# The Súfi — The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám character guide

> The Súfi in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Omar Khayyám.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-omar-khayy-m-the-astronomer-poet-of-persia

## Who they are

Mystical figure representing Sufi philosophy in the text.

## Relationships

### [Omar Khayyám](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/characters/omar_khayyam)

_rivalry_

The Súfi represents mystical orthodoxy, often clashing with Omar's skeptical, hedonistic worldview.

### [Háfiz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/characters/hafiz)

_rivalry_

Háfiz and the Súfi are intellectual adversaries, with Háfiz's sensual poetry challenging Sufi asceticism.

### [Monsieur Nicolas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/characters/monsieur_nicolas)

_psychological_

Monsieur Nicolas studies the Súfi as a counterpoint to Omar, fascinated by the tension between mysticism and skepticism.

### [Lucretius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/characters/lucretius)

_rivalry_

Lucretius's materialist philosophy directly opposes the Súfi's spiritual transcendence.

### [The Bonhomme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/characters/the_bonhomme)

_rivalry_

The Bonhomme's carnal realism is at odds with the Súfi's spiritual austerity.

## In the story

### [Omar Khayyám, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/chapters/omar-khayy-m-the-astronomer-poet-of-persia)

Referenced as the sect that claims Omar, though the author argues Omar was not a Sufi but a freethinker.

### [LXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/chapters/lxv)

Implied as one of the devout and learned who rose and burned as prophets.

### [LXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/chapters/lxxvi)

Implied as the Dervish who flouts and howls without.

### [LXXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/chapters/lxxxvii)

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

### [CI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rub_iy_t_of_omar_khayy_m_se/chapters/ci)

Implied as the speaker addressing the Sákí in a reflective, carpe diem moment.

## Links

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