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The Paradox of Divine Unknowability and Perpetual Longing in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Poem 55)
In Poem 55 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the contrast between innate human abasement and supreme Divine honor. The poem articulates that because the source or ultimate reality of the Divine's attributes remains eternally hidden, the seeker's quest is infinite. Consequently, the mystic can never be truly content or satiated by any finite revelation or state, resulting in a condition of perpetual spiritual longing directed toward the unknowable Divine.
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Updated 2026-07-03
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course