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Insatiable Spiritual Thirst and Universal Bewilderment in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 84)
This poem explores the Sufi concept of infinite yearning and the 'bewilderment' (hayrat) that arises from Divine love. The seeker describes a soul that has reached its limit yet remains insatiably thirsty for a Beloved that even heaven and earth cannot satisfy. This state of 'wandering' around the world reflects the restlessness of a heart that finds no peace except in the infinite, illustrating that the more one 'drinks' of Divine love, the greater the thirst becomes.
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Updated 2026-07-04
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