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Annihilation of Self and the Vision of Unity in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 95)

In Poem 95 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet emphasizes that true perception of divine unity (tawhid) is achieved only through the annihilation of the self (fana). The poem contrasts the spiritually awakened eye, which sees only the Divine upon the dissolution of the ego, with the spiritually blind eye that mistakenly perceives duality (seeing the self as separate from God) in existence. This highlights the Sufi principle that duality is an illusion that obstructs true spiritual realization.

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