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The Conflict Between Sensibility and Divine Madness in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 44, Poem 6)

In Chapter 44, Poem 6 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker contrasts the conventional desire to be sensible and rational with the transformative and chaotic nature of divine passion. The poem suggests that true devotion requires abandoning intellectual safety and conventional piety (becoming 'without heart and faith' and a 'dweller of the tavern of ruin') to fully embrace the overwhelming madness induced by divine love.

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