“Soon after Our arrival, [to Baghdád] We betook Ourself to the mountains of Kurdistán, where We led for a time a life of complete solitude. We sought shelter upon the summit of a remote mountain which lay at some three days’ distance from the nearest human habitation. The comforts of life were completely lacking. We remained entirely isolated from Our fellow men until a certain Shaykh Ismá’íl discovered Our abode and brought Us the food We needed.”
- Bahá’u’lláh (Quoted by Nabil, ‘The Dawn-Breakers, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
