In Chapter 27, Poem 40 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet articulates the profound states of mystical bewilderment (حیرت) and ultimate helplessness (عجز) experienced by the spiritual seeker. The poem illustrates that in the pursuit of the divine, fundamental human faculties are overwhelmed: the soul departs in bewilderment, and the heart is left wandering and distracted. This total cognitive and spiritual incapacitation leads to the necessary realization and confession of one's absolute helplessness, a crucial station in Sufi mysticism where the seeker acknowledges their utter incapacity before the infinite divine reality.