In Chapter 8, Poem 25 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the concept of hidden polytheism (shirk) is explored in the context of the ego. The poem suggests that approaching the Divine out of personal destitution or maintaining an awareness of one's own existence is a form of self-worship. True spiritual realization demands complete selflessness, as asserting one's existence alongside God is equated with idolatry.