The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám · Chapter
LXXXVII explained
A voice from the crowd, identified as a Súfi pipkin, interrupts the ongoing discussion about the potter and the pot, demanding to know who the Potter and the Pot truly are.
What happens
A voice from the crowd, identified as a Súfi pipkin, interrupts the ongoing discussion about the potter and the pot, demanding to know who the Potter and the Pot truly are.
Themes in this chapter
The Potter and Clay Metaphor
The Súfi directly challenges the metaphor, asking for the true identities of the Potter and the Pot.
Characters to notice
- The Súfi
A Súfi pipkin speaks up, questioning the identity of the Potter and the Pot.
Key passages
“All this of Pot and Potter—Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?”
After all this talk about the pot and the potter, can you tell me who the potter really is and who the pot is?
The Súfi demands clarification on the central allegory.