![]() ![]() Whenever a copy was found, it was burned by the priests, because this man was teaching such a dangerous idea. Omar Khayyam’s book was burned in his day. The priests approached him and said, “What kind of things are you writing? You will destroy people’s religiousness! Create fear in people, tell people that God is very just: - if you have committed a sin, you will be punished. He was a famous mathematician too, renowned in his country. How much sin can you commit in seventy years of life? - in comparison to his forgiveness, it is nothing.” When the priests discovered that he was writing such sacrilegious things, that he was saying, “Don’t be worried, go on doing anything you want because God is nothing but pure compassion and love. When the priests came to know about his book - because in those days books were written by hand, there were no printing presses…. My sins are very small his forgiveness is immense.” ![]() I am going to commit every kind of sin because I trust God is compassionate - he will forgive. One great Sufi poet, Omar Khayyam, has written in his RUBAIYAT, his world-famous collection of poetry: “I am going to drink, to dance, to love. ![]()
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