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Spiritual Intoxication and the Fire of Love in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 29, Poem 32)

In Chapter 29, Poem 32 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the theme of absolute spiritual surrender and divine intoxication. By comparing the soul to aloe wood that burns upon the fire of divine love to release its fragrance, the poem illustrates the seeker's prostration before the Beloved. This state of spiritual drunkenness is depicted not as a temporary phase but as an innate, eternal condition—the seeker claims to have come into existence already intoxicated by God's love, eliminating any possibility or desire for a return to worldly sobriety.

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