Chapter 20
On the coming of God, according
to the Bible and Holy Quran-an,
He began to create a people that
must and will enjoy a long life
and good health. They will not
suffer sickness or grief and
sorrow. They will live lives of
complete happiness.
The earth is full of food;
but good health cannot enter our
bodies until we have the proper
food in the body and the proper
food for thought. If we do not
have the proper food for our way
of thinking, we still cannot
enjoy peace, good health, joy
and gladness of heart.
We can eat the best food, we
can take fasts for nine days or
for 20 or 30 days if we want to;
and we will still suffer if we
do not feed the brain with the
right food. These two bodies --
the brain and digestive tract --
have much in common with one
another. Whatever hurts one
hurts the other. We must treat
both well.
The Bible teaches you that
God gave the dead more life. He
comes to give you more life and
an abundance of life. How can He
do that for us unless we help
ourselves to the assistance He
is helping us seek? We must help
ourselves in this way to prolong
our lives.
Obey and do all that Allah
bids us. Think the way he
thinks; the thoughts of good.
Seek to be like Him, both
physically and mentally. As the
Holy Quran-an teaches us, when
we have submitted ourselves
entirely to the will of God, He
then guides us into His path,
His way of life. And then we
come to enjoy the paradise of
life in these words of the Holy
Quran-an:
"O soul that is at rest,
Enter into My gardens, Into My
paradise among Servants well
pleased And well pleasing."
This is what man has sought:
the heaven within and the heaven
without. If heaven does not
begin within, we will never
enjoy it on the outside. We do
not go to a certain place for
heaven. Nearly all of my
followers and I are already in
heaven (a peace of mind and
contentment for the necessities
of life, such as food, clothing,
shelter, and without the enemy
of fear and grief). And, with
the protection of Almighty God,
Allah, what more do we want?
If we went into another
place, we still would not enjoy
it more. Oh, certainly, we would
be happy to live in a place
where there was nothing but
people like ourselves, thinking
as we think and trying to obey
the law of God.
But still, within ourselves,
we are happy because this evil
world does not attract us
anymore. We do not desire this
kind of life that the wicked
live. Our thoughts or minds
feast upon the spirit of
goodness. Therefore, the spirit
of evil cannot find a place
among us to dwell.
Remember, life is what we
make of it. Stay away from hog
(the swine), the stinking
tobacco weed, the hot fiery
alcohol, wine, beer, drugs,
foolishness, ignorance, madness,
drunkenness, gambling,
murdering, robbery,
deceitfulness, lying, mockery
and seeking to take advantage of
your brother and your sister,
and believe in the presence of
God in the Person of Master Fard
Muhammad, to Whom praises are
due forever.
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