Mansour al-Hallaj – Luminous Emptiness

I saw my Lord with the Eye of my Heart – Al-Hallaj

I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart I said: ‘Who are You?’ He said: ‘You!’ But for You, ‘where’ cannot have a place And there is no ‘where’ when it concerns You. The mind has no image of your existence in time Which would permit the mind to know where you are. […]

Sufism

Sufi Mystic Al-Hallaj’s Beautiful Poem: Stillness

03/09/2024 | Leave a Comment

I thought I’d share a few reflections on a very beautiful poem by Mansur al-Hallaj (ابو المغيث الحسين بن منصور الحلاج). A brief biography of Mansour al-Hallaj Mansour al-Hallaj or Mansour Hallaj was a Persian mystic, poet, and teacher of Sufism. He was born 858 CE in Iran and died in 922 in Baghdad, Iraq.

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