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Quotes from Elijah Muhammad

A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy on you' when one sneezes.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Whatever good works ye send on before [death]... ye shall find with God.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Reviling a Muslim is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is infidelity.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.
~ Elijah Muhammad
By God ye shall be called to account for your doings!
~ Elijah Muhammad
The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Whoever knows himself knows God.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Asking good questions is half of learning.
~ Elijah Muhammad
ON WHITES AS "DEVILS" "It's what He revealed, and what He revealed is what I am teaching and believe in, and this term "devil," or name "devil," is applied to wicked people, people who are by nature wicked. "They were made white, or different color, because they had been grafted out of the darker people, and, therefore, they have that color." ON FRUIT OF ISLAM "The Fruit of Islam means the first converts
~ Elijah Muhammad
GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY QURAN The Holy Qur-an referred to unless otherwise noted is the Arabic Text, translation and commentary (Revised Edition) BY Maulana Muhammad Ali. 3rd or 4th Edition.
~ Elijah Muhammad
When I was admitted into Cook County jail in Chicago, I wanted the Holy Qur-an, too, but I was denied having it, though it is not a "sect's Bible." It is the religious scriptures and guide for the Muslim world, recognized universally as the last revelation given to the world. And the Holy Qur-an has been the Holy book and scripture for all Muslims for the past 1,381 years.
~ Elijah Muhammad
The person who leaves the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes himself a fool. The advice to all our people is Get On To Your Own Kind, this world is at hand!
~ Elijah Muhammad
But we just cannot overlook the prophecy of Ezekiel wherein he prophesies that God said, "Even I will go and search for them
~ Elijah Muhammad
The main meat that our people like to eat is what they have been taught not to eat -- the cheap and filthily-raised hog. This is a divinely-prohibited flesh. This truth has been before our eyes ever since we have had permission from the white man to read the Bible. Nothing good is said about it in the Bible in Leviticus.
~ Elijah Muhammad
The fast destroys the accumulation of food poison.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Chapter 104 of the Holy Qur-an is entitled the Slanderer. Please read it and the footnote (#2794), which fits very well with the slander I am now receiving from the chief hypocrites.
~ Elijah Muhammad
Remember, life is what we make of it. Stay away from hog (the swine), the stinking tobacco weed, the hot fiery alcohol, wine, beer, drugs, foolishness, ignorance, madness, drunkenness, gambling, murdering, robbery, deceitfulness, lying, mockery and seeking to take advantage of your brother and your sister, and believe in the presence of God
~ Elijah Muhammad
There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in) him who enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between
~ Elijah Muhammad
Therefore, it is obvious that we Christians should work hard to preserve the great white race. Not only will we benefit; but by keeping the white race alive we will be able to do more missionary work and be instrumental in saving the individual souls of millions of colored people in spite of their racial weakness and racial inferiority.
~ Elijah Muhammad
that Darkness Created an atom of Life, and the Color to be the Color had to be Black, as there was no light; therefore, it had to be the Color of the thing that Created it!
~ Elijah Muhammad
The Bible says that He will give us more life abundantly, but He demands strict obedience to His Will. There is no way of prolonging the life of human beings or any other life unless it begins with restrictions of the foods which sustain life, the right kinds of food and the proper time when it should be taken into our bodies. Jehovah
~ Elijah Muhammad
Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, [.....] just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better.
~ Elijah Muhammad
You are not American citizens or members of the white man's world. The only American citizens are the white people who are originally from Europe. So why fight a losing battle by trying to be recognized as something you are not and never will be. I am not trying to disillusion you but merely telling you the truth.
~ Elijah Muhammad