In this allegory from Attar's Mosibat Nameh, an old, frail woman is fiercely grieving the death of her young son. When an onlooker rebukes her, telling her to cover her face and observe proper modesty with a chador, she replies that if he felt the intense fire of grief burning in his own heart, he would understand that her state is justified. The parable illustrates how overwhelming spiritual or emotional pain transcends superficial conventions and worldly judgments.