In Chapter 18, Poem 31 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the theme of worldly detachment by characterizing the material world as 'carrion' (مردار). The poem emphasizes that a person's only true capital (سرمایه) in the entire universe is their limited lifetime. Consequently, Attar advises against wasting this precious, fleeting existence on the grief and trivial anxieties of the material world, urging a shift in perspective away from worldly consumption and the sorrow it inevitably brings.