by Queen Mother Tynnetta Muhammad

 It was in front of their home, at the time of my arrival in the middle of May, that I experienced meeting the Woman with the Five Dollar Bill. The normal donation for The Final Call Newspaper is One Dollar. It is on the One Dollar Bill that displays The Great Seal of the United States Government in the form of a truncated pyramid with 13 course stones. Above this pyramid appears the All-Eye-Seeing in an open space. What does all of this symbolize and why does it appear on the paper currency we call money? Why do we see the image of the first elected President of the United States, George Washington on the reverse side of the Dollar Bill?

Why do we have opposite to the Great Seal the image of an Eagle with 13 stars, impressed with a center pattern of a six pointed star above the Eagle’s head parallel to the All-Eye-Seeing? Why does there appear an outer ring or circle above the stars featuring 19 clouds? First of all to receive money and to make the proper use of money, one must understand and study the symbolism and meaning of what is printed on the money that we currently use for the exchange of goods and commodities. Much has been written about the meaning of these symbols, but writing from the perspective of The Supreme Wisdom Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, I would like to make the following observations.

It is in the writings of Master Fard Muhammad and his teachings to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and to others that laid the Foundation of the Nation of Islam in America and established an approach and a dialogue that leads to diplomatic overtures to the United States Government and its people for which it stands. Thus the One Dollar Bill and the Five Dollar Bill exhibit two of this Government’s most significant Presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. On each of these monetary units appears the words, In God We Trust. On each of these monetary bills appears another symbol displaying the balancing of the scales of Justice. Behind the Money and its use is factored in its Spiritual Meaning and its application to the works of Divine Truth and Justice. These factors have been denied to the majority of the American People’s Indigenous Population, particularly when it comes to the Black ex-slave population of America, kidnapped from Africa more than four centuries ago.

In the Writings of the Wise Master who visited America in the beginning of the last century, W. Fard Muhammad, he sets forth for us to study several Mathematical Problems that contain the keys to our Liberation, Freedom, Justice and Equality based upon the upholding and execution (Practice) of certain Spiritual Principles, which if not observed will not bring us success or the good things in life of material and moral benefits such as luxury, money, good homes and friendship in all walk of life. Therefore, in the next series of articles, I have prepared a series of diagrams with their explanations which may help us to better come to grips with ourselves and Divine Guidance as exemplified in the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and his greatest Helper, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, our Last Hope upon entering into the change-over of worlds and the life of the Hereafter.

[Originally printed in the Final Call, 7/24/01]