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Divine Omnipresence and Spatial Transcendence in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 21)

In Poem 21 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar explores the theme of absolute divine omnipresence. He asserts that there is nothing in the entire world, not even the breadth of a hair, other than the Divine, and that the only true 'face' is God's Face. The poem articulates a spatial paradox regarding direction: wherever one looks across both worlds, they encounter only God, yet God transcends physical space and possesses no actual 'side' or physical direction. This underscores the all-encompassing, formless reality of the Divine.

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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course