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Spiritual Frailty and the Desire for Union in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 31, Poem 55)

In Chapter 31, Poem 55 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses profound spiritual longing and a deep sense of frailty. By comparing his existential state to a 'hair's breadth' (سر موئی) without the Beloved, the speaker illustrates the depleting, annihilating effect of separation from the Divine. The poem emphasizes that even the most minuscule connection or 'path' to the Beloved would offer the soul refuge and restore its vitality.

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