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Need for New Revelation |
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The unification of the world of humanity, the welding together
of the world’s different religions, the reconciliation of
Religion and Science, the establishment of Universal Peace, of
International Arbitration of an International House of Justice,
of an International Language, the Emancipation of Women,
Universal Education, the abolition not only of Chattel Slavery,
but of Industrial Slavery, the Organization of Humanity as a
single whole, with due regard to the rights and liberties of each
individual—these are problems of gigantic magnitude and
stupendous difficulty in relation to which Christians,
Muḥammadans and adherents of other religions have held and
still hold the most diverse and often violently opposed views,
but Bahá’u’lláh has revealed clearly defined principles, the general
adoption of which would obviously make the world a
paradise.
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Truth Is for All
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As to the meaning of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh, whatever
has to do with the universal good is divine, and
whatever is divine is for the universal good. If it be true,
it is for all; if not, it is for no one; therefore a divine cause
of universal good cannot be limited to either the East or
the West, for the radiance of the Sun of Truth illumines
both the East and the West, and it makes its heat felt in
the South and in the North—there is no difference between
one Pole and another. At the time of the Manifestation
of Christ, the Romans and Greeks thought His Cause
was especially for the Jews. They thought they had a perfect
civilization and nothing to learn from Christ’s teachings,
and by this false supposition many were deprived of
His Grace. Likewise know that the principles of Christianity
and the Commandments of Bahá’u’lláh are identical
and their paths are the same. Every day there is progress;
there was a time when this divine institution (of progressive
revelation) was in embryo, then newborn, then a child,
then an intellectual youth; but today it is resplendent with
beauty and shining with the greatest brilliancy. Happy is he who penetrates the mystery and takes his place in the world of the illumined ones. |
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