In the Thirty-Sixth Discourse of Attar's Mosibat Nameh, the spiritual wayfarer (salik) encounters the Senses (Hess) as the first stage (payeh) of his journey. The poem describes the senses as the 'spy of the manifest' (jasus-e zaher) which rules the physical world (the five senses and six directions) but remains blind to spiritual realities (nisti or non-existence) that transcend physical perception. This dialogue highlights a foundational Sufi concept: the necessity of recognizing the limitations of sensory perception as a prerequisite for progressing toward spiritual proximity (qurb).