In this section of Jami's Haft Awrang, a pilgrim sets out alone across the desert toward the Hajj, carrying nothing but a staff and sandals. Along the way he is confronted by a formidable, mysterious figure and cannot tell whether it is human or spirit. Their dialogue turns on the theme of divine unity (tawhid): the being confesses that it is a jinn yet possesses a noble inner essence like humankind, and it challenges the pilgrim on whether he truly worships the One or drives toward polytheism (shirk). The pilgrim answers that his face is set toward the One alone and that he is weary of all who speak of duality. The tale uses the arduous, stripped-down pilgrimage as an allegory for the seeker's uncompromising commitment to monotheism, in which every attachment is abandoned on the path toward the Divine.