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Singular Divine Desire and Detachment from Both Worlds in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 29, Poem 63)

In Chapter 29, Poem 63 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker illustrates the exclusivity of spiritual longing by stating that all desire is directed solely toward the Divine face. The poem emphasizes total detachment from both the material and spiritual realms, declaring that attaining even a 'hair's breadth' of the Divine renders any worldly or otherworldly desire entirely insignificant. This highlights the supreme, incomparable value of Divine proximity over everything in existence.

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