Why Did Mansoor Al Hallaj Say ‘I Am The Truth’?
Owais Qarni obtained spiritual benevolence from the soul of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Whereas when a divine theophany was showered upon Mansoor Hallaj,
it did not pass through his inner faculty, it was stuck in one place.
When the divine theophanies are showered,
it goes through the Spiritual Heart and passes all of the subtleties of the breast.
Repeat what I said. [Audience: it passes through all the subtleties].
Yes.
So what happened with him was that when the divine theophany was showered upon him,
it passed through the Spiritual Heart onto Sirri and from Sirri it passed onto Akhfah
but it got stuck there and that is when he would involuntarily say, ‘Ana Al Haq (I am the truth)’.
If it has passed through all the subtleties, he would not have said ‘I am the truth’.
Do you understand what I said?
Why did he say ‘I am the truth’?
[Audience: the divine theophany got stuck].
Yes, it got stuck in the Akhfah.
However, a divine theophany is supposed to pass through the inner faculties.
It should not get stuck anywhere, it should pass through.
But this is not what happened with him.
It came here [to the heart] and then here [to the Sirri]
and when it came here [to the Akhfah], it got stuck there.
And there was a repetition of I am the truth, I am the truth, I am the truth.
That’s what happened but people have put him on a high pedestal
and say that he must have been so close to God because he said ‘I am the truth’.
Now, what did Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) say?
‘The one who has seen me has seen the truth (God)’.
This was also something the Akhfah of Prophet Mohammad said
when the divine theophany fell upon his Akhfah.
Remember that the prophethood of the Subtelty of Akhfah was granted to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
So because of that, his Akhfah was dominant.
One day, Bibi Aisha was sitting
no, the Prophet was sitting alone and Aisha came to him
and she called out to him.
The Prophet said, ‘Who is Aisha?’
Bibi Aisha was worried that the Prophet did not recognise her and asked who is Aisha.
Anyway, she replied, ‘I am Abu Bakr’s daughter’.
The Prophet said, ‘Who is Abu Bakr?’
Bibi Aisha replied, ‘The son of Ibn Al Haqqah’.
The Prophet said, ‘Okay, who is Ibn Al Haqqah?’
And then she realised something else is going on so she left.
Later on, when the Prophet was no longer in that spiritual state,
that’s when Bibi Aisha asked him why he did not recognise her today.
The Prophet replied, ‘I don’t recall. What happened?’
She told the Prophet everything that happened
and the Prophet said,
‘There is a special time that is between me and God alone.' Nobody can interfere at that time. I will not recognise anyone’.
That special time is when the divine theophanies would befall the Subtelty of Akhfah of Prophet Mohammad.
When the divine theophanies fall upon saints, for a lot of them it only falls upon the Spiritual Heart
it is not permitted to pass through all of the subtleties.
Listen to me, perhaps one day you will understand what I am saying.
For some saints, the divine theophany is not permitted to pass through the Spiritual Heart and onto the other subtleties.
It will fall upon the Spiritual Heart only.
However, there are some saints for whom the divine theophanies are permitted to pass through the Spiritual Heart.
Mansoor Hallaj was someone for whom the divine theophany was supposed to stay in the Spiritual Heart.
But when the divine theophany fell upon his, he was concentrating on his Subtlety of Akhfah,
and the divine theophany went there.
It was not supposed to pass through to the other subtleties, it was only meant for the Spiritual Heart.
It would have been fine if it was just falling upon the Spiritual Heart.
The saints for whom the divine theophanies are permitted to pass through all of their subtleties,
they have a different type of sainthood.
They follow the Mashrab (spiritual footsteps) of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
It has to do with the Mashrab.
If you follow the spiritual footsteps of Prophet Adam,
the divine theophanies will fall upon your Spiritual Heart only.
It cannot go beyond the heart.
If you follow the spiritual footsteps of Abraham,
the divine theophany can pass through your heart and into your soul too.
And if you follow the footsteps of Moses
then you are incapable of withstanding the divine theophanies
because the divine theophanies did not fall upon Moses.
For example, Mujaddid Alif Thani followed the spiritual footsteps of Moses.
Mujaddid Alif Thani followed the spiritual footsteps of Moses.
That’s why one day when a man was sleeping in his mosque
He was sleeping, right?
So Mujaddid Alif Thani thought perhaps the man fell asleep after offering Salat.
He had come to the mosque for the Zuhr prayer and then he left.
He returned to the mosque for the Asr prayer, the man was still sleeping.
Again he thought perhaps he fell asleep after offering Salat.
Now, he would spend his time in the mosque for the Maghreb prayer
and he saw that the man was still sleeping.
When it was time for the Maghreb prayer, he woke him up
and said, ‘Either get up and pray or leave the mosque’.
The man performed ablution and then commanded the sun to return its previous positions for the Asr and Zuhr prayers.
And finally, he said to Mujaddid Alif Thani, ‘You have spiritual sight.'
'Before you woke me up, why didn’t you check where I was? I was sitting with the one to whom you pray’.
Now, if he truly had the spiritual sight, he would have been able to check him out.
So their inner faculties also make spiritual journeys,
the sub-spirits make spiritual journeys
such as the sub-spirits of the Spiritual Heart,
and the sub-spirits of the Lower Self.
However those who follow the spiritual footsteps of Moses are not capable of withstanding the divine theophanies.
A single divine theophany fell upon the Mount of Sinai
and the mountain was destroyed and Moses fell unconscious.
It was just a single divine theophany that fell down physically.
God said to Moses, ‘I will shower the theophany upon the mountain and it will refract onto you.'
'If you can forbear it then we will talk about you witnessing my splendour’.
But when that small glimmer of divine energy fell down, it burned the Mount of Sinai,
Moses fell unconscious and all the 70 tribe leaders that stood behind Moses died.
If you also follow the spiritual footsteps of Moses then you cannot go beyond offering Salat.
The most you can do is become a Mujaddid.
And then we have Jesus Christ.
Those who follow the spiritual footsteps of Jesus Christ will be like Jesus Christ.
Those who follow the spiritual footsteps of Prophet Mohammad, like Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani.
Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani follows the spiritual footsteps of Prophet Mohammad.
The divine theophanies are permitted to pass through the entire inner faculty.
The reason why [Mansoor Hallaj] was stuck is that the divine theophany was not permitted to pass through,
it was not supposed to go anywhere else.
For example, if there is someone who has the image of God in his heart
up until now the spiritual law was that
if you have witnessed the divine splendour, a reflection of God’s image will come upon your heart,
however, when Imam Mehdi arrived, He updated the system.
He updated the spiritual system.
This has never happened before but now it will happen that
when you have been taken to witness the divine splendour and a reflection of God’s image comes upon your heart,
then from your heart it will be transferred to all the other subtleties.
Those whom Imam Mehdi takes to witness the divine splendour,
the reflection of God’s image will be transferred upon all six subtleties.
It will not remain in one place [the heart],
it will be transferred to all six subtleties.
And then, wherever you look, you will see the image of God.
There is a Qur’anic verse which states,
‘Wherever you look, you will see the face of your Lord’.
This verse is for the era and teachings of Imam Mehdi.
You must have heard about the Tifle Noori (Body of Divine Light)
that it has its own set of seven subtleties.
Have you heard about this?
Did you realise that if the Tifle Noori has its own set of subtleties then it must also have a Lower Self?
How can the Tifle Noori have a Lower Self?
The Lower Self of the Tifle Noori means that the Tifle Noori reflects on all of the subtleties,
even on the Lower Self - that’s what it means.
The Tifle Noori only reflects upon the subtleties,
however, Imam Mehdi will transfer the image of God upon the subtleties.
Now if God’s image is upon all of the subtleties
then can you imagine the spiritual ecstasy of God’s love?
When the image of God is upon all of the subtleties,
you will have the most unique relationship with God.
Q: When will we go through this?
When you strive for it.
Just follow this one Qur’anic verse and it will happen.
Just this one verse: Wazkuris ma rabbika wa tabattal ilaihi tabteelaa
Become engrossed in the name of God and forget about all your relations.
Have you done this?
Have you cut ties with all your relations and become engrossed in the name of God?
You haven’t, right?
This will happen when you do this.
‘Wazkuris ma rabbika wa tabattal ilaihi tabteelaa’
Now, if the divine theophany only falls upon the Spiritual Heart and does not go beyond it,
they are obligated to offer Salat.
They have to engage in rigorous worship so that with the help of their worship,
the divine energy that is stuck in the heart is able to travel throughout the body.
The divine energy accumulates in the heart and doesn’t go beyond it.
This is why God introduced Salat: in order to help the divine energy travel beyond the heart.
When your Salat helps to enable the divine theophany to travel throughout the body
that is when the Salat becomes the culmination of a devout believer.
Once the divine theophanies are able to pass through all of the subtleties
then you are no longer obligated to offer Salat.
Do you understand my point?
Salat enables the divine energy to travel throughout the body.
The Qur’an states: aqimis-salaata lizikree.
This is what it means: establish Salat so that my Zikr can travel throughout your body.
‘Aqimis-salaata lizikree (establish Salat so that my Zikr travels throughout your body)’.
This was actually what God said to Moses: wa aqimis-salaata lizikree.
It was for Moses.