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Mystical Bewilderment and the Transcendence of Duality in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 20, Poem 10)

In Chapter 20, Poem 10 of Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar describes the spiritual state of profound bewilderment (حیرانی) and the transcendence of conventional dualities. The speaker claims to possess 'neither infidelity nor faith' (نه کفر و نه ایمانی) and 'neither complete wisdom nor ignorance' (نه دانائی تمام و نه نادانی). This illustrates the mystical stage where the seeker's intellectual categories and religious boundaries dissolve, leaving a restless, enamored heart that wanders in absolute confusion and awe before the divine.

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