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The careful reader of his diwan, after this overview, can see in it much Shi'ism and much Qarmatianism, such as: "O blamer of lovers, leave the opinion whose origin is God, how can you guide it? Peace does not prevail in ambitions, the closest of them to you is the furthest from you." And so on, as it also explains his introduction to the Arab world and his rule by non-Arabs. Perhaps his wish was to be an Arab Shi'ite who applies the teachings of the Qarmatians, and that he weeps for Sham, and weeps for Egypt, and weeps for the bad comprehensive social system, and aspires to change it. To many similar things. All this turmoil, confusion, weeping, wailing, and resentment from the extreme towards his contemporaries, other than the Yazidis, is a clear Qarmatian influence. And his long service to the Shi'ite Saif al-Dawla also helped him, who was closely connected to the Shi'ites and their doctrine.