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FACTS

Allah has said in the Holy Qur'an that He has created man (and woman) to face difficulty.

It is a general law of nature, that as night follows day, likewise, ease follows difficulty.

Both the Bible and Holy Qur'an teach us that struggle is ordained for man by Allah (God).
 

QUESTION

What evidence is there in nature that proves Allah (God) has ordained struggle for man?
 

DISCUSSION

1) First, let us review some key words and their definitions. Please look at the GLOSSARY.

2) Why has Allah (God) ordained struggle for you and me? What is our ultimate goal in life? Is a struggle necessary to obtain that goal? Is there any life form that comes into existence without a struggle?

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3) Minister Farrakhan has said that, "if Allah (God) has created man to face difficulty, then a 'Difficulty Factor' is present that intensifies as man moves closer to the goal ... the 'Difficulty Factor' is attached to everything of value."

Is your life valuable? Was there a Difficulty Factor attached to our coming into existence? What was it?

Does the Earth contain valuable resources? Name some of them. Knowing what is in the Earth is one thing. Is there a Difficulty Factor attached getting the resources out of the Earth? What is it? 

Is Marriage (the desire to unite) valuable? Is there a Difficulty Factor attached to Marriage? What is it?

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4) Read Surah 21:1-10. In these verses there is an example of the Difficulty Factor encountered by the Apostle. What is it?

Is there a difference between the rejection encountered by the Apostle in these verses and the rejection encountered by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Minister Farrakhan from our own people today? Are our people valuable? Are they difficult to reach?

If our people are resisting the Message as did people before them, then will they not be destroyed for rejecting knowledge? If they are going to be destroyed, then why should Minister Farrakhan continue with his mission? Shouldn't he just give up and go home? If he should not give up, why not?

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5) Is there a Difficulty Factor attached to following a man with a message? Why?

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6) Read Surah 21:16-18. Who is the "WE" who did not create the heaven and earth for sport; who did not take a "Pastime"; who "hurl the Truth against falsehood, so it knocks out its brains, and lo! It vanishes..."?

What is the significance of Falsehood having "brains"? Is it difficult to hurl the Truth at the brains of Falsehood?

Have you watched Minister Farrakhan 'hurl' Truth at Falsehood from the rostrum? What happens to the false concepts we carry when the Truth is hurled at them? Has Minister Farrakhan encountered any difficulty as a result of hurling Truth at Falsehood? Describe the difficulty. Has he turned away from the mission as a result of the difficulty factor?

What is your duty when you encounter Falsehood? Do you think it will be difficult? Will you turn away from the difficulty? Why or why not?

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7) Read Surah 21:51-58. Abraham took an action. What was it? Why did he do it?

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8) Read Surah 21:59-68. What was the response of the people to what Abraham did? Why did they react in the manner that they did? What was the response of the Jews to minister Farrakhan when he spoke the Truth about them'? Why did they react in the manner that they did?

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9) Read Surah 21:69-71. What did Allah (God) do when the opposition attempted to kill His servant?

Read Surah 21:74-91. What do we see in these verses concerning the prophets of Allah (God) when they find themselves in distress? What is the response of Allah (God) to their calls for help? In what situation did He fail His servant (s)?

What does this tell us concerning what we should expect in times of distress if we call on Allah (God) in sincerity?

Who or what did the prophets call on besides Allah?'

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10) Have you ever faced a difficulty and turned away from it? How did that make you feel? What caused you to turn away? Was it a Fear of some kind, perhaps (loss of job, loss of income, loss of friendship, etc.)?

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After tonight's session, who do you consider the source of your security?

Have you ever faced difficulty and overcome it? How did you feel afterwards?
 

SUPPLEMENT

1 Explained in GLOSSARY.

2) The Holy Qur'an teaches us that Allah does not desire hardship for us, 2:185. Further, it is His desire to please us, 93:5. Even so, we can find no life form that came into existence without a struggle. Whether it is the lowest form of insect or man himself, we see that overcoming adversity is a necessary part of life, since life cannot come into being without it.

We must struggle in order to obtain our ultimate goal. Our ultimate goal is to meet with Allah (God). Difficulty is an essential factor in the journey from being a speck of dust to being one with Allah (God).

We know struggle must take place by understanding what struggle causes us to do. Review SELF-IMPROVEMENT, Page 3, para. 5, "...without struggle, you cannot bring out of yourself that which God has deposited within you. It is something that has to be brought out and it is a struggle overcoming difficulties that manifest your own gifts and your own sublime qualities..."

What God has deposited in us, as seen in our previous study sessions, is the potential to be one with Him.

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When we face difficulty, we struggle; we are forced to turn to the One God for help. On Him alone must we rely.

3) Of course your life is valuable. It is invaluable. It was not obtained without intense suffering. The journey of the sperm to the egg is beset with difficulty. It is a tortuous journey. While many sperm are killed, many just give up and die. Their tragic end, lying dead in the middle passage, serves as a lesson to us that we cannot even come into existence without overcoming difficulty, since each and every one of us represents the resolve of a tiny sperm who overcame difficulty.

Gold, Oil, Uranium, Diamonds, are valuable to us. They are in the ground. There is tremendous difficulty involved in getting them out of the ground before we can benefit from their value.

Marriage is the desire to unite. The marriage vow is the statement of intention to unite. Immediately thereafter, difficulties arise. The difficulties are generated by our desire to unite in that they bring the man and woman together in a trying situation. Because while God created man and woman to incline toward one another and to seek unity with one another, He also made it a difficult thing to do. The process of uniting through marriage is a replication of the process of uniting with God. If we run away from the difficulties of marriage, we diminish our ability to face the difficulties of seeking to become one with Allah (God).

Why do people get divorced? Why do people join an organization to unite, only to leave?

"The desire to attain a goal brings us face to face with difficulty. When we undergo the trial of difficulty, the trial may be so intense that it extinguishes the light of the desire to attain the goal."

4) A man brings a people a beautiful message. But, the Holy Qur'an says, -the message comes "while they sport" and "their hearts (are) trifling." Trifling- does this sound familiar? Are there not many of our people who are more interested in the football game on Sunday afternoon than hearing the Minister lecture? Are they not more interested in sport and play than in a word which might help them up out of their condition?

So in this state of mind and heart, what do the people do? They "counsel in secret". They come together and talk about him. They say, "He is a poet". Compare this to what is said of Minister Farrakhan: charmer, skillful, magician, etc.

The Minister should not give up and neither should we who say we are with him. Why not? Remember last weeks lesson. We came from dust. Look 

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again at 22:5-7. If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, know that "Allah will raise up those who are in the graves."

5) Yes. Because we encounter constant attempts by people to try and diminish our intelligence: "What are you doing following him? I know he's trying to take your money ... He's a charlatan ... etc., etc."

Remember, the Human Potential. We have difficulty seeing divinity in a man or a woman because in this world we are so far beneath the thoughts and ways of Allah (God) that we don't know what a complete man or woman looks like, therefore, we don't recognize a man or woman with a message and mission from God right in our midst.

6) The WE is YOU and ME. We would like to know that we are unanimous in agreement that each of us has the potential to be included in the WE. But there is a journey we must undergo in order for that to happen.

Falsehood has brains. That is, LIES are conceived of and perpetrated by THINKING MEN & WOMEN.

Sunday (1 2/21/86) was an example of Truth (There is no such thing as a big fat white man coming down your chimney and leaving gifts) being hurled at Falsehood. When forced by Minister Farrakhan to find logic in one man going to every house in the world in one night, in a sled, through the air, carried by reindeer, what happened to the myth? IT VANISHED. Why? Because it never existed. It was a FANTASY to begin with.

7) Abraham destroyed the idols to help his people see the error of their ways; that these man-made 'things' could not be Lord of the Worlds.

8) The leadership was angry and hostile. They had been exposed as fools. They were humiliated and they hated Abraham for it. The Minister exposed the myth perpetrated by the Jews that they are the chosen people of God and immune to criticism, free to engage in evil. The Minister showed the world that this is a lie. Their reaction was vile hatred and just as Abraham's people said, "Burn him!", the Jews cried, "Death to Farrakhan!" This is not over yet. They continue to plan against him.

9) Allah always delivers His servants. The prophets are examples to us that on Him and Him alone must we rely.

10) The exertion of energy in facing and overcoming' difficulty strengthens character. Each time we face Difficulty and use our faith in our Lord to overcome it, there is a reward. This reward gives us the incentive to try and try again.
 

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PRACTICAL APPLICATION

When you leave tonight, we want you to purchase and take with you a product. You are to sell the product before you come back next Friday.

There is a Difficulty Factor in sales. Selling is accompanied by a certain degree of rejection. Do you fear the possibility that someone will tell you "No."? How do you handle that?

You know that you have a good product. There is someone out there who wants the product. Will you be successful in getting to the many people who will say "Yes" if you are immobilized by fear of the "No"?

What is the reward of overcoming the difficulty? Is there an immediate reward? What is it? Is there a lasting reward? What is it?

NEXT WEEK

Please come prepared to discuss your experience with the product you have chosen.

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GLOSSARY

DIFFICULTY The condition or fact of being difficult. Something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection. Trouble, distress, etc. or a cause of this.

EMINENCE A high or lofty place, thing, etc., as a hill. Superiority in rank, position, character, achievement, etc.; greatness; celebrity. A person of eminence.

FACTOR Any of the circumstances, conditions, etc. that bring about a result; element or constituent that makes a thing what it is. Any of two or more quantities which form a product when multiplied together.

PASTIME A way of spending spare time pleasantly; anything done for recreation or diversion.

OVERCOME To get the better of in competition, struggle, etc.; conquer. To master, prevail over, or surmount (to overcome obstacles).

EASE Freedom from pain, worry, or trouble; comfort. Freedom from difficulty; facility. Freedom from poverty; state of being financially secure; affluence. Rest; leisure; relaxation.

RELIANCE The act of relying. Trust, dependence, or confidence. A thing relied on.

SUBLIME Noble; exalted; majestic. Inspiring awe or admiration through grandeur, beauty, etc.

INVALUABLE Extremely valuable; having value too great to measure; priceless.

ADVERSITY A condition of hardship or affliction; misfortune.

DESIRE An earnest wishing for something; longing; yearning. A request or prayer.

TRIFLE (TRIFLING) To pass, as time, in an idle and purposeless way. To act without dignity or seriousness.

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Holy Quran

Surah 21 "The Prophets"

Part 17
CHAPTER 21
Al-Anbiya’:The Prophets
(REVEALED AT MAKKAH:7 sections ;112 verses )

SECTION 1:Judgment approaches

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Their reckoning draws nigh to men, and they turn away in heedlessness.

2 There comes not to them a new Reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport,

3 Their hearts trifling. And they — the wrongdoers —counsel in secret: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves; will you then yield to enchantment while you see?

4 He said: My Lord knows (every) utterance in the heaven and the earth, and He is the Hearer, the Knower.

5 Nay, say they: Medleys of dreams!  nay, he has forged it! nay, he is a poet! so let him bring to us a sign such as the former (prophets)were sent (with).

6 Not a town believed before them which We destroyed: will they then believe?

7 And We sent not before thee any but men to whom We sent revelation; so ask the followers of the Reminder if you know not.

8 Nor did We give them bodies not eating food, nor did they abide.

9 Then We made Our promise good to them; so We delivered them and whom We pleased, and We destroyed the extravagant.

10 Certainly We have revealed to you a Book which will give you eminence. Do you not then understand?

SECTION 2:Truth has always Triumphed

11 And how many a town which was iniquitous did We demolish, and  We raised up after it another people!

12 So when they felt Our might, lo! they began to flee from it.

13 Flee not and return to the easy lives which you led, and to your dwellings, that you may be questioned.

14 They said: O woe to us! Surely we were unjust.

15 And this cry of theirs ceased not till We made them cut off, extinct.

16 And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them for sport.

17 Had We wished to take a pastime, We would have taken it from before Ourselves; by no means would We do (so).

18 Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, so it knocks out its brains, and lo! it vanishes. And woe to you for what you describe!

19 And to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who are with Him are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they weary.

20 They glorify (Him) night and day: they flag not.

21 Or have they taken gods from the earth who give life?

22 If there were in them gods besides Allah, they would both have been in disorder. So glory be to Allah, the Lord of the Throne, being above what they describe!

23 He cannot be questioned as to what He does, and they will be questioned.

24 Or, have they taken gods besides Him? Say: Bring your proof. This is the reminder of those with me and the reminder of those before me. Nay, most of them know not the Truth, so they turn away.

25 And We sent no messenger before thee but We revealed to him that there is no God but Me, so serve Me.

26 And they say: The Beneficent has taken to Himself a son. Glory be to Him! Nay, they are honoured servants —

27 They speak not before He speaks, and according to His command they act.

28 He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they intercede not except for him whom He approves, and for fear of Him they tremble.

29 And whoever of them should say, I am a god besides Him, such a one We recompense with hell. Thus We reward the unjust.

 SECTION 3:Truth of Revelation

30 Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, so We rent them. And We made from water everything living. Will they not then believe?

31 And We made firm mountains in the earth lest it be convulsed with them, and We made in it wide ways that they might follow a right direction.

32 And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy; yet they turn away from its signs.

33 And He it is Who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon. All float in orbits.

34 And We granted abiding forever to no mortal before thee. If thou diest, will they abide?

35 Every soul must taste of death. And We test you by evil and good by way of trial. And to Us you are returned.

36 And when those who disbelieve see thee, they treat thee not but with mockery: Is this he who speaks of your gods? And they deny when the Beneficent God is mentioned.

37 Man is created of haste. Soon will I show you My signs, so ask Me not to hasten them.

38 And they say: When will this threat come to pass, if you are truthful?

39 If those who disbelieve but knew the time when they will not be able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor from their backs, and they will not be helped!

40 Nay, it will come to them all of a sudden and confound them, so they will not have the power to avert it, nor will they be respited.

41 And messengers before thee were indeed mocked, so there befell those of them who scoffed, that whereat they scoffed.

SECTION 4:Allah deals with Men mercifully

42 Say: Who guards you by night and by day from the Beneficent? Nay, they turn away at the mention of their Lord.

43 Or, have they gods who can defend them against Us? They cannot help themselves, nor can they be defended from Us.

44 Nay, We gave provision to these and their fathers, until life was prolonged to them. See they not then that We are visiting the land, curtailing it of its sides? Can they then prevail?

45 Say: I warn you only by revelation; and the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.

46 And if a blast of the chastisement of thy Lord were to touch them, they would say: O woe to us! Surely we were unjust.

47 And We will set up a just balance on the day of Resurrection, so no soul will be wronged in the least. And if there be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We to take account.

48 And certainly We gave Moses and Aaron the criterion and a light and a reminder for those who keep from evil,

49 Who fear their Lord in secret and they are fearful of the Hour.

50 And this is a blessed Reminder, which We have revealed. Will you then deny it?

SECTION 5:Abraham is Delivered

51 And certainly We gave Abraham his rectitude before, and We knew him well.

52 When he said to his sire and his people: What are these images to whose worship you cleave?

53 They said: We found our fathers worshipping them.

54 He said: Certainly you have been, you and your fathers, in manifest error.

55 They said: Hast thou brought us the truth, or art thou of the jesters?

56 He said: Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them; and I am of those who bear witness to this.

57 And, by Allah! I will certainly plan against your idols after you go away, turning your backs.

58 So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they might return to it.

59 They said: Who has done this to our gods? Surely he is one of the unjust.

60 They said: We heard a youth, who is called Abraham, speak of them.

61 They said: Then bring him before the people’s eyes, perhaps they may bear witness.

62 They said: Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham?

63 He said: Surely (someone) has done it. The chief of them is this; so ask them, if they can speak.

64 Then they turned to themselves and said: Surely you yourselves are wrongdoers;

65 Then they were made to hang down their heads: Thou knowest indeed that they speak not.

66 He said: Serve you then besides Allah what does you no good, nor harms you?

67 Fie on you and on what you serve besides Allah! Have you no sense?

68 They said: Burn him, and help your gods, if you are going to do (anything).

69 We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham:

70 And they intended a plan against him, but We made them the greater losers.

71 And We delivered him and Lot (directing them) to the land which We had blessed for the nations.

72 And We gave him Isaac; and Jacob, son’s son. And We made (them) all good.

73 And We made them leaders who guided (people) by Our command, and We revealed to them the doing of good and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of alms, and Us (alone) they served;

74 And to Lot We gave wisdom and knowledge, and We delivered him from the town which wrought abomination. Surely they were an evil people, transgressors;

75 And We admitted him to Our mercy; surely he was of the righteous.

SECTION 6:Allah always delivers Prophets

76 And Noah, when he cried aforetime, so We answered him, and delivered him and his people from the great calamity.

77 And We helped him against the people who rejected Our messages. Surely they were an evil people, so We drowned them all.

78 And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment concerning the field, when the people’s sheep strayed therein by night, and We were bearers of witness to their judgment.

79 So We made Solomon to understand it. And to each (of them) We gave wisdom and knowledge. And We made the mountains, declaring (Our) glory, and the birds, subservient to David. And We were the Doers.

80 And We taught him the making of coats of mail for you, to protect you in your wars; will you then be grateful?

81 And to Solomon (We subdued) the wind blowing violent, pursuing its course by His command to the land which We had blessed, and We are ever Knower of all things.

82 And of the devils there were those who dived for him and did other work besides that; and We kept guard over them:

83 And Job, when he cried to his Lord: Distress has afflicted me! and Thou art the most Merciful of those who show mercy.

84 So We responded to him and removed the distress he had, and We gave him his people and the like of them with them: a mercy from Us and a reminder to the worshippers.

85 And Ishmael and Idris and Dhu- l-Kifl ;all were of the patient ones;

86 And We admitted them to Our mercy; surely they were of the good ones.

87 And Dhu-l-Nun, when he went away in wrath, and he thought that We would not straiten him, so he called out among afflictions: There is no God but Thou, glory be to Thee! Surely I am of the sufferers of loss.

88 So We responded to him and delivered him from grief. And thus do We deliver the believers.

89 And Zacharias, when he cried to his Lord: My Lord, leave me not alone! and Thou art the Best of inheritors.

90 So We responded to him and gave him John and made his wife fit for him. Surely they used to vie, one with another, in good deeds and called upon Us, hoping and fearing; and they were humble before Us.

91 And she who guarded her chastity, so We breathed into her of Our inspiration, and made her and her son a sign for the nations.

92 Surely this your community is a single community, and I am your Lord, so serve Me.

93 And they cut off their affair among them: to Us will all return.

SECTION 7:The Righteous will inherit the Land

94 So whoever does good deeds and is a believer, there is no rejection of his effort, and We surely write (it) down for him.

95 And it is forbidden to a town which We destroy: they shall not return.

96 Even a when Gog and Magog are let loose and they sally forth from every elevated place.

97 And the True Promise draws nigh, then lo! the eyes of those who disbelieve will be fixedly open: O woe to us! Surely we were heedless of this; nay, we were unjust.

98 Surely you and what you worship besides Allah are fuel of hell; to it you will come.

99 Had these been gods, they would not have come to it. And all will abide therein.

100 For them therein is groaning and therein they hear not.

101 Those for whom the good has already gone forth from Us, they will be kept far off from it a —

102 They will not hear the faintest sound of it and they will abide in that which their souls desire.

103 The great Terror will not grieve them, and the angels will meet them: This is your day which you were promised.

104 The day when We roll up heaven like the rolling up of the scroll of writings. As We began the first creation, We shall reproduce it. A promise (binding) on Us. We shall bring it about.

105 And certainly We wrote in the Book after the reminder that My righteous servants will inherit the land.

106 Surely in this is a message for a people who serve (Us).

107 And We have not sent thee but as a mercy to the nations.

108 Say: It is only revealed to me that your God is one God: will you then submit?

109 But if they turn back, say: I have warned you in fairness, and I know not whether that which you are promised is near or far.

110 Surely He knows what is spoken openly and He knows what you hide.

111 And I know not if this may be a trial for you and a provision till a time.

112 He said: My Lord, judge Thou with truth. And our Lord is the Beneficent, Whose help is sought against what you ascribe (to Him).

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Surah 93 "The Brightness of the Day"

CHAPTER 93

Al-Duha: The Brightness of the Day

(REVEALED AT MAKKAH:11 verses )

 

1 By the brightness of the day!

2 And the night when it is still!—

3 Thy Lord has not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased.

4 And surely the latter state is better for thee than the former.

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Surah 94 "The Expansion"

CHAPTER 94

Al-Inshiraf: The Expansion

(REVEALED AT MAKKAH:8 verses )

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 Have We not expanded for thee thy breast,

2 And removed from thee thy burden,

3 Which weighed down thy back,

4 And exalted for thee thy mention?

5 Surely with difficulty is ease,

6 With difficulty is surely ease.

7 So when thou art free (from anxiety), work hard,

8 And make thy Lord thy exclusive object.

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Self-Improvement

Page 3; Page 4, Para. 1,2;

It is written in the Holy Qur'an, which is the Book of Scripture for the Muslims, that Allah created man to face difficulties. God has brought us all onto the Earth to face one difficulty after another and it is the facing of these difficulties and the overcoming of these difficulties that helps us to improve our character and improve ourselves.
Now, the key word is 'to face' a difficulty. 'To face' a difficulty means to look at it; to assess it; to summon the total strength or our being to oppose it; to overcome it; to have a determined, persevering, courageous spirit to overcome the difficulty. There is no difficulty that man is faced with that man does not have the ability to overcome, if he will summon the strength of his being against that obstacle in the pathway of his progress.

But, how many of us turn our backs on difficulties? Whenever the difficulty comes, we turn away from it; try to find an easy road out of a difficult situation. I am talking to all of us. How many of you, when a difficult situation arises in your life, summon the strength of your being to stand resolutely and firmly in the face of that difficulty to overcome it? Or, do you turn away?

Brothers and Sisters, each time we turn away from the struggle to overcome difficulty, there then is deterioration of character and there is destruction of the Will --- and the Will that is within you is God's gift. It is His Essence that He gives to man and anything that deteriorates your Will destroys your ability to cope with the problems of life. Struggle is ordained.

Struggle is ordained by God. God is not a vicious God. He is a Loving, a Beneficent and Merciful God, but He ordains

struggle. Because without struggle, you cannot bring out of yourself that which God has deposited within you. It is something that has to be brought out and it is a struggle overcoming difficulties that manifest your own gifts and your own sublime qualities.

Struggle is ordained, but the Qur'an teaches that 'after difficulty comes ease.' God gives you difficulty then He gives you ease. It is like a blacksmith, if you will, who is shaping a piece of steel. He puts it in the fire then he beats it and he cools it. This is the way God forges men and women of character. He does not forge you into great men and women without the fire, the water and the beating. These are the difficulties of life; we must face them; we must overcome them. All Praise is due to Allah.

Look at the little bird. See how it pecks its way out of the egg --- the shell. It struggles to come forward. Then, that bird struggles to get its balance and it struggles to fly. But, when it flies, it's gone. God has ordained struggle. Look at the caterpillar, how it struggles to get out of the cocoon and look at human life as it struggles to come forth from the womb.

Coming to birth is painful. It's painful to the mother, but if the baby could tell you what it just came through, the baby would have a story to tell; for ofttimes, when the baby comes forth, its head is pained, there are bruises on the shoulder, because birth is painful. Likewise, you cannot go to new levels of consciousness, new levels of awareness, new levels of power and development without pain; and if you shrink from pain and won't face the pain and face the difficulties, you will never evolve to the people that Almighty God intends for you to be.

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Page 5, Para.1-4

Look at you, male and female. You have a pre-determined nature that makes you gravitate towards one another. You just can't help yourself. If you make yourself other than that, that's what you did. Nature has given you a goal to meet one another. I'll get off of that. But that's all truth. We all have problems and those who have that problem, I hope you will listen carefully; and all other problems. Listen carefully to what Brother Farrakhan says to you tonight from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and think about it, and I'll guarantee you that you will come away from here with a different perspective on your life tonight.

Now look. As we move towards union---male and female---or move towards union---people with people---this union brings joy and peace in a measure. When you marry, that doesn't mean you are united, that means your intention to unite has been sanctified in the presence of witnesses. You have intended to come together as one. But, it takes years of struggle to overcome the problems that keep male and female, which are made by God to be together as one, it takes years of struggle to become one. But, when you become one, there is joy and peace in that union.

I heard my Chicano brother say that the Mexicans and Blacks should no longer be divided; the Native Americans, the Mexicans, the Blacks, should no longer be divided. But I will say this: Humanity should no longer be divided. It is joy and peace when people can unite. But Indians and Mexicans and Blacks can never become a united people without a struggle.

We must struggle to overcome the difficulties imposed by our desire to be united. There are always attending difficulties. But how do you deal with it? Do you run away from it, or do you face it with the resolve that our unity is more important than the things that keep us divided with one another?

Now Brothers and Sisters, the greatest goal of all life is to meet with, or to form a perfect union with, Almighty God Allah. When there is a perfect union with God and when we become one with our Creator, then the Attributes of God come right across our own personality and character, so that we become one with the Source of life, so that when you see the person, you are actually looking at God.

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