In Section 28 of Attar's 'Mosibat Nameh', the encounter between Asma'i and a latrine cleaner serves as an allegory for the spiritual and moral superiority of self-reliance over sycophancy. While Asma'i questions the cleaner's choice of such menial and unclean work, the cleaner retorts that honest, independent labor—even the most socially despised—is far nobler than debasing oneself by waiting at the doors of the wealthy and powerful. This highlights a prominent Sufi theme: true dignity lies in self-sufficiency and detachment from worldly power, rather than bearing the heavy burden of obligation to the elite.