In Farid al-Din Attar's Elahi Nameh, the anecdote of the god-worshipping man's speech illustrates the Sufi concept of spiritual solitude and the role of the book as a confidant. The poem teaches that worldly and other-worldly attachments act as veils (hijab) preventing true intimacy. When the mystic finds no human companion who is a true confidant (mahram) for the secrets of love, the written word (the book) becomes the sole vessel to express their solitary spiritual grief (dard) and inner sorrow, making the book a sacred companion in the state of detachment.