I told him of a letter which I had received from Chicago
during the week, stating that two houses belonging to colored Baha’is had been
bombed with dynamite.
‘Abdu'l-Baha said:
"I foretell things before they happen and I write about
them before they occur. The destruction of two or three houses is of no
importance, but the importance lies in what is coming, which is the destruction
of America. The Arabs have many proverbs. For instance, 'Heavy rains begin with
drops before it pours,' and 'The dancer starts with shaking the shoulder, then
the whole body.' Now is the time for the Americans to take up this matter and
unite both the white and the colored races. Otherwise, hasten ye towards
destruction! Hasten ye toward devastation!"
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha quoted
by Zia Baghdadi in a letter; Star of the West, vol, 12, no. 6, June 24, 1921;
compilation: ‘Pupil of the Eye’)
