This distinction between Tahirih’s words and Tahirih’s voice is useful and instructive. Examination of Qurratu’l-Ayn's writings to discern her social, religious, and political beliefs, most of which broke with Islam's traditional theology in favor of a revolutionary new doctrine.
Abstract: She is known universally to Baha’is as Tahirih (1814-1852). – Myron H. Phelps, Appreciations of the Baha’i Faith, p. 16. Here Tahirih speaks for herself and proclaims her Cause. As a prominent Bábí (she was the seventeenth disciple or “Letter of the Living” of the Báb) she is highly regarded by Baha’is, and often mentioned in Baha’i literatureas an … Posted by author at academia.edu in Microsoft Word format.
As a Babi, Tahirih wrote many learned treatises in defense of the Bab and Babi doctrines. Perhaps, the premier woman in Baha’i theology would be Bahiyyih Khanum (1846-1932), the daughter of Baha’u’llah, known as the Greatest Holy Leaf. Edited and translated by Amin Banani with Jascha Kessler. Full name: Fatima Begum Zarin Tajj Umm-i-Salmih Baraghani Qazvini. 16. In these she makes use of the traditional conventions of Islamic jurisprudence and theology. Selected Poems by Qurratu'l-'Ayn. Yet, Tahirih stands in stark contrast in Baha’i history and Baha’i imagination to the other women who are thought of as holy figures in Baha’i history. The heroic life of Tahirih—Fatimih Umm-Salamih (1817- 1852)—has long been celebrated by playwrights, historians and Persian social reformers, especially those advocating women’s rights in present-day Iran. Amin Banani, in the preface to his translation of a selection of Tahirih’s poems, makes a distinction, however, between Tahirih’s learned dissertations and her poetic voice. Her mother was from a Persian noble family, whose brother was the imam of the Shah Mosque of Qazvin. Her poems inhabit a structure that does not rely upon Muslim scholarship for its arguments, but rather insists on the inspiration of the spirit for its power and legitimacy. Táhirih was born Fātemeh Baraghāni in Qazvin, Iran, the oldest of four daughters of Muhammad Salih Baraghani, an Usuli mujtahid who was remembered for his interpretations of the Quran, his eulogies of the tragedies of Karbala, his zeal for the execution of punishments, and his active opposition to the consumption of wine. All this was a new theology that broke with Islam and its traditional theology in favor of a revolutionary new doctrine.
translated and edited by Amin Banani, Ph.D., English poems by Jascha Kessler, Ph.D. and Anthony A. Lee Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, Volume 17 A breathtaking collection of poems, published in the original Persian with translations into exciting English poetry. They also reveal her antinomian sentiments, her reliance on feminine power, her call for social justice and universal reconciliation. Ṭáhirih (Arabic: طاهره "The Pure One") or Qurratu'l-`Ayn (Arabic: قرة العين "Comfort of the Eyes") are both titles of Fátimih Baraghání (1817 - 1852), an influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.Also known as Fátimih Umm-i-Salmih. This paper will investigate her poems to find a structure of mystical theology. She speaks of unity with God (fana’) and devotion to his Manifestation. Baha'i Publications Bookstore Adam's Wish: Unknown Poetry of Tahirih,,Adam's Wish: Unknown Poetry of Tahirih,978-1-931847-61-2,BP - Published,Trade Paperback,Hatcher, John S. … Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #137, Bosch Baha'i School (May 26–30, 2016), online at. He insists that her scholarly works are “too arcane and abstruse” to reveal her “tempestuous temperament” and her true doctrine. Point by Point. If I met you face to face, I would retrace—erase!—my heartbreak, The poems reveal Tahirih’s belief in the abrogation of the Islamic shari’a, the dismissal of all law while awaiting the universal proclamation of a new dispensation. But she is most commonly designated Qurratu’l-Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), certainly the most well-known woman in Baha’i history, and the most controversial. Though a 19th century poet of superb eloquence and variety, she is better known as a woman of dauntless faith, The Poetry of Tahirih A few years later in mid-1852 she was executed in secret on account of her Bábí Faith.
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