Preface
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May 29, 1992, marks the centenary of the passing of
Bahá’u’lláh. His vision of humanity as one people and of
the earth as a common homeland, dismissed out of hand by
the world leaders to whom it was first enunciated over a
hundred years ago, has today become the focus of human hope.
Equally inescapable is the collapse of moral and social order,
which this same declaration foresaw with awesome clarity.
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The occasion has encouraged publication of this brief
introduction to Bahá’u’lláh’s life and work. Prepared at
the request of the Universal House of Justice, trustee of the
global undertaking which the events of a century ago set in
motion, it offers a perspective on the feeling of confidence
with which Bahá’ís the world over contemplate the future of
our planet and our race.
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