“O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.” (Qur’an 49:13)
“Moreover, of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge.” (Qur’an 30:22)
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There is nothing in the Qur’an that even remotely suggests that human diversity is in any way shape or form connected to some type of punishment, sin or curse. However, the Shi’i have come along with some very bizarre assertions.
There is for all to see in broad daylight. This is related by way of their 10th Imam Ali Ibn Muhammed Al-Hadi (Al Naqi)
By authentic traditions, it is related from ‘Abd al-‘Azim that Imam ‘Ali al-Naqi said that Nuh lived for two thousand five hundred years. One day while he was sleeping on the Ark, a strong wind blew and uncovered him. Ham and Yafith saw this and started laughing. Sam scolded them and covered Nuh. Nuh woke up and saw the two of them laughing and inquired the reason for that. Sam narrated what had happened. Nuh raised his hands towards the heavens and said, “O God, change the seed of Ham and al-Yasa‘ so that they beget dark-skinned children.” Nuh told them: “God has made your children the slaves of the children of Sam because he did good to me. You both are disinherited and your disinheritance will manifest itself in your children and the signs of notoriety will remain distinguishable in the progeny of Sam until the time the world will last. Therefore, all dark-skinned people are children of Ham and all the Turks, Saqaleyeh, Gog and Magog are the descendants of Yafith.
“Apart from this, those who are reddish and fair, are the children of Sam.”
Source: (https://al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol-1-stories-prophets-muhammad-baqir-majlisi/account-nuh)
For those of you who read the Arabic.
The source for this before they remove it is: https://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol-1-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/account-nuh
So you can imagine with the Shi’i making a fuss about the Hadith of the Ark and supposedly all the vile people were wiped out in a flood and only the pure and the righteous were taken on the Ark of Noah (as), that eventually some people began to inquire about the variations in phenotypes, colours and complexions of human beings.
Of course, there are obvious theological questions that come from this.
All the Ahl Bayt of Noah (as) on the ark would have to be righteous and pure. This makes logical sense. If Allah (swt) was going to wipe out the whole of humanity for their evil and sins, you certainly wouldn’t want any evil people hitching a ride on the Ark.
For example:
“So it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and NOAH CALLED TO HIS SON who was apart , “O MY SON, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers. But he said, “I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water.” Noah said, “There is no protector today from the decree of Allah, except for whom Allah gives mercy.” And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.” (Qur’an 11:42-43)
So it is not going to make any sense to say that those who went on Ahl Bayt of Noah (as) on the ark are those who are not pure, those with treachery in their hearts. However, the Shi’i go and make a big mess of things concerning this Hadith of the Ark.
So, naturally, there might be curious people who would inquire about the variations of phenotypes, pigmentation, and colours of human beings.
So this ‘infallible’ Imam Ali Ibn Mohammed Al-Hadi (Al Naqi) went into the kitchen and started to cook up something for the curious. He added carrots, cumin and ginger, and he added the black and the brown, and he threw everything in there except for the “reddish, fair-skinned”. Of course, because he was from among them!
So let’s look at this. Noah (as) apparently has a part of his body uncovered by the wind.
Who handles the wind blowing? Is it not Allah (swt)?
“Nuh raised his hands towards the heavens and said, “O God, change the seed of Ham and al-Yasa‘ so that they beget dark-skinned children.”
So what are dark-skinned people supposed to think of their complexion? That it is the result of the majesty and glory of Allah (swt) or that it is the result of sin?
What makes this even more riveting is that when you take into account that Noah (as) is considered the third prophet after Adam (as). This means that the original humans were ‘the fair-skinned’. Normally, that would be an absolute laugh riot if it were not for the fact that it is so incredibly sad.
This beautiful little girl is the creation of Allah (swt). She is beautiful. Black is beautiful, and it is only the hearts that are corrupt and ugly!
“God has made your children the slaves of the children of Sam because he did good to me.”
You have to ask yourself what the children did?
Is this the concept of justice the Shi’i uphold?
Is this what we can expect from Imam Mahdi?
We know where the Shi’i imams got this nonsense from.
They got it from:
“Also, Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his brothers outside. But Shem and Japeth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.” (Genesis 9:22-23).
However, even then there is nothing about anyone’s phenotype or skin pigmentation being changed. This was used with devestating effect by Christian Protestant Churches in South Africa. You may read about that here: https://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/index.php/stj/article/view/1330
The Shi’i imams give their own twist to this.
The problem, of course, is that the Shi’i tell us that Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi or Shaykh As Saduq quote this as evidence to explain why blacks are black.
Al-Majlisi authenticated it!’
OPEN CHALLENGE TO ANY 12ER SHI’i UNDER THE SUN.
Here is an open challenge to any 12er Shi’i reading this.
Bring for us one piece of evidence from any of the Hadith Masters who critiqued this narration based upon the Matn alone!
Never mind the chain of narrators. Why wouldn’t the text alone be enough to call into account its veracity? Especially in light of the Qur’an.
“O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes so that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.” (Qur’an 49:13)
Prima Qur’an Conclusion:
We are regarded in the sight of Allah (swt) based upon our righteousness and nothing else. If Allah (swt) bestows favours upon any of us more than others, it is simply a mercy and a blessing from Allah (swt). It is also a trial if we are not grateful.
Allah (swt) loves all of His creation. In fact, when describing the process of creating humanity, Allah (swt) chose to tell us that it from altered ‘black mud’.
˹Remember, O Prophet˺, when your Lord said to the angels, “I am going to create a human being from
sounding clay molded from black mud .”(Qur’an 15:28)
We also know that it is the characteristic of the most vile of creations, Iblis, that insists that he would not regard a creation made from altered black mud.
He said, “Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud.” (Qur’an 15:33)
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin.”
Source: (https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7142)
And when such a leader comes forth, may our oath of allegiance be to him. May his allegiance be to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah, so that his authority be on our necks; and may Allah support him with the truth!
May Allah (swt) increase us all in love for one another.
May Allah (swt) cause us to appreciate the beauty in the diversity of His creation.
May Allah (swt) guide us to what is beloved to Allah (swt).
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May Allah (swt) Guide the Ummah.
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