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The Whirlpool of Ana al-Haqq and Absolute Annihilation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 8, Poem 6)
In this poem from the Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 8, Poem 6), Attar describes the culmination of the spiritual journey where the wayfarer reaches the 'ocean of the realized' and immediately experiences the 'whirlpool of Ana al-Haqq' ('I am the Truth'). The poem emphasizes that if the wayfarer has successfully traveled through all existence and realized their identity with the Whole, they must take a firm step to transcend their individual existence entirely and reach the state of absolute naught or complete annihilation (Fana).
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Updated 2026-07-04
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Persian Literature Prerequisite Course