"She would not barter one moment’s meeting with this Youth for the sovereignty of this world and the next ..."

 

portrait of Tahirih

"She was with this Servant for a time.¹ She would not barter one moment’s meeting with this Youth for the sovereignty of this world and the next, nor for less than an instant did she wish for separation. However, that which hath been pre-ordained came to pass."

—Bahá’u’lláh

1 Ṭáhirih

(Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh)
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