In Chapter 31, Poem 52 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the pursuit of divine union (the 'pearl of union') is portrayed as a monumental spiritual task that first requires complete renunciation—rising above 'both worlds' (the material and the spiritual). Attar emphasizes the overwhelming magnitude of this endeavor, comparing the spiritual struggle to 'a hundred oceans' of sorrow, and concluding that such a profound quest cannot be achieved with superficial efforts or mere emotional displays like 'a tear or two.'