The word of God which the Supreme Pen hath recorded on the

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of the Most Exalted Paradise is the following:  The light of men is Justice.  Quench it not with the contrary winds of oppression and tyranny.  The purpose of justice is the appearance of unity among men.  The ocean of divine wisdom surgeth within this exalted word, while the books of the world cannot contain its inner significance.  Were mankind to be adorned with this raiment, they would behold the day-star of the utterance, ’On that day God will satisfy everyone out of His abundance,’(16) shining resplendent above the horizon of the world.  Appreciate ye the value of this utterance; it is a noble fruit that the Tree of the Pen of Glory hath yielded.  Happy is the man that giveth ear unto it and observeth its precepts.  Verily I say, whatever is sent down from the heaven of the Will of God is the means for the establishment of order in the world and the instrument for promoting unity and fellowship among its peoples.  Thus hath the Tongue of this Wronged One spoken from His Most Great Prison.

The word of God which the Supreme Pen hath recorded on the

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of the Most Exalted Paradise is this:  O ye men of wisdom among nations!  Shut your eyes to estrangement, then fix your gaze upon unity.  Cleave tenaciously unto that which will lead to the well-being and tranquillity of all mankind.  This span of earth is but one homeland and one habitation.  It behoveth you to abandon vainglory which causeth alienation and to set your hearts on whatever will ensure harmony.  In the estimation of the people of Baha man’s glory lieth in his knowledge, his upright conduct, his praiseworthy character, his wisdom, and not in his nationality or rank.  O people of the earth!  Appreciate the value of this heavenly word.  Indeed it may be likened unto a ship for the ocean of knowledge and a shining luminary for the realm of perception.

The word of God which the Supreme Pen hath recorded on the

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of the Most Exalted Paradise is the following:  Schools must first train the children in the principles of religion, so that the Promise and the Threat recorded in the Books of God may prevent them from the things forbidden and adorn them with the mantle of the commandments; but this in such a measure that it may not injure the children by resulting in ignorant fanaticism and bigotry.

It is incumbent upon the Trustees of the House of Justice to take counsel together regarding those things which have not outwardly been revealed in the Book, and to enforce that which is agreeable to them.  God will verily inspire them with whatsoever He willeth, and He, verily, is the Provider, the Omniscient.

We have formerly ordained that people should converse in two languages, yet efforts must be made to reduce them to one, likewise the scripts of the world, that men’s lives may not be dissipated and wasted in learning divers languages.  Thus the whole earth would come to be regarded as one city and one land.