In Fariduddin Attar's 'Elahi Nameh', the tale of the blind man and Sheikh Nuri explores the profound Sufi themes of spiritual ecstasy (wajd) and annihilation in the Divine (fana). When Sheikh Nuri hears a blind man continually invoking God's name, he is so overcome by ecstatic love that he uncontrollably runs into a field of sharp reeds. The reeds cut him to pieces, yet his flowing blood miraculously inscribes the name of God on every reed. This vivid imagery conveys that when a true mystic is entirely annihilated in divine love, their physical existence disappears, leaving only the pure manifestation and testimony of God.