Attar's Poem 17 from the Mokhtar Nameh emphasizes the epistemological and spiritual limitations of human faculties in the face of the Divine. The quatrain asserts that neither the human intellect (aql) nor the soul (jan) can access the eternal presence or the sanctuary of God's majesty. By using the metaphor of a shadow—whether in motion or at rest—Attar illustrates that contingent beings, regardless of their state or actions, are fundamentally incapable of attaining or fully comprehending absolute divine beauty.