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Divine Self-Sufficiency and Non-Duality in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 5, Poem 1)
In the first poem of Chapter 5 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the mystical themes of absolute divine non-duality and self-sufficiency. The poem asserts that the Divine is the sole reality, entirely occupied with Its own infinite beauty ('Occupied with Our own beauty'). Because nothing exists outside this Divine Reality, the notion that the Divine interacts with or beholds a separate 'other' is dismissed as an impossibility ('when would We see other than Ourselves?'). This illustrates the concept that all existence is merely the Divine witnessing Itself, and the 'other' is an illusion.
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course