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Quatrain 71 from Rubaiyat of Rumi
Description: English Translation of the Quatrain
Mansur was that master who, on God's path,
Tore away the garment of the soul from the cotton of the body.
Where was Mansur when he said, "I am the Truth"?
Where was Mansur? It was God who was God.
Analysis of the Quatrains
Mansur Hallaj: Mansur al-Hallaj was a 10th-century Sufi mystic who famously declared "Ana al-Haqq" (I am the Truth), for which he was executed.
The Unity of Being: This quatrain explores the concept of the unity of being, a central theme in Sufism, suggesting that the individual soul can become one with the divine.
The Paradox of Existence: The lines "Where was Mansur when he said, 'I am the Truth'? Where was Mansur? It was God who was God" highlight the paradoxical nature of this mystical union. When the individual becomes one with the divine, the individual self, in a sense, ceases to exist.