The Veil of Illusion and the Nothingness of the Self in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 7, Poem 11)
In Chapter 7, Poem 11 of Farid al-Din Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet addresses the profound Sufi themes of ego-delusion and the inherent nothingness of the human self. Attar identifies human thought and intellect as a 'veil' (پردهٔ پندار) that obscures spiritual truth, trapping the individual in the illusion of an independent, autonomous existence (وهم خودی). The realization that the self is fundamentally 'nothing' (هیچ) is presented as the ultimate awakening; attempting to ascribe reality or permanence to this nothingness is characterized as the peak of spiritual delusion.
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