A purity of life that reflected itself in even the minutest
details of her daily occupations and activities; a tenderness of heart that
obliterated every distinction of creed, class and colour; a resignation and
serenity that evoked to the mind the calm and heroic fortitude of the Bab; a
natural fondness of flowers and children that was so characteristic of
Bahá'u'lláh; an unaffected simplicity of manners; an extreme sociability which
made her accessible to all; a generosity, a love, at once disinterested and
undiscriminating, that reflected so clearly the attributes of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's
character; a sweetness of temper; a cheerfulness that no amount of sorrow could
becloud; a quiet and unassuming disposition that served to enhance a
thousandfold the prestige of her exalted rank; a forgiving nature that
instantly disarmed the most unyielding enemy -- these rank among the
outstanding attributes of a saintly life which history will acknowledge as
having been endowed with a celestial potency that few of the heroes of the past
possessed.
- Shoghi Effendi ('Bahiyyih Khanum - The Greatest Holy
Leaf', a compilation prepared by the Research Department at the Bahá'í
World Centre)
