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The Divine Seer and the Infinite Depth of the Drop in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 32)
In Poem 32 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4), the metaphor of the 'ocean of gems' illustrates the mystical unity of the observer and the observed, where a 'seer' is found upon both the eye and the seen. Furthermore, the poem emphasizes the boundless nature of the divine reality by suggesting that the inner depth of every single drop contains a vast resting place, reflecting the profound Sufi concept that the macrocosm (the whole) is fully contained within the microcosm (the part).
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Updated 2026-07-03
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