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Divine Unity and the Illusion of Worldly Wakefulness in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 29)

In Poem 29 (Chapter 4) of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet illustrates the Sufi concept of Tawhid (Divine Unity). The metaphor of 'a hundred drops' merging into 'one water' represents how individual multiplicity dissolves into unified oneness in the presence of the Divine. Additionally, the poem highlights the illusory nature of human awareness; in the true, overwhelming light of the Divine, all earthly 'wakefulness' is revealed to be merely a state of sleep.

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