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Letters to the Moorish
Community
By
Abdul Batin Bey
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Noble Drew Ali:
Moorish American Prophet
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Be the Way
Islam,
Family, I see many among us preaching the everlasting Gospel of Allah
and I commend all those that have picked up the mantle. It grieves me when I meet some of my brothers and sisters because they have falling
into religion and have left Science at the doorstep. They have relied on
outer forms and Friday gatherings to be the entire journey. When they
leave Sunday school they return to Monday in the same manner as
everyone else, negative, gossipy, and are not living what they are
hearing and what they are teachings.
Family, I see many among us preaching the everlasting Gospel of Allah
and I commend all those that have picked up the mantle. It grieves me
when I meet some of my brothers and sisters because they have falling
into religion and have left Science at the doorstep. They have relied onouter forms and Friday gatherings to be the entire journey. When they
leave Sunday school they return to Monday in the same manner as
everyone else, negative, gossipy, and are not living what they are
hearing and what they are teachings.
We are all called to be Light Revealers, up lifters of the human family.
In this letter I will try to point out the verses that make our mission
and the way to our mission perfectly clear.
To teach men to be pure in heart, you must be pure in heart yourself.
(Koran 4:12) as we can see we must be what we teach, what we say we
are. Everyday of our earthly lives we must be the example for others.This was not simply the charge giving to the Forerunner nor was it the
Charge simply giving to Jesus. It’s the responsibility of every member
of the human family. The reason why is simple: Men need a pattern for
their lives; they love to follow, not to lead. (Koran 4:14) The man who
stands upon the corners of the paths and points the way, but does not
go is just a pointer, and a block of wood can do the same (Koran 4:15)
Are you a mere block of wood? We are called to be the example of all
men just as Allah called the prophets so we too are called to serve the
cause. The only problem is too many people are still unaware of how
to achieve this and so they mouth the words, get caught up in worldly
affairs and never actually do what they are suppose to do. Remember:Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what
you have never done; but you must go before and show the way
(Koran 4:23)
Before you can point you must firs become this is not an easy one day
event were you will be magically transformed. It takes time, hard
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work, and is a process of life. Before you tell others to free themselves
you must first free your self from your own devils of self. The only
devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self. If man
would find his devil he must look within; his name is self. (Koran
3:21) The lower self is your carnal self the part of you the lusts, covets,
and wants to do things which are not in accordance with the ways ofLove, the Higher Self, Allah. To do this we must first study ourselves
making sure that all our conduct is in right, (Koran 5:14) are we
helping others? Are we doing things because we want to do the right
thing or are we looking for self-glorification? Are we in control of our
passions or are our passions in control of us? (Koran 5:15) If we
control our passions then we will always walk on the proper path but
if our passions control us then there is no telling what we may do. We
may act lower than the animals by murdering, raping, or putting
negative thoughts into the universe. Are we cutting away the gossip,
the slander, and the negative aspects of self? (Koran 5:16) in order to
make Truth manifest within us and shine for all people to see, observe
learn, and long to become like (Koran 5: 17). Is our temper in check
are we thinking before we speak, or act? (Koran 5:18) Are we striving
always in the Faith that we can accomplish this task, in hope that
others will embark on this journey making this world a better place,
and are you doing it because you love your fellow man and your Father
God Allah? (Koran 5:20) This is the only way you and I will achieve to
build the Temple of Perfected Man (Koran 5:21)
The reason why we must love and operate within love is because
everyone we see is in the image of Allah and represents Allah on earth.
(Koran 8:10) And when man honors man, he honors Allah, and what
man does for man he does for Allah. (Koran 8: 11) This is how we willheal the world bringing it back to the days of the Garden even our
Hebrew brothers understand this. But we must not do these things
only for those within the Science but for all mankind. I recently read a
conversation by the Moorish Hebrews bashing the Moorish Scientists
for teaching others the ways of Allah. Surely, they are not embracing
the entire aspect of what needs to be done to reach the highest points
of heaven. Let us always remember: If you would serve the Allah who
speaks within the heart, just serve your near of kin, and those that are
no kin, the stranger at your gates, the foe who seeks to do you harm
(Koran 8:13) Assist the poor, and help the weak; do harm to none, and
covet not what is yours (Koran 8:14) Make human hearts your altars,and burn your sacrifices with the fire of love (Koran 8:22) As we have
read we must show everyone the way that is our service, our charge.
We must also help those that this world has turned its back on.
Everyone we come in contact with should be precious to us; we should
treat people as such. As we serve even those who hate us by serving
them we serving ourselves aiding us to the Omega Point of self, At-One-
Ment with Allah.
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We must not become religious because the idea of religion is a starting
point but we must not be consumed with that point. This is why
divisions, hatred, and misunderstandings appear. Driving a wedge
between the human families causing division, which is warned in the
Qur’an: As for those who have divided up their religion and broken up
into factions, have nothing to do with them. Their case rests with God:in time He will tell them about their deeds (Surah 6:159) We should
never be dividers but whole makers keeping our minds and bodies in
purity. If we are not going about our Fathers business then we are
aiding the world in negativity: It is cruelty that makes the world
awry, this where so many people are they are in cruelty causing
suffering and pain. Those who wish not to be part of the suffering and
wish to be part of the solution we continue: when men have learned
that when they harm a living thing, they harm themselves, they surely
will not kill, nor cause a thing that Allah has made to suffer pain
(Koran 10:10)
Keep in mind that Salvation is a ladder reaching from the heart of man
to the heart of Allah (Koran 7:27) whatever is in your heart Allah
knows and knows why you do what you. Also, whatever is in your
heart will always come out if you truly have a devilment then sooner
or later the devil will come out, if you are truly At-One-Ment then it
will be a light unto the world.
May the road rise with you,
Your brother in Islam,
Abdul Batin Osman Bey
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Abdul Batin Bey: is an Anarchist, Writer, musician, activeblogger,and spiritual explorer he is an ordained minister in theUniversal Life Churchand an Imam in the Moorish Orthodox Church. He attendedTimbuktu University and the Hakim Bey DiocesanTheological Seminary.