In Chapter 12, Poem 29 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet critiques a superficial and capricious approach to the mystical states of annihilation (fana) and subsistence (baqa). By stating that these profound concepts are merely recited "out of caprice" (به هوس) while the individual remains mired in the "impurity of existence," the poem highlights the contradiction between verbal mystical claims and actual spiritual transformation. This hypocritical state is metaphorically compared to absurdly attempting to "sail a ship on dry land" (بر خشک بمانده چند کشتی رانیم), emphasizing the futility of insincere or merely theoretical spiritual endeavors.