The Machine to Stop the Flood

Rúhíyyih Khánum said she had a dream one night: she dreamed that the dam had burst and that there was a great flood. She rushed down to the water's edge to try to save someone, but the current swept them past. She reached out to try to grasp and save another. She grasped one by the hair, and, with great effort, brought that one to shore. Then she tried to reach another, but the current swept him by. She looked up at the side of the mountain, and there she saw ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, who looked like a Prophet of God, with His white turban and flowing beard, with His back to the flood, working very hard. She rushed up the mountain side, grasped His sleeves and said, "Oh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, come and help me save some of these people who are drowning in the flood." ‘Abdu’l-Bahá went right on, working very rapidly and said nothing. She grasped His sleeve again and said, "Oh ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, these people are drowning, come help me save some of these people who are drowning in the flood." ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, without stopping His work turned to her with a smile and said, "‘Abdu’l-Bahá is building the machine to stop the flood." (That is what is taking place in the world today.)

Source: Ruhaniyyih Ruth Moffett, “Visiting the Bahá’í World Centre”, pilgrim’s notes, May–September 1954 (bahai-library.com/moffett_pilgrims_notes).

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: community-building).

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