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Submission to the Eternal Decree and the Divine Pen in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 21, Poem 23)

In Chapter 21, Poem 23 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet emphasizes absolute submission to the divine decree. The poem utilizes the Islamic theological metaphors of the 'Eternal Tablet' (لوح ازلی) and the 'Divine Pen' (قلم) to illustrate that all aspects of existence have been predetermined. Attar instructs the spiritual seeker to bow their head and accept their fate in silence, recognizing that the destiny already written by the Divine Pen is final and cannot be erased or unraveled by human resistance.

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