The decline of religious and moral restraints has unleashed
a fury of chaos and confusion that already bears the signs of universal
anarchy. Engulfed in this maelstrom, the Bahá'í world community, pursuing with indefeasible
unity and spiritual force its redemptive mission, inevitably suffers the
disruption of economic, social and civil life which afflicts its fellowmen
throughout the planet. It must also bear particular tribulations.
- The
Universal House of Justice (From a message dated Naw-Ruz 1979; ‘Messages from
the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
