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The Negligent Heart and the Journey of Death in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 23, Poem 5)

In Chapter 23, Poem 5 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker addresses their own unaware heart (دل غافل), which refuses to heed warnings about mortality. The poem portrays death as a challenging and inevitable journey, confronting the negligent heart with the question of what spiritual provisions it has prepared. This emphasizes themes of spiritual negligence, the inevitability of death, and the urgent need for inner preparation.

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