The Coincidence and Intention of a Tale

"Coincidance and intention are two sides of a tapestry, my lord. You may find one more agreeable to look at, but you cannot say one is true and the other is false," says Bashar Greethar Azranya. "It is said, your majesty, that fate laughs at men's schemes", he adds. 'I was tempted to speak and see if I might play a hidden role in that tale,' writes Qutb al-Husayni after meeting Ranya for the first time on his way back from Baghdad. "'But then I remembered that my goal was to play ahidden role in my own tale' So I left without a word