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Houses in which Táhirih lived in Qazvín [archival photos] 59ACT6
Arriving now in Qazvín from Hamadán, Táhirih went directly to stay at her father’s house. Táhirih’s husband sent certain ladies of his own household to persuade Táhirih to transfer her residence from her father’s house to his. Her bold reply to the messengers was this:
Say to my presumptuous and arrogant kinsman: “If your desire had really been to be a faithful mate and companion to me, you would have hastened to meet me in Karbilá and would on foot have guided my howdah [a carriage] all the way to Qazvín. I would, while journeying with you, have aroused you from your sleep of heedlessness and would have shown you the way of truth. But this was not to be. Three years have elapsed since our separation. Neither in this world nor in the next can I ever be associated with you. I have cast you out of my life forever.” 60ACT6
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