ebooks A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Movement for Black Self-Determination; 1950–1975 by Bayyinah S. Jeffries in History

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I am now before a man's biography; which the fancies played a great role to distort. The mercenary pens deviated from the way of rightfulness and threw a thick cover over the truth; exactly like what they did to every clear and shiny truth; just to defame and distort this great personality. I am before a man; whose biography left prominent lines in history. He was one of the mujahidin; who stood in the firstfront. He was one of those; who supported the trueprinciples and supported the prophets and the guides of the humanity. A man; who supported the straight belief while all the hearts turned aside from him and all the eyes looked askance at him. Those hearts and eyes scattered grudge; quivered with serious enmity; warned of resistance and disobedience to put out this fresh burning torch ... some hands stretched to do away with this (new prophet); whose light had cured the sore eyes. But this strong fort (Abu Talib) stood up to them towering; showing his powerfulness and challenging their reckless will. And then they turned back emptyhanded. The grudge increased in the hearts against this supporter but it was as the grudge of the horses against the bridles. A man; who watered Islam when it was a seed in a barren land; guarded it against the wind when it was soft and tender and then took care of it when it was young. It grew and became strong. The light spread from it. No enemy could achieve an aim until the loyal guard of this flowing spring left to the better world and until the flowing spring dried. He was a man; who had a standing in Islam and left a fine impression and an eternal virtue. But the fancies wanted the eyes to be away from him or to look at him with a wrongful look. They tried their best to fabricate lies against him in order to distort the truth and to cover the virtue. The age of the caliphate elapsed and it was full of the virtues of Abu Talib; the great man of Islam. The age recorded the exploits of this man and the benevolent hands of him to give him some of his due.