In Attar's Mosibat Nameh, the tale of Ibrahim Adham and the rider centers on the paradox of defining the cemetery as the only true habitation (abadani). When a traveler asks Ibrahim for directions to a populated area, Ibrahim points to the graveyard. This provokes the traveler's anger and a physical beating, but it carries a profound Sufi lesson: the physical city is a transient, decaying illusion, whereas the graveyard is the permanent abode of souls and the ultimate destination of all living beings, making it the only truly populated and stable habitation. Ibrahim's patient endurance of the traveler's violence also highlights the virtues of humility, self-effacement, and non-resistance.