Today no power can conserve the oneness of the Bahá’í world
save the Covenant of God; otherwise differences like unto a most great tempest
will encompass the Bahá’í world. It is evident that the axis of the oneness of
the world of humanity is the power of the Covenant and nothing else. Had the
Covenant not come to pass, had it not been revealed from the Supreme Pen and
had not the Book of the Covenant, like unto the ray of the Sun of Reality,
illuminated the world, the forces of the Cause of God would have been utterly
scattered and certain souls who were the prisoners of their own passions and
lusts would have taken into their hands an axe, cutting the root of this
Blessed Tree. Every person would have pushed forward his own desire and every
individual aired his own opinion! Notwithstanding this great Covenant, a few
negligent souls galloped with their chargers into the battlefield, thinking
perchance they might be able to weaken the foundation of the Cause of God: but
praise be to God, all of them were afflicted with regret and loss, and ere long
they shall see themselves in poignant despair. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablets of the
Divine Plan’)
