In Chapter 38, Poem 14 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet examines the spiritual repercussions of false promises and insincere speech. The poem asserts that falsehood brings sorrow and diminishes the presence of truth. It further connects 'broken words' (sokhan-e shekasteh) to the 'constriction of the soul' (tangi-e jaan), suggesting that unfaithful or fragmented communication is a symptom of inner distress and spiritual fragmentation.