In Book Two of the Masnavi, Rumi recounts the story of a logician and philosopher who overhears a Quran reciter chanting the verse, 'If your water should become sunken, who could bring you flowing water?' The philosopher arrogantly claims that he could extract the water himself using a pickaxe and an axe, relying purely on human intellect and physical tools rather than acknowledging divine grace. That night, he dreams of a powerful spiritual figure (a 'lion-man') who strikes him blind, challenging him to use his pickaxe to restore the light to his eyes if his tools are truly sufficient. The philosopher wakes up physically blind, realizing the absolute futility of human intellect and materialism when divorced from divine power. This tale serves as an allegory for the limitations of worldly philosophy and logic, emphasizing the necessity of recognizing God as the true source of all light, life, and understanding.