After arriving in Port Said, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had initially planned to
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After arriving in Port Said, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had initially planned to continue immediately to Europe, but His poor health forced him to stay in Port Said it for a month. While there, he asked Siyyid Asadu'llah-i-Qumi: Do you realize now the meaning of my statement when I was telling the friends that there was a wisdom in my indisposition? The wisdom was that I must always move according to the requirements of the Cause. After the month in Port Said, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, as He had in Haifa, suddenly and without warning, boarded a ship bound for Europe. His cruise, however, was very short because His health forced him back on shore at Alexandria, on the other side of the Nile Delta.
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 8
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