In Chapter 20, Poem 14 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet addresses the perilous state of spiritual vacillation. The poem critiques the condition of being neither fully committed to religion (faith) nor entirely settled in infidelity, describing this state of wavering (being 'mothabzab') as a miserable and unresolved existence. It emphasizes the Sufi principle that absolute commitment and sincerity are required on the spiritual path, warning that a fragmented identity caught between two extremes ultimately leads to spiritual ruin.