Imprisoned in Two Prisons
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Minneapolis (today: Minneapolis, USA)
In Minneapolis a Jewish Rabbi came to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with a request that He speak in his synagogue. Part of their conversation reveals the Master’s radiant acquiescence in time of adversity.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá began speaking to him by saying, “I have come from your real country—Jerusalem. I have passed forty-five years of my life in Palestine; but I was in prison ….”
“We are all in prison in this world,” responded the Rabbi.
“Yes, I was imprisoned in two prisons.”
The Rabbi commented “that one prison was sufficient.”
“I was resigned even then, and was in utmost joy and happiness,” declared ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Source: Annamarie Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, no. 23 “Imprisoned in two prisons”, p. 145.
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