Blacks; how do you feel about this Islamic quote?

Question

This came from the Prophet Muhamad's last sermon some 1400 years ago.

"an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action."

Islam; the first religion to promote human equality? =D Thanks.

Answer 1

hahaha this is so funny. 1400 years ago Islam gave women rites, it gave colored ppl rites, it gave ppl the rules as to how we should eat, drink, and sleep. NOW science is figuring out wat foods r good for our health. NOW women and colored ppl r getting rites. even the the US, the "most democratic of all" is now giving rites to colored ppl and women, while Islam already gave them these rites 1400 years ago.

Answer 2

No, Islam is not the first religion to promote human equality but I respect the fact that they do.

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."
--Matthew 7:12

The Golden Rule is actually predates Jesus. It is a Jewish tradition and who know who the Jews borrowed it from?

Answer 3

Ignore mckenziecalhoun -- he has NO KNOWLEDGE OF ISLAM -- and God knows where he got those quotes from

and yes, i do agree w/ you, Islam is the first religion to promote human equality=]

Answer 4

This is known to African Americans and is one of the reasons why many African Americans have embraced Islam.

Answer 5

it makes me feel accpted....i guess, what does this have to do with whites and blacks?

Answer 6

Only if you ignore the other quotes in the holy texts of Islam:

Ishaq:243 "I heard the Apostle say: ‘Whoever wants to see Satan should look at Nabtal!' He was a black man with long flowing hair, inflamed eyes, and dark ruddy cheeks.... Allah sent down concerning him: ‘To those who annoy the Prophet there is a painful doom." [9:61] "Gabriel came to Muhammad and said, ‘If a black man comes to you his heart is more gross than a donkey's.'"
Ishaq:144 "A rock was put on a slave's chest. When Abu Bakr complained, they said, ‘You are the one who corrupted him, so save him from his plight.' I will do so,' said Bakr. ‘I have a black slave, tougher and stronger than Bilal, who is a heathen. I will exchange him. The transaction was carried out."
Qur'an 9:97 "The Arabs of the desert are the worst in unbelief and hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah hath sent down to His Messenger."
Tabari II:11 "Shem, the son of Noah was the father of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Greeks; Ham was the father of the Black Africans; and Japheth was the father of the Turks and of Gog and Magog who were cousins of the Turks. Noah prayed that the prophets and apostles would be descended from Shem and kings would be from Japheth. He prayed that the African's color would change so that their descendants would be slaves to the Arabs and Turks."
Tabari II:21 "Ham [Africans] begat all those who are black and curly-haired, while Japheth [Turks] begat all those who are full-faced with small eyes, and Shem [Arabs] begat everyone who is handsome of face with beautiful hair. Noah prayed that the hair of Ham's descendants would not grow beyond their ears, and that whenever his descendants met Shem's, the latter would enslave them."
Tabari IX:69 "Arabs are the most noble people in lineage, the most prominent, and the best in deeds. We were the first to respond to the call of the Prophet. We are Allah's helpers and the viziers of His Messenger. We fight people until they believe in Allah. He who believes in Allah and His Messenger has protected his life and possessions from us. As for one who disbelieves, we will fight him forever in Allah's Cause. Killing him is a small matter to us."
Bukhari: V9B89N256 "Allah's Apostle said, ‘You should listen to and obey your ruler even if he is a black African slave whose head looks like a raisin.'"
Ishaq:450 "It is your folly to fight the Apostle, for Allah's army is bound to disgrace you. We brought them to the pit. Hell was their meeting place. We collected them there, black slaves, men of no descent."
Ishaq:374 "The black troops and slaves of the Meccans cried out and the Muslims replied, ‘Allah destroy your sight, you impious rascals.'"
Bukhari:V4B52N137 "The Prophet said, ‘Let the ***** slave of Dinar perish. And if he is pierced with a thorn, let him not find anyone to take it out for him.... If he [the black slave] asks for anything it shall not be granted, and if he needs intercession [to get into paradise], his intercession will be denied.'"