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Hadhrat Jalal ud Din Rumith, the Persian saint claimed that he was God and there is no God but him 155 while Hadhrat Farid ud Din Attarth states in his famous memoirs of Muslim saints that Hadhrat Abu Yazid Bustamith was asked by someone: 'What is 'arsh. He said, I am that. He asked, what is Kursi. He replied, I am that. People said that there have been many righteous servants of God such as Abraham, Moses and the. Holy Prophet. He said, I am all of them. They, then, asked about the angels Gabriel, Michael, Israfeel and Izraeel. He said, I am all of them as well. '156. Hadhrat Sheikh Muhiy ud Din Ibn Arabith stated in relation to himself that he is 'the Quran and the Fatihah and the spirit of spirits, not the spirit of vessels (157 while Hadhrat Shams ud Din. Tabriz claimed that he was 'the spirit that was breathed into. Mary; the soul that was the life of Jesus and his breath; one before whom the saints prostrated; who was with Noah in the ark and Joseph in the well as well as the one who was with. Moses when Pharaoh was drowned and who existed before. Adam or the world was created. 1158 He also declared: 'I am Nuh, I am Adam, I am Isa, son of Mary '159. Hadhrat Sultan Bahut claimed to be the Haq 160 and Hadhrat. Abu al Hasan Kharqanith the God of his age. 161 So did Farid ud. Din Attarth declare that he was God 162 and Hadhrat Hussain. Mansur al Hallajth claimed that he was the Lord. 163 Hadhrat Abu. Bakr Shibli also claimed to be the only God in the two 155. Rumi, [Hadhrat] Jalal ud Din. Miftah al Ulum, sec. iv, pt. ii, pp. 25 & 36 156. Bustami, [Hadhrat] Abu Yazid. vide. Tadhkirat al Aulia, ch. 14, p. 146 157. Arabi [Hadhrat] Muhiy ud Din ibne. Fatuhat Makiyya pt. i, p. 1 158. Tabriz, [Hadhrat] Shams ud Din. vide. Kuliyyat Shams Tabrizi, pp. 292 & 508 159. Ibid. , vide. Diwan Hadhrat Shams Tabriz, p. 6 160. Bahu, [Hadhrat] Sultan. vide. Kaleed e Tauheed, p. 194 161. Kharqani, [Hadhrat] Abu al Hasan. Tadhkirat al Aulia, p. 585 162. Attar, [Hadhrat] Farid ud Din. Fawa'id Faridiyya, p. 85 163. Hallaj, [Hadhrat] Hussain Mansur al. vide. Anwar e Aulia, pp. 180/81 97