In Poem 108 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the carnal soul (nafs) is metaphorically depicted as a 'dog' (سگ). The speaker pleads with the Divine for deliverance from this baser self, observing that it offers no spiritual profit and fails to earn God's pleasure. This metaphor underscores the essential Sufi struggle to overcome the ego in order to attain true spiritual devotion.