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black people were gods and that all white people were devils. 103 Although the
word zurq literally means blue, it was used to refer to the clouding of the cornea
due to certain eye diseases which gives the eye a bluish-grey tinge. Hence, a
more accurate translation would have been “bleary-eyed.”
According to Elijah, since the white man resembles the black man, he was
referred to as “mankind” in the Qur’aan, that is, a kind of man! 104 Therefore, in
the verse:
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“O mankind, verily, We 105 have created you from a male and a
female,” 106
“We” was interpreted by Elijah to refer to the black men/gods who supposedly
created the white race (mankind). 107
These few examples of tafseers based solely on sectarian opinions clearly
show the incoherence and deception that result from the disregard for the correct
method of tafseer. The Qur’aan becomes a voice for each sect’s deviant and
heretical claims. The Qur’aan is manipulated mercilessly, as there are no logical
boundaries nor coherent rules by which the founders of these sects abide; hence,
the same verse may have a multiplicity of meanings for them. Whatever
interpretation promotes their ideas become correct. For them, the Qur’aan is no
longer a book of guidance, but a book containing the hidden secrets of their sect,
which only their leaders and the specially initiated can unlock.
The Conditions for the Mufassir 108
103
Message to the Black Man in America, p. 14.
104
I.e., quasi-human.
105
See footnote 23 on page 16 for an explanation of the meaning of ‘We’ when used by Allaah for
himself.
106
Soorah al-Hujuraat (49):13.
107
Message to the Black Man in America, p. 118.
108
One who makes tafseer of the Qur’aan.
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