How much do you know about the Baháʼí festival of Riḍván?

• 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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