In Poem 99 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs the metaphors of the 'fire-temple of the heart' (آتشکدهٔ دل) and the 'fire-eating infidel self' (نفس گبر آتش خواره) to illustrate the internal struggle of the spiritual seeker. The poem depicts the seeker wandering lost in the 'valley of seeking', pleading for divine deliverance from the destructive, carnal ego. The imagery of fire represents the worldly passions and unbelief of the self that must be overcome to attain spiritual purity and true devotion.