Mansur Al-Hallaj
Mansour al-Hallaj () or Mansour Hallaj () ( 26 March 922) (Hijri 309 AH) was a mystic, poet, and teacher of Sufism. He was best known for his saying, "I am the Truth" ("''Ana'l-Ḥaqq''"), which many saw as a claim to divinity, while others interpreted it as an instance of annihilation of the ego, which allowed God to speak through him. Al-Hallaj gained a wide following as a preacher before he became implicated in power struggles of the Abbasid court and was executed after a long period of confinement on religious and political charges. Although most of his Sufi contemporaries disapproved of his
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Mansur Al-Hallaj was a 10th-century Islamic mystic and Sufi teacher famous for his enigmatic statement "I am the Truth," which some viewed as blasphemous while others interpreted as spiritual enlightenment. He was eventually executed by the Abbasid court on religious and political charges after gaining a large following as a preacher.
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- Born
- 858 or 9
- Died
- 922
- Works
- 44
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- The Tawasin of Mansur Al-Hallaj
- Kitab al-Tawasin كتاب الطواسين
- The tawasin of Mansur al-Hallaj
- Le Dîwân d'ál-Hallâj
- Kitâb al ṭawâsîn
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Mansour al-Hallaj () or Mansour Hallaj () ( 26 March 922) (Hijri 309 AH) was a mystic, poet, and teacher of Sufism. He was best known for his saying, "I am the Truth" ("''Ana'l-Ḥaqq"), which many saw as a claim to divinity, while others interpreted it as an instance of annihilation of the ego, which allowed God to speak through him. Al-Hallaj gained a wide following as a preacher before he became implicated in power struggles of the Abbasid court and was executed after a long period of confinement on religious and political charges. Although most of his Sufi contemporaries disapproved of his actions, Hallaj later became a major figure in the Sufi tradition.
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10th-century Arabic-language poets10th-century executions by the Abbasid Caliphate10th-century Iranian writers850s births922 deaths9th-century Arabic-language writers9th-century Iranian writersArabic-language Iranian poetsExecuted Iranian peopleExecuted philosophersHinduism and IslamIranian Muslim mystics