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Confession of Defilement and the Plea for Divine Purity in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 107)

In Poem 107 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker confesses to approaching the Divine with a 'black heart' and in a state of utter bewilderment. Acknowledging their deep defilement by sin, the speaker pleads to the 'Pure One' for purification. This quatrain highlights the stark contrast between human spiritual corruption and absolute divine purity, emphasizing that only divine grace has the power to cleanse the fallen soul.

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