A Warning of a Great War
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San Francisco (today: San Francisco, USA)
In San Francisco, Tuesday, October 22, 1912 in response to some questions ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said:
“A great war and commotion shall inevitably take place in the world. Things will come to such a pass that the generality of mankind will rise against the statesmen of the world and say, ‘You sit in your palaces in perfect comfort; you eat and drink sumptuously; you sleep blissfully; you eat delicious food and relax in gardens with beautiful views. But for the sake of your name and worldly fame, you throw us, your subjects, into war, shed our blood and tear our bodies to pieces. But no thorn ever pricks your hands and not for a moment do you leave your rest and comfort.’”
Source: Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání, Mahmúd’s Diary, entry for Tuesday, October 22, 1912 (San Francisco), p. 344.
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