The Faith of God is the sole source of salvation for mankind
today. The true cause of the ills of humanity is its disunity. No matter how
perfect may be the machinery devised by the leaders of men for the political
unity of the world, it will still not provide the antidote to the poison
sapping the vigour of present-day society. These ills can be cured only through
the instrumentality of God's Faith. There are many well-wishers of mankind who
devote their efforts to relief work and charity and to the material well-being
of man, but only Baha'is can do the work which God most wants done. When we
devote ourselves to the work of the Faith we are doing a work which is the
greatest aid and only refuge for a needy and divided world.
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a message dated 8 February 1970; ‘Messages from the
Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986’)
