Three Truths

The ... are known as Seekers of Truth - the knowledge of Reality.

Rudarigh, a great lord of Murcia Spain, decided to possess this Truth. He sought out Omar el-Alawi of Tarragona and brought him to his court and said, "I order you to tell tell the truths which you know and must be told in manner I understand, otherwise your life is forfeit."

Omar asked, "Do you observe in your court when an arrested person tell truth in answer to a question that the truth does not incriminate him, and he is released to freedom?"

"That is so", the lord said.

"I call upon every one to witness this by the honor of our lord, and I will tell three truths and not one", said Omar.

"We must also be satisfied and proof must accompany the telling, that you claim Truths are indeed so", said Rudarigh.

"For such a lord as you are, we can give truths not one but three and they are all self evident", said Omar.

'The first Truth - I am he who is called Omar the Sufi of Tarragona.

"The second Truth is that you have agreed to release me if I tell the truth."

"The third is that you wish to know the truth as you understand it".

Such was the impression on tyrant that he could not deny freedom to Omar.

Those who want to know more, this is an oral account by el-Mutanabbi and he ordained that this episode must not be written down for 1000 years; he has died 1000 years ago. Being it an Oral account, it has undergone continuous change in accordance with changes of time and place.