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What does the word "Ridván" mean?
What does the word "Ridván" mean?
- Garden
- Celebration
- Festival
- Paradise (correct)
On which day does the Riḍván festival begin?
On which day does the Riḍván festival begin?
- 13th of Jalál (correct)
- 1st of Jalál
- 9th of Jalál
- 12th of Jalál
Why is the Riḍván festival significant?
Why is the Riḍván festival significant?
- It marks the beginning of the Babi religion
- It celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring
- It commemorates Baháʼu'lláh's declaration as a Manifestation of God (correct)
- It is the holiest Islamic festival
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Study Notes
- Riḍván is a twelve-day festival in the Baháʼí Faith.
- It commemorates Baháʼu'lláh's declaration that he was a Manifestation of God.
- The festival begins at sunset on the 13th of Jalál, which translates to the 20th or 21st of April.
- Work and school should be suspended on the first, ninth and twelfth days of the festival.
- "Ridván" means paradise and is named after the Garden of Ridván outside Baghdad.
- It is the holiest Baháʼí festival and is also referred to as the "Most Great Festival" and the "King of Festivals".
- Baháʼu'lláh's rising prominence in the city of Baghdad gained the attention of his enemies in Islamic clergy and the Persian government.
- Baháʼu'lláh's declaration took place in the Najibiyyih garden across the Tigris river from Baghdad.
- The festival is observed according to the Baháʼí calendar and begins on the thirty-second day of the Baháʼí year.
- The festival is significant because of Baháʼu'lláh's private declaration to a few followers that he was "Him Whom God shall make manifest" and a Manifestation of God, and thus it forms the beginning point of the Baháʼí Faith, as distinct from the Babi religion.
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