Intro
In 2013-2014, lost books allegedly by W.D. Fard entitled, “The Supreme Wisdom Lessons By Master Fard Muhammad To His Servant: The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad For The Lost-Found Nation Of Islam In North America” were published. Original God Tribe Nation Shabazz Allah is actually the compilation of two texts that formed the foundations of the Nation of Islam: Secret Ritual of The Nation of Islam and Lessons for The Lost-Found Nation of Islam in a Mathematical Way. See Beynon (1938) for further details.
The Lessons were published (2014) after W.D. Muhammad died, it is unclear by whom. It should be noted that these “Lessons” were mentioned in Beynon (1938), and in Hatim (1950-1951). In Hatim, the 34 questions were specifically mentioned. However, the Indian names that showed up later are not there. Hatim tells us that these were already published for members only (See page 138). Elijah Muhammad alleges that he was the 3rd minister (notice the Christian title), the two before him had full Muslim names, they were Abdul Mohammed and Othman Ali (both full Muslim names with no direct connection to India) and had strong connections to the Moorish Science Temple and eventually opposed W.D. Fard and Elijah Muhammad. Thus, it is proven that W.D. Fard can never be responsible for the plethora of Urdu/Persian names that were given out later. Challar Sharief (aka Charles Peoples) is another name that was allegedly given out (Beynon,1938), however, this name doesn’t seem to have any origin in Urdu/Persian or Arabic.
In 2013, Paul Guthrie erroneously took these lessons and argued that “Fard” is purely Indian! Guthrie also went through the names that W.D. Fard gave out and they are all Indian, even names like Farrakhan and Shabazz are purely Indian. However, if you look at the names in Beynon (1938) or Hatim (1951), they don’t match up. Further on names, it should be noted that Fard wasn’t fond of giving out full Muslim names. Even Burnsteen kept her German name. Even Eiljah Poole kept his first name. The word Shabazz does appear in Beynon (1938), and in Hatim (1950-1951, however, it seems to be Armenian/Turkish (See the case of Parsegh Shahbaz).
Also on page 901 of Beynon, the name Anwar Pasha occurs. The Pasha part is specifically Turkish (aka Ottoman). Hazziez is another name that was hypothetically given out, maybe some former members told Beynon? It’s really unclear. Nevertheless, Hazziez is a name that was never used in any Arabic/Urdu/Persian/Turkish mix, so that’s a mystery. The name Jam Sharrief is also hypothetically given. This name is ridiculous and doesn’t fit anywhere. There is no such Arabic/Urdu/Persian/Turkish name like “Jam”. Moreover, even Malcolm X didn’t change his name until after he left the NOI in 1964. The famous name Ugan Ali isn’t native to India either. Furthermore, one last point, members of the NOI didn’t begin calling Fard as “Master Fard” until the late 1950’s! This is also odd, since in slave days, the whites were called “Master”. Obviously, in Indian terminology it could mean someone who holds a “Masters Degree”.
It seems that after 1965, the Ahmadiyya influence really kicked in and via Muhammad Abdullah, the theory that Fard=Muhammad Abdullah was taking shape. This data seems to match with the theory of W.D. Muhammad, i.e., Fard=Muhammad Abdullah. However, additional data proves that Muhammad Abdullah was in Fiji in 1931 (See “The Light”, Sep 16, 1931, p. 10 & 11, Muhammad Abdullah, “Letters to the Editor: Muslims in Fiji Islands”). This would break the official timeline of Fard in Detroit, which is 1930 to 1934. Could have Fard=Muhammad Abdullah have been travelling back and forth to Fiji and thus missing for a few months here and there? Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem to be likely.
In conclusion, W.D. Muhammad concocted the theory that Fard=Muhammad Abdullah in his attempt to legitimize the falsity of Elijah Muhammad and to retain his million-dollar company. In fact, Fatimah Fanusie used W.D. Muhammad’s testimony as the main source of information for her dissertation in 2006.
