The year 1290 from the proclamation of the mission of Muḥammad was the year 1280 of the Hejira, or 1863–64 of our era. It was at this epoch (April 1863) that Bahá’u’lláh, on leaving Baghdád for Constantinople, declared to those who surrounded Him that He was the Manifestation announced by the Báb.
It is this declaration which the Bahá’ís celebrate by the Feast of Ridván, this name being that of the garden at the entrance of the city, where Bahá’u’lláh stayed during twelve days, and where He made the declaration.
Rev. 11:3.
This sentence is the Persian translation of the Arabic text of the Qur’án which has been quoted.
Rev. 11:4.
Cf. Rev. 11:5.
Rev. 11:6.
Cf. Rev. 11:6.
Cf. Rev. 11:6.
Rev. 11:7.