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The Futility of Striving and the Inaccessibility of the Divine Goal in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 34)

In Poem 34 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet highlights the ultimate inaccessibility of the spiritual destination or divine essence. Even if a seeker exerts immense effort (represented by running with a thousand strides), they must eventually abandon hope of self-reliant attainment. The poem emphasizes that the goal transcends human capacity, and one must surrender the illusion of reaching it through active striving alone.

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