In Chapter 14, Poem 2 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the world is metaphorically depicted as a perilous and treacherous ocean. Attar warns against seeking stability or asserting power in a realm inherently characterized by suffering and mortality. By noting that 'a thousand heads are the dust of the path' at every step, the poem emphasizes the transience of human life and the wretchedness of those who foolishly attempt to settle and attach themselves to this destructive, impermanent world.