In this tale from Attar's Elahi Nameh, the king fleeing his army and dressing in disguise represents the Divine hidden in the physical world. The king warns his acquaintance not to reveal his identity because those lacking the 'eye of a sultan' (spiritual perception) cannot comprehend royal majesty in a humble form and would destroy the one who reveals it. Attar uses this allegory to show that seeking proximity to the Divine without spiritual insight is self-destructive, and that true recognition of spiritual reality requires inner perception rather than outward observation.