Baha'i Faith - Unity

The Bahá'í Faith's progressive approach to
human society originates with Bahá'u'lláh's
emphasis on unity. Indeed, if one were to
characterize His teachings in a single word, that
word would be unity.

Throughout His writings, Bahá'u'lláh
emphasized the importance -- and the reality -- of
unity and oneness. First, God is one. All of the
world's great religions are also one. They
represent humanity's responses to the revelations
of the word and will of God for humanity by
successive Messengers from the one God. These
understandings lie at the heart of the concept of
unity in Bahá'u'lláh's teachings.

From this fundamental concept of Divine and
religious unity, other principles emerge.
Bahá'u'lláh teaches that all humans, as creations
of the one God, are also one people. Distinctions
of race, nation, class or ethnic origin are
ephemeral when understood in this context.
Likewise, any notions of individual, tribal,
provincial or national superiority are discarded in
the Bahá'í Faith. Speaking through Bahá'u'lláh,
the voice of God proclaims:

"Know ye not why We created you all from
the same dust? That no one should exalt himself
over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts
how ye were created. Since We have created you all
from one same substance it is incumbent on you to
be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet,
eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land,
that from your inmost being, by your deeds and
actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of
detachment may be made manifest "

(Baha'i International Community, 1992, Magazine - The Baha'is)