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賴賰匕丕 鬲賰賱賲 丕賱丨賱丕噩 - 丕賱賳氐賵氐 丕賱氐賵賮賷丞 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞
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First published April 14, 2009
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December 29, 2010
丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 氐毓亘丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 .. 賮丕禺鬲乇鬲 毓丿賲 廿賰賲丕賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 .. 賵賱賰賳賷 亘毓丿賴丕 亘賮鬲乇丞 賯乇乇鬲 兀賳 兀鬲氐賮丨賴 賵賵噩丿鬲賴 睾賳賷 噩丿丕賸 ..
賮賷賴 鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱丨賱丕噩 賱亘毓囟 丕賱丌賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇丌賳賷丞 賵胤賵丕爻賷賳賴 賵兀賯賵丕賱賴 賵丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬 丕賱鬲賷 賯賷賱鬲 毓賳賴 .. 賵丕賱丿賷賵丕賳 兀賷囟丕賸 !!
賰鬲丕亘 睾賳賷 噩丿丕賸 .. 賱賲賳 賷乇賷丿 兀賳 賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賱丕噩 .. 爻毓賷丿丞 賱兀賳賴 賮賷 賲賰鬲亘鬲賷 .. :)
賮賷賴 鬲賮爻賷乇 丕賱丨賱丕噩 賱亘毓囟 丕賱丌賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇丌賳賷丞 賵胤賵丕爻賷賳賴 賵兀賯賵丕賱賴 賵丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬 丕賱鬲賷 賯賷賱鬲 毓賳賴 .. 賵丕賱丿賷賵丕賳 兀賷囟丕賸 !!
賰鬲丕亘 睾賳賷 噩丿丕賸 .. 賱賲賳 賷乇賷丿 兀賳 賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賱丕噩 .. 爻毓賷丿丞 賱兀賳賴 賮賷 賲賰鬲亘鬲賷 .. :)
October 11, 2019
Whenever Sufism is mentioned, figures like Rumi and Ibn Arabi are always at the top of the name list of famous Sufis. Yet we cannot forget or ignore one of the most important and earliest Sufi teachers and poets, Al Hallaj. Born in the second half of the 9th century BC in Iran, he moved to Iraq in his early 20s where he rose to prominence during the Abbasid period by inspiring much controversy through his Sufi teachings on the religious level, and even on a more political level with different power plays. This lead to his brutal execution by torture, crucifixion, and burning. Al Hallaj left us with some of the most important poems and teachings of Sufi Islam. You see, the main message of Al Hallaj is that the one can form a true connection with the divine in which the divine can be manifested through the one鈥檚 body and words. Religious rituals become secondary, and any 鈥渟trict ruling鈥� by any religion can actually sway away the person from the divine. We, and only we, are capable of letting the divine speak through us. All religions to Al Hallaj are just different paths leading to the same goal, so if the individual truly worked on himself/herself, a connection with the divine can be formed. And of course, this divine isn鈥檛 limited by time and space. Al Hallaj wasn鈥檛 a monotheist in the since of just 鈥淥ne God鈥� ,but 鈥淎n all-encompassing divine.鈥� This not only led to many accusing him of blasphemy and apostasy, but also he was considered a political threat by some Shia sects in Iraq during that time as he could have been seen as a revolutionary figure.
What truly epitomized Al Hallaj鈥檚 belief in being a vessel for the divine was his famous phrase 鈥淚 am The Truth/Right鈥� (兀賳丕 丕賱丨賯). He rarely referred to the divine or god in his poems and teachings as 鈥淕od鈥� or 鈥淎llah鈥�, but 鈥淎l Hak鈥�. It鈥檚 hard to directly convey the meaning of this word in English, but it closely means 鈥淭he Truth鈥� or 鈥淭he Right鈥�, as in the True divine appearing. Furthermore, one of the greatest aspects of Sufi poetry is that at a first reading, the poems appear as simple love poems directed to another person. Yet they are love poems to the divine, which leads more, even to this day, to many considering the Sufis as heretics. Yet I really love the literary production of the Sufi poets and the messages of love and unity in their poems, especially in those by Al Hallaj. It should be also noted that many famous Euro-centric orientalists such as Louis Massignon sought to 鈥淲esternize鈥� Al Hallaj by either negating his Islamic or by presenting him more as a Christ-like figure, rather than treat him as an independent figure in Islamic history. But such a fact is another huge discussion on its own. For the time being, if you鈥檙e interested in Sufi history or Arabic poetry, I do recommend Al Hallaj. You鈥檒l find here a couple of translated poems attached. One shows the Sufi message of Al Hallaj and the other was one of his last poems before being executed. Nevertheless, Al Hallaj believed that by his death he shall truly let the Divine manifest itself through him, and The Truth would appear and express itself. His tragic death was Al Hallaj greatest manifestation of The Truth.
鈥淎mazed by you and by me, O you, the desire of the desirers
You drew me closer to thee, until I thought that you were me
I vanished in ecstasy until you erased me from myself by thee
O my blessing in life and my rest after death
I have no intimacy with anyone but thee
When I鈥檓 afraid or in safety
O you, the gardens of meanings that surround all my art
If I want anything, it鈥檚 you, my utmost desire鈥�
鈥� Kill me, my trusted friend. In killing me there is my life.
My death is my life, and my life is my death.
For me: The annihilation of self for the blessings
And remaining in my traits is of the ugliest of sins.
My soul is jaded from my life in fading costs.
So kill me and burn me with my mortal bones,
Then pass by my ashes in the learned graves.
.......................鈥�
What truly epitomized Al Hallaj鈥檚 belief in being a vessel for the divine was his famous phrase 鈥淚 am The Truth/Right鈥� (兀賳丕 丕賱丨賯). He rarely referred to the divine or god in his poems and teachings as 鈥淕od鈥� or 鈥淎llah鈥�, but 鈥淎l Hak鈥�. It鈥檚 hard to directly convey the meaning of this word in English, but it closely means 鈥淭he Truth鈥� or 鈥淭he Right鈥�, as in the True divine appearing. Furthermore, one of the greatest aspects of Sufi poetry is that at a first reading, the poems appear as simple love poems directed to another person. Yet they are love poems to the divine, which leads more, even to this day, to many considering the Sufis as heretics. Yet I really love the literary production of the Sufi poets and the messages of love and unity in their poems, especially in those by Al Hallaj. It should be also noted that many famous Euro-centric orientalists such as Louis Massignon sought to 鈥淲esternize鈥� Al Hallaj by either negating his Islamic or by presenting him more as a Christ-like figure, rather than treat him as an independent figure in Islamic history. But such a fact is another huge discussion on its own. For the time being, if you鈥檙e interested in Sufi history or Arabic poetry, I do recommend Al Hallaj. You鈥檒l find here a couple of translated poems attached. One shows the Sufi message of Al Hallaj and the other was one of his last poems before being executed. Nevertheless, Al Hallaj believed that by his death he shall truly let the Divine manifest itself through him, and The Truth would appear and express itself. His tragic death was Al Hallaj greatest manifestation of The Truth.
鈥淎mazed by you and by me, O you, the desire of the desirers
You drew me closer to thee, until I thought that you were me
I vanished in ecstasy until you erased me from myself by thee
O my blessing in life and my rest after death
I have no intimacy with anyone but thee
When I鈥檓 afraid or in safety
O you, the gardens of meanings that surround all my art
If I want anything, it鈥檚 you, my utmost desire鈥�
鈥� Kill me, my trusted friend. In killing me there is my life.
My death is my life, and my life is my death.
For me: The annihilation of self for the blessings
And remaining in my traits is of the ugliest of sins.
My soul is jaded from my life in fading costs.
So kill me and burn me with my mortal bones,
Then pass by my ashes in the learned graves.
.......................鈥�
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