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Infamy and the Burning of Raw Desire in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 31, Poem 58)

In Chapter 31, Poem 58 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the connection between the sorrow of divine love and infamy (badnami), attributing this infamy to the seeker's inherent restlessness. Furthermore, the seeker confesses that their yearning for union is rooted in a 'raw desire' (kham tama'), and it is this very rawness or spiritual immaturity that fuels their continuous burning and torment on the mystical path.

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