Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

One of my favorite qtes:

Ana al haq. Al haq, meaning the truth, is also one of the 99 names of allah.

Here's how it came to be used by hallaj, sufi poet:

ANA'L-ḤAQQ "I am the Truth," the most famous of the Sufi šaṭḥīyāt (ecstatic utterances, or paradoxes). Uttered by Ḥosayn b. Manṣūr Ḥallāǰ (executed 309/922 in Baghdad), these words are traditionally said to have been spoken when he knocked at the door of his master, Jonayd, after returning from a pilgrimage in 282/896; asked, by Jonayd, "Who is there?", he is supposed to have answered ana'l-ḥaqq. Jonayd thereupon cursed him. However, L. Massignon has shown that the words were not a sudden outcry, but rather form part of Ḥallāǰ's doctrine that the uncreated Divine spirit can transform for a moment the created human spirit so that a change of subject takes place. Hence the Divine and the human person work together, and here is no question of "incarnation" or "Unity of Being."

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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

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Oga TF, Adeshina,

I am one of God's voices in Literature. I am a mouthpiece of God. There are others of course.

God speaks all languages, including the sign languages.

God is not just religion. When Isaac Newton, etc, discovered principles which have made living worthwhile, they were under the guidance of God, even though some of them may not have believed in the existence of God.

-CAO.

On Saturday, May 6, 2023, Toyin Falola <toyin.falola53@gmail.com> wrote:

Sir:

I am totally confused:

Did you mean to say

You are one of the voices of Literature in God?

 

But I also more confused:

 

The last time I saw God, we communicated in Latin. Do you speak Latin?

TF

 

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I am one of the voices of God in Literature.

 

-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO).

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