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Annihilation of Self and the Divine Veil in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 34, Poem 29)

In Poem 29 of Chapter 34 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs the recurring motif of the divine night visitation to explain the concept of self-annihilation (Fana). The Divine instructs the seeker that the 'far-sighted' person realizes their own nothingness. The poem describes the individual self as a veil; once this veil of ego is lifted, the illusion of separate existence vanishes, leaving only the singular Divine Reality.

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