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THE COMMUNITY OF THE GREATEST NAME |
O ye Cohorts of God! Today in the present world each community
is wandering in a wilderness, moving in accord with some
passion and desire, and running to and fro in pursuance of his own
imagination. Among the communities of the world, this community
of the “Most Great Name” is free from every thought,
keeping aloof from every project and scheme, arising with the
purest designs and intentions, and striving and endeavoring with
the utmost hope to live in accordance with the divine teachings in
order that the surface of the earth become the delectable paradise,
the nether world become the mirror of the Kingdom, the universe
become another universe, and the human race attain to higher
morals, conduct and manners.
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O ye Cohorts of God! Through the protection and help of the
Blessed Perfection—may my life be a sacrifice to His beloved ones!
—you must conduct and deport yourselves in such a manner that
you may stand out among other souls distinguished by a brilliancy
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like unto the sun. If any one of you enters a city he must become
the center of attraction because of the sincerity, faithfulness, love,
honesty, fidelity, truthfulness and loving-kindness of his disposition
and nature toward all the inhabitants of the world, that the people
of the city may all cry out: “This person is unquestionably a
Bahá’í; for his manners, his behavior, his conduct, his morals, his
nature and his disposition are of the attributes of the Bahá’ís.”
Until you do attain to this station, you have not fulfilled the
Covenant and the Testament of God. For according to the irrefutable
texts, He has taken from us a firm covenant that we may live
and act in accord with the divine exhortations, commands and
lordly teachings.
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O ye Cohorts of God! Now is the time when the signs and the
perfections of the “Most Great Name” become manifest and clear
in this golden cycle in order that it may become demonstrated
and established beyond doubt that this period is the period of the
Blessed Perfection, and this cycle is distinguished from all other
cycles and epochs.
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