...When people began throw stone at him (Al Hallaj),Shible -so the legend has it- threw rose,and Hallaj sighed.Asked the reason for his sigh,he answered " They do not know what they do,but he (Shible) should have known it". And the saying that "The rose ,thrown by the friend,hurts more than any stone" has become a Turkish proverb....
...When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked "What is love?" He answered "You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.And that day they cut off his hands and feet,and the next day they put him on the gallows,and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind ....
...When he (Al Hallaj) knocked at Junayds door,the master asked "Who is there ?" and he answered : "ana al Haqq,I am the Absolute (or Creative) truth (or the True Reality)"....
... One of his most touching hymns begin with the words
"Kill me, o my trustworthy friends,for in my being killed is my life"....
(Quote from Mystical Dimensions of Islam by Annemarie Schimmel)
Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 5:50pm
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