In Attar's Elahi Nameh, the allegory of the bow and arrow illustrates the Sufi concept of divine predestination and absolute will. Eternity-past (Azal) is depicted as the bow, eternity-future (Abad) as the target, and the flying arrows represent events or individual destinies set in motion by the Divine Archer. Attar uses this metaphor to critique human ignorance: when an arrow (an event or outcome) appears 'crooked' or brings hardship, people blindly curse the arrow itself rather than recognizing that it was shot by the Archer's deliberate design. The allegory emphasizes the necessity of looking beyond the material instruments of destiny to see the Creator's hand in all occurrences.