In Chapter 47, Poem 107 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet employs the candle metaphor to describe the mystical quest for ultimate purpose and self-realization.

The Persian term sar-reshte (سررشته) literally means 'the end of a thread' or a 'clue/direction,' but in the context of a candle, it refers to the wick. The poet describes searching extensively for direction (sar-reshte) only to find that, like a candle, his 'thread's end' is realized and consumed in the fire of divine love. This metaphor illustrates the Sufi concept of Fana (annihilation of the self), where the seeker's true destiny and guidance are found only through complete surrender and dissolution in the divine flame.