In Chapter 18, Poem 38 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet contrasts the spiritual unawareness and idleness of the ordinary person with the continuous, purposeful activity of the universe and the wakefulness of divine lovers. This highlights a central Sufi theme: while the spiritually negligent remain 'asleep' to reality, the rest of existence and the enlightened are actively engaged in divine purpose and awareness of hidden spiritual secrets.