In Chapter 30, Poem 28 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet juxtaposes the immense majesty, honor, and self-sufficiency of the Beloved with the utter destitution and selflessness of the lover. The speaker questions what the Beloved could possibly do with a lover who has been reduced to absolute nothingness ('a selfless one, utterly destitute'). This highlights a core Sufi theme: the absolute neediness of the lover contrasted with the Divine's absolute self-sufficiency, emphasizing that the lover's words and 'ancient love' are seemingly insignificant in the face of such transcendent grandeur.