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The Burden of Existence and Spiritual Poverty in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 33, Poem 47)
In Poem 47 of Chapter 33 of Mokhtar Nameh, Attar expresses the profound suffering of existing without the Beloved. He suggests that any state—whether sobriety or intoxication—is an unbearable burden when separated from the Divine. The poet compares his lamentation over this separation to Qarun (Korah), an archetypal figure of immense wealth and arrogance. By doing so, Attar implies that being preoccupied with one's own spiritual poverty, while remaining detached from the Beloved, is ultimately a form of self-centered idolatry akin to Qarun's gold-worshipping.
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Updated 2026-07-05
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