The Virtues of Blacks and Abyssinians (Al-Allamah Abu I-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi)

Author: Al-Allamah Abu I-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi
Publisher: Dar al-Arqam (2019)
Pages: 320 Binding: Hardcover

Description from the publisher:

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 ?abash 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 ?abash and black people.”

The ?abash / Abyssinians are the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea.