Anā al-Haqq (Arabic: أنا الحَق) is a short story based on the life of the Sufi Mansur Al-Hallaj, who was indicted and killed on charges of heresy.
[1] It is part of the collection Anargha Nimisham, written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in typical Khalil Gibran style, Hussain bin Mansoor [sic] Al-Hallaj was condemned to hang by the neck for shouting in ecstasy Anā al-Ḥaqq, Anā al-Ḥaqq (I am the Truth, I am the Truth).
The orthodox understood this to mean that he was claiming to be God himself, whereas he had proclaimed, in his sublime spiritual ecstasy, simply a total annihilation of himself.
Basheer draws a parallel between "Anā al-Ḥaqq" and Aham Brahmasmi the Upanishad Mahāvākya which means I am Brahman (the Ultimate Reality in Hinduism).
In the edition of Anargha Nimisham which was published in 1982, Basheer added a note saying that "This story was written some forty years back.