In Chapter 18, Poem 22 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the paradox of striving in the path of divine love even after one's entire existence (hasti) has been 'plundered' or annihilated. The speaker marvels at their own ongoing spiritual effort and endurance of divine trials, despite the total loss of the self. This illustrates that true spiritual striving is sustained not by the ego, which has already been consumed, but by the 'strength of Your love' (qovvat-e eshq-e to)—a divine force that endures even when the individual being is wiped away.