In Attar's Elahi Nameh, the story of the poet Fakhr al-Din Gorgani becoming intensely enamored with the Sultan's exceptionally beautiful servant serves to illustrate the overpowering force of earthly love ('ishq-e majazi). The servant's unmatched physical beauty, which the poem compares to the archetypal beauty of Joseph, completely captivates the poet. Within the Sufi literary tradition, such profound human infatuation is frequently interpreted as an allegory or a necessary precursor to divine love ('ishq-e haqiqi). The lover's absolute devotion to a human subject demonstrates how the soul is irresistibly drawn to the reflection of divine beauty manifested in the material world.