In this poem from Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the concept of pure non-existence ('adam-e mahz) is central to the mystical experience of love. Attar describes how:

• Love dismantles individual existence: The growth of divine love in the mystic's heart leads to the complete erasure of their own selfhood.
• Annihilation of both worlds: Resting the soul and heart in absolute non-existence causes the dual worlds of creation (the temporal and the spiritual) to fade away and be perceived as nothingness.

This theme represents Fana (annihilation), where the mystic's individual identity is completely subsumed by the Divine.