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Death of al-Hallaj, The - A Dramatic Narrative (Paperback, New ed)
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Death of al-Hallaj, The - A Dramatic Narrative (Paperback, New ed)
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Although not widely known in the Western world, al-Hallaj is one of
the great figures in the history of the Muslim religion. Martyred
in 922 by the government for his teachings, al-Hallaj has lived on
through the centuries in the legends and memories of Muslims the
world over. The reader who meets al-Hallaj for the first time in
this book will be impressed by the striking similarities he shares
with Jesus Christ, Socrates, and the Jewish Hasidic masters.
Al-Hallaj is a man so caught up in God's love that he speaks with
the wisdom of a mystic. Yet he is worldly and down-to-earth in his
affection, his wit, and his joy. In this dramatic narrative of the
last days of al-Hallaj, Herbert Mason has distilled the essence of
al-Hallaj in moving, beautifully drawn scenes with his son, his
protectress, and a devoted disciple. The timeless confrontation
between freedom and political expediency, between faith and
fatalism, ends here in love that is stronger than death. So finely
has Mason presented al-Hallaj that the fire of his love reaches
across the centuries to glow again on these pages. This is a book
to read, and to re-read.
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