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Peace

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• Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, August 1985
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EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH 1: This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favours have been poured… 2: God’s purpose in sending His Prophets unto men is twofold. The first is to… 3: O ye that dwell on earth! The distinguishing feature that marketh the… 4: The Great Being, wishing to reveal the prerequisites of the peace and… 5: O ye rulers of the earth! Wherefore have ye clouded the radiance of the… 6: The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless… 7: We pray God—exalted be His glory—and cherish the hope that He may… 8: The sixth Glad-Tidings is the establishment of the Lesser Peace, details… 9: … In all matters moderation is desirable. If a thing is carried to… 10: First: It is incumbent upon the ministers of the House of Justice to… 11: In the abundance of Our grace and loving-kindness We have revealed specially… 12: … They that are possessed of wealth and invested with authority and… 13: We have enjoined upon all mankind to establish the Most Great Peace—the… 14: The purpose of religion as revealed from the heaven of God’s holy Will is… 15: Our hope is that the world’s religious leaders and the rulers thereof will… 16: Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which… EXTRACTS FROM THE UTTERANCES OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH 17: … Praise be to God that thou hast attained!… Thou hast come to see a… EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ 18: Know thou that all the powers combined have not the power to establish… 19: Rest thou assured that in this era of the spirit, the Kingdom of Peace will… 20: So long as these prejudices [religious, racial, national, political] survive,… 21: At present universal peace is a matter of great importance, but unity of… 22: True civilization will unfurl its banner in the midmost heart of the world… 23: In cycles gone by, though harmony was established, yet, owing to the… 24: …every great Cause in this world of existence findeth visible expression… 25: As far as possible, rest thou not for a moment, travel to the North and… 26: Chaos and confusion are daily increasing in the world. They will attain… EXTRACTS FROM THE UTTERANCES OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ 27: Today the world of humanity is in need of international unity and… 28: We will pray that the ensign of international peace may be uplifted and that… 29: Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the… 30: …because I find the American nation so capable of achievement and this… 31: In past ages humanity has been defective and inefficient because it has been… 32: All of us know that international peace is good, that it is conducive to human… 33: This has come to pass. The powers of earth cannot withstand the… 34: The most momentous question of this day is international peace and… 35: Now the glorious and brilliant twentieth century has dawned, and the divine… 36: He promulgated the adoption of the same course of education for man and… 37: The world is in greatest need of international peace. Until it is… 38: I find these two great American nations [the United States and Canada] highly… 39: The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female…. 40: A Supreme Tribunal shall be elected by the peoples and governments of… 41: A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of… 42: As to the question of disarmament, all nations must disarm at the same… 43: Once the Parliament of Man is established and its constituent parts… 44: Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although… 46: By what process, continued the questioner, will this peace on earth be… EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF SHOGHI EFFENDI 47: Dearly-beloved friends! Humanity, whether viewed in the light of man’s… 48: No machinery falling short of the standard inculcated by the Bahá’í… 49: The world-shaking ordeal which Bahá’u’lláh, as quoted in the foregoing pages,… 50: The world is, in truth, moving on towards its destiny. The… 51: The principle of collective security He [Bahá’u’lláh] unreservedly urges;… 52: During this Formative Age of the Faith, and in the course of the present… 53: The raising of this Edifice will in turn herald the construction, in the… EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SHOGHI EFFENDI 54: The world is in great turmoil, and what is most pathetic is that it has learned… 55: Shoghi Effendi wrote his last general letter to the western friends… 56: Shoghi Effendi wishes me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated… 57: The different nations of the world will never attain peace except after… 58: The Guardian has also read with deep interest all the enclosed papers. He… 59: Whatever our shortcomings may be, and however formidable the forces of darkness… 60: As regards the International Executive referred to by the Guardian in his… 61: In connection with your teaching work: what the Guardian wishes you to… 62: With reference to your question concerning ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s reference to… 63: As regards your teaching work: the Guardian has already advised you to… 64: With reference to the question you have asked concerning the time and… 65: Though it is premature to try and endeavour to foresee on what basis… 66: What ‘Abdu’l-Bahá meant about the women arising for peace is that this is a… 67: The Seven Lights of Unity will not necessarily appear in the order given…. 68: The teachings of Bahá’u’lláh will establish a new way of life for… 69: World government will come, but we do not know the date…. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE 70: When Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed His Message to the world in the nineteenth… 71: It is true that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá made statements linking the establishment of… EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE 72: …the Bahá’í Faith aims to eliminate all war, including nuclear. The fundamental… 73: At the present time, the subject of nuclear disarmament has become very… 74: Concerning the transition from the present system of national sovereignty… 75: It is true that Bahá’ís are not pacifists since we uphold the use of force in… 76: Bahá’u’lláh’s principal mission in appearing at this time in human history

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