Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Get knowledge to benefit self
I am for the acquiring of knowledge or the accumulating of knowledge—as we now call it; education. First, my people must be taught the knowledge of self. Then and only then will they be able to understand others and that which surrounds them. Anyone who does not have a knowledge of self is considered a victim of either amnesia...
A Nation Of Our Own
The poor slave. After his masters let him go free, his first problem to solve was securing a home of his own for the first time. He must now do for self. Master is no longer responsible for him, he must solve his own problems. He must now realize that he must work hard to be equal of other nations....
Protect and elevate your woman
Allah, Himself, has said that we cannot return to our land until we have a thorough knowledge of our own selves. This first step is the control and the protection of our own women. There is no nation on earth that has less respect for and as little control of their woman as we so-called Negroes here in America....
Time
If you who disbelieve in the Truth would only consider the time in which we now live, you would bear witness that it is the very truth from your God that I am teaching. Just when should we expect Truth to be triumphant? The answer is: after the removal of falsehood. The Time referred to in this book is the...
Ezekiel’s Prophecy of The Wheel
Ezekiel saw the Mother Plane in a vision. According to the Bible, he looked up and saw this Plane (Ez. 1:16) and he called it a wheel because it was made like a wheel. A Plane that is wheel-shaped can turn in any direction, at any time. He admitted that the Plane was so high that it looked dreadful,...
A House of Our Own
We cannot be successful in the house of our enemies; we should be in our own house. That which is other than our own is for those who are other than our own. “Our own” is unlimited physically and spiritually. There are those who think that our lack of freedom, justice and equality can be solved in the White...
How Can We Unite?
So you say that we cannot unite and produce our own necessities? We are 22 million or more people de-pending on the White American citizens to produce food, clothes, shelter, transportation, employment and our educational training. And if they (White Americans) do not share equally with us, we charge them with discriminating; some of us will go to the extreme...
Islam Dignifies
Why do I stress the religion of Islam for my people, the so-called American Negroes. First, and most important, Islam is actually our religion by nature. It is the religion of Allah (God), not a European organized White man's religion. Second, it is the original, the only religion of Allah (God) and His prophets. It is the only religion that will...
The Cruel Days of The Lord
What causes these Days to be cruel when God Himself Is a Righteous God? What now makes His Coming to be a Cruel Coming? It is because He Is the Righteous God, and He is the Owner of the earth. And the previous substitute (White race), that the earth was let out to, to rule the Original Black People for a...
A House Doomed to Fall
We cannot deny the fact that the Christian West is responsible for this universal corruption in the land and sea. From the same corruption that their own hands have wrought will come their doom. The Christians preach that which they do not do and cannot do such as “Love thy neighbor.” I have as yet to meet one who loved his...