Both Farid al-Din Attar in his Elahi Nameh and Jalal al-Din Rumi in his Masnavi recount the widely known tale of a man who flees from the Angel of Death to India, facilitated by King Solomon. While Attar uses the story primarily to emphasize the absolute inevitability of divine decree (qada) and the futility of escaping physical death, Rumi expands upon this narrative to deeply explore the philosophical dialectic between human exertion (jahd) and trust in divine providence (tawakkul). Comparing the two texts illustrates how later Sufi poets built on foundational allegories, shifting the focus from themes of sheer predestination to nuanced spiritual treatises on human agency and surrender.