Concept

Spiritual Arrogance and the Necessity of Relinquishing the Body in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 20, Poem 18)

This concept explores Attar's quatrain in Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 20, Poem 18), where he equates 'polytheism' (shirk) and 'heedlessness' to an intoxicating wine that blinds the seeker. This spiritual drunkenness results in immeasurable pride and arrogance, tying the individual to worldly illusions. Attar asserts that the only cure for this condition is to 'let the body fall'—a metaphor for ego-annihilation and detachment from the physical frame—which serves as a strict prerequisite for receiving divine grace and guidance.

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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course