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Absolute Annihilation and Stillness in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 8, Poem 60)

In Chapter 8, Poem 60 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the ultimate mystical goal of fana (absolute annihilation). The speaker pleads to be transformed into a 'point of stillness' and to achieve total non-existence. This complete erasure of the ego and individual existence is presented as the path to profound spiritual peace, achieved by metaphorically turning the heart's blood into wine and entirely nullifying one's own being.

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