Mansur Al-Hallaj Quotes

#1. Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition.He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.

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#2. What earth is this
so in want of you
they rise up on high
to seek you in heaven?
Look at them staring
at you
right before their eyes,
unseeing, unseeing, blind.

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#3. I saw my Lord with the Eye of my heart,And I said: Truly there is no doubt that it is You.It is You that I see in everything;And I do not see You through anything (but You).

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#4. I have seen my Lord with the eye of my heart, and I said: 'Who are You?' He said: 'You.'

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#5. The beloved does not drink a single drop of water without seeing His Face in the cup. Allah is He Who flows between the pericardium and the heart, just as the tears flow from the eyelids.

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#6. God is in the water of the lake; he is also in the cracked bed of the lake when the lake has dried up. God is in the abundant harvest; he is also in the famine that occurs when the harvest fails. God is in the lightning; he is also in the darkness when the lightning has faded.

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#7. Between me and You, there is only me. Take away the me, so only You remain.

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#8. God, Most High, is the very one who Himself affirms His unity by the tongue of whatever of His creatures He wishes. If He Himself affirms His unity by my tongue, it is He and His affair. Otherwise, brother, I have nothing to do with affirming God's Unity.

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#9. There is nothing wrapped in my turban but God,

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#10. O Lord! You are the guide of those who are passing through the Valley of Bewilderment. If I am a heretic, enlarge my heresy.

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#11. He acts without contact,instructs without meeting,guides without pointing.Desires do not conflict with Him,thoughts do not mingle with Him:His essence is without qualification (takyeef),His action without effort (takleef).

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#12. Oh you who have been removed from God in his solitude by the abyss of time, how can you expect to reach him without dying?

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#13. God said to him [Eblis], 'You have become proud.' He replied, 'If I had been with you but a moment my pride would have been justified; I have been with you for centuries.

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