The following words of Messenger Elijah Muhammad speaking to his Ministers and Captains, transcribed from the audio taped meeting in 1964
Words of Messenger Elijah Muhammad
"Many times, through the last three years. I was so choked up with bronchitis. Asthma attacks would sometimes come one after another. But I didn't miss one week. Did I? No. I didn't miss one week. I was with you every week. Yes sir. You heard me one way or the other. If it wasn't over the radio, you found an article in the paper. Because if I can't talk, I can write what I want to tell you. And I would lie there on the bed and dictate it to the secretary. And she would give it to them. Sometimes I would write it out and she'd take care of it. And if I would find a clearance in my voice...And many times, you know that you have heard me coughing on the tape. Right? Over the air you'd hear me coughing. That was the best break I found. And I was much worse than that, now. The secretary sometimes tried to take them all off, as much as possible. But as you hear my voice now, I am a 1000% better, than I was then. I was laying out there weighing 118 pounds. But I was not depriving you of the food. Because I said to Allah that I will do this until death stops me."
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