Arabic · proper noun · People & Roles
Hallaj
हल्लाज
said hal-laaj
also written: mansur hallaj, al-hallaj, hallaaj
Meaning
Mansur al-Hallaj, the martyr-mystic of 'Ana al-Haqq' hanged for his ecstatic claim of union with God; emblem of love that pays with life for truth.
Related words
ARABIC
Mansur
Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922), Sufi martyr executed for crying 'Ana al-Haqq' (I am the Truth); the emblem of self-annihilating mystical love and the gallows of the seeker.
ARABIC
Ana-al-Haqq
The ecstatic utterance I am the Truth, spoken by Hallaj, taken by his judges as blasphemy.
SANSKRIT
Dar
Fear, fright, the everyday dread that grips the timid heart.