AL-HALLAJ
Herbert W. Mason LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 1995 Transferred to Digital Printing 2007 1995 Herbert W. Mason Typeset in Baskerville by Excel Books, New Delhi CONTENTS Foreword ix I. The Facts of his Life and Theme of Disappearance 1 II. The Resurfacing of his Life and its Repeated Impact 35 III. The Problem of Universalism 53 IV. The Question of Uniqueness 63 V. Reprise: Who was Hallaj and what is his Place in Islamic Mysticism? 75 VI. The Death of al-Hallaj 88 VII. Selected Bibliography 98 Name Index