Correct
the Wrong
by
Minister
Louis Farrakhan
[Editor�s Note: The following
timely message is excerpted from the June/July 1982 issue of
The Final Call newspaper, a message written by Minister Farrakhan
during the early
days of his work to rebuild the Nation of Islam under the
teachings and guidance
of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The article shows the
consistency of the
message that Min. Farrakhan has been teaching over the years.]
In
the Name of Allah,
The Beneficent, The Merciful
The Honorable
Elijah Muhammad has advised the nations of the earth, and
us as individuals, to "correct the wrong." One of the
greatest attributes of Allah (God) is His abundant mercy. He is
Oft-Returning to Mercy and Forgiving. But we, His servants, must be
worthy of His Forgiveness. We must take the proper steps to receive
His Forgiveness. And one of those steps is that we must correct our
wrongs.
The government of the United States has wronged the Black man and
woman of America. The problem of Black people in this country has
lingered for over 400 years without a solution. The Honorable Elijah
Muhammad is warning the government that it must correct the wrong.
Our fathers were brought into slavery, not to be made equal citizens
but to be made burden-bearers of the citizens of America. After one
hundred years of so-called freedom, the masses of Black people in
this country are in worse condition than we were a hundred years
ago. America must correct the wrong.
The leaders that we developed to lead us out of the pitiful
condition that the American white people have placed us in have been
set upon and destroyed. Organizations that were founded and
developed to ease our plight have been systematically destroyed. Now
hatred is budding between the two people; a hatred that is bound to
bring clashing and revolution. The proper steps must be taken. We
must correct the wrong.
The Judgement of Allah is now seen. The land of America is being
curtailed on all sides. There is an increase of disease, insanity,
sickness, murder, rape, robbery, and mayhem. The society is being
pulled apart by conflict; people are crying out for justice.
***
When Abraham Lincoln called the first White House Conference with
Black leaders, he proposed separation either in Africa or Central
America. He honestly and forthrightly told the Black leaders of what
hardship they would face if they continued on in America. He also
told these leaders of the possible blessings that could come to
Africa if we returned home.
It seemed that he wanted the nightmare of slavery to be turned
into a blessing for both sides.
These Black leaders did not take this offer and some of Lincoln�s
own people opposed him, so separation and nationhood for us never
came about. Indeed, it couldn�t because these "leaders"
were so thoroughly robbed of self-knowledge that they never believed
they could be successful without their slavemaster.
Four peoples were involved in bringing our fathers into slavery:
Arabs, Jews, Europeans and some Africans. The Honorable Elijah
Muhammad has said to us that no problem in the world is more
difficult to solve than the problem of raising the Black man up�settling
the differences between the Black man of America (the slave) and the
slavemaster�s children. He also said that no problem in the world
would be solved until the Black man of America is given justice. And
now all of these who helped in the trafficking of slaves are beset
with problems that will ultimately destroy them; and it is precisely
because none have followed the guidance of Allah�s Messenger, the
Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and moved to correct the wrong.
Was it right that land be taken from the Palestinians to give the
Jewish people a state? Was it right to leave millions of
Palestinians homeless? Correct the wrong.
Is it right now that Israel invades Lebanon, destroying the lives
of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese men, women and children? This
is not correcting the wrong; this is compounding the wrong.
The Arab world is divided against itself. The Arab world cannot
see its way to unity for the good of that troubled area of the
world. Many Arabs have stood by and watched the slaughter of the
Palestinians and the Lebanese, their Arab brethren. Correct the
wrong.
Is the Arab disunity and their inability to check the advancement
of the forces of her enemies a sign that Allah is chastising them
for failure to correct the wrong? However, with every Palestinian
that is being killed by the forces of Israel the Arab world is
becoming more embittered and more resolved to destroy the state of
Israel. Every victory that Israel gains moves her closer toward her
ultimate defeat. Correct the wrong.
Israel now is
losing some of her friends, and her greatest ally, the
United States, is getting increasingly angry over the policies of
Menachem Begin. Division is seething and is growing between the two
friends. Is this a chastisement for evils done and for failure to
correct the wrong?
Soon the Middle East will be bathed in blood; the Arabs and the
Jews will try to destroy each other. Their conflict will be a
trigger to a greater and wider war, which the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad says will take place in Europe. And there the European
nations, with the exception of a few, will be totally and completely
destroyed. Russia and the United States will be the agents of
chastisement. The war in Europe is shaping up now. Is this a
chastisement for failure to correct the wrong? Even the mercy of God
is not infinite. He gives us time and He guides us to the steps that
must be taken to correct the wrong. But if we ignore His counsel, we
compound the wrong and speed up the day of eventual payment for that
wrong. The world has now reached that point.
***
The Europeans who trafficked in Black bodies are now facing the
destruction of their land and people. The Arabs and the Jews that
trafficked in Black bodies are now facing the Chastisement and Wrath
of Allah. America, which trafficked in Black bodies, is being pulled
deeper into the final war, which will destroy her power as a nation:
A punishment for failure to correct the wrong.
We who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad declare to the world
that Almighty God, Allah, has intervened in our affairs and has
raised up in the midst of us, the Promised Messiah, the Deliverer,
with the Guidance to reform the condition of Black people in this
country and throughout the world and with the Guidance necessary to
help America and us settle our 400-year-old problem. He brings the
Guidance to aid us in correcting the wrong.
Allah (God) is He who judges intentions and motives. I am sure
that many Arabs, Christians and Jews felt that Elijah Muhammad was
an impostor, a false man. But in his departure from us and the
demise of the Nation of Islam, you all have a chance to reassess
this man because I, Louis Farrakhan, one of His students, am
standing up in His name, and Allah is blessing me with success in
rebuilding His work with the help of those who believe. You are
seeing once again a marvelous transformation taking place in the
lives of hundreds and thousands of Black people across these United
States. Even though the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is not physically
present, we are following His guidance and program, and Allah (God)
is making us successful. Does this not prove to you that this man
was and is from Allah? Who has power to give life and raise us up
from death? None but Allah.
This is the Final Call! The nations must correct the wrong.
The Judgment is in our doors.
If the Jews and the Arabs, Europe and America, and our people of
Africa recognize that Allah (God) is backing the rise of the Black
man in America and that the world will have no peace until the Black
man�s problem is solved, then get busy and aid me in this work.
The world could be saved from the impending disaster! Will you
correct the wrong and live?
During the time of Prophet Muhammad of Arabia (PBUH), the black
stone of the Kaabah was out of place. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
summoned four chiefs and guided them in putting the stone back into
place. I am saying to the troubled world, help put Black people, the
Black man and woman of America, into his and her proper and rightful
place, and God will remove your headaches. Don�t continue the
wrong, correct it and you will come into the Forgiveness and the
Mercy of Allah.
Black people of America, you have wronged yourselves by rejecting
clear guidance that has come to you from the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad. I implore you to correct the wrong. Many Muslim followers
of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad have strayed from his guidance and
are suffering great loss. The world is suffering loss: the Arabs,
the Jews, the Europeans, the Americans, the Africans, the world of
man and mankind is suffering loss. Allah warns us in the Holy Qur�an
to consider the time. "By the time! Surely man is in loss,
Except those who believe and do good, and exhort one another to
Truth and exhort one another to patience."
Thank you for reading these words.
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