The Worlds of God - U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee
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"God gave this power (the intellect) to man that it might be used for the advancement of civilization, for the good of humanity, to increase love and concord and peace. But man prefers to use this gift to destroy instead of to build, for injustice and oppression, for hatred and discord and devastation, for the destruction of his fellow- creatures." (Pt 42) (53:2)

"Though immersed in the ocean of misbelief, yet with your lips ye profess the one true faith of God." (Hwp 28) (53:3)

"Inasmuch as human interpretations and blind imitations differ widely,... the light of true religion has been extinguished... A man is a Jew because his father was a Jew. The Muhammadan follows implicitly the footsteps of his ancestors in belief... That is to say they profess religious belief blindly and without investigation." (Bwf 226) (53:4)

"Thus have their superstitions become veils between them and their own hearts and kept them from the path of God." (Bpr 131) (53:6)

"The spiritual and divine world is purely good and absolutely luminous, but in the human world light and darkness, good and evil, exist as opposite conditions... When the soul and spirit of Adam entered the human world, he came out from the paradise of freedom and fell into the world of bondage. From the height of purity and absolute goodness, he entered into the world of good and evil." (Saq 135; Pt 20) (53:7)

"This physical world of man is subject to the power of the lusts, and sin is the consequence of this power of the lusts, for it is not subject to the laws of justice and holiness." "Without the help of God, man is even as the beasts that perish." (Saq 135; Pt20) (53:8)

"The imperfect eye beholds imperfections." (Dal 116) (53:9)

"All the trials and troubles come from this world of illusion. For instance, a merchant may lose his trade and depression ensues. A workman is dismissed and starvation stares him in the face. A farmer has a bad harvest, anxiety fills his mind. A man builds a house which is burnt to the ground and he is straightway homeless, ruined, and in despair." (Pt 110) (53:10)

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