Tomorrow is the birth anniversary of the immaculate and pious Fātimah Zahrā (‘a); it is Women’s Day. All the dimensions that are imaginable for a woman and are imaginable for a human being are manifested and was present in Fātimah Zahrā (‘a). She was no ordinary woman; she was a spiritual woman; she was a celestial woman; she was a human being in the complete sense of the term, she was a complete paradigm of humanity; a total reality of woman a total reality of human being. She was not an ordinary woman; she was a heavenly being that had appeared in the world in the form of a human being; rather a divine, majestic soul had taken the form of a woman. All the marks of perfection that are imaginable in a human being and are imaginable in a woman—all of them—were present in this woman A woman in whom all the characteristics of prophets are incorporated. A woman who if she had been a man, would have been a prophet; a woman who if she were a man would have been in place of the messenger of God All the honor of a woman and all the personalities of a woman came into existence with her birth. Spirituality, heavenly manifestations, divine manifestations; glorious manifestation, manifestations of splendor and human nature—all— were gathered in this human being. She is a human being in the complete sense of the word.
Sahifeh-ye-Imam, V 7, P 313