In this allegory from Attar's Mosibat Nameh, Ayaz expresses intense jealousy towards the prey being hunted by Sultan Mahmud. Ayaz questions why the Sultan pursues something that flees from him, eventually pleading to be the one hunted, killed, and consumed by the King. The story serves as a Sufi metaphor for the lover's total devotion and the desire for annihilation (fana) in the Beloved. It illustrates that the true lover finds ultimate fulfillment in being 'consumed' by the Divine presence, preferring destruction by the Beloved over the Beloved attending to any other object of desire.