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After reaching Baghdad, Baha'u'llah, overcome with sorrow, pondering the mission thrust upon Him, withdrew to the mountains of Sulaymaniyyih, an event reminiscent of Jesus's being led up into the wilderness at the start of His mission (Matt. 4:1). For a period of two years Baha'u'llah remained there, in preparation for the decades of sacrifice He would be called upon to make. Of that time, He wrote:
(1:17)
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