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does not exist in his religion, as applied to Christians, nor is there that restraint of females that now exists. 45ACT7
Note: The Bountiful Crop of Zunúz
Behold, a sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear! 46ACT7
Zunúz [nowadays written as Zonuz] is a town about 100 km [about 60 miles] northwest of Tabríz. The soil of the hearts of several from the village of Zunúz proved particularly fruitful.
Shaykh Hasan of Zunúz [known as Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzí ] was one of them. He became a devoted disciple of Siyyid Kázim; then became a firm believer and amanuensis of the Báb and travelled extensively with Him; and after the Báb’s martyrdom recognized the station of Bahá’u’lláh even before Bahá’u’lláh’s Declaration.
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Muhammad ‘Alí of Zunúz [known as Muhammad ‘Alíy-i-Zunúzí ] was another good soil for the seed of the Divine Sower. He was surnamed Anís [genial or close companion]. Anís had come to believe in the Báb during the Báb’s first visit to Tabríz, when He was en route to Máh-Kú 48ACT7. Anís longed to visit the Báb and made
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