In Chapter 11, Poem 36 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs the metaphor of the beloved's 'disheveled tress' (زلف پریشان) to symbolize the confounding yet captivating mysteries of the Divine. The heart seeks composure and the 'Fountain of Life' (چشمهٔ حیوان) within the deep darkness of this tress, alluding to the mythological Water of Life hidden in the Land of Darkness. Ultimately, this spiritual search leads to the heart's annihilation (فانی گشت), illustrating the Sufi concept that finding eternal spiritual life requires the complete dissolution of the self within the unfathomable depths of the Divine.