25-04-2025
Create new world order
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Ridvan celebrates declaration of Baha'u'llah to his followers that God had made him bearer of a fresh outpouring of divine guidance , and humanity had entered the final stage in its stupendous declared, 'The earth is but one country, and humankind its citizens.' More than 160 years have passed and, yet, most people are in a trap of a host of destructive tendencies, which must be thwarted. Baha'is believe it is the divine purpose of our times. Recognising that the world's 'prevailing order' was 'lamentably defective', Baha'u'llah said that solution to the world's problems would be found only in an ethical approach encompassing core spiritual principles of the world's religions, the most important of which would be recognition of the ' oneness of humankind '. During the exile and imprisonment that followed the declaration in the Garden of Ridvan, blueprint of a New World Order must get our act together and contribute positively in whatever manner possible. Baha'u'llah wrote that through the harmonious interface of dharm and science, present-day society will be completely transformed. He summoned rulers and religious leaders of his time and appealed for reconstruction, demilitarisation and complete abolition of war Days of Ridvan also provide the right occasion for establishment of institutions that constitute nucleus and pattern of the New World Order envisaged in Baha'i writings.
