This allegory from Attar's Mosibat Nameh describes a seeker who encounters a madman sitting in blood and dust. When the seeker expresses a shared desire to seek God, the madman instructs him to endure fifty years of suffering and perplexity (symbolized by sitting in blood). The allegory highlights the extreme difficulty of the spiritual path and the ultimate state of perplexity (hayrah), where the seeker realizes their utter ignorance in untying the divine knot.