In Chapter 9, Poem 25 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet describes a profound state of existential bewilderment (hayrat). Having fallen aimlessly into a spiritual wilderness ('در بادیهای فتادهام بی سر و پای'), the seeker no longer knows the remedy for their soul nor the path forward or backward. This verse reflects the Sufi concept of absolute spiritual helplessness, where the limits of human intellect and agency are reached, leaving the mystic in a state of 'unknowing' and entirely dependent on divine grace to navigate the metaphysical unknown.