In Chapter 6, Poem 58 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the profound theme of self-alienation. The poem poses a rhetorical paradox, asking if one has ever seen someone fleeing from their own self while patiently enduring this separation. Attar concludes that human beings are fundamentally defined by this existential exile, stating, 'We are all those who have fallen far from ourselves.' In Sufi philosophy, this reflects the soul's tragic estrangement from its divine origin and its inner, authentic essence.