Bahá’u’lláh, we should readily recognize, has not only
imbued mankind with a new and regenerating Spirit. He has not merely enunciated
certain universal principles, or propounded a particular philosophy, however
potent, sound and universal these may be. In addition to these He, as well as
‘Abdu’l-Bahá after Him, has, unlike the Dispensations of the past, clearly and
specifically laid down a set of Laws, established definite institutions, and
provided for the essentials of a Divine Economy. These are destined to be a
pattern for future society, a supreme instrument for the establishment of the
Most Great Peace, and the one agency for the unification of the world, and the
proclamation of the reign of righteousness and justice upon the earth.
- Shoghi
Effendi (From a message dated March 21, 1930; published in ‘The World Order of
Baha’u’llah’)
