{"id":7447,"date":"2021-04-15T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T08:21:11","slug":"oneness-of-humanity-contradictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"ONENESS OF HUMANITY- CONTRADICTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=4127&amp;lang=en\">Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cContradiction has and will not ever have a way in the sanctified realm of the Divine Manifestations.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 126.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Let us analyze<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">\u0622\u0646\u0686\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u0627\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0645\u06cc \u062e\u0648\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u062f<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Is_the_Principle_of_Oneness_of_Humanity_Novel\" title=\"Is the Principle of Oneness of Humanity Novel?\">Is the Principle of Oneness of Humanity Novel?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Are_Black_Africans_Cows_or_Humans\" title=\"Are Black Africans Cows or Humans?\">Are Black Africans Cows or Humans?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Are_Africans_All_Uncivilized_Wild_Savages_and_without_Common-Sense\" title=\"Are Africans All Uncivilized, Wild Savages, and without Common-Sense?\">Are Africans All Uncivilized, Wild Savages, and without Common-Sense?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Do_Turks_Deserve_Ridiculous_Answers\" title=\"Do Turks Deserve Ridiculous Answers?\">Do Turks Deserve Ridiculous Answers?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Good_Tree_and_Bad_Tree\" title=\"Good Tree and Bad Tree?\">Good Tree and Bad Tree?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Socializing_with_Non-Bahais\" title=\"Socializing with Non-Baha\u2019is!\">Socializing with Non-Baha\u2019is!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Are_Non-Bahais_Animals_in_the_Presence_of_God\" title=\"Are Non-Baha\u2019is Animals in the Presence of God?\">Are Non-Baha\u2019is Animals in the Presence of God?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Non-Bahais_Are_Animals\" title=\"Non-Baha\u2019is Are Animals\">Non-Baha\u2019is Are Animals<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Non-Bahais_Are_Worthless_Pebbles_and_Bahais_Are_Precious_Jewels\" title=\"Non-Baha\u2019is Are Worthless Pebbles and Baha\u2019is Are Precious Jewels\">Non-Baha\u2019is Are Worthless Pebbles and Baha\u2019is Are Precious Jewels<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Does_Gods_Grace_Apply_to_All_Humans\" title=\"Does God\u2019s Grace Apply to All Humans?\">Does God\u2019s Grace Apply to All Humans?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Accompaniment_or_Banishment\" title=\"Accompaniment or Banishment?\">Accompaniment or Banishment?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Kindness_or_Torment\" title=\"Kindness or Torment?\">Kindness or Torment?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Kindness_or_Beating\" title=\"Kindness or Beating?\">Kindness or Beating?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Should_We_Utter_Rude_Words\" title=\"Should We Utter Rude Words?\">Should We Utter Rude Words?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Should_Traitors_Be_given_Refuge\" title=\"Should Traitors Be given Refuge?\">Should Traitors Be given Refuge?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Should_We_Be_Polite_or_Rude\" title=\"Should We Be Polite or Rude?\">Should We Be Polite or Rude?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Those_Who_Deny_Bahaullah_Are_Bastards_Who_Will_Go_to_Hell\" title=\"Those Who Deny Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h Are Bastards Who Will Go to Hell\">Those Who Deny Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h Are Bastards Who Will Go to Hell<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Must_We_Be_Kind_towards_Tyrants_or_Should_We_Punish_Them\" title=\"Must We Be Kind towards Tyrants or Should We Punish Them?\">Must We Be Kind towards Tyrants or Should We Punish Them?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Kindness_towards_the_Opposition_or_Enmity\" title=\"Kindness towards the Opposition or Enmity?\">Kindness towards the Opposition or Enmity?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#How_to_Deal_with_the_Unaware\" title=\"How to Deal with the Unaware\">How to Deal with the Unaware<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Is_Shunning_Bad\" title=\"Is Shunning Bad?\">Is Shunning Bad?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#To_Wish_Death_or_Not_to_Wish_Death\" title=\"To Wish Death or Not to Wish Death?\">To Wish Death or Not to Wish Death?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Why_Have_All_of_Bahaullahs_Descendants_Been_Shunned_and_Excommunicated\" title=\"Why Have All of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h\u2019s Descendants Been Shunned and Excommunicated?\">Why Have All of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h\u2019s Descendants Been Shunned and Excommunicated?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#Oneness_of_Humanity_in_the_Bahai_Kingdom\" title=\"Oneness of Humanity in the Baha\u2019i Kingdom\">Oneness of Humanity in the Baha\u2019i Kingdom<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=7447&#038;lang=en\/#All_the_Titles_given_to_Non-Bahais_by_Bahai_Leaders\" title=\"All the Titles given to Non-Baha\u2019is by Baha\u2019i Leaders\">All the Titles given to Non-Baha\u2019is by Baha\u2019i Leaders<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_Principle_of_Oneness_of_Humanity_Novel\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Is the Principle of Oneness of Humanity Novel?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%CA%BBAbdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101<\/a>: The Oneness of the World of Humanity is a special teaching of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 454.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: The Oneness of Humanity is not novel and was the basis of the teachings of the Divine Prophets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cAll divine prophets struggled for the Oneness of Humanity and served humanity. For the foundation of the divine teachings is the Oneness of Humanity. Moses served the Oneness of Humanity, Jesus established the Oneness of Humanity, Mohammad declared the Oneness of Humanity. The Bible, Torah, and Quran established the foundation of the Oneness of Humanity,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Egypt), vol. 1, pp. 18\u2013\u06f1\u06f9\u066b<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_Black_Africans_Cows_or_Humans\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Are Black Africans Cows or Humans?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7449 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cows.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cows.jpg 419w, https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cows-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: All of humanity are members of the human species.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Tehran), vol. 2, pp. 145\u2013\u06f1\u06f4\u06f6\u066b<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Black Africans that have not been nurtured are cows that God has created with human faces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Tehran), vol. 3, p. 48.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_Africans_All_Uncivilized_Wild_Savages_and_without_Common-Sense\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Are Africans All Uncivilized, Wild Savages, and without Common-Sense?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7450\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Africans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: God created all humans from clay and did not put any differences. He created everyone the same and has put no differences in any grace or mercy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Pay\u0101m-i malak\u016bt, p. 42 (citing `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101\u2019).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: The inhabitants of a land like Africa are\u00a0<u>all<\/u>\u00a0like wild savages and land-dwelling animals that lack common-sense and knowledge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Tehran), vol. 3, p. 48.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_Turks_Deserve_Ridiculous_Answers\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Do Turks Deserve Ridiculous Answers?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7451\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Turks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Turks.jpg 311w, https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Turks-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: We are all divine sheep and no one has any superiority over another.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb, vol. 3, p. 67.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Turks deserve ridiculous answers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Asad-All\u0101h F\u0101\u1e0dil M\u0101zandar\u0101n\u012b, Asr\u0101r al-\u0101th\u0101r khu\u1e63\u016b\u1e63\u012b, vol. 3, p. 42\u2013\u06f4\u06f3\u066b<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_Tree_and_Bad_Tree\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Good Tree and Bad Tree?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7452\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tree.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tree-253x143.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: My father said there is no such thing as a good tree and a bad tree. He submerged everyone in the sea of divine generosity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 454.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Deniers of Baha\u2019ism are like bad trees that deserve to be burned!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd a l-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 8, p. 39.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Socializing_with_Non-Bahais\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Socializing with Non-Baha\u2019is!<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: \u201cConsort with all religions with amity and concord.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, The Kit\u0101bi Aqdas, p. 72.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: All humans must interact with each-other with utter affection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Pay\u0101m-i malak\u016bt, p. 44 (citing `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101\u2019).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Don\u2019t you dare socialize with deniers of Baha\u2019ism and the unaware (who are basically all non-Baha\u2019is).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cDo not socialize with those who deny God (meaning non-Baha\u2019is) and his signs and keep away from their kind,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 8, p. 39.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cIt is incumbent on ever soul to keep away from the wicked breath of the polytheists (deniers of Baha\u2019ism),\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 8, p. 39.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cKnow that God has forbidden his friends from meeting with the polytheists (deniers of Baha\u2019ism) and hypocrites,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 4, p. 280.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cIt is not permitted to interact, speak, or meet with those individuals that have turned away and made their objections apparent. This is an order revealed from the heavens of an Ancient Commander,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 8, p. 74.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cRun away from he who you do not find my love in his heart, keep away from him, and keep a great distance between you.,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, \u0100th\u0101r-i Qalam-i A`l\u0101, vol. 2, p. 345 (s\u016brat al-a\u1e63\u1e25\u0101b).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cCleanse your eyes from [seeing] the deniers and the polytheists (meaning non-Baha\u2019is) and turn away from them,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, \u0100th\u0101r-i Qalam-i A`l\u0101, vol. 2, no. 81, p. 477.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cBreak all ties with the polytheists (deniers of Baha\u2019ism),\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Majm\u016b`iy-i alw\u0101\u1e25-i mub\u0101rak-ih, p. 90.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cO SON OF DUST! Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek not fellowship with him, for such companionship turneth the radiance of the heart into infernal fire,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, The Hidden Words of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, p. 42, no. 57.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_Non-Bahais_Animals_in_the_Presence_of_God\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Are Non-Baha\u2019is Animals in the Presence of God?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7440\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/animal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/animal.jpg 406w, https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/animal-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Non-Baha\u2019is are animals in the presence of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cToday, according to the decree of the Point of Bay\u0101n (meaning the B\u0101b), those individuals who turn away from this Novel Affair (meaning Baha\u2019ism) are deprived of the garb of being called and described [as humans?] and are assembled and mentioned as animals in the presence of God,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 213.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Anyone who has any sense knows that everyone is equal in the presence of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Majm\u016b`iy-i alw\u0101\u1e25-i mub\u0101rak-ih, p. 154.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Non-Bahais_Are_Animals\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Non-Baha\u2019is Are Animals<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: All of humanity are members of the human species. We should not consider ourselves greater than others, even those who are not believers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Tehran), vol. 2, pp. 145\u2013\u06f1\u06f4\u06f6\u066b<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Non-Baha\u2019is are animals. Don\u2019t even think about calling them humans!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cToday, according to the decree of the Point of Bay\u0101n (meaning the B\u0101b), those individuals who turn away from this Novel Affair (meaning Baha\u2019ism) are deprived of the garb of being called and described [as humans?] and are assembled and mentioned as animals in the presence of God,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cFrom this day, any individual that mentions as human a single person from those who deny me\u2014whether that [denier] has a high or low stature\u2014they will be excluded from all of (God\u2019s) Merciful Graces, let alone trying to prove [those deniers] have dignity or stature,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 213 &amp; 140<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Non-Bahais_Are_Worthless_Pebbles_and_Bahais_Are_Precious_Jewels\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Non-Baha\u2019is Are Worthless Pebbles and Baha\u2019is Are Precious Jewels<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7453\" src=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jewels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jewels.jpg 470w, https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jewels-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: \u201cYou are all the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Majm\u016b`iy-i alw\u0101\u1e25-i mub\u0101rak-ih, p. 265.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: \u201cMy friends are the pearls of [this] order and all others are earthly pebbles . . . a single one of these (Baha\u2019is) is more precious than a million others (non-Baha\u2019is).\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 4, pp. 353.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Gods_Grace_Apply_to_All_Humans\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Does God\u2019s Grace Apply to All Humans?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: God\u2019s Grace applies to all humans even though some are ignorant and must be taught, some are unaware and should be awakened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Tehran), vol. 2, pp. 145\u2013\u06f1\u06f4\u06f6\u066b<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Whoever calls a single person of those that have not accepted Baha\u2019ism a human will be deprived of God\u2019s Grace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 140.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accompaniment_or_Banishment\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Accompaniment or <\/strong>Banishment<strong>?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: If someone is separated, he should be returned and accompanied.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cThus, the divine sheep must interact with each other with utter affection. If one wanders away they should return him and accompany him,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Pay\u0101m-i malak\u016bt, p.44 (citing `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101\u2019).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Shoghi Effendi: No one is allowed to speak with those who have been shunned, even their family members.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cA question was asked about the friends that, as a result of their ignorance and neglect, had been excluded from administrative affairs about whether they should be invited to public assemblies or not? He (Shoghi) said, \u2018Inviting them is not permitted.\u2019 And it was asked about those that had been excluded from the community whether greeting and speaking with them was permitted? He replied, \u2018If they have been spiritually excommunicated speaking with them is not permitted in any way,\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Shoghi Effendi, Tauq\u012b\u2019\u0101t Mub\u0101raki (1945\u2013\u06f1\u06f9\u06f5\u06f2), pp. 94\u2013\u06f9\u06f5\u066b<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kindness_or_Torment\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kindness or Torment?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Be kind to any creature that has a soul.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cGod the Exalted has put the crown of grace and beneficence on man\u2019s head so that he shows kindness and affection to all things that possess a soul and to make apparent the greatness of the world of humanity,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Tehran), vol. 8, p. 227.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Be a certain torment for the disbelievers and non-Baha\u2019is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cAnd you, O friends of God, be clouds of grace for those who believe in God and his signs, and be certain torment for those who do not believe in God and are polytheists (deniers of Baha\u2019ism),\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Majm\u016b`iy-i alw\u0101\u1e25-i mub\u0101rak-ih, p. 216.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kindness_or_Beating\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kindness or Beating?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: All are the creations of God and God is kind to all. So why should we be unkind?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Kha\u1e6d\u0101b\u0101t (Tehran), vol. 2, pp. 145\u2013\u06f1\u06f4\u06f6\u066b<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: My father (Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h) told his companions to hit the kabob seller in the mouth because he merely said the B\u0101b\u012bs have come again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cWhen his holiness returned from Sulaymaniyah, he was strolling in the street one day with the late \u0100q\u0101 M\u012brz\u0101 Mu\u1e25ammad Qul\u012b. A Kabob seller quietly said, \u2018These B\u0101b\u012bs have appeared again!\u2019 The Blessed Beauty said to M\u012brz\u0101 Mu\u1e25ammad Qul\u012b, \u2018Hit him in the mouth!\u2019 M\u012brz\u0101 Mu\u1e25ammad Qul\u012b grabbed his beard and started hitting him in the head,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: \u1e24ab\u012bb Mu\u2019ayyad, Kh\u0101\u1e6dir\u0101ti \u1e24ab\u012bb, vol. 1, p. 266.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_We_Utter_Rude_Words\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Should We Utter Rude Words?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Do not utter profanities at any one and do not make anyone upset.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Ganj\u012bniy-i \u1e25ud\u016bd wa a\u1e25k\u0101m, chap. 47, p. 322.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: In the fight over the succession of his father, calls his brother and his followers names such as flies, earthworm, bat, raven, fox \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cThey are senile like arrogant fools and not seashells full of gems. They are ecstatic from the smell of garbage like dung beetles and not from the scent of a flower of gardens. They are lowly earthworms buried beneath the great earth not high flying birds. They are bats of darkness not the searchlights of clear horizons. They always make excuses and like ravens, have nested in the landfills of fall (Autumn) . . . so you Oh true friend and spiritual helper . . . attack these unjust foxes and like a high soaring eagle drive away these hateful ravens from this field,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Egypt), vol. 1, pp. 442\u2013\u06f4\u06f4\u06f3\u066b<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_Traitors_Be_given_Refuge\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Should Traitors Be given Refuge?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: \u201cGive traitors shelter and refuge.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb, vol. 3, p. 160.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Do not be kind to traitors, for kindness will cause them to revolt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cOne cannot be kind to a tyrant, traitor, or thief, for kindness will make them revolt instead of awakening them. The more you show affection to a liar, the more lies he will tell,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Egypt), vol. 3, p. 211.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Should_We_Be_Polite_or_Rude\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Should We Be Polite or Rude?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h and `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Whoever is without manners, it is better that they be destroyed. We must not insult people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cPoliteness is one of mankind\u2019s traits that distinguishes him from other [creatures]. He who has no success in [being polite] then his demise certainly has\u2014and will have\u2014priority over his existence,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, pp. 203\u2013\u06f2\u06f0\u06f4\u066b<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cThe divine principles in this luminous era are such that one must not insult anyone,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Egypt), vol. 1, p. 355.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h referring to his brother: Oh donkey, oh cow, Oh polytheist, dung beetle, Satan, fly . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cOh you donkeys! Whatever God says is the truth and will not become void by the words of the polytheists,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 174.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cWhen M\u012brz\u0101 Ya\u1e25y\u0101 Azal started opposing the works, deeds, and words of his esteemed brother (Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h) in Edirne . . . he plunged from his [high] stature and the rank of union and agreement [that he had with Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h] and was gradually\u2014 in the tablets, works, and revelations [from Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h]\u2014 referred to with codes, references, and names such as the polytheist, the calf, the scarab (dung beetle), the tyrant, the Satan, the devil, the foul swamp, the buzzing of a fly, and similar names,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Asad-All\u0101h F\u0101\u1e0dil M\u0101zandar\u0101n\u012b, Asr\u0101r al-\u0101th\u0101r khu\u1e63\u016b\u1e63\u012b, vol. 5, p. 345\u2013\u06f3\u06f4\u06f6\u066b<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Those_Who_Deny_Bahaullah_Are_Bastards_Who_Will_Go_to_Hell\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Those Who Deny Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h Are Bastards Who Will Go to Hell<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: \u201cAs soon as we see ourselves superior to others, we will have gotten distant from the path of salvation and prosperity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Ganj\u012bniy-i \u1e25ud\u016bd wa a\u1e25k\u0101m, chap. 49, p. 326.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Whoever denies Baha\u2019ism or is Baha\u2019u\u2019llah\u2019s enemy, is a bastard who will go to hell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cWhoever denies this apparent exalted luminous grace (meaning Baha\u2019ism), it is worthy that he asks his state from his mother and he will soon be returned to the bottom of hell,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 4, pp. 355 and `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Ganj-i sh\u0101yg\u0101n, p. 78<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cWhoever has the enmity of this servant (meaning Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h) in his heart, certainly Satan has entered their mother\u2019s bed,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, Ganj-i sh\u0101yg\u0101n, p. 79.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>The result of these words: All Jews, Christians, Muslims, and all other people who do not accept Baha\u2019ism are Bastards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Must_We_Be_Kind_towards_Tyrants_or_Should_We_Punish_Them\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Must We Be Kind towards Tyrants or Should We Punish Them?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Be kind to tyrants and oppressors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Asad-All\u0101h F\u0101\u1e0dil M\u0101zandar\u0101n\u012b, Amr wa khalq, vol. 3,p. 228.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Punish tyrants so they do not revolt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cOne cannot be kind to a tyrant, traitor, or thief, for kindness will make them revolt instead of awakening them. The more you show affection to a liar, the more lies he will tell,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Egypt), vol. 3, p. 211.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kindness_towards_the_Opposition_or_Enmity\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kindness towards the Opposition or Enmity?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: We must be kind to the enemies and love the deniers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Egypt), vol. 1, p. 288.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Meeting with the deniers of Baha\u2019ism is forbidden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cKnow that God has forbidden his friends from meeting with the polytheists (deniers of Baha\u2019ism) and hypocrites,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 4, pp. 280.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Deal_with_the_Unaware\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">How to Deal with the Unaware<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: We must warn the unaware.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cWe must . . . warn the unaware, show compassion to the enemies, and love the foes,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Mak\u0101t\u012bb (Egypt), vol. 1, p. 288.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Protect yourself from the wicked poisonous breath of the unaware and do not socialize with them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cThus, O inhabitants of my orchard, protect yourselves from the wicked poisonous breath and void breeze which is socializing with the polytheists (deniers of Baha\u2019ism) and the unaware (gh\u0101fil),\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: `Abd al-\u1e24am\u012bd Ishr\u0101q Kh\u0101war\u012b, M\u0101\u2019idiy-i \u0101sim\u0101n\u012b, vol. 8, p. 39.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Shunning_Bad\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Is Shunning Bad?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: We have nullified anything that as a cause for shunning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Gleanings from the Writings of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, p. 95.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Shun my enemies!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cShun any man in whom you perceive enmity for this Servant, though he may appear in the garb of piety of the former and later people, or may arise to the worship of the two worlds,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Bah\u0101\u2019\u012b World Faith\u2014Selected Writings of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h and `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101 (`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101\u2019s Section Only), p. 431.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Why are the communities engaged in shunning people?! Shunning has a demoralizing effect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cOne thing remains to be said: it is that the communities are day and night occupied in making penal laws, and in preparing and organizing instruments and means of punishment. They build prisons, make chains and fetters, arrange places of exile and banishment, and different kinds of hardships and tortures, and think by these means to discipline criminals, whereas, in reality, they are causing destruction of morals and perversion of characters,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Some Answered Questions, p. 271<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cThe community, on the contrary, ought day and night to strive and endeavor with the utmost zeal and effort to accomplish the education of men, to cause them day by day to progress and to increase in science and knowledge, to acquire virtues, to gain good morals and to avoid vices, so that crimes may not occur. At the present time the contrary prevails; the community is always thinking of enforcing the penal laws, and of preparing means of punishment, instruments of death and chastisement, places for imprisonment and banishment; and they expect crimes to be committed. This has a demoralizing effect,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, Some Answered Questions, p. 272.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: Shun those who protest against the Guardian.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cThe Hands of the Cause of God must be ever watchful and so soon as they find anyone beginning to oppose and protest against the Guardian of the Cause of God, cast him out from the congregation of the people of Bah\u0101 and in no wise accept any excuse from him. How often hath grievous error been disguised in the garb of truth, that it might sow the seeds of doubt in the hearts of men!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference:`Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, The Will and Testament of `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, p. 12.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_Wish_Death_or_Not_to_Wish_Death\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">To Wish Death or Not to Wish Death?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: Don\u2019t wish unto others what you do not wish for yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Gleanings from the Writings of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, p. 266.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: \u201cDie with anger, Oh he who denies this grace.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 213.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cDie with anger O you denying polytheist.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, \u0100th\u0101r-i Qalam-i A`l\u0101, vol. 1, no. 64, p. 276.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Have_All_of_Bahaullahs_Descendants_Been_Shunned_and_Excommunicated\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Why Have All of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h\u2019s Descendants Been Shunned and Excommunicated?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: If the root of a tree becomes corrupt so do all its branches (aghs\u0101n) and twigs and fruits and leaves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cYou are like a spring of water. When its source becomes corrupt so do the streams that separate from it. Fear God and be pious. Likewise, look at man. When his heart becomes corrupt so do all his limbs and organs.\u00a0<u>Likewise, if the root of a tree becomes corrupt so do its branches and twigs (aghsan and afnan) and its leaves and its fruit,<\/u>\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: \u201d Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, \u0100th\u0101r-i Qalam-i A`l\u0101, vol. 2, no. 90, p. 603.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>By the time Shoghi died all of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h\u2019s blood descendants who are referred to as branches (Aghs\u0101n) had become corrupt and were shunned from the Baha\u2019i community!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oneness_of_Humanity_in_the_Bahai_Kingdom\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Oneness of Humanity in the Baha\u2019i Kingdom<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>The earth will be cleansed from the filth of the deniers of Baha\u2019ism and Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h\u2019s followers will be feared by the people. Thieves will be kicked out of the cities and deprived of all rights. Arsonists will be burned alive, executed, or given life imprisonment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cGod will soon take out from the sleeves of power the hands of strength and dominance and will make the Servant (Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h) victorious and will cleanse the earth from the filth of every rejected polytheist (denier of Baha\u2019ism). And they will stand by the cause and will conquer the lands using my mighty eternal name and will enter the lands and they will be feared by all the servants,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, \u0100th\u0101r-i Qalam-i A`l\u0101, vol. 2, no. 90, p. 587.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201c\u201cExile and imprisonment are decreed for the thief, and, on the third offence, place ye a mark upon his brow so that, thus identified, he may not be accepted in the cities of God and His countries,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=4127&amp;lang=en\">Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h<\/a>, The Kit\u0101bi Aqdas, pp. 35\u2013\u06f3\u06f6\u066b<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cShould anyone intentionally destroy a house by fire, him also shall ye burn; should anyone deliberately take another\u2019s life, him also shall ye put to death. Take ye hold of the precepts of God with all your strength and power, and abandon the ways of the ignorant. Should ye condemn the arsonist and the murderer to life imprisonment, it would be permissible according to the provisions of the Book. He, verily, hath power to ordain whatsoever He pleaseth,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/?p=4127&amp;lang=en\">Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h<\/a>, The Kit\u0101bi Aqdas, p. 203.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"All_the_Titles_given_to_Non-Bahais_by_Bahai_Leaders\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">All the Titles given to Non-Baha\u2019is by Baha\u2019i Leaders<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>Haters of light, sufferers from spiritual leprosy, unreasonable, unknowledgeable, polytheists, dry wood worthy of fire, possessors of wicked poisonous breath, deniers of God and his signs, hypocrites, ungodly, evil, unhuman, animals, earthworms, livestock, lowly flies, donkeys, dogs, beasts, those who should die with anger, earthly pebbles, people that must be tormented, people who will be cleansed from earth, bastards, children of Satan, manifestations of hell, manifestations of Satan, rising place of Pharaohs, calves, dung beetles, tyrants, devil, foul swamp, senile, bats, ravens, foxes . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>\u201cIt is better not to read books by Covenant-breakers because they are haters of the Light, sufferers from a spiritual leprosy, so to speak. But books by well-meaning yet unenlightened enemies of the Cause can be read so as to refute their charges,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Helen Bassett Hornby, Lights of Guidance: A Bah\u0101\u2019\u012b Reference File, chap. XII, no. 628.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h: \u201cContradiction has and will not ever have a way in the sanctified realm of the Divine Manifestations.\u201d Reference: Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h, Bad\u012b`, p. 126. Let us analyze Is the Principle of Oneness of Humanity Novel? `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101: The Oneness of the World of Humanity is a special teaching of Bah\u0101\u2019u\u2019ll\u0101h. Reference: `Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u0101, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[823],"tags":[3799,5345],"class_list":["post-7447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-articles","tag-contradictions","tag-oneness-of-humanity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7456,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7447\/revisions\/7456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bahaismiran.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}