In this quatrain from Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet expresses a state of profound spiritual paralysis and absolute helplessness. The speaker has lost both the means of inner perception ('neither a heart nor eyes that see') and all sources of worldly or religious salvation ('neither this world nor religion'). This describes a peak of mystical bewilderment, where the seeker is entirely stripped of their own agency, resources, and even the structured path of faith. The striking paradox of a 'flood upon the fire' illustrates a state of absolute devastation, where the seeker's burning yearning (the fire) is overwhelmed by a deluge of despair or divine trial, leaving them with no path forward to the Divine or to any worldly refuge.