Quotes from Mansur Al-Hallaj

There is nothing wrapped in my turban but God.

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?

I am the Truth (Ana al-?aqq).

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.

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.

Creatures perish in the darkened blind of quest, knowing intimations. Guessing and dreaming they pursue the real, faces turned toward the sky whispering secrets to the heavens. While the lord remains among them in every turn of time abiding in their every condition every instant. Never without him, they, not for the blink of an eye -- if only they knew! nor he for a moment without them.

I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart I asked, 'Who are You?' He replied, 'You'.

Ana el haq! Io sono la verità!

I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart I said: 'Who are you?' He said: 'You!' But for You, 'where' cannot have a place And there is no 'where' when it concerns You. The mind has no image of your existence in time Which would permit the mind to know where you are. You are the one who encompasses every 'where' Up to the point of no-where So where are you?