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The Pricelessness of Love's Grief and Annihilation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 93)
In Chapter 4, Poem 93 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker exalts the grief of divine love as a priceless treasure, declaring it too precious to be exchanged for one's life or the entirety of both worlds. The poem further uses the metaphor of a desert to describe the journey of love, asserting that any heart that enters this vast wilderness is permanently lost without a trace. This illustrates the mystic principles of the supreme worth of spiritual suffering and the ultimate annihilation (Fana) of the self in the Divine.
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Updated 2026-07-03
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