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Total Submission and Self-Annihilation in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 28, Poem 9)

In Chapter 28, Poem 9 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker expresses a profound desire for divine attention and spiritual healing. The poem highlights the theme of total submission and self-annihilation (fana) through the acceptance of mortality ("I must turn to dust"). The speaker's ultimate spiritual aspiration is to be consumed in the path of the Beloved, indicating that true fulfillment is found in completely dissolving one's ego for the sake of the Divine.

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