It was back in 1852, deep in the Black Pit (Siyah-Chal) an underground dungeon where Baha置値lah was imprisoned because he was a follower of the Bab and under heavy chains where a foul stench filled the air that Baha置値lah received his revelation from God. It had been foretold by the Manifestations of God (prophets) who had come before Baha置値lah and the Bab that he was the Promised One. He described the experience in these words:
After four months, Baha置値lah spent the next forty years exiled and imprisoned from him native land, a government decree took his wealth and land. The first few years he spent in Baghdad, then in Istanbul and Adrianople. He was the exiled to Akka, a prison city in 1868 until his death in 1892. The whole time Baha置値lah wrote hundreds of books, tablets and letters, which today are sacred scripture of the Baha段 Faith. These writings are the blueprints for the rebuilding of our society on all levels for a spiritual regrowth of humanity.
