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Trading Religious Piety and Worldly Greatness for Divine Love in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 44, Poem 10)
In Chapter 44, Poem 10 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses a profound willingness to sacrifice both worldly stature and outward religious piety for the sake of divine love. The speaker declares an intention to trade 'greatness for insignificance' and to pawn their 'prayer rug' for the 'dregs of wine' (a metaphor for spiritual intoxication). This illustrates a common Sufi theme where conventional markers of respectability and orthodox practice are seen as insufficient or even obstructive compared to the transformative, albeit humbling, experience of true spiritual devotion.
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