Mansur al- Hallaj: I am the One whom I love

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I am the One whom I love

by Mansur al- Hallaj
(9th Century) Timeline

English version by
Bernard Lewis

Original Language
Arabic

Muslim / Sufi

9th Century

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.

-- from Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Hebrew Poems, Translated by Bernard Lewis

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Themes

Lover and Beloved

Recommended Books

	The Death of Al-Hallaj: A Dramatic Narrative, by Herbert Mason
	Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Quran, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Michael A. Sells
	Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi, Translated by Mahmood Jamal
	Music of a Distant Drum: Classical Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Hebrew Poems, Translated by Bernard Lewis
	The Passion of Al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam, by Louis Massignon / Translated by Herbert W. Mason

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