In Chapter 31, Poem 54 of Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar employs the metaphor of holding 'wind in the hand' (باد به دست) to symbolize absolute futility and the inability to grasp the Divine. The poem expresses the despair of the seeker who, failing to attain even a particle of union with the Beloved, finds their heart and hands completely empty. This realization of grasping at nothing but wind ultimately drives the seeker to turn utterly to dust, signifying complete self-annihilation and total surrender to their profound spiritual destitution.