In Chapter 23, Poem 30 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker explores the existential tension of being alternatingly overwhelmed by 'a thousand tasks' and entirely detached from them by the Divine will. This constant fluctuation generates a perpetual, restless anxiety day and night. The poem culminates in an urgent plea for the ultimate release—not just from the burden of tasks, but from the 'self' entirely. This reflects the central Sufi theme of fana (annihilation of the ego), positioning deliverance from selfhood as the only true relief from the endless flux and restlessness of worldly existence.