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Divine Ineffability and Transcendence Beyond Existence and Non-Existence in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 16)

This concept explores the theme of Divine ineffability in Poem 16, Chapter 4 of Farid al-Din Attar's Mokhtar Nameh. The poem asserts that the Ultimate Reality cannot be confined within a name, nor can it be categorized as either 'soul' or 'body'. Furthermore, it transcends fundamental human cognitive binaries, specifically the dichotomy of 'existence' and 'non-existence' (هستی و نیستی). By systematically rejecting these categories, Attar emphasizes that the Divine is wholly other, eluding all limits of human comprehension and linguistic expression.

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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course