The allegory of the madman and the pillarless sky in Section 11 of Attar's Mosibat Nameh explores the tension between abstract theological concepts of divine omnipotence and immediate human suffering. When told to trust for his sustenance in the God who effortlessly suspends the heavens without pillars, the starving madman retorts that he would prefer a sky propped up by a hundred pillars if it meant receiving his daily bread without agony. Through the persona of the 'wise fool' (bahlul), Attar critiques abstract piety that glosses over tangible human desperation.