# LXXXVII explained — The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

> Chapter companion for The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám.

## 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.

## Character check-ins

### The Súfi

A Súfi pipkin speaks up, questioning the identity of the Potter and the Pot.

## Key lines

> 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._

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