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The Allegory of Luqman of Sarakhs in Mosibat Nameh
In Farid al-Din Attar's 'Mosibat Nameh', the tale of Luqman of Sarakhs (Luqman-e Sarakhsi) serves as a spiritual allegory. Driven by intense divine love, Luqman acts like a child riding a wooden stick into imaginary battle. After being beaten by a real soldier and covered in blood, he remarks that regardless of good or bad, 'blood was shed'. This narrative illustrates the state of the 'majdhub' (the spiritually ecstatic or 'mad' lover) who abandons worldly rationality in the overwhelming presence of divine love, demonstrating the inevitable suffering, vulnerability, and shedding of the ego required on the mystical path.
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