In Chapter 13, Poem 2 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet emphasizes that true honor and fortune in both worlds depend entirely on finding the path to the Divine ('the Intimate'). Failing to seek and traverse this spiritual path leaves the human soul in a state of eternal abasement and wretchedness. The poem creates a stark dichotomy between the ultimate success of connecting with God and the inevitable misery of remaining disconnected from Him, reinforcing the absolute necessity of earnest spiritual striving.