One of the teachings is that love and faithfulness must so
prevail in the hearts that men may see the stranger as a friend, the sinner as
an intimate fellow, may count enemies as allies, regard foes as loving
comrades, call their executioner the giver of life, consider the denier as a
believer and the unbeliever as a faithful one—that is, men must behave in such
a manner as may befit the believers, the faithful, the friend and the
confidant. If this lamp may shine in a befitting manner in the assemblage of
the world you will find that the regions will become fragrant and the world
become a delectable paradise, the surface of the earth will become an excellent
garden, the world will become as one home, the different nations will become as
one kind, and the peoples and nationalities of the East and West will become as
one household.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
