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16: Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which… |
Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which
profiteth mankind and bettereth the condition thereof…. Regard the world as
the human body which, though created whole and perfect, has been afflicted,
through divers causes, with grave ills and maladies. Not for one day did it
rest, nay its sicknesses waxed more severe, as it fell under the treatment of
unskilled physicians who have spurred on the steed of their worldly desires and
have erred grievously. And if at one time, through the care of an able
physician, a member of that body was healed, the rest remained afflicted as
before. Thus informeth you the All-Knowing, the All-Wise…. That which the
Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the
healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal
Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be achieved except through the
power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired Physician. This verily is the
truth, and all else naught but error.
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Consider these days in which the Ancient Beauty, He Who is the Most Great Name,
hath been sent down to regenerate and unify mankind. Behold how with drawn
swords they rose against Him, and committed that which caused the Faithful
Spirit to tremble. And whenever We said unto them: ‘Lo, the World Reformer
is come,’ they made reply: ‘He, in truth, is one of the stirrers of
mischief’….
(Extracts from the Tablet to Queen Victoria, cited in Shoghi Effendi, “The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters”, rev. ed. (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1982), pp. 39–40; p. 163) [16] |