In Poem 78 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet addresses the paradox of divine testing and the lover's state of selflessness (bi-khwishtani). The speaker questions why the Beloved, who knows the lover is already beside themselves and stripped of ego, continues to test their heart and 'shed their blood.' This highlights a profound Sufi understanding: divine trials are not a result of ignorance regarding the seeker's suffering, but a deliberate, continuous process meant to entirely consume the lover's selfhood and bind them to the Beloved.