- [...] l-Bab.[1] Through that lady she had met Tahirih, Qurratu'l-'Ayn,[2] and had begun to sp [...]
- [...] e not yet afraid of it. From being with Tahirih, Shams profited immeasurably, and was m [...]
- [...] t three years in close association with Tahirih in Karbila. Day and night, she was stir [...]
- [...]
[2 "Solace of the Eyes."]
As Tahirih became celebrated throughout Karbila, a [...]
- [...] ent that called for a general massacre. Tahirih was one of those designated by the evil [...]
- [...] , reached the scene. "This woman is not Tahirih!" he shouted at them. But he had no wit [...]
- [...]
Guards were placed at the door of Tahirih's house and no one was allowed to enter [...]
- [...] the interval of waiting lengthened out, Tahirih asked for permission to leave for Baghd [...]
- [...] pleasing." With government permission, Tahirih, the Leaf of Paradise, her mother and S [...]
- [...] uproar throughout that quarter, so that Tahirih transferred her residence elsewhere, to [...]
- [...] e government authorities, they conveyed Tahirih, Shamsu'd-Duha and the Leaf to the hous [...]
- [...] as received from Constantinople. During Tahirih's stay at the Mufti's, much of the time [...]
- [...] had passed, they left Baghdad; that is, Tahirih, Shamsu'd-Duha, the Leaf of Paradise, t [...]
- [...]
Tahirih thereupon wrote a letter to the Governo [...]
- [...] princesses, came every day to meet with Tahirih, who remained in that city two months.[ [...]
- [...] y journeyed, some horsemen, kinsfolk of Tahirih's, that is, her brothers, approached. " [...]
- [...] command, to lead her away, alone." But Tahirih refused, and accordingly the whole part [...]
- [...] her until they arrived in Qazvin. Here, Tahirih went to her father's house and the frie [...]
- [...]
Tahirih [...]
- [...] od, a lamp of His bestowal, was Jinab-i-Tahirih.[1] She was called Umm-Salma; she was t [...]
- [...] .[1] Delighted with what he had to say, Tahirih asked to borrow the writings and take t [...]
- [...] would become the target of his wrath." Tahirih answered: "For a long time now, I have [...]
- [...]
One night, Tahirih sought out her father in his library, a [...]
- [...] ried: "Javad has made you a lost soul!" Tahirih answered, "The late Shaykh was a true s [...]
- [...] ne night, in support of her contention, Tahirih quoted a holy tradition from the Imam J [...]
- [...] st out laughing, mocking the tradition. Tahirih said, "Oh my father, these are the word [...]
- [...] yes" (Qurratu'l-'Ayn); as for the title Tahirih ("The Pure One"), it was first associat [...]
- [...]
Tahirih had caught fire. She set out for Karbil [...]
- [...] the Advent in Karbila. Among these was Tahirih, fasting by day, practicing religious d [...]
- [...] he Best of Stories,"[1] was circulated, Tahirih was reading a section of the text one d [...]
- [...] translated from Arabic into Persian by Tahirih. Cf. God Passes By, p. 23.] [...]
- [...] to be brief, led to violent attacks on Tahirih, and sufferings, which she accepted and [...]
- [...] aulted Shamsu'd-Duha, mistaking her for Tahirih. As soon, however, as they heard that T [...]
- [...] h. As soon, however, as they heard that Tahirih had been arrested they let Shams go -- [...]
- [...] been arrested they let Shams go -- for Tahirih had sent a message to the Governor sayi [...]
- [...] d still received no reply from Baghdad, Tahirih referred her case to the Governor, sayi [...]
- [...]
Tahirih also maintained a correspondence with t [...]
- [...] s, and the Governor was obliged to send Tahirih and her women companions to the house o [...]
- [...] n on the corpse and I warded them off." Tahirih answered: "This is the meaning of your [...]
- [...] house of his son. He had a meeting with Tahirih and abruptly, without asking a single q [...]
- [...]
Accordingly Tahirih, with her women companions, left the mu [...]
- [...] f people, laid siege to the house where Tahirih was, and sacked it. Then they placed Ta [...]
- [...] ih was, and sacked it. Then they placed Tahirih and her companions in an uncovered howd [...]
- [...]
Tahirih at once wrote a letter to the prince of [...]
- [...] come to visit, seeking the benefits of Tahirih's teaching. In Hamadan she dismissed a [...]
- [...] iders advanced to meet them, kinsmen of Tahirih's from Qazvin, and they wished to lead [...]
- [...] d by the others, to her father's house. Tahirih refused, saying: "These are in my compa [...]
- [...] pany." In this way they entered Qazvin. Tahirih proceeded to her father's house, [...]
- [...] her escort alighted at a caravanserai. Tahirih soon left her father and went to live w [...]
- [...] r impious uncle, Mulla Taqi, in Qazvin, Tahirih fell into dire straits. She was a priso [...]
- [...] see her, in a steady stream, and Tahirih, seated behind a curtain, would convers [...]
- [...] , was present there. As he sat without, Tahirih listened to him from behind the veil. I [...]
- [...] Beauty made elaborate arrangements for Tahirih's journey to Badasht and sent her off w [...]
- [...] ept a secret. Another was set apart for Tahirih, and in a third was raised the pavilion [...]
- [...] ents. Evenings, Baha'u'llah, Quddus and Tahirih would come together. In those days the [...]
- [...] ntered the pavilion of Baha'u'llah. But Tahirih sent him a message, to say that their H [...]
- [...] s preferable. Come, then, to this one." Tahirih, with her face unveiled, stepped from h [...]
- [...]
As for Tahirih, after the breakup at Badasht she was c [...]
- [...] ght the lute, the bells and songs. Then Tahirih began to speak; and so bewitched were t [...]
- [...] es of the wedding feast, to crowd about Tahirih and listen to the sweet words of her mo [...]
- [...] cious, black of heart. And he strangled Tahirih. He forced a scarf between her lips and [...]
- [...] ver it threw down earth and stones. But Tahirih rejoiced; she had heard with a light he [...]