The Golden Rule.

103. The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you wish others to do unto you.“ (Islam, Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh) The Golden Rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, is a teaching found in all the Divine religions of God: Baha’i Faith: “The Golden Rule, the teaching that we should treat others as we ourselves would wish to be treated, is an ethic variously repeated in all the great religions:”

(Baha’i International Community, 1995 Oct, Turning Point For All Nations)

 JUDAISM: The Talmud, Shabbat 31a. “What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law, all the rest is commentary.” (Moses). Leviticus 19:17 “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.” Leviticus 19:18 “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.” Numbers: 10:32 “do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.”

 CHRISTIANITY: Matthew 7:12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” Luke 6:31 “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”

 ISLAM: Letter 31. “My dear son, so far as your behaviour with other human beings is concerned, let your self act as scales to judge its goodness or wickedness. Do unto others as you wish others to do unto you.”

(Islam, Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)

Islam: Letter 31. “Whatever you like for yourself, like for others, and whatever you dislike to happen to you, spare others from such happenings. Do not oppress and tyrannize anybody because you surely do not like to be oppressed and tyrannized. Be kind and sympathetic to others as you certainly desire others to treat you kindly and sympathetically.”

(Islam, Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)

Islam: “The Prophet said, “None of you will have faith till he wishes for his brother what he likes for himself.”

(Islam, Hadith, Bukhari Vol 1, Book 2, # 12)

Islam: “No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.” Sunnah.

 ZOROASTRIANISM: “None desires inequity to his own self. Thus one should not do to others, what he does not desire for himself.” (Zoroaster, Hymns of Atharvan p. 230)

 Zoroastrianism: “Do to others as you would that they should do to you.” “Do not do to others that which you would that they would not do to you.” (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan p. 816)

 Zoroastrianism: “The basis of rectitude is equity (equal treatment for all). Do unto others what you would do unto yourself.” (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan)

 Zoroastrianism: “That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for it’s own self.” (ZOROASTER, Dadistan-1 Dinik pp. 94-95)

 HINDUISM: “This is the sum of all true righteousness: deal with others as thou wouldst thyself be dealt by. Do nothing to thy neighbour which thou wouldst not have him do to thee after.” The Mahabharata.

(Baha’i International Community, 1995 Oct, Turning Point For All Nations)

 BUDDHISM: “Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” Udana-Varqa, 5:18.

(Baha’i International Community, 1995 Oct, Turning Point For All Nations)

 SABEANISM: “Be careful; make enquiry, display kindness, show compassion,” on others as with thyself. (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 74)

 BABI RELIGION: “Regard ye not others save as ye regard your own selves, that no feeling of aversion may prevail amongst you.”

(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 127)

 Babi Religion: “You must neither defraud your neighbour nor allow him to defraud you. Such was the way of your Master.”

The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 302)

 Babi Religion: “He indeed desireth that under all conditions, all may be adorned with such purity, both inwardly and outwardly, that no repugnance may be caused even to themselves, how much less unto others.”

(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 80)

BAHA’I FAITH: “O son of man! If thine eyes be turned towards mercy, forsake the things that profit thee, and cleave unto that which will profit mankind. And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 29)

Baha’i Faith: “O SON OF BEING! Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)

Baha’i Faith: “Wish not for others what ye wish not for yourselves; fear God, and be not of the prideful.”

(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 72)