Al-Hallaj

al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallāj
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallāj
منصور حلاج
	The execution of Mansur al-Hallaj (manuscript illustration from Mughal Empire, c. 1600)
Personal life
Born	c. 858 CE; Fars, Abbasid Caliphate ; (present-day Iran)
Died	March 26, 922 (aged 63–64) CE; Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate ; (present-day Iraq)
Era	Abbasid
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
School	Hanbali
Creed	Athari
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Bayazid Bastami;
	Influenced Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani Hafiz Shirazi, Attar of Nishapur, al-Ghazali, Sanai, Rumi, Balım Sultan, Sachal Sarmast, Imadaddin Nasimi, Shah Hussain, Ahmad Yasawi, Adi ibn Musafir;

Mansour al-Hallaj (Arabic: ابو المغيث الحسين بن منصور الحلاج, romanized: Abū 'l-Muġīth al-Ḥusayn ibn Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj) or Mansour Hallaj (Persian: منصور حلاج, romanized: Mansūr-e Hallāj) (c. 858 – 26 March 922) (Hijri c. 244 AH – 309 AH) was a Persian Hanbali mystic, poet, and teacher of Sufism. He was best known for his saying, "I am the Truth" ("Ana'l-Ḥaqq"), which many saw as a claim to divinity, while others interpreted it as an instance of annihilation of the ego, which allowed God to speak through him. Al-Hallaj gained a wide following as a preacher before he became implicated in power struggles of the Abbasid court and was executed after a long period of confinement on religious and political charges. Although most of his Sufi contemporaries disapproved of his actions, Hallaj later became a major figure in the Sufi tradition.