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The Annihilation of Duality and the 'Other' in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 87)
In Poem 87 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the transformative and all-consuming power of divine love is explored through its capacity to eradicate worldly and religious dualities. The poem emphasizes that the arrival of Love obliterates human-made distinctions such as 'infidelity' (Kufr) and 'faith' (Iman), reducing all previously held beliefs to nothingness. Furthermore, witnessing the 'veil of the Unseen' strips the soul of any attachment to or consciousness of the 'other' (Ghayr). This signifies the ultimate mystical state of annihilation (Fana), where only the singular divine reality remains, and all traces of separation and individual ego are completely erased from the spiritual seeker.
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course