In Chapter 7, Poem 27 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar emphasizes that the true nature of a dervish is defined by selflessness (بی‌ذاتی) and the shedding of worldly attributes (بی‌صفتی). He advises the seeker to transcend the attachments of both the material and spiritual worlds, contrasting the radical abandonment required on the path of the dervish with the cautious, calculating nature of worldly prudence (عاقبت‌اندیشی).