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Patience and Loneliness in Divine Love in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 33, Poem 24)

In Chapter 33, Poem 24 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker describes the soul-enhancing nature of divine love and beauty. The poem highlights the lover's impassioned state, suggesting that the mystic could achieve supreme spiritual mastery ('become the sultan of the time') if granted the divine patience required to endure the profound loneliness inherent in the spiritual journey.

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