In Poem 30 of Chapter 12 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Attar explores a state of spiritual limbo where the seeker is neither fully transformed by divine love ('burned') nor entirely ignorant and inexperienced ('raw'). Despite enduring profound, celestial-like restlessness and undertaking immense spiritual effort—metaphorically running swiftly for a hundred years—the seeker finds themselves trapped in a paradox of unfulfilled progression, remaining at a 'single step'. This poem illustrates the frustrating suspension between states of mystical attainment, where intense striving and restlessness do not guarantee arrival at ultimate annihilation or union.