In Attar's Mosibat Nameh, the tale of Harun al-Rashid and Layla illustrates that the perception of true beauty—which represents the Divine—requires the eyes of love rather than the rational or external sight of a worldly king. When Harun al-Rashid observes Layla and finds her appearance ordinary, Majnun explains that one must possess Majnun's love to behold her beauty. In Sufi philosophy, this allegorizes the seeker's realization that divine reality cannot be comprehended through intellect or worldly status, but only through the transformative gaze of spiritual love.