Bunyad - A Journal of Urdu Studies, Lahore University of Management Sciences - Lahore

بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو)

Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature
ISSN (print): 2225-6083
ISSN (online): 2709-9687
Abstract

Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj (857-922) was a great martyr-mystic of the history of Sufism who, irrespective of various controversial remarks about his personality and concepts, still has a profound influence on the mystical thought of the internationally-known intellectuals and religious thinkers. Much has been written on the different aspects of this mystic in almost all the languages of the world. No doubt, Louis Massignon (d. 1962), a reputed French orientalist, "discovered" al-Ḥallāj and devoted about half a century to bring to light the different aspects of al-Ḥallāj's life and writings. Aḥmad `Alī Shivrājpūrī wrote Qiṣṣah’-e-Manṣūr in Urdu which was published in 1851. Luckily, this very unique poetic tract is available in the Sprenger Collection of the Berlin State Library.

Author(s):

M. Ikram Chaghatai

Researcher/Historian

Lahore

Pakistan

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Language: Urdu
Id: 5f97e9838db67
Pages 9 - 34
Published June 25, 2018
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