance to Change
1. Alleviate real hardships.
2. Ally unjustified fears.
3. Deal with neurotic fears.
let group help develope the change.
start change off on a "fair trial" basis.
4. Be prepared to adjust to well-founded complaints.
5. Continue your anti-neurotic fear campaign.
6. Keep communication lines open.
XLIII Factors in Turnover
Costs
Training
Overhead
Waste
Prestige
XLIV Stated Reasons for Quitting
Family reasons
Poor health
Prosecution
Dissatisfied with laborers.
Thought would get compensation.
Dislike of laborers.
Transportation problems.
Housing difficulties.
Hours unsatisfactory.
XLV How to Combat Turnover
Discover the real reasons for person's leaving.
Eliminate the specific causes.
Build on the Mosque reason for the individual staying.
General reasons people quit
1. Matters of necessity
Poor health.
Marriage or pregnancy.
Desire or need to live elsewhere.
Transportation troubles.
2. Psychological factors.
3. Working conditions.
4. Poor supervision.
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/13/64 and 12/15/64.
Chapter 13
XLVI Leadership Qualities
Initiative
Determination
Courage
Intelligence
Aggressiveness
Integrity
Self-confidence
XLVII Contrasts in Leadership
CRISIS LEADERSHIP
CONSTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP
Dependence on leader.
Individual responsibility.
Acceptance of leader's ideas
Chance to develope own ideas.
Loyalty to leader.
Group feeling.
Discipline as incentive
Job satisfaction as incentive.
Orders
Consultation.
Objective: obedience
Objective: cooperation.
XLVIII Road to Constructive Leadership
1. Respect the personal integrity of the people you lead. Each person is a worth-while individual in his own right. The fact that one person is homelier, or less able than another, doesn't make him less of a person.
Help your people develope their talent abilities. Every one has a greater potentiality than he ever realizes. It's a matter of degree, of course, but by encouraging your people to further education, training, and so on, you increase not only their satisfaction, but their accomplishment as well. This covers both their in-Mosque activities and outside interests.
Help them advance in the Mosque. You accomplish this not only by your own training efforts, but by setting up objectives for their efforts. When you tell a brother: "Brother John, I feel with a little more study and effort you'll qualify for the next grade in this classification", your setting up a tempting target he's not likely to overlook. There's a double gain. For the believer it's improved status. You benefit from having a better-equipped believer.
Weld your people into a group. Besides the personal relationship between you and the individual, you strive to create group feeling. This attitude, the individual developes as a group member.
Make it possible for your people to contribute their ideas. By inviting suggestions, by consulting with your people in your over-all planning, you give them the sense of participation that makes the objectives of your Mosque their objectives.
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/20/64 and 12/22/64
Chapter 14
XLIX Rules for Making Your Home Life Happier
Don't nag
Don't try to make your partner over.
Don't criticize.
Give honest appreciation.
Pay little attention.
Be courteous.
Read a good book on the sexual side of marriage.
LI. Rules for Overcoming Worry
1. Live in "day-tight comparments".
2. How to face trouble:
ask yourself, "What is the worst that can possible happen?"
prepare to accept the worst.
try to improve on the worst.
3. Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health.
LI Techniques in Analyzing Worry
Get all the facts.
Weigh all the facts, then come to a decision.
Once a decision is reached, act!
Write out and answer the following questions:
What is the problem?
What are the causes of the problem?
What are all possibles solutions?
What is the best solution?
LII How to Break the Worry Habit
Keep busy.
Don't fuss about trifles.
Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries.
Co-operate with the inevitable.
Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth and refuse to give it more.
Don't worry about the past.
MUST BE DISCUSSED BETWEEN 12/27/64 and 12/29/64
Chapter 15
LII Ways to Cultivate a Mental Attitude Leading to Peace and Happiness
Fill your mind with thoughts of peace, courage, health and hope
Always keep aware of things around you.
Expect ingratitude.
Count your blessings, not your troubles.
Do not imitate others.
Try to profit from your losses.
Create happiness for others.
LIV To Keep From Worrying About Criticism
Remember that unjust criticism is often a disquised compliment.
Do the very best you can.
Analyze your own mistakes and criticize yourself.
Ask others for constructive criticism.
LV Ways to Prevent Fatigue and Worry and Keeping Spirits High
1. Rest before you get tired.
2. Learn to relax at your work.
3. If you are a housewife, protect your health and appearance by relaxing at home.
4. Apply these four good working habits:
Clear your desk of all papers exept those relating to
immediate problems at hand.
Do things in order of their importance.
When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision.
Learn to organize, deputize and supervise.
5. Put enthusiam into your work.
6. Don't worry about insomnia.
LVI How to Observe
You may see but not observe what you see.
It is important to observe because observations are the best ways to learn.
All sciences begin with observations.
You can learn a lot about how people behave.
Imagination can be creative thinking or day.
A new world awaits your discovery through observations.
Be alert.
Be interested.
Ask questions of big things and small things.
LVII How to Think
Concentrate on problems at hand. Define problem.
Apply logic to make coherent and revelent. Make your conclusions from facts you have gathered from observations.
Get clear facts and sound information from observations.
Fit your various observations together; make them add up.
Imagination can be creative thinking or day dreaming.
Memory gives extra information for thoughts tucked away in our minds.
Judgement: with all facts at hand, you must judge wisely.
LVIII Kinds of Thinking
Good thoughts lead to wise actions; that is the purpose of thoughts.
Allah said think five times before we do anything.
LIX How to Remember
1. Two types of rememberance:
In general--idea
Word for word--memorize
2. Try to get meaning
Understanding is the first step to remembering.
Understand the material.
3. Get an overall view
4. Visualize things you want to remember.
5. Form associations.
6. Pick out key ideas.
7. Forget useless information.
8. Repeat and use what you have learned.
LX How to Concentrate
1. Concentration gets work done faster.
Pick at one thing to concentrate on.
Give it full attention. Shut out other things. Select out, from all things around, one thing to concentrate.
Take a few minutes rest. Relax before concentrating so intensively.
Begin with question first. With good questions, attention then can be more fixed. Distractions are not as active then.
Relax....let your mind relax.
LXI How to Study
1. All at at time.
Rapid reading - get hold idea
Careful reading - slowly
Rereading to fix material in your mind to relate it to things you know.
2. Organizing your work.
Think of all you know about subject.
Make list of things you do not know. Make questions; make search for information to questions.
3. Check source for additional material.
4. Then get first hand material to substantiate book material.
Skill in reading
Skill in organizing
Skill in locating material
Do more work in less time with less effort by practicing sound principles on "HOW TO STUDY".
LXII Getting the Facts
1. To make an accurate and proper decision, you must get the facts.
2. Then consider different opinions based on facts.
3. Weigh facts depending on different circumstances.
Our principle sources of timely information is the press, radio, T.V., weekly news magazines, etc.
One way to be sure you are getting the facts is to compare information you get from different sources. Read more than one paper and listen to more than one source.
Remember, newspapers, magazines, etc., are limited in scope and often reflect opinions of others.
The facts and opinions provided by experts on subjects are good sources. Sometimes experts differ in opinion on the subject.
Have an open mind.
Do not form opinions until you get all the facts.
Pool your information, then reach a decision.
LXIII How to Judge the Facts
Irrevelent facts are of little use.
Avoid false analogy. Two things may appear the same on the surface, but watch for analogies.
Avoid an assumption. Examine your assumptions carefully to be sure.
Watch out for platitudes. "Old broom sweeps clean." "What's good for grandma is good for me."
Think carefully about meaning.
Confused words give confused meanings.
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