In Chapter 41, Poem 6 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker addresses the Beloved (often interpreted as the Divine), emphasizing that the Beloved is already fully aware of the immense sorrow and suffering inflicted upon the speaker. The paradox lies in the Beloved asking the lover, "What has befallen you?" despite possessing absolute omniscience regarding the lover's state of being completely helpless, alone, and undone by cruelties. This quatrain highlights the common Sufi theme of the lover's absolute vulnerability, the inescapable nature of mystical trials, and the Divine's complete awareness of the lover's inner and outer affliction.