In Chapter 30, Poem 9 of Attar's Mokhtar Nameh, the poet explores the paradox of divine love through metaphors of deprivation. The Divine Beloved 'kills with thirst' while withholding water and intoxicates the soul while withholding wine, representing a state of intense spiritual longing and ecstasy induced directly by God. The second half of the quatrain highlights the Beloved's absolute unresponsiveness to the lover's pleas, emphasizing the profound distance, majesty, and mystery of the Divine in the face of human yearning.