stackyFACTSClaiming "I am the Truth" is a highly efficient way to get executed in 10th-century Baghdad, which is exactly what happened to Al-Hallaj.
Claiming "I am the Truth" is a highly efficient way to get executed in 10th-century Baghdad, which is exactly what happened to Al-Hallaj. In Sufism, spiritual progression requires passing through rigorous psychological "stations" (maqamat). Al-Hallaj achieved Fana—the complete annihilation of the ego—merging so entirely with the Divine that he couldn't tell where he ended and God began, making his controversial theological statement a fatal expression of mystical success.
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