Illuminating The Darkness, The Virtues of Blacks & Abyssinians
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
English translation of the classic 12th century Arabic text Illuminating the Darkness by Ibn Al-Jawzi that inspired my first book of the same name. Translated by Dar al-Arqam Publishing
Ibn Al-Jawzi said, "I bore witness to a group of eminent Habash who were disheartened due to the darkness of their skin colour. I thus clarified to them that the matter upon which consideration is placed is good deeds rather than one's appearance, and I wrote this book for them to mention the virtue of many from amongst the Habash and black people."
The Habash / Abyssinians are the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
