He also said: “The Names of Allah, so far as perception reaches, are mere outlines (1); but in the realm of ultimate reality they are the Reality itself.
He said: “When a servant is completely freed and attains the station of gnosis, an inspiration is disclosed to him.”
He said: “Whoever pursues the Truth by the light of ordinary faith is like one who looks for the sun by the light of the stars.”
He said: “Human nature has neither broken away from Him, nor has it fully joined with Him.”
Among the verses attributed to al-Hallaj are:
“You course between the pericardium and the heart
as tears course from the rims of my eyes;
You dwell in the innermost core of my chest
as spirits settle within their bodies.
O crescent that has appeared on the fourteenth night—
and on the eight, the four, and the two! (2)”
And these are also his words:
“My spirit has been mingled with yours
as wine is blended with limpid water;
So whatever touches you touches me—
in every circumstance you are I. (3)”
Al-Qanad related: “One day I met al-Hallaj in a wretched state. I asked him, ‘How are you?’ whereupon he began to recite:”