Illuminating the Darkness The Virtues of Blacks and Abyssinians 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. 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.
The Virtues of Blacks and Abyssinians
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