The Man Deserved His Punishment

A story told by Obeid Zakani, a Persian writer:

A man claimed that he was a God. He was led to the caliph to be tried and punished for his abominable crime. The caliph said to him, "Last year a man claimed he was a prophet and he was hanged. What dost though say to that?"

The man answered, "Though didst well to have him hanged for I did not send him."

(Taken from The Garden of Joys, translated and related by Henry Cattan)