In Farid al-Din Attar's Mosibat-Nama, the tale of the king's daughter and the lover waiting at her threshold serves as an allegory for the seeker's relationship with divine grace. The princess represents divine beauty and truth, which are far beyond the seeker's ordinary reach (symbolized by the bottom of a well). The seeker is urged to remain steadfastly at the threshold of the divine. While the transformative divine glance is a gift that cannot be forced or earned through mere self-effort or superficial rituals, the seeker must continuously maintain a state of burning, sincere prayer to prepare for the descent of divine favor.