26/07/2014 22:19 Mansur Al-Hallaj - Wikiquote Page 1 sur 5 http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mansur_Al-Hallaj Mansur Al-Hallaj Mansur al-Hallaj (c. 858– 26 March922) was a Persian monistphilosopher, mystic,writerand teacher of Sufism. His full name wasAbu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al- Hallaj. Quotes Ana al-Haqq I am the Truth. As quoted inFrom Primitives to Zen : A Thematic Sourcebook of the History ofReligions(1967) by Mircea Eliade, p. 523; this is the primary assertion for which he was 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 thatAl Hallaj was claiming to beGod. I saw my Lord with the eyeof my heart. He said, "Who are you?" I said, "I amYou." You are He Who fills allplace 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)bySteven T. Katz, p. 92; four centuries later the Christian mystic Meister Eckhartwould make a verysimilar assertion: "The eye with which I see Godis 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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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
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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