Prison Gates Opened
Even when the imprisonment was at its worst, the Baha'is were not dismayed, and their serene confidence was never shaken. While in the barracks at 'Akka, Baha'u'llah wrote to some friends, "Fear not. These doors shall be opened. My tent shall be pitched on Mount Carmel, and the utmost joy shall be realized." This declaration was a great source of consolation to His followers, and in due course it was literally fulfilled. The story of how the prison doors were opened had best be told in the words of 'Abdu'l-Baha, as translated by His grandson, Shoghi Effendi: - (27:4)

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