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Ego Annihilation and Bewilderment in Love in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 6, Poem 31)

In Chapter 6, Poem 31 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker describes a state of intense, maddening love that completely obliterates the ego. By asking 'who is there?' and declaring 'This is not truly I,' the poem illustrates the mystical concept of spiritual annihilation (Fana), where the lover's individual identity is so thoroughly consumed by the experience of love that they can no longer recognize their own existence or former self.

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