Notes to Aqdas, Sentence #91
Notes from the Authorized Translation
63. This is that of which We gave you forewarning
when We were dwelling in Iraq, then later while in
the Land of Mystery, and now from this Resplendent
Spot. # 37
The "Land of Mystery" refers to Adrianople, and "this
Resplendent Spot" is a reference to Akka.
Earl Elder's Notes
4. Baha'u'llah was in Baghdad, Iraq, with his brother Subh-i-Azal from 1852 to 1863, when they were deported to Adrianople, here referred to as the "Land of the Secret", because it was
there that the secret of his being a new Manifestation was divulged. Then in 1868 he and his followers were sent to Acre, which he calls "This Illumined Spectacle".
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