In Farid al-Din Attar's 'Mosibat Nameh', the tale of Sultan Mahmud and Ayaz playing polo serves as a profound Sufi allegory. The imagery of the polo field (meydan), the ball (guy), and the mallet (chowgan) are classic metaphors in Persian mystical literature. In this parable, the game represents the dynamic of divine love and spiritual surrender. Ayaz, embodying the perfect lover and servant, demonstrates absolute submission to Mahmud, who symbolizes the Divine Sovereign. Just as a polo ball has no will of its own and is entirely directed by the strikes of the player's mallet, the true spiritual seeker surrenders all personal agency and ego, existing solely in motion according to the will of the Beloved.