In Chapter 29, Poem 10 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet utilizes the quintessential Sufi metaphor of the moth and the candle to depict the ultimate spiritual self-sacrifice. The poem illustrates the seeker's continuous yearning to cast away worldly existence and its sorrows by willingly plunging into the divine light. The moth's deliberate self-immolation in the flame symbolizes 'fana' (spiritual annihilation), where the soul achieves liberation and union through the complete surrender of its individual life.