As concluding part to the previously treated parts of notion GNOSTICISM, I’ll analyze the story of a great saint Seyyid Mansour Al- hallaj, May Allah be pleased with him.
Seyyid Mansour Al-hallaj was a great saint who lived in the time of the prominent sufi master, As-Seyyid Imam Junayd rta, may Allah be pleased him. Seyyid Mansour rta was a great knower of his Lord through the two previously analyzed fundamental ways of approach to Gnosticism. He loved Allah and was loved in return by Him but only few among the people of his era loved him ‘cause most of his assertions were considered heretic he was also cautioned by Sidi Imam Junayd rta, who told him to limit the prominence of his mysticism as not all hearts could receive its comprehension of his luminated thought, Sidi Mansour couldn’t hold on to this as he was intoxicated with the love of his Rabb swt.
Several occasions, Sidi Mansour Al-hallaj rta was held by the ruling authority of his city on allegation of pronouncing heretic issues in the community, I’ll only tell the situation of the last arrest and imprisonment. After been issued several warnings by the authority, Sidi Mansour went on pronouncing it and didn’t yield to the warnings of the authority in compliance to the verse of the Quran which enjoins not to look backward or yield to the castigations of the people when on His mission. The mysterious utterance that led to his last arrest was that he couldn’t help himself saying “ANA L-HAQQ!” meaning “I am the Truth!!!” (A synonymous case I treated earlier inlieu of the mysterious utterance of SIdi Abu Yazzid AL- bastami (RTA).
An arrest warrant was issued; AL-Halajj was captured, and imprisoned. His first day in the prison was accompanied with two prominent situations, firstly, with the spiritual power of his Lord, he released the prisoners that were imprisoned unjustly, unchained them, and wonderfully opened the gates for them to leave the cell. Secondly, the warders who came to inspect the prison couldn’t find him there. On the second day, the warders couldn’t find him as well as the cell in which he was placed. On the third day, they found him and the cell.
This angered the authority, the next day, ground was prepared for his execution; the beloved great saint was chained in legs and hands, taken to the public square where he would be executed. Before he was executed
he had few words with his trusted disciple, he also had few words with Sidi Imam Junayd rta, who already gave an insight of how his life would end. They earlier had this conversation:
“The time will soon come,” Imam Junayd told him, “when you will incarnadine a piece of wood.” The day when I incarnadine that
piece of wood,” Sidi Mansour rta replied, “You will be wearing the garb of the formalists.”
He was also queried by the authority about occurrences of the three days. His reply: on the first day, he told them he was called upon by his Lord, SWT, that’s why they couldn’t find him. On the second day, he told them the Sublime SWT was with him and that's the reason they couldn’t find him and the cell. And on the third day, he told them he was sent seen by the LORD swt, that’s they could find him. This is what Imam junayd wrote when he was compelled to sign his execution letter “We judge according to externals,” he wrote. “As for the inward truth, that God alone knows.” The authority went on to execute himThe last words of Sidi Mansour these. “Love of the One is isolation of the One.” Then he chanted this verse: “Those that believe not therein seek to hasten it; but those who believe in it go in fear of it, knowing that it is the truth.” and after his execution, his blood was seen on ground flowing with the formation of ALLAH
The scream of “I am the Truth” continued after his execution, and then burnt his limbs. From his ashes came the cry, “I am the Truth,” Dumbfounded, they cast his ashes into the Tigris. As they floated on the surface of the water, they continued to cry, “I am the Truth. Now Mansour had said earlier to his disciple, “When they cast my ashes into the Tigris, Baghdad will be in peril of drowning under the water. Lay my robe in front of the water, or Baghdad will be destroyed.” His servant, when he saw what had happened, brought the master’s robe and laid it on the bank of the Tigris. The water subsided, and his ashes became silent and they gathered his ashes and buried them.
From this story, sidi Al-Hallaj shared from the characters the most high as I revealed earlier in the past three of this notion through the works of the sufi masters. Secondly, the eye of the heart sees clearly in different manners and all cloudy issues should be directed to Allah while false allegations shouldn’t be incited until after the demise of the particular subject as the people of Al-hallaj never knew the wali before castigating him
The barakat of ma’arifat is so enormously perfected that the one endowed with it sees his Lord through him and sees him as Him
by unifying himself with Himself
Only Allah confers forgiveness and mercy, may he forgive my shortcomings in lieu of this write up from the previous parts to this
concluding part as knowing God is indeed the greatest sin (Sidi Zhul Nun AL-misri, may Allah be pleased with him). I also pray to him again SWT to grant the heart(s) reading this, perfect comprehension. Amin
As-Salaam alaekum warahmotullah
wabarakahtuhu
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