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The Hidden Divine Beauty and Its Overwhelming Manifestation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 2, Poem 6)

In Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 2, Poem 6), the poet explores the theme of the concealed Divine beauty. The quatrain posits that ultimate beauty resides behind the 'veil of the unseen' (پردهٔ غیب), and any beauty experienced in the physical or spiritual realms is merely a reflection or radiation of this hidden source. To emphasize its infinite magnitude, Attar uses a powerful hyperbole: if even a 'single speck' (یک ذره) of this pure Divine beauty were to reveal itself, the resulting illumination would be so profound that 'a hundred suns' (صد آفتاب) would emerge from a single soul. This illustrates the overwhelming and transformative power of Divine manifestation compared to the limited capacity of human existence.

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