O Lord! You are the guide of those who are passing through the Valley of Bewilderment. If I am a heretic, enlarge my heresy.
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God, Most High, is the very one who Himself affirms His unity by the tongue of whatever of His creatures He wishes. If He Himself affirms His unity by my tongue, it is He and His affair. Otherwise, brother, I have nothing to do with affirming God's Unity.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the divine nature of affirming God's unity, suggesting that any expression of faith comes from God Himself.
Mansur Al-Hallaj expresses the idea that the affirmation of God's unity is not a personal endeavor but rather a divine act. He implies that if God chose to articulate His unity through an individual, then it is fundamentally God's voice speaking, removing any personal agency from the individual. This highlights the relationship between the divine and human expression in spiritual matters.
Themes
GodUnityFaithDivineExpression
In practice
Example use cases
In a religious sermon to highlight the role of divine inspiration in our affirmations.
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