Friday, October 22, 2010

Persian Culture

The stories The Rubaiyat and the Gulistan have taught me that the Persians had a very deep feeling for life lessons. In both their stories there  are life lessons to be learned and they believe in those lessons. The Persians believed in the Qur'an and in Allah and were afraid to anger him. Their goal was to always please Allah and to live by him. 

"Whether the Naishapur or Babylon, 
Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, 
The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop,
The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one."
-The Rubaiyat

5 comments:

  1. Good job giving an example from the text ! Good insight :)

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  2. Nice example and i agree with you that they were extremly timid to do anything that he wouldnt approve of.

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  3. Very detailed, and informative!
    patt on the back

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