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The Paradox of Gazing and Repentance in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 32, Poem 61)

In Chapter 32, Poem 61 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses the paradoxical tension between the overwhelming desire to gaze upon the beloved's moon-like face and the spiritual necessity of repentance and guarding one's eyes. The lover is caught between the compelling beauty of the beloved and the religious or moral obligation to lower the gaze, illustrating the loss of control inherent in passionate love.

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