In Chapter 31, Poem 33 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, Attar uses the striking metaphor of attempting to fit an ocean into a small bowl to illustrate the absolute limitation of human capacity. The poem posits that the human heart and soul are profoundly inadequate gifts and vessels; just as a boundless ocean cannot be contained within a tiny cup, infinite Divine Beauty cannot be fully encompassed, grasped, or contained by limited human faculties.