Praise be unto Him Who, through His effulgent grace, created
the Primal Origin of existence and made It the centre of the seat of
glory. From this human Temple, He hath
caused to emanate all the tribes, kindreds, and nations of the earth. Whereupon He created all things—whether plants
or animals or intelligent and rational beings—in joyous, connected pairs, in
order that they might flourish, multiply, and worship their Lord with radiant
devotion, treading the path of guidance with heart and soul. Amongst the believers, He hath ordained this
binding covenant to be a sign of Divine Unity and the highest means for
attaining physical and spiritual union.
He hath matched His servants and chosen ones with luminous maidservants
and heavenly leaves…. He hath bound
together their hearts and made them even as a single soul, that they may, at
all times and under all conditions, live in harmony, affection, unity, and
concord. - ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘To Set the World in Order:
Building and Preserving Strong Marriages’, prepared by the Research Department
of the Universal House of Justice, August 2023)
