In Chapter 41, Poem 10 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker laments their profound sense of inadequacy—described metaphorically as 'unmanliness' (مخنثی)—and unworthiness on the spiritual journey. Acknowledging that they have attained nothing, not even 'dust' from the Beloved's path, the seeker accepts a state of perpetual pain. This illustrates the mystical theme that the path to the Divine is fraught with suffering and a deep awareness of one's own limitations and spiritual poverty.