In Chapter 10, Poem 2 of the Mokhtar Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar uses powerful avian symbolism to illustrate the soul's divine origin and its earthly exile. He metaphorically contrasts the 'white falcon' (representing the noble soul destined for the Sultan's hand, or proximity to the Divine) with the 'owl' (symbolizing a creature content to dwell in the 'ruins' of the material world). Attar calls upon the soul to utilize its intellect to awaken from this worldly attachment and actively seek its return to the Divine, the ultimate 'Known'.