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Mansur Al-Hallaj

858 - 922

Mansur Al-Hallaj

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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mansur Al-Hallaj is the 248th most popular writer (down from 204th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Iran (down from 29th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Writer.

Mansur al-Hallaj is most famous for his claim that he was the incarnation of God. He was executed for blasphemy in 922.

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Among writers, Mansur Al-Hallaj ranks 248 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdowsi, Prosper Mérimée, Lou Andreas-Salomé, W. H. Auden, Gerhart Hauptmann, and C. S. Lewis. After him are Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Osamu Dazai, Grazia Deledda, Henrik Pontoppidan, Dario Fo, and Johanna Spyri.

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Among people born in 858, Mansur Al-Hallaj ranks 1. After him are Al-Battani, Áed mac Cináeda, and Richard, Duke of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 922, Mansur Al-Hallaj ranks 1. After him are Theodora, Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, and Al-Nayrizi.