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Divine Grace and Human Unfaithfulness in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 18, Poem 44)

In Poem 44 of Chapter 18 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar contrasts the boundless grace of the Divine with human ignorance and unfaithfulness. The poem suggests that even the slightest revelation of divine presence (symbolized by 'the tip of a single hair') brings immense, multifaceted spiritual aid to the seeker. Attar admonishes the 'unaware' human who turns away from God, highlighting a profound spiritual irony: while the Divine is constantly facing the seeker with grace, the ignorant human turns their back in unfaithfulness.

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