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Hadhrat Jalal ud Din Rumith, who was a disciple of Hadhrat. Abu Yazid Bustamith wrote an ode in the honour of his spiritual preceptor and stated that: 'That glorious sage Abu Yazid came to the disciples and said:. I am God. This perfect spiritual leader, in the state of spiritual intoxication declared: There is no God but me, serve me; In other words, in my robe there is none but God, so how long will you search Him in heaven and earth. '15. Hadhrat Sheikh Muhiy ud Din Ibne Arabith also declared in relation to himself: 'I am the spirit of spirits, not the spirit of vessels. '16. Hadhrat Sultan Bahuth, a revered sufi of the Punjab claimed to be God in his poetic verses: 'I know only the Truth, I see only the Truth, I cry only the. Truth. Truth is in me and I am the Truth, this is the Truth. 117. Hadhrat Abu al Hasan Kharqanih another venerable sage of his time announced: 'I am the God of my age. . Hadhrat Sheikh Farid ud Din Attarth was also extremely explicit in his claim and declared: 'I am free from spite, arrogance and greed; I am God, I am. God, I am God. " . 19. Hadhrat Hussain ibn Mansur al Hallajth was asked if he 15. Rumi, [Hadhrat] Jalal ud Din. Miftah al Ulum, sec. iv, pt. ii, pp. 25 & 36 16. Arabi, [Hadhrat] Sheikh Muhiy ud Din ibne. Fatuhat Makkiyya, pt. 1, p. 1 17. Bahu, [Hadhrat] Sultan. vide. Kaleed at Tauheed, p. 194 18. Kharqani, [Hadhrat] Abu al Hasan. Tadhkirat al Aulia, ed. 1917, p. 585 19. Attar, Hadhrat Sheikh Farid ud Din. Fawa'id Faridiyya, p. 85 65