In Chapter 13, Poem 26 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the ultimate state of spiritual annihilation (fana). The poem employs the metaphor of the 'ocean of love' (قلزم عشق), depicting the spiritual seeker as someone drowning and being violently tossed by its waves. This turbulence represents the arduous spiritual trials that ultimately wear away the ego. The culmination of this process is complete effacement, where the seeker is reduced to 'nothing' (ناچیز) and 'no trace remains' (آثار نماند), signifying the total obliteration of the individual self in the presence of the Divine.