28 Preface يا أُختَ هارونَ ما كانَ أَبوكِ امرَأَ سَوءٍ وَما كانَت أُمُّكِ بَغِيًّاAli Quli QaraiO sister of Aaron[’s lineage]! Your father was not an evil man, nor was your mother unchaste.’