tag name Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq type: Holy places, sites; Geographic locations web link bahai-library.com/tags/Sulaymaniyyih,_Iraq related tags Iraq; Kurdistan referring tags – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (3. Sulaymaniyyih); Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh revealed in the mountains of Sulaymaniyah; Sar Galu Mountain (Iraq) Inventory subject Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih notes "A town in Kurdish Iraq; it was in the mountains surrounding Sulaymáníyyih that Bahá'u'lláh resided from April 1854 to 1856. As a result of the dissension among the Bábís in Baghdád and the sedition of Mírzá Yahyá, Bahá'u'lláh had decided to retire to the wilderness and left Baghdád, living in seclusion on a mountain called Sar-Galú..."
– from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989)
See also:
– Covenant Library Unified Index
– Bahá'u'lláh, Days of Remembrance, no. 31, Lawh-i-Maryam (Tablet to Maryam)
selected quotations
(authoritative sources)These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:
"... In the early days of Our arrival in this land, when We discerned the signs of impending events, We decided, ere they happened, to retire. We betook Ourselves to the wilderness, and there, separated and alone, led for two years a life of complete solitude. From Our eyes there rained tears of anguish, and in Our bleeding heart there surged an ocean of agonizing pain. Many a night We had no food for sustenance, and many a day Our body found no rest. By Him Who hath My being between His hands! notwithstanding these showers of afflictions and unceasing calamities, Our soul was wrapt in blissful joy, and Our whole being evinced an ineffable gladness. For in Our solitude We were unaware of the harm or benefit, the health or ailment, of any soul. Alone, We communed with Our spirit, oblivious of the world and all that is therein. We knew not, however, that the mesh of divine destiny exceedeth the vastest of mortal conceptions, and the dart of His decree transcendeth the boldest of human designs. None can escape the snares He setteth, and no soul can find release except through submission to His will. By the righteousness of God! Our withdrawal contemplated no return, and Our separation hoped for no reunion. The one object of Our retirement was to avoid becoming a subject of discord among the faithful, a source of disturbance unto Our companions, the means of injury to any soul, or the cause of sorrow to any heart. Beyond these, We cherished no other intention, and apart from them, We had no end in view. And yet, each person schemed after his own desire, and pursued his own idle fancy, until the hour when, from the Mystic Source, there came the summons bidding Us return whence We came. Surrendering Our will to His, We submitted to His injunction..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶213 (BH00002)
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