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Divine Forgiveness, Dissolution of the Self, and the Metaphor of the Divine Eyebrow in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 14)

In Poem 14 (from Chapter 36) of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet articulates the relationship between divine forgiveness and the annihilation of the self. The speaker asserts that if granted divine grace and forgiveness for their sins, they would effortlessly 'depart from their very existence,' illustrating the Sufi concept of fana (annihilation in the Divine). The poem further contrasts the absolute rectitude of God's 'stature' with the curve of His 'eyebrow.' While the divine stature represents absolute truth and straightness, the eyebrow symbolizes the enigmatic, overwhelming, and awe-inspiring aspects of divine beauty, compared to which all worldly things are rendered crooked or imperfect.

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