The Fast
19 days.
What is the fasting period each year?
Means wondrous or unique.
What does Badi mean?
A mid-19th-century religion, whose founder taught that God would soon send a prophet in the same way of Jesus or Muhammad.
What is the Babi religion?
Celebrated this year on March 21, 2019
What is Naw-Ruz?
He whom God shall make manifest.
Who is Bahá'u'lláh?
These two things are the greatest obligations of a Baha'i. Its purpose is spiritual, to reinvigorate the soul and bring an individual closer to God.
What is the 19 day Fast and obligatory prayer?
This begins on the day of the vernal equinox in Tehran, Iran.
When does Naw-Ruz begin?
One of the early followers of the Báb, and later took the title of Bahá'u'lláh.
Who was Mírzá Husayn `Alí Núrí?
A twelve day festival that commemorates Bahá'u'lláh's announcement to be the Manifestation of God, is the most holy Bahá'í festival to which Bahá'u'lláh referred as the "Most Great Festival."
What is the Festival of Ridvan?
May 22 1844
What is the date when the Báb declares his mission to Mulla Husayn in Shiraz, Iran?
The Bahá'í fasting most resembles the fast of Ramadan by muslims in that Bahais abstain from food and water completely from sunrise to sunset, except that the period of fasting for Bahais is defined as a fixed Bahá'í month.
What is 19 days?
This has 19 months consisting of 19 days each, plus an extra period of "intercalary days".
What is the the Badíʿ Calendar?
November 12, 1817.
When was Bahá'u'lláh born?
Two successive holy days in the Bahá'í Calendar that celebrate the births of two central figures of the Bahá'í Faith
What is the Twin Holy Birthdays of the Bab and Bahaullah?
In July of this year The Bab is imprisoned in Maku and writes the Bayan.
What is July 1847?
This is binding on all Bahá'ís who have reached the age 15 until the age of 70.
What is observing the Fast?
The current Baha'i year as determined by the day of the vernal equinox on March 21 2019.
What is 176?
July 9th 1850.
When is the martyrdom of the Bab?
A bicentennial event happening this year from sunset of Oct 28th to sunset Oct 30th 2019.
What is the Bicentennial of the Birth of the Báb ?
Bahá'u'lláh receives the first intimations that he is the promised one foretold by the Báb.
What is 1852? (September - December while in the Siyah-Chal)
There exists several exemptions from Fasting.
What are the ill, those engaged in heavy labour, pregnant, or nursing?
The first and the second day following the occurrence of the eighth new moon after Naw-Rúz.
When are the birthdays of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh celebrated?
The location that Bahá'ís should face when saying their daily obligatory prayers.
What is the Qiblih?
Day of the Covenant and Ascension of AbdulBaha.
What are the two recognized Holy Days where work does not have to be suspended?
1894, March 1st.
What is the birth date of Shoghi Effendi, Bahaullah's great grandson?