In Chapter 33, Poem 49 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar depicts a playful and strategic dynamic between the lover and the Beloved. The Beloved is portrayed as wandering the city in an intoxicated uproar, interacting casually with others. The lover, yearning for attention and union, devises a pretext to engage with the Beloved—deciding to buy a house in the hopes that the Beloved might act as the seller. This metaphor illustrates the profound longing of the Sufi seeker, who will go to any lengths and invent any excuse merely to have a moment of contact or transaction with the Divine.