In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, following the public uproar over his seemingly unjust ruling in the case of the slaughtered cow, Prophet David leads the townspeople to a plain to unveil the divine truth. He directs the crowd to a massive tree, declaring that he smells blood at its roots. David publicly exposes the plaintiff—the original owner of the cow—not as an innocent victim of theft, but as an oppressor who previously murdered his own master. Rumi explains that God's forbearance had kept this heinous crime concealed until the plaintiff's ingratitude, greed, and abuse tore his own veil of secrecy. This dramatic revelation completely justifies David's earlier judgment to transfer the plaintiff's wealth and family to the idle man, illustrating the flawless nature of divine justice and the ultimate self-destructive consequences of hidden oppression.