' I Am the Truth '...

Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj known as al-Hallaj (the wool-carder), he was put to death in Baghdad for having uttered ana 'l haqq (I am the Truth):...................... I am He whom I love, and He whom I love is I: We are two spirits dwelling in one body... If thou seest me, thou seest Him, And if thou seest Him, thou seest us both... ....... al-Hallaj, Kitab al-Tawasin, in The Mystics of Islam, by Reynold A Nicholson