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Mansoor
मंसूर
said man-SOOR
also written: Mansur, Hallaj, Mansur Hallaj
Meaning
Mansur al-Hallaj, the Sufi martyr executed for crying ana'l-Haqq, I am the Truth.
Usage & notes
Mansur is Iqbal's emblem of ecstatic truth and the martyrdom that faith may demand, the lover who climbed the gallows rather than retract his vision. He treats Hallaj's cry both with awe and as a caution about the self's bounds, valuing the courage that speaks truth at any cost.
Related words
ARABIC
Junaid
Junaid of Baghdad, the early Sufi master celebrated for his sober, balanced mysticism.
PERSIAN
Bayazid
Bayazid Bastami, the early Persian Sufi famed for his intoxicated, rapturous mysticism and ecstatic sayings.
ARABIC
Ana-al-Haqq
The ecstatic utterance I am the Truth, spoken by Hallaj, taken by his judges as blasphemy.