Universal House of Justice (1992). "Notes". The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. ص. 213–225. ISBN:0-85398-999-0. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-03-26.
The love of the nightingale for the rose is a common theme in Persian literature, particularly in mystic poetry, where the nightingale's yearning is used as a metaphor for the soul's yearning for God. ("The Rose and nightingale in Persian literature". مؤرشف من الأصل في 2008-01-22.) One night during his stay in the Garden of Ridván, Baháʼu'lláh is recorded as having spoken the following words: "Consider these nightingales. So great is their love for these roses, that sleepless from dusk till dawn, they warble their melodies and commune with burning passion with the object of their adoration. How then can those who claim to be afire with the rose-like beauty of the Beloved choose to sleep?" (Taherzadeh، Adib (1976). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 1. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ص. 259. ISBN:0-85398-270-8. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-03-26.)
The love of the nightingale for the rose is a common theme in Persian literature, particularly in mystic poetry, where the nightingale's yearning is used as a metaphor for the soul's yearning for God. ("The Rose and nightingale in Persian literature". مؤرشف من الأصل في 2008-01-22.) One night during his stay in the Garden of Ridván, Baháʼu'lláh is recorded as having spoken the following words: "Consider these nightingales. So great is their love for these roses, that sleepless from dusk till dawn, they warble their melodies and commune with burning passion with the object of their adoration. How then can those who claim to be afire with the rose-like beauty of the Beloved choose to sleep?" (Taherzadeh، Adib (1976). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 1. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ص. 259. ISBN:0-85398-270-8. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-03-26.)
Universal House of Justice (1992). "Notes". The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. ص. 213–225. ISBN:0-85398-999-0. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-03-26.
The love of the nightingale for the rose is a common theme in Persian literature, particularly in mystic poetry, where the nightingale's yearning is used as a metaphor for the soul's yearning for God. ("The Rose and nightingale in Persian literature". مؤرشف من الأصل في 2008-01-22.) One night during his stay in the Garden of Ridván, Baháʼu'lláh is recorded as having spoken the following words: "Consider these nightingales. So great is their love for these roses, that sleepless from dusk till dawn, they warble their melodies and commune with burning passion with the object of their adoration. How then can those who claim to be afire with the rose-like beauty of the Beloved choose to sleep?" (Taherzadeh، Adib (1976). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 1. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ص. 259. ISBN:0-85398-270-8. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-03-26.)
A 1928 map produced by the Public Works Department of the City of Baghdad shows the Royal Hospital on the site where the garden was once located. (National Archives of the United Kingdom)
