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Self-Reckoning and the Anticipation of Resurrection in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 22, Poem 30)

In Chapter 22, Poem 30 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the themes of vigilant self-awareness and the mystical transformation of time. True lovers engage in continuous self-reflection ('reckon their accounts with themselves day and night') and endure intense spiritual yearning ('burn their souls like a lamp'). By constantly judging themselves in the present, they spiritually undergo the ultimate judgment of the afterlife, effectively bringing the 'tomorrow of Resurrection' into 'their own today'.

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