In The Conference of the Birds (Manteq ot-Teyr), Attar uses the allegory of a mother rescuing her child from a mill stream to illustrate the relationship between human helplessness and Divine Grace. The child's struggle in the turbulent water represents the human soul trapped in the whirlpool of worldly existence and spiritual bewilderment (hayrat). Attar highlights that maternal love is a reflection of the divine compassion implanted in mothers, and the soul's desperate cry in moments of crisis triggers divine protection. The narrative teaches that when seekers are overwhelmed by existential anxiety, they must rely on the ultimate source of mercy to be rescued from spiritual destruction.