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Selfless Devotion and Joy in the Beloved's Will in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 41, Poem 30)
In Chapter 41, Poem 30 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker demonstrates the pinnacle of selfless devotion in Sufi spiritual love. The lover is completely willing to endure ultimate suffering, and even death, if it satisfies or brings joy to the Beloved. By declaring, 'If Your joy lies in the sorrow of this wretched one, / Live happily, for I have died of my grief for You,' the poem illustrates the mystical concept of fana (annihilation of the ego). The lover ceases to value their own existence or comfort, finding complete fulfillment solely in the Divine Beloved's happiness and will.
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