Arabic · proper noun · People & Roles
Mansur
मंसूर
said man-soor
also written: hallaj, mansoor, husayn ibn mansur, mansur hallaj
Meaning
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.
Literally: the victorious
Usage & notes
Iqbal repeatedly invokes Mansur's 'Ana al-Haqq' as the boldest claim of selfhood realised in God.