The human perfections that Bahíyyih Khánum exemplified, the
heavenly attributes that she embodied, the laudable services that she rendered
during the ministry of Bahá’u’lláh and her tremendous capacity for selfless
service throughout her life won her from the Supreme Pen the appellation of the
Most Distinguished Heroine of the Bahá’í dispensation:
“Verily, we have elevated thee to the rank of one of the
most distinguished among thy sex and granted thee, in My court, a station such
as none other woman hath surpassed. Thus have We preferred thee and raised thee
above the rest, as a sign of grace from Him Who is the Lord of the throne on
high and earth below … How high is the testimony of the Sadratu’l-Muntaha for
its leaf; how exalted the witness of the Tree of Life unto its fruit!” (‘BAHÍYYIH
KHÁNUM’, A compilation from Bahá'í sacred texts and writings of the Guardian of
the Faith and Bahíyyih Khánum's own letters, made by the Research department at
the Bahá'í World Centre)
- Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani (Excerpt from an article presented
at the Irfan Colloquia Session #121 [English], Louhelen Bahá'í Center: Davison,
Michigan, USA, October 10–13, 2013 published in Lights of Irfan, volume 15)
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