In Chapter 8, Poem 37 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet examines the transformative nature of divine love and its role in annihilating selfhood (Fana). Love is portrayed as a consuming fire that obliterates the illusion of the ego, bringing forth the necessary pain of longing. Attar emphasizes a central paradox of the mystical path: sacrificing one's worldly lifetime and existence for the "capital of love" may appear as a devastating loss, but it ultimately yields profound spiritual profit. True realization requires this complete self-effacement.