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The Azure Garments and Intoxication by Dregs in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 11, Poem 25)

In Chapter 11, Poem 25 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet uses the imagery of 'azure garments' (جامه لاجوردی) to symbolize the traditional dress of Sufi ascetics or mourners. The seekers display extreme humility in the presence of divine greatness, striving relentlessly for 'pure wine' (spiritual illumination). Ultimately, they become intoxicated by the 'dregs' (دردی). In Sufi literature, drinking the dregs often signifies the acceptance of spiritual trials, pain, and ultimate realization achieved through complete humility rather than pristine, unearned grace.

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