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.

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Label Occurrences
Ana al-Haqq canonical 3
al-Haqq 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic phrase ⓘ
Sufi expression ⓘ
mystical utterance ⓘ
associatedWith Mansur al-Hallaj ⓘ
linked to: 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 al-Haqq ⓘ
linked to: Ana al-Haqq
hasNotableProponent Mansur al-Hallaj ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

al-Hallaj → notableIdea → Ana al-Haqq ⓘ
subject linked to: al‑Hallaj
al-Hallaj → notableQuote → Ana al-Haqq ⓘ
subject linked to: al‑Hallaj
Ana al-Haqq → hasKeyTerm → al-Haqq ⓘ
linked to: Ana al-Haqq
Hallaj → famousQuote → Ana al-Haqq ⓘ