The Transience of Ego-Based Existence and the Eternity of Non-Existence in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 7, Poem 23)
In Poem 23 of Chapter 7 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar of Nishapur explores the relationship between temporal life and eternal non-existence. He contrasts the fleeting 'one-day existence'—which forms the foundation of ego and selfhood ('maniyat')—with the vast, enduring state of non-existence ('adam') that stretches until the Day of Resurrection. The poem emphasizes that compared to this eternal non-existence, a lifetime of a hundred years is as transient as a single breath.
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