In Poem 103 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the speaker articulates a profound state of spiritual despair, lamenting their body as a veil of helplessness and their prolonged grief. The poem reaches its climax in a direct plea for Divine assistance, asking the Divine to take their hand because they have "utterly fallen to the ground." This illustrates a central Sufi theme: the deep recognition of one's absolute inability and surrender is the necessary precursor to receiving Divine grace and being spiritually uplifted.