In Chapter 9, Poem 22 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar explores the theme of mystical self-ignorance and the limitations of human perception. The poet describes a state of profound perplexity where they remain unaware of their own heart and soul, and cannot trace their own knowledge and vision. The central paradox of this state is that the poet's only certainty is their own uncertainty: seeing that they do not see, and knowing that they do not know what was. This represents a stage of mystical bewilderment (hayrat) where intellectual comprehension is completely exhausted, leaving only the awareness of one's own ignorance in the face of the divine mystery.