Táhirih stayed. Every day more and more men . and women came to hear her. The women sat around her; the men were always separated by a curtain. Men were not allowed to see a woman’s face or even hear her voice. But Táhirih spoke . with such force, that they could not resist breaking the rules to hear her speak.
Tรกhirih read aloud from holy books, offered new . explanations, answered questions. She wrote poems about a future, a very near future when everyone, men and women, could learn freely. Everyone in Karbila was talking about Tรกhirih. .
In 1844, when Táhirih was about 27 years old, . she heard of the Báb, a young man in Shiraz, who taught: There is only one God God is ‘the Source of all knowledge’ Become as true brethren Step out of the darkness into the light . . . These are the ‘days’ of ‘justice’ . . . be guided . . . to the ways of peace . . .
Táhirih heard the promises of her old teacher . spoken in these words. She found answers to the questions burning in her heart. She became a Bábí, the first woman to become a follower of the Báb.
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