All the existing religions have had one foundation of truth.
This foundation has led humanity to love, accord and progress. However, after
each of the divine Manifestations, that light of reality was gradually
beclouded and the darkness of superstitions and imitations came in its place.
The world of humanity was encircled in that darkness. Day by day, enmity waxed
great until it reached such a pitch that each nation rose against the other.
Were it not for political obstructions, the nations would have completely
destroyed and overthrown one another. Now it is enough!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
talk, April 21, 1912, Washington DC, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s
Diary’)
