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Work for All |
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One of the most important instructions of Bahá’u’lláh in
regard to the economic question is that all must engage in
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useful work. There must be no drones in the social hive, no
able-bodied parasites on society. He says:—
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It is enjoined on every one of you to engage in some
occupation—some art, trade or the like. We have made
this—your occupation—identical with the worship of
God, the True One. Reflect, O people, upon the Mercy of
God and upon His Favors, then thank Him in the mornings
and evenings. Waste not your time in idleness and indolence, and occupy yourselves with that which will profit yourselves and others beside yourselves, Thus hath the matter been decreed in this Tablet, from the Horizon of which the Sun of Wisdom and Divine Utterance is gleaming! The most despised of men before is he who sits and begs. Cling unto the rope of means, relying upon God, the Causer of Causes.—Glad Tidings. |
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How much of the energy employed in the business world of
today is expended simply in canceling and neutralizing the
efforts of other people—in useless strife and competition! And
how much in ways that are still more injurious! Were all to
work, and were all work, whether of brain or hand, of a nature
profitable to mankind, as Bahá’u’lláh commands, then the supplies
of everything necessary for a healthy, comfortable and
noble life would amply suffice for all. There need be no slums,
no starvation, no destitution, no industrial slavery, no health-destroying
drudgery.
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