In this parable from Attar's Asrar Nameh, Ghazali visits a destitute, sick woodcutter who compares his failing body to the broken firewood he used to chop. The tale serves as a powerful critique of worldly ambition and attachment. It teaches that the physical body, like all worldly constructs, will inevitably break down, so one should not rejoice in material gain. According to the poem, a true spiritual seeker understands that worldly profit is actually a spiritual loss, and those whose ultimate goal is faith consider the forfeiture of worldly success to be their true benefit.