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The Most Great Peace
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Pages 157-158
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The Most Great Peace
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In all ages the Prophets of God have foretold the coming of
an era of "peace on earth, goodwill among men." As we have
already seen Bahá'u'lláh, in the most glowing and confident
terms, confirms these prophecies and declares that their fulfillment
is at hand. `Abdu'l-Bahá says: --
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... in this marvellous cycle, the earth will be transformed,
and the world of humanity arrayed in tranquility
and beauty. Disputes, quarrels, and murders will
be replaced by peace, truth, and concord; among the
nations, peoples, races, and countries, love and amity
will appear. Co-operation and union will be established,
and finally war will be entirely suppressed. ... Universal
peace will raise its tent in the centre of the earth,
and the Blessed Tree of Life will grow and spread to such
an extent that it will overshadow the East and the West.
Strong and weak, rich and poor, antagonistic sects and
hostile nations -- which are like the wolf and the lamb, the
leopard and kid, the lion and calf -- will act towards each
other with the most complete love, friendship, justice, and
equity. The world will be filled with science, with the
knowledge of the reality of the mysteries of beings, and
with the knowledge of God. -- Some Answered Questions,
pp. 74-75.
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