In Poem 37 of Chapter 24 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs personification by giving a voice to the dust. The dust speaks to the living who tread upon it, reminding them that it was once a living human being. This encounter serves as a stark memento mori, warning the living that their current state of unawareness is fleeting and that they will soon face the exact same fate, inevitably becoming the very dust they now walk upon.