Attired in the garb of a traveler, coarsely clad, taking
with Him nothing but his kashkúl (alms-bowl) and a change of clothes,
and assuming the name of Darvísh Muhammad, Bahá’u’lláh retired to the
wilderness, and lived for a time on a mountain named Sar-Galú, so far removed
from human habitations that only twice a year, at seed sowing and harvest time,
it was visited by the peasants of that region. Alone and undisturbed, He passed
a considerable part of His retirement on the top of that mountain in a rude
structure, made of stone, which served those peasants as a shelter against the
extremities of the weather. At times His dwelling-place was a cave…
(Shoghi Effendi, ‘God Passes By’)
(Shoghi Effendi, ‘God Passes By’)
