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VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. THE BAHA'I CONCEPT OF EQUALITY

Extracts From the Writings of Baha'u'llah

1: O Children of Men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same
dust?...

O Children of Men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust?
That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in
your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one
same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with
the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that
from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness
and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to
you, O concourse of light! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the
fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory.

("The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah", Arabic no. 68, rev. ed. (Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1985), p. 20) [1]

2: Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and...

Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and
established harmony. Glorified, infinitely glorified is He Who hath caused
discord to cease, and decreed solidarity and unity. Praised be God, the
Pen of the Most High hath lifted distinctions from between His servants
and handmaidens, and, through His consummate favours and all-encompassing
mercy, hath conferred upon all a station and rank of the same plane. He
hath broken the back of vain imaginings with the sword of utterance and
hath obliterated the perils of idle fancies through the pervasive power of
His might.

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian) [2]

3: This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and
outer...

This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer
tongue hath uttered in praise of thy Lord. By the righteousness of God!
That which the people possess, and the treasures of the earth, and that
which the rulers and kings own, are not equal in this day to the singing
of His praise. The Lord of the Kingdom beareth witness unto this at this
glorious moment. And having heard thy groaning and lamentation, We are
responding with a Tablet which calleth out betwixt earth and heaven and
maketh mention of thee with words that immortalize what hath appeared from
thee in His love, in His service, in His remembrance and in His praise.
And He hath m