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Mansur Al-Hallaj

Mansur al-Hallaj (c. 858 – 26 March 922) was a Persian

monist philosopher, mystic, writer and teacher of Sufism. His

full name was Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-

Hallaj.

Quotes

 Ana al-Haqq

I am the Truth.

 As quoted in From Primitives to Zen : A

Thematic Sourcebook of the History of 

 Religions (1967) by Mircea Eliade, p. 523; this

is the primary assertion for which he w as

condemned as a heretic. "al-Haqq" ("The

Truth") is one of the most holy names and

attributes of Allah (God), and by this

statement his persecutors asserted that Al

Hallaj was claiming to be God.

I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart.

He said, "Who are you?" I said, "I am You."

 You are He Who fills all place

But place does not know where You are.

In my subsistence is my annihilation;

In my annihilation, I remain You.

 Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis (1978) by 

Steven T. Katz, p. 92; four centuries later theChristian mystic Meister Eckhart would mak e a very 

similar assertion: "The eye with which I see God is

the same with which God sees me. My eye and God's

eye is one eye, and one sight, and one knowledge,

and one love."

 Variant translations:

I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart. I asked: Who art Thou? 

He answered: Thou.

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 As quoted in Sufism : The Mystical Doctrines and Methods of Islam (1976) by 

 William Stoddart , p. 83

I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart

 And said: "Who are you?" He answered: "You!

 As quoted in In the Company of Friends : Dreamwork Within a Sufi Group (1994)

 by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, p. 86

I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart, and I said "Who are you?" and he said "Your Self."

 As quoted in The Modern Alchemist : A Guide to Personal Transformation (1994)

 by Iona Miller, p. 119

I saw my Lord with the Eye of my heart,

 And I said: Truly there is no doubt that it is You.

It is You that I see in everything;

 And I do not see You through anything (but You). As quoted in "Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj" at Sidi Muhammad Press

Concealment does not veil Him

His pre-existence preceded time,

His being preceded not-being,

His eternity preceded limit.

On Allah (God), as quoted in Doctrine of Sufis (1977) by Abû Bakr al- Kalâbâdî, as

translated by A. J. Arberry , Ch. 5 p. 15

Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do

not create opposition.

He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.

On Allah (God), as quoted in Doctrine of Sufis (1977) by Abû Bakr al- Kalâbâdî, as

translated by A. J. Arberry , Ch. 5 p. 16

He acts without contact,instructs without meeting,

guides without pointing.

Desires do not conflict with Him,

thoughts do not mingle with Him:

His essence is without qualification (takyeef),

His action without effort (takleef).

On Allah (God), as quoted in Doctrine of Sufis (1977) by Abû Bakr al- Kalâbâdî, as

translated by A. J. Arberry , Ch. 5 p. 16

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The beloved does not drink a single drop of water without seeing His Face in the

cup. Allah is He Who flows between the pericardium and the heart, just as the tears flow from

the eyelids.

 As quoted in Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1978) by Annemarie Schimmel

God, Most High, is the very one who Himself affirms His unity  by the tongue of  whatever of His creatures He wishes. If He Himself affirms His unity by my tongue, it is

He and His affair. Otherwise, brother, I have nothing to do with affirming God's Unity.

 As quoted in Words of Ecstasy in Sufism (1985) by Carl W. Ernst, p. 45

 Variant translation: Allah, Most High, is the very One Who Himself affirms His Unity by 

the tongue of whomsoever of His creatures He wishes. If He affirms His Unity in my 

tongue it is He Who does so, and it is His affair. Otherwise, my brother, I myself have

nothing to do with affirming Allah's Unity.

 As quoted in "Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj" at Sidi Muhammad Press

Love is in the pleasure of possession, but in the Love of Allah there is no pleasure of 

possession, because the stations of the Reality  are wonderment, the cancelling of 

the debt which is owed, and the blinding of vision. The Love of the human being for God

is a reverence which penetrates the very depths of his being, and which is not permitted to be

given except to Allah alone. The Love of Allah for the human being is that He Himself 

gives proof of Himself, not revealing Himself to anything that is not He.

 As quoted in "Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj" at Sidi Muhammad Press

In the Name of Allah the Merciful, the Compassionate, Who manifests Himself 

through everything, the revelation of a clear knowing to whomsoever He wishes,

peace be upon you, my son. This praise belongs to Allah Who manifests Himself on the head

of a pin to whom He wishes, so that one testifies that He is not, and another testifies that there is

none other than He. But the witnessing in the denying of Him is not rejected, and the witnessing

in the affirming of Him is not praised. As quoted in "Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj" at Sidi Muhammad Press

Quotes about al-Hallaj

From Hallaj, I learned to hunt lions, but I became something hungrier than a lion.

Rumi, as translated in We Are Three : New Rumi Poems (1987) translated by Coleman

Barks, p. 1

He says, "There’s nothing left of me.

I’m like a ruby  held up to the sunrise.

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Is it still a stone, or a world

made of redness? It has no resistance

to sunlight."

This is how Hallaj said, I am God ,

and told the truth!

The ruby and the sunrise are one.

Be courageous and discipline yourself.

Completely become hearing and ear, and wear this sun-

ruby as an earring.

Rumi, as translated in Head and Heart : A Personal Exploration of Science and the

 Sacred  (2002) by Victor Mansfield

This is what is signified by the words An! l- " aqq, "I am God." People imagine that

it is a presumptuous claim, whereas it is really a presumptuous claim to say Ana 'l-

'abd , "I am the slave of God"; and An! l- " aqq, "I am God" is an expression of great

humility . The man who says Ana 'l-'abd , "I am the servant of God" affirms two existences, his

own and God's, but he that says An! l- " aqq, "I am God" has made himself non-existent and has

given himself up and says "I am God", that is, "I am naught, He is all; there is no being but

God's." This is the extreme of humility and self-abasement.

Rumi, commenting on the famous expression for which al-Hallaj was executed as a

 blasphemer, as translated in The Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí , Vol. 4, part 7, edited by 

Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1940) p. 248

 Variant translation: People imagine that it is a presumptive claim, whereas it is really a

presumtive claim to say "I am the slave of God"; and "I am God" is an expression of great

humility. The man who says "I am the slave of God" affirms two existences, his own and

God's, but he that says "I am God" has made himself non-existent and has given himself upand says "I am God", that is, "I am naught, He is all; there is no being but God's."

This is the extreme of humility and self-abasement.

External links

"Al Hallaj Mystic and Martyr"

Doctrine of Al-Hallaj

 Articles at Poet Seersal-Hallaj at the Internet Medieval Source Book 

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The Tawasin of Mansur al-Hallaj - alternate site

Quotes and pictures

Collected Works of Mansur Hallaj (Farsi)

Deewan of Mansur Hallaj (Farsi)