Part 3, The Process Toward Perfection In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger.  As-Salaam Alaikum! Assignment: July 14, 2023 Dear Believers, Friends, and Fellow Students, In the Self-Improvement: The Basis for Community Development lecture the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan states, “It is written in the Holy Qur’an, which is the Book of Scripture for the Muslims, that Allah created man to face difficulties. God has brought us all onto the Earth to face one difficulty after another and it is the facing of these difficulties and the overcoming of these difficulties that helps us to improve our character and improve ourselves. Now, the key word is ‘to face’ a difficulty. ‘To face’ a difficulty means to look at it; to assess it; to summon the total strength or our being to oppose it; to overcome it; to have a determined, persevering, courageous spirit to overcome the difficulty. There is no difficulty that man is faced with that man does not have the ability to overcome, if he will summon the strength of his being against that obstacle in the pathway of his progress.” Take time to review and reflect on the Minister's words and the questions posed to him in this section. Remember that he stated,  “Faith will allow you to have patience where you do not understand exactly what you are looking at, or are not aware of what you are looking at, which is in transition.  The demand by Allah (God) for the believer is that the believer acquire the virtue, and, the characteristic of patience. The only thing that will give us patience is greater and greater faith.” Assignment: PART III: THE PROCESS TOWARD PERFECTION If you did not answer question 3 last week, make sure to spend some time on it this week and then answer Questions 4-5 on page 25. Review Glossary May Allah continue to bless us with Love and the Light of Understanding! _________________________________________  To join our National Online Study group this Friday, please register in advance for a free Zoom account National Study Group Study Guide 20: Closing The Gap Download Watch. media.noi.org Order. store.finalcall.com Simply delicious. thesupremebeanpie.com Connect with us National Center | 7351 South Stony Island Ave., Chicago, IL 60649 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]