It's Time
He Has Come!
“He's Come! He's here to tear our veils away
He's Here! He's come to show us God today
Yet masters of the mind refuse to hear
And heaven's song is wasted on their ear
He's come to bring us life beyond all praise
He lights this world! His voice is heaven's blaze
Its fire burns our world with wild delight
Stripped bare we stand: we're made of purest light!
Lift the veil, Tahirih! He's now exposed!
His hidden mystery has been disclosed!
And say: The Lord in glowing clothes is dressed!
Praised be His beauty, and forever blessed!”
--A poem of Tahirih, 1849, who gave up her life for the emancipation of women
On the night of her execution, Táhirih said: "You may kill me now but you will never stop the emancipation of women."
