This poem articulates the Sufi experience of Fana (annihilation) through the imagery of descending into the 'depth of nonexistence.' Attar describes the physical world and its 'traces' as a 'veil of illusion' (parde-ye pendar), suggesting that true spiritual insight is only possible once the seeker is 'lost' (gom) and their individual identity is erased. This state of non-being is presented as the point where the seeker transcends the illusory appearances of the material world.