I And My Father Are One Pt.2

 
by 

Brother Mustafaa Abdul Muhammad

[Read part one in this article series]


In The Name Of ALLAH, The Beneficent, The Merciful

"Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?  Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves." John 14:9-11



Continuing with the subject "I and the father are one" we will explore more proof that The Hon. Louis Farrakhan is in fact connected to The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, as a extension of his love, guidance, warning and leadership.


I closed out the last article of this subject speaking of the works from The Hon. Louis Farrakhan. Works, which bear witness to his working on behalf of The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger was similarly charged as a false man, but he declared as Jesus said: "at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves." The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad worked for 44 years among the rejected and despised turning the IMPOSSIBLE to POSSIBLE.


After the Nation of Islam was destroyed, due to the 1975 assumption of leadership by the late Warith Deen Mohammed, it was a far gone conclusion that it would be IMPOSSIBLE to bring back to it's former strength and glory.


Though others stood up and may have had noble intentions to rebuild the works of The Messenger, it would take a specially prepared man to do that which needed to be done. As it was in the time of Master Fard Muhammad among us... there were many articulate ministers who could verbally express the teachings well, however The Great Mahdi[Master Fard Muhammad] chose The Messenger not for his verbal ability, but due to the heart of love he had for his people and the truth.


"But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”  1 Samuel 16:7


This same type of heart had been developed in The Minister since a child and developed further upon becoming a follower of The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad. And it is this heart of love for Allah, Master Fard Muhammad, his Messenger and black people that makes The Hon. Louis Farrakhan stand head and shoulders above the rest.


The book of Corinthians 13:4-8 gives us a perfect picture of what love looks like


"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." 


Those who claim Elijah yet reject Farrakhan in the name of The Messenger have not exhibited this basic love, which was so characteristic of both Master Fard Muhammad and the Dear Holy Apostle.

Oneness between student and teacher

In 1994, The Hon. Louis Farrakhan announced loudly and boldly, during his lecture Belief in Allah, that Louis Farrakhan is dead and that what we are looking at is The Hon. Elijah Muhammad.


This is not strange or foreign teaching... it is right in line with the words of The Most. Hon. Elijah Muhammad. The Messenger told us of the unity between him and God in the person of Master Fard Muhammad. 


"When a person gets righteous, God accepts him as His FRIEND. Then the will of each other is with each is with each other. What one wills, the other wills. It is the will of both. The Messenger’s will is in accord with the Will of Allah. The Messenger cannot will something opposed to Allah. Allah has taken over the Messenger’s heart, mind, and brain and Allah is making them to react according to His Will! This is what the Holy Qur’an teaches -- that the Will of Allah is the will of the Messenger and the will of the Messenger is the Will of Allah." (Our Saviour Has Arrived-Chapter The Will Of Allah Is Being Done pg. 145)

"The Apostle is considered one in Allah and Allah is one in the Apostle. So, when you look at one, you see both; when you hear one speak, you hear both, because they both are as one in their agreement for the right and against the disbeliever. Therefore, Allah brings this to pass."(Message To The Blackman- Chapter Victory of the Apostle Pg. 264)


Based on his very words above it can be understood that Elijah Muhammad "died" and what became of him is a reflection of Master Fard Muhammad, his Teacher-God and Savior.


One day The Messenger told Minister Farrakhan: "I want you mind." He didn't ask for anything else except the mind of his minister. He further explained: "I want you to line your mind with mine so there will be one mind."


 As it was with The Messenger and Master Fard Muhammad so it is with The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad and The Hon. Louis Farrakhan.



Carter G. Woodson over 50 years ago explained the power of controlling a person's thinking[mind]

“If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks you do not have to worry about what he will do."

The Hon. Louis Farrakhan by his obedience to the Messenger, his study of the Messenger, love of the Messenger and submission to the Messenger is a reflection of him. This fulfills the scripture when it says: "I and the father are one." When you LOOK at Louis Farrakhan you are LOOKING at Elijah Muhammad! Despite the greatness he achieves by the grace of ALLAH he always says: "I can't do anything without The Hon. Elijah Muhammad."

Answers to critics


Despite such clear words and proof in works of The Minister, the claimants of the "pure teachings of the Messenger" will continue in their criticism and in most instances hate. In closing this article, I will speak directly to some of their famous critiques regarding The Minister in relation to The Messenger.


"Those who disbelieve- it being alike to them whether thou warn them or warn them not- they will not believe. Allah has sealed their hearts and their hearing; and there is a covering on their eyes..." Holy Qur'an 2:6-7


The first "excuse" used for disbelieving in Minister Farrakhan by the claimants is they point to the Messenger's own words regarding his status as the "Last Messenger of Allah".


The following is one example of the claimants using the Messenger's words for their own perverted actions. 


"Then they raised up to take that place that they had not been chosen for by Almighty God Allah. Going around lying. Telling the people that they are something that God has chosen, themselves. And that they are to take the place of the Messenger." 1964 Warning To Hypocrites by Elijah Muhammad


This is certainly true and NO ONE is trying to say contrary to the Messenger's well established position. The Hon. Louis Farrakhan is not taking the place of The Messenger. He is his helper in the cause of Islam. He is his Aaron, Elisha, Peter, Paul, Abu Bakr, Ali. He is his Messenger in his[Elijah] physical absence. He is The Messenger of The Messenger of ALLAH and The Apostle of The Apostle of ALLAH.


In 1972 during the historical Theology of time lecture series The Messenger made it known that The Hon. Louis Farrakhan was his greatest "helper"and should be "heard" "listened to" and "followed".

"We have with us today, "our great national preacher. The preacher who don't mind going into Harlem, New York, one of the most worst towns in our nation or cities. It is our brother in Detroit and Chicago or New York. But, I want you to remember every week he's on the air helping me to reach those people that I can't get out of my house and go reach them like he.




"I want you to pay good attention to his preaching. His preaching is a bearing of witness to me and what God has given to me," he declared. "This is one of the strongest national preachers that I have in the bounds of North America. Everywhere you hear him, listen to him. Everywhere you see him, look at him. Everywhere he advises you to go, go. Everywhere he advises you to stay from, stay from. For we are thankful to Allah for this great helper of mine, Min. Farrakhan." (Another rousing round of applause ensued). "He's not a proud man," he said. 


"He's a very humble man. If he can carry you across the lake without dropping you in; he don't say when you get on the other side, 'You see what I have done?' He tells you, 'You see what Allah has done.' He doesn't take it upon himself. He's a mighty fine preacher. We hear him every week, and I say continue to hear our Min. Farrakhan. I thank you."


This is very clear that The Messenger had a great deal of confidence in his spiritual son. The claimants will say at this point that this was negated when the Minister followed Warith Deen Mohammed into hypocrisy in 1975. We will explore such bold charges in a later writing in this article series.


The claimants next use the Messenger's words that there will be "no successor" after him.

On January 14, 1972 The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad gave a far ranging interview where he discussed many things related to the NOI. During this interview he spoke of succession in the NOI. The interview was later published in Muhammad Speaks newspaper February 4th 1972 from which the following excerpts are derived.



QUESTION: Have you designated a successor for yourself ?
MESSENGER MUHAMMAD: I do not do that. I cannot do that. I did not choose myself. God chose me and if He wants a successor, He will choose that one.


QUESTION: By what means would someone come up?
MESSENGER MUHAMMAD: I do not know that, because I do not believe there is one coming up. The work that I am doing, I don’t think God needs one, because when man and god have come face to face, as the old saying goes, then that is the end of it. When we are face to face with God, that is the end of it and so what would another one do? There is nothing for him to do. 


QUESTION: You mean your successor will preside over a New Islam?

MESSENGER MUHAMMAD: There will be no successor. There is no need for a successor when a man has got the Divine truth and has brought you face to face with God.]

To the claimants these points seem like undeniable proof that they can just "follow" the Messenger, disregard The Minister and even disrespect him. Let's look at the three points raised. 


#1 The Messenger said he can't choose a successor, because he didn't choose himself. He left the choosing up to ALLAH. In the phenomenal book This Is The One by Jabril Muhammad it is related the following conversation between The Messenger and Minister Farrakhan. 


 "One day The Hon. Elijah Muhammad said to Minister Farrakhan: "I did not make you brother." The Minister responded, a little excitedly, "Oh yes you did Dear Holy Apostle. Yes You Did. The Hon. Elijah Muhammad sternly told him: "Be quiet and listen." He repeated that he did not make him. The he said: "I taught you like I taught the rest. But only Allah made you able to put the teachings together. Allah prepared you for me" This is the one Jabril Muhammad Pg. 231

We bear witness that The Minister is a specially prepared man for The Messenger by ALLAH himself.

#2 The Messenger says another one(successor) is not needed, because what he taught should bring us into oneness with God. This bears witness to what was said on another occasion "I didn't come to raise a nation of follower, but to raise a nation of Gods." Further in our Saviour Has Arrived- Chapter He Allah makes all things new- The Messenger sums up his "main" work.


"My main mission and work, put upon me by Allah (God), in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad, to Whom Praise is due forever, is to put you on the right path so you may go for self under the guidance of Almighty God Allah in the Person of Master Fard Muhammad."


And The Hon. Louis Farrakhan is a aider to his teacher in this process of making us into Gods and not followers. The Minister said in the lecture -The Crucifixion Of Jesus and The Imprisonment of Farrakhan- "My only job is to connect you to God and then God will be your leader." Both student and teacher are in agreement on this point.

#3 This point doesn't deny that The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad needed a helper to assist in the carrying the message and program to the black man and woman of America. The Hon. Louis Farrakhan is his great "helper" and "student". And as he said to us recently The Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad is the eternal leader of the Nation of Islam. So, we will always revolve around our eternal leader and help his helper to complete the work of Master Fard Muhammad.


Thank you for reading!


More To Come!