In this allegory from Attar's Mosibat Nameh, a madman walking in mud and cold is advised to seek a shoe to protect his feet. He rejects this advice, explaining that focusing on physical comfort and the physical self prevents one from attaining true spiritual fortune. The poem conveys the Sufi concept that as long as one's heart is attached to their personhood, they cannot achieve spiritual elevation. True fortune is attained only when the seeker transcends physical concerns and reaches a state of self-effacement, leaving worldly attachments behind.