O ye friends of God! The world is like the body of man—it
hath become sick, feeble and infirm. Its eye is devoid of sight, its ear hath
become destitute of hearing and its faculties of sense are entirely dissolved.
The friends of God must become as wise physicians and care for and heal this
sick person, in accord with the divine teachings, in order that—God willing—it
may perchance gain health, find eternal healing and that its lost powers may be
restored; and that the person of the world may find such health, freshness and
purity that it will appear in the utmost beauty and charm.
The first remedy is to guide the people, so that they may
turn unto God, hearken unto the divine commandments and go forth with a hearing
ear and seeing eye. After this swift and certain remedy hath been applied, then
according to the divine teachings, they ought to be trained in the conduct,
morals and deeds of the Supreme Concourse, encouraged and inspired with the
gifts of the Kingdom of ABHA. The hearts should be purified and cleansed from
every trace of hatred and rancor and enabled to engage in truthfulness,
conciliation, uprightness and love toward the world of humanity; so that the
East and the West may embrace each other like unto two lovers, enmity and
animosity may vanish from the human world and the universal peace be
established!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’, vol. 1)
