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was His immediate reply, ”the question you asked me in Isfáhán? For a period of no less than nine months, we shall remain confined in the Jabal-i-Básit [the Open Mountain] from whence we shall be transferred to the Jabal-i-Shadíd [the Grievous Mountain]. Both these places are among the mountains of Khuy and are situated on either side of the town bearing that name.” 118ACT5
Siyyid Husayn was still not clear but understood that they were going to be sent to two different prisons here in the north, because Khuy was a town in the mountainous region northwest of Tabríz [in the province of Ádhirbáyján]. Only later did he fully understand what ‘the Open Mountain’ and ‘the Grievous Mountain’ prison references were. This prediction of the Báb had been originally made while He was still in Isfáhán, and now repeated to Siyyid Husayn in Tabríz.
Five days after the Bab had repeated this prediction, orders were issued to transfer Him and His companions to the castle of Máh-Kú. Siyyid Hasan now understood the first part of the Báb’s prophecy about being sent to the Jabal-i-Básit [the Open Mountain]. The word Máh-Kú has the same Abjad numerical value 119ACT5 as the word básit. 120ACT5
The dark storm clouds were gathering fast.
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