Mansur al-Hallaj In Context of The Critics and Appreciations of Sufis Cover Image

Övgü ve Yergi Bağlamında Sûfîlerin Nazarında Hallâc-ı Mansûr
Mansur al-Hallaj In Context of The Critics and Appreciations of Sufis

Author(s): Betül Gürer
Subject(s): Islam studies, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Philosophy of Religion, 13th to 14th Centuries, History of Religion
Published by: Atatürk Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Mansur al-Hallaj; shatahat (estatic utterance); sufism; divine love; Ibn Ata; al-Junayd al-Baghdadi;

Summary/Abstract: One of the most influential sufis in the history of sufism Mansur al-Hallaj, has earned a great reputation for his ideas, extraordinary sufi attitude, and tragic death. Hallaj has sparked attention of many scholars and intellectuals from different fields some of which criticized him very severely while many of others hold him in a high regard. The majority of aforementioned critics and appreciations have come from the community of sufi. Such as there were many sufis who praised or criticized him in his life, so too were there after his death. This article will deal with praises and critics of sufis lived between his life time to 14. century, about Hallaj’s sufistic ideas and personality and clarify his effects on mystics in this context.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 171-197
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Turkish