In this tale from Attar's Mosibat-Nameh (Book 6, Section 5), a servant who squandered Sultan Mahmud's wealth appeals to the king's infinite riches and absolute self-sufficiency, arguing that his actions were done in reliance on the king's bounty. The story serves as a Sufi allegory highlighting the relationship between Divine mercy and human poverty (faqr). It illustrates that human transgressions are resolved not through personal merit, but through absolute reliance on the infinite grace (fazl) of the Divine, who, being self-sufficient, forgives the needy out of pure bounty.