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tomb of Hallaj
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Kill me, my faithful friends,
For in my being killed is my life.
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Love is that you remain standing
In front of your Beloved
When you are stripped of all your attributes;
Then His attributes become your qualities.
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Between me and You, there is only me.
Take away the me, so only You remain
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I am the One whom I love, and the One whom I love is myself.
We are two souls incarnated in one body;
if you see me, you see Him,
if you see Him, you see us.
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~ Al-Hallaj
Mansur al-Hallaj was executed in Baghdad in 922.
Hallaj taught an interior expression,
he was known to say “ana al-haq,” or “I am the Truth,”
for this he was executed.
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