The Passion of Al-Hallaj

Abridged from the four-volumeThe Passion of al-Hallaj,one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous tenth-century Sufi mystic and martyr, and in so doing describes not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Louis Massignon (1883-1962), France's most celebrated Islamic specialist in this century and a leading Catholic intellectual, wrote of a man who was for him a personal inspiration. From reviews of the four-volume translation:

List of Illustrations
Foreword to the Abridged Edition
Preface
Biographical Outline	p. 1
Prologue	p. 1
Chronological Tableau of Hallaj's Life and Posthumous Survival	p. 9
The Years of Apprenticeship: His Teachers and Friends	p. 24
Native Milieu	p. 24
The Cultural Milieu of Basra	p. 33
Anecdotes from His Years of Apprenticeship: His Hajj (Ghutba)	p. 52
Travels and Apostolate	p. 72
His Modes of Travel: His Dress, His Itineraries, His Stopping Places	p. 72
The Two Periods of Public Preaching in Ahwaz (272-273 and 279-281)	p. 74
The Other Regions Traveled Through	p. 89
The Social Expression of Hallaj's Vocation, and His Contacts with the Cultural Renaissance of His Time	p. 101
The Last Hajj of Hallaj and the Waqfa of Arafat	p. 114
In Baghdad: Zealous Preaching and Political Indictment	p. 117
Baghdad	p. 117
Public Preaching in Baghdad	p. 132
Political Indictment: The Dawat Ilal-Rububiya, Usurpation of the Supreme Power of God	p. 150
The Indictment, The Court of Justice, and the Actors in the Drama	p. 157
The Indictment and Ibn Dawud's Initiative	p. 157
The Definition of Zandaqa, a Heresy Threatening the Security of the State	p. 177
The Sovereign Authority and Its Delegation to a Court of Justice; the Court of Justice, Its Powers and Jurisdiction	p. 180
The Trials	p. 208
A Critical Note about the Historical Sources for the Trials	p. 208
The First Trial (298/910 to 301/913)	p. 211
The Eight Years of Waiting	p. 219
The Second Trial (308/921 to 309/922)	p. 227
The Denouement and the Judgment of Condemnation	p. 256
The Martyrdom	p. 280
The Peripeteias of the Execution	p. 280
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