MANSUR-- DEFINED LOVE AS AN EXPERIENCE OF
SELF ANNIHILATION
Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858-922 AD),
the Sufi Mystic, in a trance of Divine intoxication, wandered into the central
market place of the city surrounded by his followers and shouted the words that
were deepest in his heart ana’l-haqq - I am the Truth, I am God! “I am Reality”
or as the Vedas and Upanishads say “Aham Brhamasmi” (I am the Braham). The
Sufis says Mansur spoke those words in the state of Fana Fillah--a state where
a Sufi annihilates his ego self and is attuned with God.
His statement was of course considered blasphemous by the then King, though he was preaching to the masses that God could be discovered within one’s own heart. He was immediately prisoned as his utterings were in contravention to the Islamic law of ‘Sharia’
According to the legend, Mansur’s disciples were allowed to speak to him as he lay in his prison cell and asked him for his last words. He told them, "The only thing that is important is love." They asked him, “What is Love”. He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day his hands and feet were cut off, and the next day they put him on the gallows and burnt, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.
In Love all is meant to be lost---this is the message of Mansur.Love in mystic terminology means annihilation of the self or merging of self with the real SELF—the essence of the Beloved. Jesus went the same way, the fifth master of the Sikhs Guru Arjan Dev and the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, Bhagat Pralhad are just a few names in mystic history that one can recall as an paradigm of “what is Love”. There could be many more models of such love. Perhaps history lacks record or cannot appreciate the ecstasy of Divine Love.
His statement was of course considered blasphemous by the then King, though he was preaching to the masses that God could be discovered within one’s own heart. He was immediately prisoned as his utterings were in contravention to the Islamic law of ‘Sharia’
According to the legend, Mansur’s disciples were allowed to speak to him as he lay in his prison cell and asked him for his last words. He told them, "The only thing that is important is love." They asked him, “What is Love”. He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day his hands and feet were cut off, and the next day they put him on the gallows and burnt, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.
In Love all is meant to be lost---this is the message of Mansur.Love in mystic terminology means annihilation of the self or merging of self with the real SELF—the essence of the Beloved. Jesus went the same way, the fifth master of the Sikhs Guru Arjan Dev and the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, Bhagat Pralhad are just a few names in mystic history that one can recall as an paradigm of “what is Love”. There could be many more models of such love. Perhaps history lacks record or cannot appreciate the ecstasy of Divine Love.
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The following is the “You tube” video of
the verses of Mansur—that must have been written in Arabic but translated in
Urdu later by Hazrat Bu-Ali Qalandar (1209-1324 AD), Sufi of Chisti order and a
disciple of Baba Farid Sahib, whose tomb is in Panipat, Haryana India.
THE FOLLOWING ARE
FAMOUS LINES ------
अगर है शौक मिलने का, तो हरदम लौ लगाता जा,
जलाकर ख़ुदनुमाई को, भसम तन पर लगाता जा।
जलाकर ख़ुदनुमाई को, भसम तन पर लगाता जा।
If you are seeking the Lord-- then light a wick of
fire (in yourself)-- to extinguish the ego-self. Smear the body with your ashes of ego.
पकड़कर इश्क की झाड़ू, सफा कर हुजरे-ए-दिल को,
दुई की धूल को लेकर, मुसल्ले पर उड़ाता जा।
पकड़कर इश्क की झाड़ू, सफा कर हुजरे-ए-दिल को,
दुई की धूल को लेकर, मुसल्ले पर उड़ाता जा।
With the
broom of love, clean the vessel of your heart. Throw the dust of duality on the
carpet on which you pray during Namaz.
मुसल्ला छोड़, तसवी तोड़, किताबें डाल पानी में,
पकड़ तू दस्त मुर्शिद का, गुलाम उनका कहाता जा।
मुसल्ला छोड़, तसवी तोड़, किताबें डाल पानी में,
पकड़ तू दस्त मुर्शिद का, गुलाम उनका कहाता जा।
Leave aside
carpet of namaz, break the string of beads and drown scriptures in water. Instead
clutch the hand of Master-Murshid and take pride in being His slave.
न मर भूखा, न रख रोज़ा, न जा मस्जिद, न कर सज्दा,
वजू का तोड़ दे कूजा, शराबे शौक पीता जा।
न मर भूखा, न रख रोज़ा, न जा मस्जिद, न कर सज्दा,
वजू का तोड़ दे कूजा, शराबे शौक पीता जा।
Don’t trouble
yourself with starving or holy fasting, nor go to Masjid for prayers or rub
your head on the floor. Break the water-vessel of Vaju meant to clean your body
before namaz and be the drinker of wine of Love.
हमेशा खा, हमेशा पी, न गफलत से रहो एकदम
हमेशा खा, हमेशा पी, न गफलत से रहो एकदम
नशे में सैर कर अपनी, ख़ुदी को तू जलाता जा।
Always be
mindful of feasting with Zikr(simran), without fail. Enjoy the intoxicating
bliss and continue to eliminate the ego.
न हो मुल्ला, न हो बह्मन, दुई की छोड़कर पूजा,
हुकुम शाहे कलंदर का, अनल हक तू कहाता जा।
न हो मुल्ला, न हो बह्मन, दुई की छोड़कर पूजा,
हुकुम शाहे कलंदर का, अनल हक तू कहाता जा।
Be not a Maulvi
or Brahmin, get rid of duality and devote to Oneness. Says Bu-Ali Kalandar—I speak
of that Divine ordinance through which you will experience self- realization that “I am that very Truth”.
कहे ‘मंसूर‘ मस्ताना, ये मैंने दिल में पहचाना,
वही मस्तों का मयख़ाना, उसी के बीच आता जा I
कहे ‘मंसूर‘ मस्ताना, ये मैंने दिल में पहचाना,
वही मस्तों का मयख़ाना, उसी के बीच आता जा I
Mansur- the intoxicated--says
I have recognised That-- in the heart is the tavern of the Love Lorn
intoxicated beings, where He Lives. Come and visit.
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