The purpose of the appearance of the holy Manifestations
hath ever been the establishment of fellowship and love in the world of
humanity. The friends should therefore lay down their lives in this arena that
they may exhilarate the people of the world with the wine of love for one
another and may gladden the hearts of the whole human race. The more they
strive for harmony, the greater their progress; the more they exert effort to
achieve unity, the more they will witness the tokens of divine assistance....
Root out the sources of dissension and raise up the foundations of harmony.
Cling tenaciously to the hem of the love of God and cleanse your hearts of any
trace of estrangement or conflict. Thus may the light of divine bestowal shine
resplendent, and ye become the recipients of the effulgent glory of the Sun of
Truth. Let each one of you become the servant of the other; let each sacrifice
himself for the sake of the other.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Give Me Thy Grace to Serve
Thy Loved Ones’, prepared by the prepared by the International Teaching Centre
for the Continental Counsellors and their Auxiliaries, May 2018, online Baha’i
Reference Library of the World Center)
