In Attar's 'The Tale of the Thief Who Was Caught' (حکایت آن دزد که گرفتار شد) from the Elahi Nameh, a captured thief facing execution at the gallows asks for a moment to pray. In his prayer, he acknowledges the overwhelming wrath of God that has brought him to this end, yet declares that he has surrendered his life out of pure love and devotion to the Divine. The thief's attitude serves as a profound allegory in Sufism for total submission (taslim) to the Divine Will. It illustrates that a true lover of God remains devoted and accepting, even when faced with God's apparent wrath and the impending loss of their physical life.