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Attar's Self-Glorification and the Sufi Concept of Annihilation in the Epilogue of Khosrow Nameh

In the concluding section (Section 71) of the Khosrow Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar blends the classical poetic tradition of fakhr (self-glorification) with core Sufi metaphysics. He praises his own eloquence and the transcendent status of speech (sokhan), asserting that his verse has a spiritual shadow upon the divine Throne. Alongside this literary pride, Attar delivers a key spiritual instruction on fana (annihilation of the ego): he urges the seeker to strip away all intellectual pride and worldly knowledge ('step out of all you know') and approach the divine path as 'nothing.' By embracing this complete self-emptying and voluntary poverty, the seeker transcends individual limitations to participate in divine completeness, embodying the paradox of being both nothing and everything.

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