Some of the peoples of the world have exerted the utmost
effort to converse in their native tongues alone, considering this to be
conducive to their exaltation and advancement, even as the people of Persia,
who are adorned with the ornaments of talent and capacity, have sought to speak
their ancient language and to purge it of all that is foreign. However, that
which is pleasing in the sight of this Wronged One is that they should regard
the whole earth as one country and strive, as hath been previously stated, to
promote a single language or two so that the light of unity may envelop the
whole earth and its inhabitants may receive their portion from the Sun of Knowledge
and the Ocean of Wisdom. - Baha’u’llah (‘Additional Tablets and Extracts from
Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh’; Baha’i Reference Library of the Baha’i World
Center, May 2021)
