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First Baha'i Temple: Ishqabad,
Russian Turkistan
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From the beginning
of His stupendous Mission, Baha'u'llah urged upon the attention of nations the
necessity of ordering human affairs in such a way as to bring into being a
world unified in all the essential aspects of its life. In unnumbered verses and
Tablets He repeatedly and variously declared the 'progress of the world' and the
'development of nations' as being among the ordinances of God for this day. The
oneness of mankind, which is at once the operating principle and ultimate goal
of His Revelation, implies the achievement of a dynamic coherence between the spiritual
and practical requirements of life on earth. The indispensability of this coherence
is unmistakably illustrated in His ordination of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, the
spiritual centre of every Baha'i community round which must flourish
dependencies dedicated to the social, humanitarian, educational and scientific
advancement of mankind.
(The Universal House of Justice, from a letter of the
Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of the World, October 20, 1983;
compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)
