The important distinction for Bahá'ís to recognize is that
we can see the will of God working itself out in two ways. The Bahá'ís, in
their activities, follow, to the best of their ability, the principles and
teachings that Bahá'u'lláh has given. Others, however, are pursuing incoherent
courses of action. In some of their deeds they are undoubtedly performing acts
that are pleasing to God; in others they are behaving in ways that are contrary
to the laws of this Dispensation; but through both kinds of activity
Bahá'u'lláh is able to advance the realization of the oneness of mankind and
the victory of His Cause.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 30 August 1987, written on behalf of the Universal
House of Justice to a Local Spiritual Assembly; compilation ’Holocaust, the
Greater Plan of God, and the Destiny of the Jewish People’, prepared by the
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
