In Chapter 11, Poem 13 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the profound inadequacy of human intellect in comprehending mystical realities. The intellect becomes "desperate," and the soul is overwhelmed and "lost." The speaker's vain attempt to untie a single spiritual "knot" over thirty years results only in the emergence of a thousand more. This imagery powerfully illustrates the infinite, confounding nature of the mystical journey and emphasizes the limitations of rational analysis when faced with the divine mystery.