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Worldly Greed and Spiritual Laziness in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh (Chapter 12, Poem 22)
In Chapter 12, Poem 22 of Mokhtar Nameh, Attar criticizes individuals who are entirely consumed by worldly anxieties, such as the pursuit of food and clothing. He uses stark imagery to describe a life devoid of spiritual aspiration, characterizing it as a continuous cycle of rushing in the world's bazaar only to sleep, eat, and produce waste (filling and emptying the 'dunghill'). This poem serves as a powerful warning against spiritual laziness and the reduction of human existence to mere biological and materialistic functions.
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Updated 2026-07-04
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