趣事知多點 原來公元七世紀當伊斯蘭𥱊倦中亞、埃及、北非及敍利亞時,在伊斯蘭的領袖哈理發身傍曾經有一位是基督徒的首席詩人Al-Aktal,下面是他曾經與哈理發討論有關要求他改宗伊斯蘭,內容非常有趣,有如不吃王食的但以理! 可惜有關佢既資料太少... One day, when Akhtal came to recite a brilliant panegyric, the prince asked, “Why don’t you become a Muslim?” “I will,” said the poet, laughing, “so long as you grant me the use of wine and an exemption from Ramadan.” Abd-al Malik, whose proposal was serious, took this ribaldry badly. “Know,” he said, “that once you become a Muslim, if you neglect even one of the obligations of Islam, I’ll have you beheaded.” Unfazed, Akhtal responded with these verses: “No! I will never observe the fast of Ramadan, nor eat the flesh of sacrifices. Never will I drive a young and robust camel towards the valley of Mecca in the time of pilgrimage. Never will I cry out like a donkey, “Come! To prayer!” But I will continue to drink the blessed liquor, and to prostrate myself at daybreak.” “But,” said the Caliph, “what attraction has this wretched drink for you?” ...