The Passion of Al-Hallāj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 2: The Survival of al-Hallāj

Volume 2 of 4. Encompassing the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization, this major work of Western orientalism explores the meaning of the life and teaching of the tenth-century mystic and martyr, al-Hallaj. With profound spiritual insight and transcultural sympathy, Massignon, an Islamicist and scholar of religion, penetrates Islamic mysticism in a way that was previously unknown. Massignon traveled throughout the Middle East and western India to gather and authenticate al-Hallaj's surviving writings and the recorded facts. After assembling the extant verses and prose works of al-Hallaj and the accounts of his life and death, Massignon published La Passion d'al-Hallaj in 1922. At his death in 1962, he left behind a greatly expanded version, published as the second French edition (1975). It is edited and translated here from the French and the Arabic sources by Massignon's friend and pupil, Herbert Mason. Volume 1 gives an account of al-Hallaj's life and describes the wo rld in which he lives; volume 2 traces his influence in Islam over the centuries; volume 3 studies Hallajian thought; volume 4 contains a full biography and index. Each volume contains Massignon's copious notes and new translations of original Islamic documents. Herbert Mason is University Professor of Religion and Islamic History at Boston University. He is also apoet and novelist; his version of the Gigamesh epic was a nominee for the National Book Award in 1971. Bollingen Series XCVIII. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Frontmatter List of Illustrations to Volume 2 (page xiii) CHAPTER VIII: MODALITIES OF THE HALLĀJIAN SURVIVAL (page 3) General Modalities of the Survival Hallāj and Specific Currents of Thought in Muslim Society (page 30) The True Historical Importance of the Hallājian Reality and the Structure of the Eternal City (page 82) Hallāj and Sūfism (page 101) CHAPTER IX: THE HISTORY OF THE LOCALIZATIONS OF HALLĀJIAN TRADITION (page 109) The Extinction of the Hallājīya in Ahwaz (Years 312-334) The Transmission in Baghdad and in Basra (page 118) The Survival of Hallāj in Fars (page 182) The Survival in Khurasan (page 196) The Legend of Hallāce Mansūr in Turkish Lands (page 231) The Survival of Hallāj in India (page 275) The Influence of the Martyrdom of Hallāj on the Islamization of Java (page 289) The Survival in Arabia (page 293) The Survival in Egypt and Syria (page 295) The Survival in Andalusia, the Maghrib, and the Sudan (page 308) CHAPTER X: THE HALLĀJIAN LEGEND, ITS ORIGINS, ITS LITERARY FLOWERING (page 337) Oneirocriticism of the "Mu'abbirūn" and its Importance for the Origins of the Hallājian Legend Popular Legend (page 341) The Model of Hallāj in Muslim Dramatic Literature (page 354) The Attention Given Hallāj and His Maxims by Muslim Philosophers (page 408) Contemporary Criticism in Islam (page 427) Hallāj and European Thought and its Disciplines (page 434) APPENDIX: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HALLĀJIAN SOURCES (page 437) Collections of Documents