In Chapter 9, Poem 40 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the interplay between intellect (عقل) and spiritual bewilderment (تحیر). He asserts that as long as his intellect persists, he will remain adrift in an 'ocean of regret.' The metaphor of spinning incessantly like the celestial sphere underscores the idea that intellectual striving in the mystical realm ultimately leads to an inescapable, dizzying state of bewilderment.