God, you have paved our path with a thousand invisible stumbling stones and you have said: woe betide those that stumble! You see all and you know al… - Omar Khayyám

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God, you have paved our path
with a thousand invisible stumbling stones
and you have said: woe betide those that stumble!
You see all and you know all. Nothing happens without
your consent, so how can you hold us responsible for
our failures? Can you blame me
that I object to this?

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About Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyam [ عمر خیام Persian] (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, writer, and poet; originally named Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi Khayyámi (غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) Edward FitzGerald's translations of his poetic Rubaiyat (Quatrains) were immensely popular, and remain influential.

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Pen Names: خیام
Native Name: حکیم عُمَر خَیّام نیشابوری غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشاپوری
Alternative Names: Omar Khayyam Hakim Omar Khayyám
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