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Humility and the Unattainability of the Divine in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 31, Poem 64)

In Poem 64 of Chapter 31 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the extreme humility and perpetual bewilderment inherent in the mystical path. The speaker vows to become one with the dust and surpass even the celestial spheres in their state of bewilderment. However, the poem ultimately emphasizes the transcendent and unattainable nature of the Divine: despite this total surrender and annihilation of self, the lover realizes they will never truly reach the dust of the Beloved, highlighting the unbridgeable metaphysical distance between the mortal seeker and the divine essence.

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