(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, pp. Therefore, the material and the divine, or merciful, civilizations must progress together until the highest aspirations and desires of humanity shall become realized. Then humankind will achieve extraordinary progress, the sphere of human intelligence will be immeasurably enlarged, wonderful inventions will appear, and the spirit of God will reveal itself all men will consort in joy and fragrance, and eternal life will be conferred upon the children of the Kingdom…. If the moral precepts and foundations of divine civilization become united with the material advancement of man, there is no doubt that the happiness of the human world will be attained and that from every direction the glad tidings of peace upon earth will be announced. Schools and colleges, hospitals, philanthropic institutions, scientific academies and temples of philosophy have been founded, but hand in hand with these evidences of development, the invention and production of means and weapons for human destruction have correspondingly increased….Īll this is the outcome of material civilization therefore, although material advancement furthers good purposes in life, at the same time it serves evil ends…. For example, consider the material progress of man in the last decade. Then material civilization will not contribute its energies to the forces of evil in destroying the oneness of humanity, for in material civilization good and evil advance together and maintain the same pace.
Only when material and spiritual civilization are linked and coordinated will happiness be assured. No matter how far the material world advances, it cannot establish the happiness of mankind.
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