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The Allegory of Sufyan al-Thawri and the Sincere Sigh in Mosibat Nameh

In Fariduddin Attar's 'Mosibat Nameh', the tale of the young man who missed the Hajj pilgrimage and traded his sorrowful sigh to Sufyan al-Thawri for the reward of Sufyan's four Hajj pilgrimages serves as an allegory for the supreme value of sincere, heartfelt devotion over ritualistic deeds. The young man's single sigh, born from genuine spiritual anguish and humility, is deemed by God to be more valuable than multiple completed physical pilgrimages. Through this narrative, Attar emphasizes that in the Sufi path, the inward state of brokenness and sincere longing for the Divine outweighs the formal and external performance of religious obligations.

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