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Transcendental Origins and Mystical Bewilderment in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 4, Poem 86)

In Poem 86 of Chapter 4 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar explores the transcendental nature of the human heart and soul, detaching them from both earthly lineages (Adam and Eve) and cosmic realms (earth and heaven). This emphasizes the soul's divine, uncreated essence. The second couplet expresses the classic Sufi state of hayrah (bewilderment) or spiritual paradox, where the mystic is caught between the inability to speak of the ineffable divine mysteries and the impossibility of remaining silent due to the overwhelming power of divine love.

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