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Additional Commentary - The Riḍván Garden was originally named Na'mayn after the Na'mayn River which used to flow through it. Bahá'u'lláh named it Riḍván (Paradise) and called it the 'New Jerusalem' and 'Our Verdant Isle.' Abu'l-Qásim served Bahá'u'lláh and then 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the Garden of Riḍván for many years. He was not, however, the first gardener of Riḍván; Ridán that honor belongs to `Abdu's-Salíh (see 'Abdu'l-Bahá’s account of  'Abdu's-Salíh in Memorials of the Faithful, pp. 26-28.) See Page 17 (3) for a close-up view of Abu'l-Qásim. Mr. Taherzadeh describes Abu'l-Qásim's life on pages 28-32 of The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Vol. 4.

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