In Chapter 32, Poem 28 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker implores the Divine to provide relief from the torment of separation and internal anguish. The poem centers on an explicit plea for mercy, asking the Beloved to conceal the speaker's wrongdoings ('bad deeds') and to spare their soul from continuous burning. This reflects a state of spiritual desperation, where the intensity of longing and the acute awareness of personal flaws become unbearable without divine compassion and forgiveness.