The Greatest Story Never Told

Allah had been a man who always thought for himself, he was no follower.  At this point in time, the teachings of the Nation of Islam was that W.D. Fard, the man who came to North America and taught Elijah Muhammad, was the Supreme Being, Allah.  At the same time, however, the lessons that the Muslims studied, which were written by Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard, clearly stated throughout that “the original man is Allah, The Supreme Being, the Blackman.”  The lessons also state that “there is no mystery god” and that we should “lose no time searching for that which does not exist.”  One day in 1963, Allah was addressing the student ministers class.  He was speaking about one of the lessons which dealt with what makes rain, hail, snow and earthquakes?  He was manifesting his self style, literal interpretation that “all the above is cause by… man.”  The head of the FOI, Captain Joseph, walked into the room and heard what Allah was teaching.  He stopped the meeting, dismissed the men, and spoke with Allah.  He told Allah that he couldn’t teach what he was teaching there.  

It is also at this point where there is disagreement as to exactly what happened.  Muslims who were in the temple with Allah say that he had marital problems or that it was his love of gambling that caused his leaving the temple.  Those outside the temple point out that this couldn’t be the case because these were acts that call for a hearing and at most a suspension for a period of time from the temple, not lifetime expulsion.  They assert that it was something much more deeply rooted than either of these reasons. At any rate and for whatever reasons, the differences that had developed between Allah and the Muslims were irreconcilable.  It was a time of turmoil in general for the Nation of Islam.  Minister Malcolm X himself was given a never ending suspension from the temple. And so Allah left the temple, he took with him Justice and other brothers who understood the reality of his teachings.  He brought with him his lessons that had so much to do with him developing into a fiery orator.  He left the temple and was back on the streets of Harlem. This time to teach Islam to the masses of black youth who had not been reached by Muslims.  

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