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Spiritual Poverty and Empty-Handedness at Death in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 111)

In Poem 111 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses the profound Sufi concept of absolute spiritual poverty (faqr) and detachment at the moment of death. The speaker declares that he passes away 'empty-handed of both worlds' (دست تهی), renouncing any claim to spiritual progress, status as a beginner or advanced seeker, or worldly attachment. By recognizing that both the material and spiritual realms are merely dust at the Divine threshold, the poet emphasizes that true surrender requires leaving behind all selfhood and possessions to approach the Divine in a state of utter emptiness and humility.

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