In a previous article we explored Bahá’u’lláh’s immediate departure from the prison city of Akka. Although absolute monarchs had ordered his perpetual imprisonment, in the end, the love those around him had for him, including government officers, opened the gates of the prison city and Bahá’u’lláh left the city. No one tried to stop him. In 1879 Bahá’u’lláh and his family moved to a large house known as the Mansion of Bahji. After a lifetime of suffering, Bahá’u’lláh’s final years were spent in this beautiful residence, though the gardens that now surround it were not there during Bahá’u’lláh’s lifetime. Nonetheless, the house was in the countryside and nature beloved by Bahá’u’lláh.…