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Self-Annihilation and the Sufficiency of Divine Contemplation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 71)

In Poem 71 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the mystical themes of Fana (self-annihilation) and the complete sufficiency of focusing solely on the Divine. The speaker expresses that losing their worldly self and abandoning all attachments to both the material and spiritual realms ('the two worlds') is a profound spiritual achievement. The 'thought of You' becoming the 'Qibla' (direction of prayer) illustrates that true devotion requires no external signs or worldly fulfillment, only an undivided, inward contemplation of the Beloved.

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