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:-- Baha'u'llah loved the beauty and verdure of the country.

One day He passed the remark: "I have not gazed on verdure for nine years.
The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies." When I heard indirectly of this saying I realized that He was longing for the country, and I was sure that whatever I could do towards the carrying out of His wish would be successful.

There was in Akka at that time a man called Muhammad Pa_sh_a Safwat, who was very much opposed to us.