Ana al-Haqq
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Ana al-Haqq is the famous mystical utterance “I am the Truth” associated with the Sufi mystic al-Hallaj, symbolizing an ecstatic identification with the divine that led to charges of heresy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ana al-Haqq canonical | 2 |
| al-Haqq | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic phrase
ⓘ
Sufi expression ⓘ mystical utterance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
al‑Hallaj
ⓘ
surface form:
Mansur al-Hallaj
|
| consideredByOthers | expression of highest tawhid (divine unity) ⓘ |
| consideredBySome | expression of heresy ⓘ |
| controversialFor | blurring line between Creator and creature ⓘ |
| discussedIn |
Islamic theological polemics
ⓘ
Sufi hagiographies of al-Hallaj ⓘ modern scholarship on Sufism ⓘ |
| doctrinalIssue |
accusations of shirk (associating partners with God)
ⓘ
debates about incarnationism (hulul) ⓘ |
| genre | shath (ecstatic utterance) ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
later debates on limits of mystical language in Islam
ⓘ
perceptions of Sufism among jurists and theologians ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
Ana al-Haqq
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Haqq
|
| hasNotableProponent |
al‑Hallaj
ⓘ
surface form:
Mansur al-Hallaj
|
| influenced |
Persian mystical poetry
ⓘ
discussions of mystical experience in Islam ⓘ later Sufi literature ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
statement of ego effacement rather than self-deification
ⓘ
utterance spoken by God through the mystic ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| linkedToEvent |
execution of al-Hallaj
ⓘ
trial of al-Hallaj ⓘ |
| refersTo |
divine Truth
ⓘ
one of the names of God in Islam (al-Haqq) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
baqa billah
ⓘ
divine names in Islam ⓘ fana fi Allah ⓘ tawhid ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
annihilation of the self (fana)
ⓘ
ecstatic identification with the divine ⓘ mystical union (ittihad) ⓘ union with God ⓘ |
| theologicalStatus | contested within Islamic thought ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 9th century to early 10th century context ⓘ |
| translation | I am the Truth ⓘ |
| usedAs |
paradigm of extreme mystical experience
ⓘ
symbol of martyrdom in Sufi tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
al-Hallaj
subject surface form:
al-Hallaj
this entity surface form:
al-Haqq