In Book 3 of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, after ignoring the locals' warnings, the enamored guest settles into the perilous guest-killing mosque. Rumi emphasizes the intensity of the guest's spiritual state by noting his inability to sleep, asking rhetorically how a drowning man could sleep in a stream. He contrasts ordinary beings—likened to birds and fish who can rest—with true lovers, who lie awake beneath the floodwaters of grief and spiritual longing. This metaphor highlights that a sincere seeker is entirely consumed by their quest and incapable of worldly complacency. The narrative reaches its climax at midnight when a terrifying, harsh voice echoes five times, declaring, 'I am coming upon you, O seeker of benefit!' Allegorically, this terrifying voice signifies the overwhelming onset of divine intervention and the severe trials of self-annihilation (fana) that the ego must face when approaching the Divine.