In the 'Tale of the Lost Donkey' (Hekayat) from the Ninth Discourse of the Mosibat Nameh, Farid al-Din Attar narrates a parable about a man whose donkey is lost. When he finds it, his relief and joy highlight the theme of search and realization. In a mystical context, the story serves as an allegory for the spiritual seeker's quest. Attar uses it to illustrate how spiritual love (ishq) and devotion distinguish human consciousness and the search for the divine from a purely animalistic existence of material satisfaction.