In Poem 22 of Chapter 17 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet advises the seeker to abandon loud, boastful speech and superficial spiritual posturing. To truly join the ranks of the 'silent ones' (خموشان), one must commit to profound social withdrawal by hiding their face from the people of the world for all eternity. This poem inextricably links the achievement of inner spiritual silence with the physical and social act of seclusion.