In his panegyric to Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Mantiq al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds), Farid al-Din Attar refers to Ali as the "master of the secrets of Saluni" (صاحب اسرار سلونی). This is a direct allusion to a famous Islamic tradition where Ali proclaimed from the pulpit, "Ask me before you lose me" (Saluni qabla an tafqiduni), asserting his comprehensive mastery of both divine and earthly knowledge. By highlighting this tradition, Attar portrays Ali not only as a historical caliph but as the ultimate spiritual guide and the absolute authority on esoteric mysteries for seekers of truth.