Saviours’ Day is an annual Nation of Islam commemoration of the Birth Anniversary of Master Fard Muhammad, who was born in the Holy City of Mecca, Arabia, on February 26, 1877. Point No. 12 of “What the Muslims Believe,” states:
“WE BELIEVE that Allah (God) appeared in the Person of Master W. Fard Muhammad, July, 1930; the long-awaited ‘Messiah’ of the Christians and ‘Mahdi’ of the Muslims.”
Master Fard Muhammad declared that the 400 years of bondage Blacks served in America had ended. His coming and declaration fulfill many scriptures;
However, perhaps most notable is the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham that his descendants would endure bondage in a strange land, among a strange people—before God Himself would deliver Abraham’s seed and judge the nation they served.
He raised and taught the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who dedicated over 44 years of His life to the resurrection of the mentally, morally, spiritually, and economically dead so-called American Negro.
Each year He would convene Saviour’s Day and deliver a major address and expound on the Divine Wisdom given to Him by Master Fard Muhammad.
After the 1975 departure of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, in September of 1977, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan decided to rebuild the work of his Teacher, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and reestablish the Nation of Islam.
Under Minister Farrakhan’s leadership, Saviour’s Day returned in 1981 to Chicago. In 1983, Minister Farrakhan changed the spelling of the commemoration from Saviour’s Day, as it had been, to the plural Saviours’ Day as it started with The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
He explained during a message delivered in Gary, Ind., that the change meant that not only was Master Fard Muhammad, the Saviour for the Black Man and Woman of America but that the Muslims in the Nation of Islam had the mission of delivering the word and doing the work of resurrection as “little saviours” for the suffering masses of Blacks in America and suffering people around the world.
Thousands now attend the convention, which has grown to include workshops, plenary sessions, lively discussions, entertainment, social and educational activities for children and families, the drill competition and closes with a major address by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.
This year’s convention is in Chicago and will be held February 21-23 on the grounds of The National Center, the headquarters of the Nation of Islam.
The message from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan titled, “Repent For The Kingdom Of God Is At Hand,” will be delivered by his National Assistant, Student Minister Ishmael Muhammad, on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Mosque Maryam.
The message will be broadcast live via the internet on www.noi.org. — The Final Call
