2. Born in the southern Iranian community in the province
of Fars around 858.
Abu Al-Mughith Al-Husain ibn Mansur Al-Hallaj.
Al-Hallaj’s grandfather may have been a Zoroastrian.
He memorized the Quran at the age of 11 in 869.
Would often retreat from worldly pursuits to join other
mystics in study.
Al-Hallaj would later marry and make a pilgrimage to
Makah.
Began to travel the world abroad, preaching, teaching
and writing along the way about the way to an intimate
relationship with God.
3. A Sufi poet, Teacher and Philosopher.
A revolutionary writer and teacher of his time,
when practices of mysticism were not meant to be
shared publically.
Yet he remains a Controversial figure, revered
by Rumi, hated by many.
Was labeled an intoxicated Sufi and is still read
today.
4. His writings are very important not only to
Sufis, but to all Muslims.
His example is seen by some as one that should
be emulated, especially his calm demeanor in
the face of torture and his forgiving of his
tormentors. Others continue to see him as a
heretic(Unbeliever).
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9. Ana-al-Haq’ (I am the truth)
Executed on the orders of an Abbasside
caliph for uttering these words, taken to
mean Hallaj as claiming himself to be God.
After more than a decade of imprisonment,
Hallaj was eventually executed publically in
Baghdad in the year 922.
10. Philosophy of Hallaj in his
poetry
I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart. I asked: Who art
Thou?
He answered: Thou.
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.
Concealment does not veil Him
His pre-existence preceded time,
His being preceded not-being,
His eternity preceded limit.
14. "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.
1. Faith of solution in Allah(aqeeda al
halool).
Meaning of ana al haqq