The
Cause of God is penetrating. It will encompass the whole world. Now as I
observe the wilderness of America, I see it full of Bahá'ís. Formerly, when we
asserted in the East that international peace and unity of nations was a
necessity, the people laughed at us. Now behold the congresses of peace that
have come into existence. The law of God is the panacea for all ills because it
is in accordance with the needs of the realities of creation. Legislators have
devoted considerable discussion to this point. The most distinguished of them
concluded that the laws must be derived from the necessary relations inherent
in the reality of things. But the divine Manifestation asserted that to
institute such laws is beyond human capacity, for human intelligence cannot
encompass the realities of things, nor can it comprehend the essential
relationships of such realities. Therefore, divine law is necessary, as it
embraces the realities and penetrates all things.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, September 30, 1912, Salt
Lake City en route to California, USA, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani;
‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
