Analyzing Omar's Poem 103

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Not only the government in Persia, but the Islamic religion also influenced his writing. He thinks that people merely go through the motions of life and do not truly live in the moment they are in. When people live this way, they are viewing life merely as a stepping stone to God. It causes individuals to go through the motions of preying and worshipping just so they can go to heaven one day. Poem 103 stresses that one should not be concerned about the future. It states, “Suppose the world went as you wanted, then what? And suppose this book of life were read through, then what? Let me suppose a century of self-gratification left, Even supposing we had a century more, then what?” (Khayyam 72).
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This poem is stressing the fact that there is no proof to a heaven or afterlife even existing. “Omar advocates that Individuals should not plague their minds with speculations about where they came from and where they will go because neither philosophy nor religion has ever provided proof of existence” (Al-Ghalith 58). He is disagreeing with both the idea of an afterlife, and with the idea of a God. These are two key components of the Islamic religion, which shows that he does not agree with their views. Instead of concerning yourself with the future, he wants people to make the most out of the moment that they are in now. Worrying about an afterlife or moments to come, only take away from the moment that you are in right now.
The Ruba’iyat was Omar Khayyam’s way of voicing his opinion on the world going on around him. With a new religion and way of life being pushed on him, he continued to stay strong to what he believed in. He did not see the point of worrying about the afterlife if the afterlife was not guaranteed. He encouraged his readers to live in the present and enjoy all that life has to offer. He believed that this would lead to a better lived and more fulfilling life. Omar Khayyam’s disagreements with the Islamic religion and new government in Persia fueled the creation of the

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