In Chapter 12, Poem 9 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet describes the unending, daily battle against the 'dog of the carnal self' (sag-e nafs). The ego is depicted as a relentless adversary that constantly instigates conflict and disrupts the heart's spiritual devotion. Despite the seeker's efforts to discipline and bind the ego each night, the carnal self stubbornly reverts to its crooked and rebellious ways with the break of each new day. This imagery highlights the chronic, cyclical, and exhausting nature of the spiritual struggle against base desires.