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O ye beloved of the Lord! This day is the day of union, the day of the ingathering of all

mankind. “Verily God loveth those who, as though they were a solid wall, do battle for His

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Cause in serried lines!” Note that He saith “in serried lines”—meaning crowded and pressed
together, one locked to the next, each supporting his fellows.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, No. 207

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And thus when contemplating the human world thou beholdest this wondrous phenomenon
shining resplendent from all sides with the utmost perfection, inasmuch as in this station acts

of cooperation, mutual assistance and reciprocity are not con ned to the body and to the

things that pertain to the material world, but for all conditions, whether physical or spiritual,

such as those related to minds, thoughts, opinions, manners, customs, attitudes,

understandings, feelings or other human susceptibilities. In all these thou shouldst nd these

binding relationships securely established. The more this inter-relationship is strengthened and

expanded, the more will human society advance in progress and prosperity. Indeed without

these vital ties it would be wholly impossible for the world of humanity to attain true felicity

and success.

'Abdu'l-Bahá, Huqúqu'lláh: The Right of God, No. 61

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How good it is if the friends be as close as sheaves of light, if they stand together side by side in

a rm unbroken line. For now have the rays of reality from the Sun of the world of existence,

1 Qur’án 61:4

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