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Embracing Suffering for the Beloved's Pleasure in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 26, Poem 23)

In Chapter 26, Poem 23 of Farid al-Din Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker expresses a profound willingness to endure pain and weep incessantly, simply because it brings approval and joy to the Beloved. This poem highlights the Sufi theme of absolute self-sacrifice, where the lover finds ultimate fulfillment in the pleasure and will of the Divine, willingly transforming personal suffering into an act of pure devotion.

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