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Inner Burning and the Yearning for Divine Access in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 29, Poem 16)

In Chapter 29, Poem 16 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker articulates the profound agony of separation and the intense desire for union with the Divine. The quatrain highlights a core mystical paradox: the Beloved is perceived as outwardly distant ('far from Your door'), yet simultaneously resides most intimately within the lover's heart ('sat in the core of my heart'). This intense internal presence causes a spiritual 'burning' or turmoil, prompting the lover to plead for an end to the duality—either through an outward manifestation of the Divine ('come out') or by granting the lover total absorption into the Divine presence ('let me inside').

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