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The Testimony of Annihilation and Ineffable Sorrow in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 11, Poem 43)

In Chapter 11, Poem 43 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker articulates the extreme agony of separation from the Divine Beloved. This sorrow is described as ineffable ('that story which cannot be expressed today'), transcending the capacity of verbal expression. The poet asserts that the true depth of this pain will only be communicated through the speaker's ultimate destruction, wherein every remaining 'speck of dust' will silently testify to the pure heart's suffering.

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