In Book One of Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, a central element of the deceptive vizier's plot is the creation of twelve contradictory scrolls, each given secretly to a different Christian leader. The vizier embeds opposing religious doctrines in each text, such as strictly mandating asceticism in one while entirely dismissing it in another. This deliberate falsification of the Gospel's precepts is designed to ensure that the leaders will inevitably clash over their irreconcilable 'truths' once he is gone. Allegorically, Rumi uses these scrolls to critique sectarianism and dogmatism. The narrative illustrates how an obsessive attachment to the outward, conflicting forms of religious practice blinds followers to the unified spiritual reality, ultimately leading to communal destruction.