Persian visitors

Receive no Persian, even my family, without autographic permission. Communicate to all friends.

(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha

(Cable from London to Wilhelmite, New York, received December 30, 1912; Star of the West, vol. 6, no.12, October 16, 1915)

“The wolves clothe themselves with the shepherd's garment”

O ye beloved of God! Highway robbers are many and hypocrites are innumerable. The wolves clothe themselves with the shepherd's garment and thieves show themselves in the form of watchmen. Hereafter, if any Persian or Oriental come to those parts, even though he be from the very city of Akka, if ye find he does not possess a letter written by the hand and sealed by the seal of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, you must decidedly avoid him.

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to the Baha’is in America; Star of the West, vol. 6, no.12, October 16, 1915)

To the beloved of God in America—On them be glory and bounty!

The maid-servant of God, Lua, was a long time occupied in India in spreading the fragrances of the love of God. She is now ready to return to the regions of America. Show her every consideration. She is firm in the Covenant of love. In reality she worked vigorously during her sojourn in India, and she is worthy of love.

(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas (Translated on August 27, 1915)

(Star of the West, vol. 6, no.12, October 16, 1915)

Extract from a tablet by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, October 4, 1914

About fifty years ago, His Holiness proclaimed certain teachings, and chanted the song of Universal Peace. In numerous tablets and epistles he foretold in the most clear language the present cataclysm: [WWI] stating that the world of humanity was facing the most portentous danger, and that the coming of universal war was unfortunately inevitable; for the combustible material stored in the infernal arsenals of Europe would some day explode through contact with a single spark. Amongst other things he foresaw that the Balkans would become a volcano, and the map of Europe would be changed. For these and similar reasons Baha'u'llah invited the kings and rulers of the world to lay down their arms and proclaim an era of universal peace. 

- ‘Abdu’l-Baha  (From a Tablet, Star of the West, vol. 6, no.11, September 27, 1915)