Among the greatest services, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says, is the unification of hearts. That ranking changes the character of unity: it is not a mood to be enjoyed but labour to be undertaken, in the next conversation and the grievance left unresolved. Bahá’u’lláh warns the peoples of the earth not to make religion a cause of enmity, observes that all that flourishes springs from fellowship while ruin stems from hatred, and admits that the fragrance of this station has still not been detected among his own friends. A community cannot heal a sick world while quarrelling within itself; no one should interfere with or object to another; where affection fails, the result is separation and regret. The Qur’an’s appeal to hold together to God’s rope, remembering enemies made brothers by divine grace, offers a kindred image of reconciliation [1]. The call widens to religious rivalry, racial and national prejudice, and the bond between governments and peoples. It leads on into love and fellowship among the friends, the role of the Covenant in preserving unity, and the oneness of humanity.
All must occupy themselves with unifying hearts and be detached and free from all else but God. A hundred thousand blessings upon the soul that hath today arisen to serve the Cause, for service hath degrees and ranks. Among the greatest services is the unification of hearts. The successful and sincere ones must turn to this mighty matter, that the effulgences of the Sun of unity may illumine their hearts. We have counseled all, both before and after, to unity.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1303 ? [1885-1886], to Mulla Ali Akbar Shahmirzadi (Haji Akhund) -- BH02456)
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The purpose of all that was manifested was that ears might become ready to hearken unto one exalted Word, and that is this: O people of the earth! Make not God's religion a cause of enmity. If this Word were to take hold in the world, all would find themselves at ease and in comfort.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1302-02-11 [1884-Nov-30], to Mirza Muhammad Khan -- BH07546)
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O people of the world! As you traverse the globe, you will observe that all that flourishes springs from fellowship and love, while all that lies in ruin stems from enmity and hatred. Yet humankind remains heedless and awakens not from this slumber of negligence, falling again into thoughts of conflict, strife and contention, arraying the ranks of war and charging forth upon the field of battle.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paper presented to the Universal Races Congress, 1911-Jul-01, to Congress of Races in London -- AB00053)
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Be united, O peoples of the earth! Through your unity the heaven of tyranny shall be cleft asunder and the idols shall fall. We have borne afflictions for your salvation.
O friends, know that the believers of God must be the cause of union and love among all mankind, and until they attain to perfect harmony and agreement they will not become the remedy for the healing of this sick world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1909-Jan, to Baha'is of the United States -- AB10289)
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O Ye sons and daughters of the kingdom! The most pressing need today is harmony and union among the friends of God. Therein endeavour, not until this unity in particular is realised can universal harmony be established.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1919-Jan-28, to Baha'is of British Isles -- AB01375)
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Say: O loved ones of God! Strive night and day, sacrifice your lives, and offer up your spirits so that you may remove conflict and contention from among all the peoples of the world, make the world a paradise garden, and free humanity in the Most Glorious Paradise - not that you yourselves should make such matters a means of argument, causes of dispute, and reasons for conflict.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, to Mirza Muhammad Hasan Adib -- AB00254)
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The gaze of favor has been and God willing shall continue to be directed towards him. We have commanded and continue to command all the friends to unity and harmony, yet still the fragrance of this most exalted station has not been detected.
(Bahá’u’lláh, to Siyyid Mihdi Dahaji et al -- BH01708)
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Despite this, the friends are quarreling and occupied with disputes among themselves. … You must strive with utmost effort to completely remove this discord and establish love and affection.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, to Hand of the Cause Ali Muhammad Ibn Asdaq -- AB00621)
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Display thou an effort in order to bring unity and agreement among the friends so that all of them may become as one soul.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1907-Feb-11, to Elizabeth Fyrn Ambrose -- AB04859)
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The believers in the West must constantly strive for harmony and concord and be a source of affection and love to everyone they encounter.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1911-Apr ca., to Yuhanna Dawud -- AB01509)
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It is incumbent upon you to have union and harmony and love and uprightness, and to be characterized with the morals of your Lord, the Clement; to walk in the highway of equity and beneficence.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1915 or <, to Counsel Board of West Hoboken -- AB02318)
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Today they must conduct themselves with perfect unity, fellowship and wisdom, and in all circumstances speak in remembrance of the Beloved of all creation.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1294 ? [1876-1877], to Mirza Siyyid Muhammad Afnan (Aqa Mirza Aqa) -- BH04269)
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United, in harmony, and detached unto God, we must strive to diffuse the divine fragrances and educate souls, and we must avoid whatever causes the least discord.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1894 ca., to Muhammad Baqir Khalajabadi -- AB03373)
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The most important matter today is unity and harmony. No one should interfere with or object to another.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1903-Jul-21, to Edward C Getsinger -- AB01903)
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You must absolutely avoid anything that could cause even an atom of discord. Never allow anyone to create an opening even as small as a hair's breadth that could lead to division and dispersion.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1894 ca., to Hand of the Cause Ali Muhammad Ibn Asdaq -- AB02561)
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According to His command: those souls who are today associated with the Truth and adorned with the lights of recognition must strive to remove differences, for no harm has been or will be greater than discord between the friends.
Say: O people! Spread not corruption in the earth. God hath manifested Me for the reformation of the world. Abandon dissimulation and hold fast unto unity. Thus doth He command you Who possesseth the knowledge of the heavens and the earth. Be ye guides of the Merciful One amidst all creation. Set right your mutual differences through this Name that ruleth over the worlds.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1290-05 [1873-Jun], to Karbalai Karam Bihnamir -- BH07195)
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The cause of weakness among the people of unity hath been discord. Now all must hold fast to the cord of unity and concord, that perchance the hidden glory may be made manifest and weakness be transformed into strength.
Until the friends become as one being and move in complete unity, they will find no rest or tranquility, but rather will become scattered and dispossessed.
In any case, you can remove this cloudiness and establish love and affection. … And if affection is not established, the inevitable result will be separation, dispersion, regret and remorse.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1911-Mar ca., to Jamshid Khudadad Farsi -- AB03940)
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In all ages and centuries, discord hath been and still is the cause of degradation and abasement.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1302-02-11 [1884-Nov-30], to Mirza Abdul-Ali Tabrizi -- BH06013)
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All must take refuge in God, exalted be His glory, from the trials of these days and the corruption of souls. Perchance in this land too a barking will be raised up. We beseech God to preserve you and His loved ones from the evil of those who love discord. We ask of the Truth that He may assist them to unity and harmony.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1305-01-25 [1887-Oct-13], to Mirza Abdullah -- BH04584)
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The Most Exalted Pen proclaims: O friends of Truth! The purpose of bearing these successive tribulations and consecutive trials is that souls firm in their faith in God should walk together in perfect unity, in such wise that all difference, duality and strangeness might be effaced from their midst, save within those special bounds that have been revealed in the Divine Books.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - Adrianople) -- BH00970)
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Is it possible to conceive that all the troubles, all the trials of Baha'u'llah and the martyrs have been without result? Surely you will not have it so! If you would all act entirely in accordance with the Teachings of Baha'u'llah no discord would ever appear. Then all disagreements will vanish, and be certain that the pavilion of Unity will be hoisted in the world of man.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Words to Juliet Thompson, spoken on 1911-Aug-25 -- ABU3588)
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For the Greatest Name and the Ancient Beauty--may my soul be a sacrifice to His beloved--endured all difficulty and ordeals for the purpose of uniting the hearts of the beloved of God; that they might be exhilarated through the wine of unity and proclaim with one voice:
"Hasten to love, to love, O people of the world!
Hasten to harmony, to harmony, O creatures of the universe!
Hasten to peace, to peace, O mankind!
Hasten to safety, to safety, O concourse of the Divine!
Hasten to concord, to concord, O hosts of the Merciful!
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Let fragrant breezes from the revelations waft upon the friends and gladden them. All are remembered in the presence of the Wronged One and are recipients of His grace. That which is essential and binding today is unity and harmony. We beseech God to unite their hearts, to draw them nigh unto Him, and to acquaint them with that which will exalt them in all the worlds of His worlds.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1306 ? [1888-1889], to Haji Mirza Husayn Shirazi et al -- BH00574)
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God willing, we hope that you will make this blessed night the night of unity, and all become united with one another, adorned with the ornament of praiseworthy virtues and excellent character.
In order to tender thanks for this gift, you must become engaged in creating harmony and union to such an extent that all of you may become as one soul and one spirit; that you may become as waves of one sea, breezes of one rose-garden, flowers of one meadow and trees of one orchard.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1906-Nov-15, to Juliet Thompson -- AB06944)
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O faithful servants of Baha'u'llah! In truth, you are members of the Assembly of Purification and receivers of the lights of sanctification, for you are the cause of fellowship among the friends, the gathering of the loved ones, the guidance of the heedless, and the promotion of the unity of the human world. You have no differing thoughts and seek no diverse opinions. You are united and in agreement, and faithful servants of the Sun of Reality.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1911-Aug-10, to Committee of Spiritual Assembly of Tihran -- AB06059)
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O herald of the Covenant! Blessed art thou for having grasped the cord stretched forth from the Most Glorious Kingdom, and raised the banner of steadfastness upon the hills in the realms of God, and lifted high the word of unity, and brought low the standard of discord, and called out among the peoples of the horizons: "Hasten to the Covenant!
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1897-Nov-23, to Ibn-i-Abhar -- AB11701)
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Today the most important thing to be established is the unity of the Word of the beloved of God and fellowship, good feeling and love among the faithful ones and the maid-servants of the Merciful, for the foundation of the Religion of God and the fundamental basis of His Law is to establish harmony among all the nations and people of the world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1903-Oct-18, to Isabella D Brittingham -- AB06810)
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The divine friends must manifest such unity under the shade of the Word of Oneness that the fragrances of that unity and oneness will gather together the different, opposing, conflicting and hostile nations of the world at the banks of the divine sea of oneness.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1893-Jan-14, to Muhammad Baqir Ha'i -- AB05632)
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Then the Gardener of divine bounty will attend to pruning the flowers of realities and significances in the flowerbeds of the gardens of that country, and remove the thorns and weeds of religious and racial, national and personal, prejudices. And then the roses of unity of the human species, and of love and union will bloom.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1908-Oct-01, to Spiritual Assembly of Oakland, CA et al -- AB01792)
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Abdul Baha's answer was: When you remove the causes thereof. These causes are racial, patriotic and religious bias or prejudice. This bias will be removed and when it is removed, people will live in friendliness, kindness and love which will bring forth unity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Words to Rev. Allen, spoken around 1909-Apr-12 -- ABU3401)
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All nations and all religions must be united. By that unity perfect peace would reign among men. Strife and animosity are due to misunderstandings. If these misunderstandings be removed then unity can be accomplished.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Words to newspaper reporters, spoken on 1912-Apr-11 -- ABU2293)
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Whenever these people mention each other's leaders with due reverence then all sufferings and contentions shall cease and instead of hatred there will be love and instead of enmity and disunity there will be harmony and affection. This is my purpose.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Words to a Rabbi, spoken on 1912-Nov-09 -- ABU3321)
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He caused fellowship and agreement to exist between the representatives of varying denominations so that love became manifest among the contending religions. He created a condition of harmony among hostile sects and upheld the banner of the oneness of the world of humanity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Public address given at Hotel Sacramento on 1912-Oct-26 -- ABU0119)
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Had the principles of unity, taught by the Christ, remained in the hearts, men would have refrained from war. Universalism must be retaught.
It is my utmost desire to be present at such a gathering, for I am thoroughly confident that beneficial results shall surely follow these meetings, and that they will become the means of establishing friendship and love among the world's different races.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1911-May-29, to President, first Universal Races Congress -- AB04999)
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Thus I hope that you will cling to this love, become the cause of the appearance of this love, become the dawning-place of the shining forth of this brotherhood, become the means of spreading these fragrances, so that the bounties of Baha'u'llah may become manifest in the human world and divine favors may encompass all.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Words spoken on 1912-Dec-21 in London -- ABU1130)
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This is that upon which all the believers will unite and harmonize. Therefore let nothing arise to cause separation among the chosen ones.
The leaders of mankind must at all time work for the spread of the principles of Unity. Unity is the light that illumineth every path. Our origin has been one and our end must be also one.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Words spoken on 1914-Jan-14 -- ABU2783)
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In any case, despite this, we seek peace and harmony and consistently call for unity and concord. We have written repeatedly that government and people must blend together like milk and sugar, otherwise progress and prosperity are impossible and unattainable.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1910-Feb-01, to Mirza Aqa Bashir Ilahi (Bashirus-Sultan) -- AB01057)
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I hope that you will be among those who serve the world of humanity and who think about the betterment of the whole earth, so that East and West, and South and North, may embrace, and dissension and strife may disappear altogether.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1906 ca., to Mr St-John -- AB01815)
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The hope of this prisoner is that through the grace and bounty of the Beloved of the horizons, in this Age of Radiance you will associate with utmost harmony and become the cause of removing discord and dissension among the people of the world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1906-Aug-02, to Haqju, Binish et al -- AB11770)
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We spread the carpet of fellowship and seek the path of universal love and peace and wish eternal life for all.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1903, to Edward Granville Browne -- AB00771)
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O Lord! Thy counsels have spread far and wide to the East and West of the earth. Thou hast called all to love and harmony, to abandon discord throughout the world, that the East and West of the earth might embrace, that the peoples of the earth, both nomad and settled, might clasp hands, their dispersed elements be gathered, their disheveled state be put in order, their darkness be dispelled and their light shine forth.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1917 ca., to Baha'is of Iran -- AB00145)
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Beyond this it is obvious and observable, in the written Divine and indisputable tablets that the primary Divine Principal and goal, The Holy Will of God, is none other than the unity of all the peoples of the world, that the Oneness of the entire human race, composed of all the diverse, antagonistic and distinct ethnic groups prevails to the extent that God's Word "Unity" is embodied and characterized on all levels, so that this earthy kingdom mirrors the Heavenly Kingdom.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, to Nayrizi, Mulla Muhammad Shafi son of Mulla Ali Naqi -- AB06664)
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He hath caused this glorious century to become the revealer of His wondrous grace through the effulgence of this new light, and hath set aglow the candle of unity in the world of being. In sweet accents of oneness and in celestial melodies proclaiming Divine Unity, He hath warbled upon the branches of the garden of inner meanings so as to gather the scattered peoples of the world under the shadow of the Word of God and bring the hostile and contentious tribes of the earth together in unity and harmony beneath the canopy of the love of God.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1893 ca., to Baha'is of Bombay -- AB00790)
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O thou that hast remembered Me! The most grievous veil hath shut out the peoples of the earth from His glory, and hindered them from hearkening to His call. God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth, and that the seal “the Kingdom is God’s” may be stamped upon the brow of all its peoples.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1299-05-09 [1882-Mar-29], to Mirza Sadiq -- BH01352)
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We have desired good for all the peoples of the world. Our purpose is that the causes of discord be eliminated from all horizons, and that the light of unity illuminate all hearts and minds.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1306-01-12 [1888-Sep-18], to Haji Mirza Abul-qasim Nazir (Jinab-i-Nazir) -- BH01302)
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God is aware and mankind doth witness that this Wronged One hath, from the earliest days until now, striven mightily to reform souls and unite hearts, that the horizons of the world might be illumined with the light of concord among nations, and that all might turn with spirit and joy toward the Supreme Horizon and occupy themselves with that which profiteth their souls.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1304 ? [1886-1887], to Mihdi -- BH01537)
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That soul and other loved ones must hold fast to the improvement of the world and the removal of differences between peoples, and must exert mighty efforts.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1306-09-15 [1889-May-15], to Aqa Siyyid Asadullah -- BH05684)
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O Pen! This Wronged One hath at all times been watching over His loved ones, and in most of His Tablets We have, for the sake of God, mentioned that which is the cause of glory and exaltation and is the source of divine bounty and favor, that perchance the breaths of revelation might illumine all with the light of unity, fellowship and love.
(Bahá’u’lláh, 1300-11 [1883-Sep], to Muhammad Hashim Khan Band-i-Amiri -- BH05961)
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In most of the Tablets We have commanded all the friends to unity and harmony, for from a collective body another effect becomes manifest and a special influence becomes evident.
… All must gird up the loins of service and remove estrangements and differences from among themselves.
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