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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Bijla Singh" data-source="post: 48967" data-attributes="member: 1003"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is utter rubbish and shows how ignorant the muslims are of Sikhi and its principles. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is pure nonsense and nothing else. In Guru Granth Sahib it is clearly stated that Gurbani (the message) was directly revealed by God which Guru Nanak Sahib himself penned down. This preserved the message in its original form. Handwritten saroops and writings of the Gurus still exist today and many of them include signatures of the Gurus at the end. This shows that the message has been unchanged since the beginning. However, the same cannot be said about Quran. Even if we believe that Quran was revealed by God (which it wasn’t), there is no way to prove that the angel Gabriel, Mohammad and the contemporaries understood each other correctly and wrote down the correct interpretation. The message was verbally passed from God to Gabriel, then Mohammad and then to the contemporaries who wrote it down. The message being passed down verbally is susceptible to errors. Furthermore, the contemporaries had no divine knowledge and there is no way to prove that they wrote down the correct message and Mohammad, an illiterate person, had no capability to correct the grammatical errors. The fact is that Quran was compiled by Uthman many years after Mohammad’s death. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I rather not talk about Jesus and Moses. Mohammad was not an ordinary man but even less. Initially he was so afraid of the “revelations” that he used to hide under the bed. Instead of correcting the problem of slavery by rejecting it he required Muslim women to wear hijab which was a sign of distinguishing between a free and a slave woman. This shows that the so-called “prophet” did nothing to stop the evil practice of slavery. He married a 6 years old, Aisha, and consummated the marriage when she was 9. Any ordinary person with little sense of morality and ethics could not have done such. If Mohammad wasn’t an “ordinary” man then why couldn’t he distinguish between God’s message and satanic verses? One of the most eminent of Muslim scholars of the 20th century, Fazlur Rahman, found no difficulty in accepting the truth of the "Satanic verses" incident in the light of the Qur'an's repeated assertion that Messengers were only human, and hence fallible. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">But whatever fears or thoughts - or even gestures - of compromise the Prophet might make, they were soon "abrogated" or "erased" by God, as verse 22:52 makes clear. The well-known story that after mentioning the pagan goddesses once (53:19-20), the Prophet described them as "exalted swans whose intercession [with God] is to be hoped for"... only to abrogate these words in 53:21-23, is perfectly intelligible, for this incident occurred at a time of great trial and persecution of his followers, whom he had ordered to emigrate temporarily to Abyssinia. There are other indications that certain verses were replaced by others: 2:106, 13:39, 16:101... For the Quran, it is neither strange nor out of tune nor blameworthy for a prophet that he is not always consistent as a human. It is nevertheless as a human that he becomes an example for mankind, for his average level of conduct is still so high that is is a worthy model for mankind... there is abundant evidence in the Quran that while the Prophet did at times wish that developments would take a certain turn, God's Revelation went a different way: "Do not move your tongue with [i.e., ahead of] the Revelation, hastily anticipating it. It is upon Us to bring it together and to recite it - so that when We recite it, let you follow its recitation." (75:16-19) (Fazlur Rahman, Major Themes in the Quran, pages 88-90). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></SPAN></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This once again has no reference. Many of the Islamic practices such as Ramadan, Hajj and even the name Allah has existed long before Mohammad was born. Facing a certain direction (<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Jerusalem</span></span>) was also practiced which Mohammad changed later on.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">What does this prove? When Mohammad was born, the religion of his people was paganism and other religions such as Zoroastrian were practiced.</span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Do miracles prove one’s truthfulness? In any case, <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">the miracle of Gurbani is that the grammar and numbering system developed (independent of the Punjabi language) is so complex and detailed that the EXACT meaning of each verse is clear by the use of grammatical devices like Siharis and aunkarhs. This grammar system is not replicated anywhere and was created by the Gurus. Such a scientific grammar cannot be anything but divine. The numbering system for each and every stanza, verse and chapter are so uniquely implemented that it acts as a central locking system preventing any adulteration or addition to the Divine Revealed Word. Furthermore, Guru Nanak Sahib performed many miracles such as traveling to Hassan Abdal, Pakistan where he caused the spring to burst from the ground (which still flows today) and also the rock that still bears his hand-print. There are many other places like Lake Gurudongmar and Gurdwara Pathar Sahib in Sikkim where miracles and their proof exist even today and are verified by non-Sikh locals.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Please do some research on Sikhi before you start making insulting comments. Sikhi is the true way of life as revealed by God Himself.</span></span></span></span></SPAN></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bijla Singh, post: 48967, member: 1003"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]This is utter rubbish and shows how ignorant the muslims are of Sikhi and its principles. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]This is pure nonsense and nothing else. In Guru Granth Sahib it is clearly stated that Gurbani (the message) was directly revealed by God which Guru Nanak Sahib himself penned down. This preserved the message in its original form. Handwritten saroops and writings of the Gurus still exist today and many of them include signatures of the Gurus at the end. This shows that the message has been unchanged since the beginning. However, the same cannot be said about Quran. Even if we believe that Quran was revealed by God (which it wasn’t), there is no way to prove that the angel Gabriel, Mohammad and the contemporaries understood each other correctly and wrote down the correct interpretation. The message was verbally passed from God to Gabriel, then Mohammad and then to the contemporaries who wrote it down. The message being passed down verbally is susceptible to errors. Furthermore, the contemporaries had no divine knowledge and there is no way to prove that they wrote down the correct message and Mohammad, an illiterate person, had no capability to correct the grammatical errors. The fact is that Quran was compiled by Uthman many years after Mohammad’s death. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT='Trebuchet MS'][SIZE=3]I rather not talk about Jesus and Moses. Mohammad was not an ordinary man but even less. Initially he was so afraid of the “revelations” that he used to hide under the bed. Instead of correcting the problem of slavery by rejecting it he required Muslim women to wear hijab which was a sign of distinguishing between a free and a slave woman. This shows that the so-called “prophet” did nothing to stop the evil practice of slavery. He married a 6 years old, Aisha, and consummated the marriage when she was 9. Any ordinary person with little sense of morality and ethics could not have done such. If Mohammad wasn’t an “ordinary” man then why couldn’t he distinguish between God’s message and satanic verses? One of the most eminent of Muslim scholars of the 20th century, Fazlur Rahman, found no difficulty in accepting the truth of the "Satanic verses" incident in the light of the Qur'an's repeated assertion that Messengers were only human, and hence fallible. But whatever fears or thoughts - or even gestures - of compromise the Prophet might make, they were soon "abrogated" or "erased" by God, as verse 22:52 makes clear. The well-known story that after mentioning the pagan goddesses once (53:19-20), the Prophet described them as "exalted swans whose intercession [with God] is to be hoped for"... only to abrogate these words in 53:21-23, is perfectly intelligible, for this incident occurred at a time of great trial and persecution of his followers, whom he had ordered to emigrate temporarily to Abyssinia. There are other indications that certain verses were replaced by others: 2:106, 13:39, 16:101... For the Quran, it is neither strange nor out of tune nor blameworthy for a prophet that he is not always consistent as a human. It is nevertheless as a human that he becomes an example for mankind, for his average level of conduct is still so high that is is a worthy model for mankind... there is abundant evidence in the Quran that while the Prophet did at times wish that developments would take a certain turn, God's Revelation went a different way: "Do not move your tongue with [i.e., ahead of] the Revelation, hastily anticipating it. It is upon Us to bring it together and to recite it - so that when We recite it, let you follow its recitation." (75:16-19) (Fazlur Rahman, Major Themes in the Quran, pages 88-90). [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR]</SPAN>[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]This once again has no reference. Many of the Islamic practices such as Ramadan, Hajj and even the name Allah has existed long before Mohammad was born. Facing a certain direction ([COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Jerusalem[/FONT][/COLOR]) was also practiced which Mohammad changed later on.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]What does this prove? When Mohammad was born, the religion of his people was paganism and other religions such as Zoroastrian were practiced.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]Do miracles prove one’s truthfulness? In any case, [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]the miracle of Gurbani is that the grammar and numbering system developed (independent of the Punjabi language) is so complex and detailed that the EXACT meaning of each verse is clear by the use of grammatical devices like Siharis and aunkarhs. This grammar system is not replicated anywhere and was created by the Gurus. Such a scientific grammar cannot be anything but divine. The numbering system for each and every stanza, verse and chapter are so uniquely implemented that it acts as a central locking system preventing any adulteration or addition to the Divine Revealed Word. Furthermore, Guru Nanak Sahib performed many miracles such as traveling to Hassan Abdal, Pakistan where he caused the spring to burst from the ground (which still flows today) and also the rock that still bears his hand-print. There are many other places like Lake Gurudongmar and Gurdwara Pathar Sahib in Sikkim where miracles and their proof exist even today and are verified by non-Sikh locals.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]Please do some research on Sikhi before you start making insulting comments. Sikhi is the true way of life as revealed by God Himself.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR]</SPAN> [/QUOTE]
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