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The Dissociation of Body and Soul in the Divine Quest in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 23, Poem 32)

In Chapter 23, Poem 32 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet describes the intense, all-consuming nature of the spiritual quest for the Beloved. As the heart embarks on this path, it experiences a profound dissociation, engaging with neither the physical body nor the individual soul. The overwhelming 'haste and fear' (شتاب و خوف) associated with approaching the Divine disrupts the normal unity of the human constitution, rendering body and soul incapable of standing together. This illustrates the mystical concept that the magnitude of the divine encounter transcends and shatters the ordinary human state, demanding a complete detachment from one's own faculties.

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