In this narrative from Attar's Mosibat Nameh, a king purchases a beautiful slave and offers him wine through various high-ranking officials. The slave refuses each cup until the king himself offers it, explaining that his high ambition (himmat) forbids him from accepting a gift from any hand but the master's. This allegory represents the Sufi concept of absolute devotion, where the seeker (salik) must refuse all worldly or even spiritual intermediaries and rewards, directing their focus solely toward the Divine Presence.