In Chapter 26, Poem 1 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the soul's journey culminates in total immersion in the Divine. A central metaphor in this quatrain is the 'Pharaohs within' (فرعونان در درون), which represent the various stubborn manifestations of the ego or lower self (nafs) that claim false sovereignty over the heart. The poet describes overcoming these internal tyrants through overwhelming spiritual sorrow and weeping. The 'abundance of tears' creates an internal flood that drowns the egoistic Pharaohs, subverting the traditional narrative by having the seeker's own tears act as the sea that destroys the inner oppressor.