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December 22, 1962

As - Salaam - Alaikum

In the Name of Almighty Allah, the Merciful Saviour ; Master of the Day of Judgment. To Allah alone do I submit and seek refuge.

Dear Brother                 :

                I was very happy to listen to the lectures you made recently which were tape recorded and sent here: they sounded very good. I do believe that Allah will guide you into the way of understanding so that one day, you will be a wonderful speaker.

               We must not spend too much time in reminding our people of their evil practices they have done. It is alright to mention it, but not continuing to repeat it. Since we are teachers and know of our students habits, we come as Correctors and not say so much as reminders of their habits. We come to correct and teach him or her how to become a better person and to practice something new and different that will attracting the ignorant and foolish.

                We have something now to attract the wise; of a work they will admire and become astonished to see today the fool they saw yesterday speaking and acting intelligently wise. And the world will see our work. Allah did not come to condemn us, but rather to redeem us from what we had ignorantly accepted from our enemy teachers which condemns us before God and the righteous. He did not come to charge us with the pasts. Therefore, if He forgives us for our past and will not bring it before us, we as teachers must be careful to not be always reminding our people of their past life after coming to Islam. If you will notice, I will hardly ever mention the past to one who has been converted to Islam. We do not have to keep reminding them of their past life when they already know the life they have lived.

                So work faithfully; study the Holy Qur-an and Bible which also refers to us. Get the best out of it, and that that you do not understand always ask me. And there are many things you can teach of that will make the people very happy. Even to your own lessons: Student Enrollment, Lesson No.1, just one of these questions is sufficient. By the time you have finished summing it up and taking the book and looking at its cover and reading what is says you have said much. It says Elijah Muhammad's first examination and that you all should practice and remember them by hearts. And if Elijah Muhammad gave these answers that we are studying as lessons, and Almighty God has advised us to do so just when he was two or three years old in the missions; then what given here--such direct answers to the questions.

              If the approach is made right, you have all you can do for the next 20 or 30 years to get this over. By this I mean the knowledge of it.

             The main two steps before you is: No. 1 representing the Messenger who represent God: and from the Messenger comes No.2 to you--the knowledge of God. So these are the two main steps you have to try and study on how to represent correctly throughout all your teaching because this is the thing you are trying to teach the people.

             So bear this in mind always that God have raised a Messenger from among us and have said thus and thus to him and to prove that the God have done these things, then you have to go back to the Bible and Holy Qur-an and prove it, and prove it according to the works that the man is doing.

            Thank you. I think this lengthy letter, brother, should be enough to read right now. I will try and send you another one later at least until when I hear from you again.

             Best love and wishes for success to you and family and the Lost-found Nation in the wilderness.

As-Salaam-Aalikum

Your brother,

(Signed)

Elijah Muhammad,

Messenger of Allah

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