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Al-Hallaj (Hallâc-ı Mansûr)

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Gender Male
Born Fars Province
Iran
DiedBaghdad
Iraq
Full name Mansur al-Hallaj
Place of burial Tigris
Parents Mansur Hallaj
Job Teacher
Poet
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Al-Hallaj (Hallâc-ı Mansûr) Life story


Al-Hallaj was a Persian mystic, poet and teacher of Sufism. He is best known for his saying: "I am the Truth", which many saw as a claim to divinity, while others interpreted it as an instance of annihilation of the ego which allows God to speak through the individual.

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