seen how those who acknowledged and those who rejected sought after each other's lives and property! How many fathers turned away from sons and how many lovers shunned their beloved! This wonderful sword was so keen and trenchant that it cut asunder every relationship. On the other hand, it united them; for it hath been witnessed that a multitude of people, among whom the Satan of self had for years sown seeds of rancor and hostility, became so united and harmonious through faith in this wonderful and impregnable Cause that it seemed as if they had sprung from the same loins. Thus God unites the hearts of those who are sincerely devoted to Him, believe in His signs, and are of those who drink from the Kawther of Grace through the Hands of Might. Moreover, how many people of different beliefs, creeds and customs have been clothed with the new garment of Oneness through this breeze of the Rizwan of Divinity and Spring-garden of Ideal Sanctity, and have drunk the cup of Singleness!
This is the meaning of the well-known tradition, "The wolf and the ewe will feed and drink in the same place." Consider the lack of knowledge of these ignorant ones, like the former nations, still awaiting the time when these creatures will meet at the same table. This is the condition of people! It seems they have never drunk from the cup of Justice nor stepped into the path of Equity. Furthermore, what benefit would the fulfilment of this matter produce in the
