In Chapter 27, Poem 39 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the overwhelming and consuming nature of divine love. The sorrow inflicted by the Beloved burns the soul to the extent that conventional dualities—such as faith (iman) and disbelief (kufr)—are entirely obliterated. This signifies a profound state of spiritual annihilation, where the lover is stripped of all worldly and religious constructs. Acknowledging the incurability of this spiritual agony, the lover is cast into a metaphorical 'desert,' which represents endless wandering, bewilderment, and an absolute detachment from the material world in pursuit of the Divine.