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Madness versus Reason and Assimilation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 32, Poem 16)

In Chapter 32, Poem 16 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet contrasts divine love with human intellect. The lover is depicted as revolving around madness ('junun') and stepping outside the limiting boundaries of reason ('aql'). Additionally, the poem employs the visceral metaphor of the beloved entering the lover's blood, symbolizing a complete, inseparable assimilation of the divine presence into the lover's very life force and essence.

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