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The Command to Unknow and Divine Bewilderment in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 11, Poem 33)

In Chapter 11, Poem 33 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker describes vacillating between joy and sorrow in love, leading to a state of profound bewilderment. The poem culminates in a paradox where the divine beloved instructs the lover: 'Know not what I teach you.' This emphasizes the mystical theme that ultimate spiritual realization transcends intellectual comprehension, requiring the lover to relinquish rational knowledge in favor of bewildered surrender.

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