This allegory from Attar's Mosibat Nameh describes a wealthy master (khwaja) who, on his deathbed, is frantically organizing his worldly affairs, settling accounts, and assigning tasks. A mystic (shurideh) by his bedside rebukes him, pointing out the futility of trying to settle seventy years of life's accumulation in a single final moment. The mystic urges him to let go of material calculations and pass away peacefully like a self-extinguishing candle. The story illustrates the Sufi theme of detachment from worldly wealth and the folly of material calculations at the threshold of death.