Hallaj and Satan: A Survey on the standpoints of Hallajand his Admirers towards Satan in Spreading this Philosophies

Subject Areas : Persian Language and Literature

Seyed Ahmad HosseiniKazerooni ¹ , Naeimeh Motevasseli ²

1 - Professor of Persian Language & Literature, Booshehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Booshehr, Iran
2 - PhD Student in Persian Language & LiteratureBooshehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Booshehr, Iran (Corresponding Author's )

Received: 2011-09-27 Accepted : 2011-12-21 Published : 2012-02-20

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Abstract :

In the history of Islamic notion and theosophy, Mansour Hallaj is one of the myths who last forever in the mind of people and his lovers. He is one of the characters in Persian Literature who has been known for a lot of exaggerative speeches and acceptance and rejection of his thoughts has always been the base for heated debates. In Islam religion and Islamic theosophy, there have been lots of fables combined with realities so far as it is so difficult to distinguish between the reality of his life and the real position of his thoughts. Hallaj had a theosophical way of life which was his personal style of living. Many theosophists followed and admired his theosophical way of life. One of the issues which were set as a challenge by Hallaj is his concepts towards Satan and his disobedience. In the first part of this paper, the authors have tried to investigate the viewpoints of Hallaj about devil and in the second part; his followers and proponents will be identified. This paper aims at studying Hallaj and his viewpoints about Satan who he had considered as the master and figure for the world’s monotheist.