In the First Discourse of Farid al-Din Attar's Mosibat Nameh, the spiritual seeker (salik) initiates his cosmic journey by addressing the Archangel Gabriel. The seeker praises Gabriel's exalted status as the bearer of divine revelation, the translator for the prophets, and the trusted intermediary who brought the Quran, Torah, and Psalms. Despite acknowledging Gabriel's immense spiritual knowledge and proximity to the divine, the seeker expresses his own profound helplessness and spiritual distress. This encounter marks the first major station in the seeker's mystical quest for truth, establishing the thematic structure of seeking guidance from cosmic and angelic entities before ultimately realizing the truth within.