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The Wine Critics of Early Islam
- vixen99 5y agoAlthough his status as a Muslim (or even an atheist) is still up for debate, the Persian, Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) - the 'astronomer-poet' writes in his Rubaiyat And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel, And robb'd me of my Robe of Honour—well, I often wonder what the Vintners buy One half so precious as the Goods they sell. (translated by Edward Fitzgerald) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/246/pg246-images.html https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/246/pg246-images.html