Complex sentence: It is an allegory of the quest for God (The Simurg), the hoopoe respresents a sufi master and each of the other birds represents a human fault which prevents man from attaining enlightenment.
Split into simpler sentences: It is an allegory of the quest for God (The Simorgh). The hoopoe respresents a sufi master and each of the other birds represents a human fault which prevents man from attaining enlightenment.