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Additional Commentary - After nine years of confinement within the walls of 'Akká, Bahá’u’lláh one day remarked: "I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies." Upon hearing this, 'Abdu'l-Bahá found a house outside the walls of 'Akká—a place called Mazra’ih. From 1877 to 1879, Bahá’u’lláh lived at Mazra’ih. (See account in The King of Glory, p. 357). This property is now owned by the Bahá’í Faith and is a place of pilgrimage.

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