…a woman, the only one of her sex, who, unlike her
fellow-disciples, never attained the presence of the Báb, was invested with the
rank of apostleship in the new Dispensation. A poetess, less than thirty years
of age, of distinguished birth, of bewitching charm, of captivating eloquence,
indomitable in spirit, unorthodox in her views, audacious in her acts,
immortalized as Táhirih (the Pure One) by the “Tongue of Glory,” and surnamed
Qurratu’l-‘Ayn (Solace of the Eyes) by Siyyid Kázim, her teacher, she had, in
consequence of the appearance of the Báb to her in a dream, received the first
intimation of a Cause which was destined to exalt her to the fairest heights of
fame, and on which she, through her bold heroism, was to shed such imperishable
luster.
- Shoghi Effendi (Chapter 1, ‘God Passes By)