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“Knowing is passing from the false to the true and seeing the Absolute Whole in the part.”

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Mahmud Shabistari

Mahmud Shabistari was a prominent Persian poet born in 1288 in Khorasan and died in 1340. His poetry works hold a significant place in the history of Persian literature and are considered as a forerunner of the Renaissance in Persian literature. more

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