The Bahá’í community
must be seen in its proper light. The necessity for its existence as an
inseparable element of the Faith itself is explained by the stated purpose of
the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh: to bring about a Divine Civilization. The
embodiment of that purpose and of the spirit breathed by Bahá’u’lláh into the
world is the Order He has ordained, to which He refers in the Most Holy Book in
asserting: “The world’s equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating
influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind’s ordered life hath
been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System—the
like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.”
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 4 April 2001
addressed to all National Spiritual Assemblies)
