This allegory from Attar's Mosibat Nameh relates the story of a starving, barefoot madman who begs for bread from place to place. When people repeatedly dismiss him by simply saying "God will provide," he grows desperate and steals a garment or covering from a mosque. Upon being caught and reprimanded, he explains that since everyone claimed God was the provider yet he received nothing, he decided to take from God's own house to force a resolution to his misery. The narrative explores the audacious and unmediated relationship the "wise fools" have with the Divine, while also critiquing the use of empty religious platitudes in the face of genuine suffering.