In Chapter 23, Poem 35 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar vividly describes the visceral fear of death and the afterlife. The poet expresses terror of the 'throat-seizing death' (marg-e gulu-gir), conveying the suffocating and inescapable reality of dying. Alongside this physical dread, he emphasizes profound anxiety regarding what follows: the 'occurrence under the ground' (the terrifying isolation and decay of the grave) and the 'event of the final day' (the Day of Judgment).