In Chapter 21, Poem 12 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the nature of true spiritual endeavor and high aspiration (hemmat). He asserts that when a person's work is driven and nourished by the Divine (the Truth), the work itself becomes submissive to their aspiration. Attar contrasts this divinely inspired, deeply rooted effort with mere "fruitless agonizing," emphasizing that authentic and meaningful action must originate from the very core or "marrow of the soul."