In Chapter 14, Poem 5 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the material world is characterized as a "place of disgrace" (جایگه رسوایی). The poet questions the human tendency to linger and become attached to worldly existence, particularly when one recognizes that the soul's true origin is not of this world. This highlights a recurring theme of spiritual alienation in Sufi literature, arguing that stooping down to mundane worldly affairs contradicts the soul's higher, divine nature.