It is certain that the greatest of instrumentalities for achieving the
advancement and the glory of man, the supreme agency for the enlightenment
and the redemption of the world, is love and fellowship and unity among all
the members of the human race. Nothing can be effected in the world, not
even conceivably, without unity and agreement, and the perfect means for
engendering fellowship and union is true religion. “Hadst Thou spent all
the riches of the earth, Thou couldst not have united their hearts; but God
hath united them…”[51]
51. Qur’án 8:64.
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