February 22. On this date in 1948, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum entered this item into her diary, as recorded in Chapter 9, titled "War", of her book, "The Priceless Pearl": "We know Bahá'u'lláh will watch over us. But being human we have our moments of anxiety, such as when shooting flares up all over town and the beloved Guardian has not yet come down from the Shrines, and the road is closed, and he has to come home on foot - then we just know it's up to Bahá'u'lláh...it is no exaggeration to say a night without shooting just isn't any more. Sometimes it goes on, off and on, all night. But you soon sleep through it except for a bomb..."

 

February 22. On this date in 1948, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum entered this item into her diary, as recorded in Chapter 9, titled "War", of her book, "The Priceless Pearl": "We know Bahá'u'lláh will watch over us. But being human we have our moments of anxiety, such as when shooting flares up all over town and the beloved Guardian has not yet come down from the Shrines, and the road is closed, and he has to come home on foot - then we just know it's up to Bahá'u'lláh...it is no exaggeration to say a night without shooting just isn't any more. Sometimes it goes on, off and on, all night. But you soon sleep through it except for a bomb..."