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Spiritual Madness and Inner Vision in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 31, Poem 6)

In Chapter 31, Poem 6 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet contrasts rational intellect (aql) with spiritual madness (jonun) and outer appearance with esoteric insight. The poem suggests that true perfection is found in divine madness, which reveals the material foundation of existence to be nothing more than dust and blood. Additionally, the spiritual eye that perceives the entirety of the two worlds within the soul dismisses the external physical body as a mere handful of veins and bones, emphasizing the supremacy of inner spiritual reality over the transient physical form.

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