Elijah Muhammad Quotes

United States, Religious Leader
October 7, 1897 – February, 25, 1975.

Elijah Muhammad was a religious leader, who led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975. He was a mentor to Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan and Muhammad Ali, as well as his own son, Warith Deen Mohammed.

Whatever good works ye send on before death... ye shall find with God.

Elijah Muhammad
- God
- Death
- Works
Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence.

Elijah Muhammad
- God
- Men
- Sake

They know the outward shows of this life present but of the next life are they careless. Have they not consider the heavens and the earth and all that is between them but for a serious end, and for a fixed term? But truly most men believe not that they shall meet their Lord.

Elijah Muhammad
- Believe
- Lord
- Heavens
Whoever knows himself knows God.

Elijah Muhammad
- God
- Knows
Reviling a Muslim is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is infidelity.

Elijah Muhammad
- God
- Fighting
- Muslim
You and I may go to Harvard, we may go to York of England, or go to Al Ahzar in Cairo and get degrees from all of these great seats of learning. But we will never be recognized until we recognize our women.

Elijah Muhammad
- Women
- Learning
- England
Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world... The black man is the first and last, maker and owner of the universe.

Elijah Muhammad
- Universe
- Creation
- Accept
Accept your own and be yourself!

Elijah Muhammad
- Yourself
- Accept

Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell.

Elijah Muhammad
- God
- Knowledge
- Religion