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The Insoluble Knot of Divine Love's Grief in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 11, Poem 34)

In Chapter 11, Poem 34 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses the profound and agonizing grief of divine love. The poem employs the metaphor of an unresolvable knot, emphasizing that the affliction caused by this spiritual love is so complex and overwhelming that even if every atom in the universe were to act as a problem-solver ('untier of knots'), the mystical crisis would remain unresolved. This highlights the concept that the pain of divine love is a transcendent predicament beyond rational or worldly resolution.

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