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in such spiritual exercises are drawn closer to Him so much that they become a part of Him as He becomes a part of them and since they are totally lost in Him, they begin to see Him in themselves. This phenomenon has often been experienced by the saints of Islam. Hence, Hadhrat Ali ibn Talibra declared: 'I am the dot under the letter b of Bismillah. I am that aspect of God about which you have been indifferent. I am the Qalm. . I am the Luh, I am the 'Arsh, I am the Kursi, I am the Seven. Heavens and the Earths. 110. Such expressions as Luh and Qalm to which Hadhrat Alira laid claim are attributes of God Almighty. Similarly, Hadhrat Imam. Ja'far Sadiqh, a descendent of Hadhrat Muhammad sa and the sixth Imam of the Shi'ah Muslims declared: 'we are the face of God. '11. Hadhrat Abu Yazid Bustamith was much more explicit with his claim when he declared: 'There is no one like me in heaven, nor anyone of my attributes on earth. My attributes are hidden in the Unseen. . How can such a one be man? Nay, he is the tongue of Truth, and the speaker of the Truth Himself. For Me he speaks, for. Me he hears, from Me he sees. Therefore, it is God Who speaks through the tongue of Abu Yazid. '12 13. The revered Persian saint claimed to be a 'God of great glory¹¹³ and he also declared: 'There is none worthy of worship besides me, so worship me. ' 114 10. Talib, [Hadhrat Ali ibn. vide. Sharh Fusoos al Hukm, Preface, Sc. viii, p. 32 11. Sadiq, [Hadhrat] Imam Ja'far. vide. Kitab Mazhar al 'Ajai'b fin. Nikat e Wal Ghara'ib 12. Bustami, [Hadhrat] Abu Yazid. Tadhkirat al Aulia, ch. xiv, p. 151 13. Ibid. vide. Fawa'id Faridiyya, p 73 14. Ibid. , Tadhkirat al Aulia, ed. 1917,. P. 134 64