*Life is just action and reaction, rationalizations are added later on* [*Ibn-e-Safi*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5622180.Ibn_e_Safi?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) Ibn-e-Safi is the pen name of famed Pakistani writer and poet Asrar Ahmad (born July 26, 1928). It is an Arabian expression which translates to Son of Safi—safi meaning chaste or righteous.