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What is the Bahá'í Glossary?
The Bahá'í vocabulary has many Arabic and Persian words that may be unfamiliar to non-native speakers and newcomers to the Bahá'í Faith. This glossary is designed to help Bahá'ís learn to pronounce these words according to the pronunciation guide established and promoted by Shoghí Effendí.
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Táhirih, Qurratu'l-`Ayn and Zarrín Táj are all titles of Fátimih Baraghání (1817/18 - 1852), an influential poet and theologian of the Bábí Faith in Iran. Táhirih was the only female Letter of the Living and recognized the Báb through dream, reading the Báb's commentary on the Súrih of Joseph and corresponding with Him. Táhirih never met the Báb personally. She is highly regarded by Bahá'ís and often mentioned in Bahá'í literature as an example of courage in the struggle for women's rights. Táhirih was executed in Tihrán in 1852, strangled with a silken scarf that she, herself, had set aside for the purpose.
