Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam is famous today not only for his scientific accomplishments, especially in the fields of astronomy and mathematics, but also for his literary works. He is believed to have written about a thousand four-line verses. The philosophy of Omar Khayyam, as expounded in these short poems,was quite different from official Islamic dogmas. It is not clear whether he believed in the existence of God or not, but he objected to the notion that every particular event and phenomenon was the result of divine intervention; nor did he believe in any Judgment Day or rewards and punishments after life. Instead he supported the view that laws of nature explained all phenomena of observed life.