Sixty years ago Bahá’u’lláh rose up, even as the Day-Star,
over Persia. He declared that the skies of the world were dark, that this
darkness boded evil, and that terrible wars would come. From the prison at
Akká, He addressed the German Emperor in the clearest of terms, telling him
that a great war was on the way and that his city of Berlin would break forth
in lamentation and wailing. Likewise did He write to the Turkish sovereign,
although He was that Sulṭán’s victim and a captive in his prison—that is, He
was being held prisoner in the Fortress at Akká—and clearly stated that
Constantinople would be overtaken by a sudden and radical change, so great that
the women and children of that city would mourn and cry aloud. In brief, He
addressed such words to all the monarchs and the presidents, and everything
came to pass, exactly as He had foretold.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
