In Farid al-Din Attar's Elahi Nameh, the encounter between Shibli and Iblis in Arafat highlights a profound Sufi understanding of divine sovereignty and hope. When Shibli asks Iblis if he still harbors hope for God's mercy despite being cursed, Iblis explains that his banishment, despite hundreds of thousands of years of devotion and belief in divine oneness (tawhid), was entirely 'causeless' (bi-illat)—stemming solely from God's absolute and unconditioned will. Because God's actions are not bound by secondary causes, human merits, or sins, Iblis reasons that just as his rejection was causeless, a future act of divine grace could also be causeless. This tragic perspective underscores the absolute sovereignty of God and explains why Iblis, despite eternal damnation, maintains a paradoxical hope in the Divine.