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The Metaphor of Morning as the Trumpet of Resurrection in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 46, Poem 13)

In Poem 13 of Chapter 46 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the dawn is depicted as a catastrophic interruption to the lovers' night of secluded union (شب خلوت). The speaker compares the morning's first breath to the blast of the Resurrection trumpet (صور رستخیز). Just as the trumpet awakens the dead and initiates cosmic upheaval, the dawn shatters the timeless tranquility of the night, rousing the 'steed of strife' and violently thrusting the lover back into the turmoil of separation and the material world.

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