Imprisoned in Two Prisons

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.

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‘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 ….”

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“We are all in prison in this world,” responded the Rabbi.

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“Yes, I was imprisoned in two prisons.”

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The Rabbi commented “that one prison was sufficient.”

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“I was resigned even then, and was in utmost joy and happiness,” declared ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

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