“The ever-recurring miracle in the establishment of every
religion is that such poor instruments accomplish the work of God. It is to demonstrate
the fact that God is the power that overcomes every obstacle, and that
Revelations are divine in origin, that leads Him to always choose the worst
people among whom to manifest His Messenger and the most obscure and helpless
of the population -- relatively speaking -- to establish the foundations of His
Faith. The Baha'i Dispensation is no exception to this rule, as you yourself
have observed.”
Beyond these points is the fact that God, the Almighty
Creator, does not have to justify His choice of a race or nationality from
which to raise up a Manifestation. As all sacred scriptures tell us, He does as
He wills and shall not be asked of His doing, and we bow in humility before
Him. Besides, as you must know, conceptions of race, nation, oriental, occidental,
and the like reflect earthly limitations and are not qualifications attached to
the reality of the soul in the limitless realms of God.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter
written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual Baha’i,
dated 27, October, 1986; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice
1986-2001)
