"The ages of its [society's] infancy and childhood are past, never
again to return, while the Great Age, the consummation of all ages,
which must signalize the coming of age of the entire human race
is yet to come. The convulsions of this transitional and most turbulent
period in the annals of humanity are essential prerequisites, and
herald the inevitable approach, of that Age of Ages, "the time of
the end," in which the folly and tumult of strife that has, since
the dawn of history, blackened the annals of mankind, will have
been fully transmuted into the wisdom and the tranquility of an
undisturbed, a universal, and lasting peace, in which the discord
and separation of the children of men will have given way to the
worldwide reconciliation, and the complete unification of the diverse
elements that constitute human society." -- Shoghi Effendi
Key Questions of the millennium:
The world seems
such a dangerous place. Is there any way the world can live
in peace? Read
the Baha'i solution.
turbulent
period in the annals of humanity are essential prerequisites, and
herald the inevitable approach, of that Age of Ages, "the time of
the end," in which the folly and tumult of strife that has, since
the dawn of history, blackened the annals of mankind, will have
been fully transmuted into the wisdom and the tranquility of an
undisturbed, a universal, and lasting peace, in which the discord
and separation of the children of men will have given way to the
worldwide reconciliation, and the complete unification of the diverse
elements that constitute human society." -- Shoghi Effendi