Mansur Al-Hallaj quotes

Mansur Al-Hallaj was a Persian mystic, poet, and teacher of Sufism. His bold spiritual expressions and declaration of "I am the Truth" made him both influential and controversial in the Islamic world. He was executed for his teachings, but remains a symbol of spiritual devotion and the search for unity with the divine. Here are 18 of his quotes:

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

Concealment does not veil Him His pre-existence preceded time, His being preceded not-being, His eternity preceded limit.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

I am the Truth.

Mansur Al-Hallaj

I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart And said: "Who are you?" He answered: "You!

Mansur Al-Hallaj

Ana al-Haqq.

Mansur Al-Hallaj