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The Sixth Son's Desire for Alchemy in the Nineteenth Discourse

In the Nineteenth Discourse of Farid al-Din Attar's Elahi Nameh, the sixth son expresses his intense desire to master the science of alchemy (Kimiya). He believes that learning alchemy will not only allow him to help the poor and make the world secure, but also serve as a pathway to finding true religion. This request symbolizes the soul's attachment to the idea of physical and material transformation as a shortcut to spiritual salvation, preparing the narrative for the father's spiritual guidance on true inner alchemy.

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