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The Metaphors of Jamshid and the Sun in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 7, Poem 19)

In Chapter 7, Poem 19 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet uses striking contrasts to depict the soul's descent into the material body. The soul is compared to the legendary King Jamshid falling into a lowly bathhouse furnace (گلخن), and to the immense sun shining through a small, narrow aperture (روزن). These metaphors highlight the soul's majestic spiritual origin in contrast to its tragic and temporary confinement in the physical world, urging the seeker to look beyond worldly matters of life and death.

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