In Poem 51 of Chapter 11 in Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs striking paradoxes to illustrate the rigors of the spiritual path. True spiritual poverty (faqr) is depicted as demanding the acceptance of utter disgrace—symbolized by a 'black face' (روی سیه)��indicating that a seeker must completely abandon social honor. Moreover, Attar paradoxically suggests that speaking of repentance necessitates having sinned. The poem then shifts to the metaphor of the 'ocean of love' (بحر عشق). To discover the precious pearl of spiritual truth at its depths, the seeker must act as a diver who holds their breath. This represents the suppression of the ego (nafs) and the intense self-discipline required to achieve divine realization.