This concept unpacks the moral allegory of Jami's tale of the aged fisher bird. Having lost the strength to seize its prey by force, the enfeebled bird feigns world-weariness and false benevolence to lull the trusting fish, then lures them one by one to their ruin. Drawing on the Kalila wa Dimna tradition of the cunning water-bird, the tale warns that worldly guile often works through deception rather than open violence, and that the simple soul's naivety and readiness to trust a self-interested counselor lead to its destruction. It teaches discernment: weighing others by their true aims rather than their pious-seeming words, and guarding against the trap disguised as kindness.