Abstract:

This research paper tackles the ambiguous and controversial figure of Omar al-Khayyam who enjoys a distinct worldwide reputation. He was amongst those figures who were mainly concerned with human destiny and the tragic end of man. He expressed his deep anxiety in “Rubâiyât” in which he displayed freely the essence of his thoughts and queries about the universe, existence, life and death. These queries were the main reasons for his fame. Similarly, these same reasons were behind distorting his image.Instead of being rewarded for this concern, al-Khayyam was oppressed and treated unjustly in his life and death. He was, also, oppressed in some of the Rubâiyât, which were referred to him as they focus on lust, obscenity, lewdness, immorality, etc.This research paper attempts to address some aspects of oppression of alKhayyam unjustly treated philosopher throughout history. It, also tries to correct misconceptions and beliefs about him as well as his Rubâiyât in an attempt to be fair with him as his image was distorted by his fellow-men or by the Western Orientalists.

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