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The Soul's Journey and the Annihilation of Duality in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 23)

In Poem 23 from Chapter 4 of Farid al-Din Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the mystical journey of the soul toward the Divine Ocean. When the soul is guided to this infinite sea, it escapes the confines of the ego ('goes out from itself') and attains inner spiritual realization. From this transcendent vantage point, the entirety of the 'two worlds' (the material and spiritual realms) appears as insignificant as a single atom. Ultimately, even this atom transcends its own limitations, symbolizing complete annihilation (fana) of all multiplicity and duality in the absolute oneness of the Divine.

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