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In every Dispensation, the light of Divine Guidance has been focused upon one
central theme.… In this wondrous Revelation, this glorious century, the
foundation of the Faith of God, and the distinguishing feature of His Law, is the
consciousness of the oneness of mankind.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, cited in The Promised Day is Come

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A fundamental teaching of Bahá’u’lláh is the oneness of the world of humanity.
Addressing mankind, He says, “Ye are all leaves of one tree and the fruits of one
branch.” By this it is meant that the world of humanity is like a tree, the nations
or peoples are the different limbs or branches of that tree, and the individual
human creatures are as the fruits and blossoms thereof. In this way Bahá’u’lláh

expressed the oneness of humankind, whereas in all religious teachings of the
past the human world has been represented as divided into two parts: one
known as the people of the Book of God, or the pure tree, and the other the

people of in delity and error, or the evil tree. The former were considered as
belonging to the faithful, and the others to the hosts of the irreligious and
in del—one part of humanity the recipients of divine mercy, and the other the
object of the wrath of their Creator. His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh removed this by
proclaiming the oneness of the world of humanity…

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace

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This limitless universe is like the human body, all the members of which are

connected and linked with one another with the greatest strength. How much
the organs, the members and the parts of the body of man are intermingled and
connected for mutual aid and help, and how much they in uence one another! In
the same way, the parts of this in nite universe have their members and
elements connected with one another, and in uence one another spiritually and

materially.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions

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