Omar Khayyam 14

Juan Cole 02/05/2012

The idol asked the pagan,
“Do you know why
you started bowing down to me?”
–“It was because the One
who looks out through your eyes
shone his light on me!”

trans. Juan Cole
from Whinfield 14

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page