Ridvan
What does the word 'Ridvan' translate to?
Paradise
What was the Guardian's personal hobby?
Photography (The Priceless Pearl p. 83 )
How many children did Abdu'l-Baha and Munirih Khanum have?
9. But 5 died in infancy. 4 daughters survived into adulthood.
What is the "worst human quality and the most great sin," according to Abdu'l-Baha?
"The worst human quality and the most great sin is backbiting..."
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 88 )
Also known as Dwight Schrute
Rainn Wilson
What was the original name of the garden of Ridvan in Baghdad?
Najibiyyih garden
Who did Guardian describe as “my helpmate, my shield…and my tireless collaborator in the arduous tasks I shoulder.”?
His wife, Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum.
From a message to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada.
https://www.bahai.org/shoghi-effendi/life-work-shoghi-effendi
What three languages did Abdul-Baha speak?
Approximately four-fifths of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings are in Persian; the rest – with the exception of a very small number of prayers and letters in Turkish – are in Arabic. 'Abdu'l-Bahá was both fluent and eloquent in these three languages.
According to Baha'u'llah, what emotion "burns" the liver?
Anger. "Jealousy consumeth the body and anger doth burn the liver: avoid these two as you would a lion."
– Baha’u’llah, quoted in Dr. J. E. Esselmont’s Baha’u’llah and the New Era, p. 108.
This actor/director/filmmaker made a documentary series about life and death called My Last Days.
Justin Baldoni
Where was Baha'u'llah headed after He left the Ridvan Garden? (It's name then and now!)
Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
Who was the Guardian's "sole earthly sustainer"?
Baha'u'llah's daughter, The Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum. (KHANUM THE GREATEST HOLY LEAF, PAGE 8 )
How old was Abdu'l-Baha when He was no longer a prisoner?
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá remained a political prisoner until the Young Turk Revolution freed him in 1908 at the age of 64.
According to Abdu'l-Baha, what is the greatest of all obstacles to unity?
"The fact that we imagine ourselves to be right and everybody else wrong is the greatest of all obstacles in the path towards unity"
Paris Talks p. 136
Baha'i Jazz Musician
Dizzy Gillespie
Name the four locations of Baha'u'llah's exiles
Baghdad (Iraq)
Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
Adrianople (Turkey)
Akka (Israel)
According to Guardian, what is "the foundation of the World Order of Baha'u'llah"?
The Nineteen Day Feast has been described by the Guardian as the foundation of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh.
Principles of Baha'i Administration, p. 52
What illness did Abdu'l-Baha suffer as a child, of which doctors didn't believe he'd survive?
Tuberculosis
What is Baha'u'llah's counsel about when to take in nourishment?
"Do not take nourishment except when digestion is completed."
Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb)
This actor learned about the Faith after the BP oil spill prompted his exploration into the connection between justice and spirituality, which led him to the rainforests of Colombia and the teachings of Baháʼu'lláh. He is the main character of a popular Netflix series about a serial killer
Penn Badgley
What three announcements were made during the Festival of Ridvan
During Bahá'u'lláh's first day in the garden, He made three further announcements: (1) abrogating religious war, which was permitted under certain conditions in Islam and the Bábí faith; (2) that there would not be another Manifestation of God for another 1000 years; and (3) that all the names of God were fully manifest in all things.[10]
Source:
These statements appear in a text written some years after 1863, which has been included in the compilation Days of Remembrance (section 9). Nader Saiedi states that these three principles are "affirmed, expounded, and institutionalized" in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitab-i-Aqdas, which was completed in 1873.[14]
Shoghi Effendi systematically set about putting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s plan to spread the Faith abroad. When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had passed away, some 35 countries were already opened to the Bahá’í Faith.
How many countries had Baha'is residing in them by the time the Guardian passed away in 1957?
By the time of Shoghi Effendi’s passing in 1957, Bahá’ís resided in 219 new sovereign states, dependencies and major islands.
By 1963, there were 56 nationally elected governing councils—known as National Spiritual Assemblies—as well as more than 4,500 Local Spiritual Assemblies, and Bahá’ís in more than 15,000 localities.
https://www.bahai.org/shoghi-effendi/life-work-shoghi-effendi
How long was ‘Abdu’l-Baha the head of the Baha’i Faith for?
29 years
From 1892 (Baha'u'llah's passing) until 1921(Abdu'l-Baha's passing)
What is the main purpose of 19 Day Feast?
Purpose of Feast: For the believers to offer suggestions to the Local Assembly
(from Lights of Guidance)
"...The main purpose of the Nineteen Day Feasts is to enable individual believers to offer any suggestion to the Local Assembly which in its turn will pass it to the National Spiritual Assembly. The Local Assembly is, therefore, the proper medium through which local Bahá'í communities can communicate with the body of the national representatives...."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, November 18, 1933: The Nineteen Day Feast, p. 24, A Compilation from the Universal House of Justice)
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