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Total Surrender of Heart and Soul in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 29, Poem 38)

In Chapter 29, Poem 38 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker illustrates the theme of complete spiritual surrender. The mad, love-stricken heart is offered to the Beloved, inviting the 'chains' of divine love to bind it. Furthermore, the speaker offers their soul, acknowledging its potential unworthiness for the divine presence, yet pleading with the Beloved to overlook this ('lift the veil') and accept the sacrifice anyway. This reflects the Sufi concepts of total devotion, the madness of divine love, and the humble recognition of human inadequacy before the Divine.

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