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The Qalandari Path, Worldly Greed, and Mortality in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 44, Poem 75)
In Poem 75 of Chapter 44 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet invokes a 'Qalandari Turk' to pour wine for the sake of 'ruin' (kharabi). In Sufi literature, the Qalandar represents a spiritually liberated figure who disregards conventional social norms, and 'ruin' signifies the destruction of the ego and its attachments. This pursuit of spiritual dissolution is contrasted with the state of being bound by the 'greed of the mortal world' (حرص عالم فانی). The poem ultimately serves as a reminder of mortality, emphasizing the need for spiritual detachment before the physical body inevitably turns to dust.
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