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Ana-al-Haqq

अनल-हक़

said a-nal-HAQQ

also written: Anal-Haqq, Ana'l-Haqq

Meaning

The ecstatic utterance I am the Truth, spoken by Hallaj, taken by his judges as blasphemy.

Literally: I am the Truth

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal engages the cry of ana'l-Haqq as the extreme expression of the self's union with the divine, admiring its boldness while pondering its dangers. For him it marks the dizzying summit and the peril of the ego's encounter with God.

See it in the verse

Ana-al-Haqq in Iqbal’s couplets

Aaeen-e-jawan-mardan haq-goi-o-be-baaki
Allah ke sheron ko aati nahin rubaahi

The code of the brave is to speak the truth and to be fearless — the lions of God do not know the ways of the fox.

Courage · Justice · Selfhood

Related words

ARABIC

Mansoor

Mansur al-Hallaj, the Sufi martyr executed for crying ana'l-Haqq, I am the Truth.

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