M3:3276 — گفت موسی یا رب این مرد سلیم / سخره کردستش مگر دیو رجیم

This couplet marks a turning point in the story. A man has been pestering Moses for the supernatural ability to understand the language of animals. Despite Moses's warnings that this knowledge is perilous, the man only becomes more adamant. Faced with this intractable desire, Moses shifts from arguing with the man to consulting God directly.

Moses's prayer reveals his diagnosis of the situation. He calls the man salīm—a word that can mean sound, whole, or simple-hearted—highlighting the tragic irony: the man is not malicious, but his naive insistence on a power he cannot handle suggests a deeper, more sinister influence. Moses suspects that the dīv-e rajīm (the accursed devil, a Qur'anic epithet for Satan) has made the man an object of ridicule (sukhra), tricking him into pursuing a wish that will lead to his ruin. The beyt captures the prophet's compassionate concern, seeing the man not as a sinner but as a victim of demonic delusion, caught in a trap of his own obsessive desire.