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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="namjiwankaur" data-source="post: 173625" data-attributes="member: 13793"><p>_/|\_ Sat Nam</p><p></p><p>One reason I speak of Islam from a place of compassion is to confront this violence. </p><p></p><p>I heard yesterday a suicide bomber killed (at least) 14 people and injured 61 others. These are some of the verses I thought of when I heard this news.</p><p></p><p><em>That was why We laid it down for the Children of Israel that whoever killed a human beingexcept as a punishment for murder or for spreading corruption in the land shall be regarded as having killed all mankind, and that whoever saved a human life shall be regarded as having saved all mankind. Our messengers came to them with clear signs, but many of them continued to commit excesses in the land. (Quran 5:32)</em></p><p></p><p><em>Believers, do not wrongfully consume each others wealth, but trade with it by mutual consent. Do not kill one another, for God is most merciful to you. (Quran 4:29)</em></p><p></p><p>(4:29 is also often translated as "do not kill yourselves").</p><p></p><p>As for suicide bombers, there are these hadith:</p><p></p><p>The Prophet said, "He who commits suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling himself in the Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire." (Sahih Bukhari)</p><p></p><p>The Prophet said, "Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills himself, will be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever." (Sahih Bukhari)</p><p></p><p>I think hell is basically about the karma that comes back at us for bad deeds (like killing innocent people). According to those who have had near death experiences, there are people who say shortly after they enter this spiritual realm, there is a life review. Not only do they experience what they did (good and bad) to themselves. They feel what they did (good and bad to others).</p><p></p><p>So causing injury and murder will no doubt bring very painful (emotionally & physical) consequences.</p><p></p><p>I have realized something and it causes me to make posts like these. I was Christian until I was about 40 years old. I studied the Bible, but many (maybe most) Christians don't read the Bible. I suspect the same is true for Muslims. Many probably don't read Quran and some are illiterate so they depend on others they consider "authorities" for their "knowledge" of Islam.</p><p></p><p>This is why I see pictures like those you posted and I react the way I do...by showing the Islam of Mercy. Naben ji said mercy is conditional. Maybe so, but in Quran it is clearly stated that Muhammad came to all creation/all worlds with a message of mercy. Therefore Islam is meant to be a message of mercy. </p><p></p><p>Here are various translations of that verse:</p><p></p><p>It is Surah 21, ayat 107.</p><p></p><p>::We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures (Yusuf Ali translation)</p><p></p><p>::And [thus, O Prophet,] We have sent thee as [an evidence of Our] grace towards all the worlds. (Muhammad Asad translation)</p><p></p><p>::We have merely sent you as a mercy for [everybody in] the Universe. (TB Irving translation)</p><p></p><p>::And We did not send you (O Prophet), except as mercy to all worlds (and the creatures). (Syed Vickar Ahamad translation)</p><p></p><p>So when I see pictures like the ones you posted here, I can't help but ask how Muslims can justify their violence.</p><p></p><p>The Prophet says 73 sects will exist and only one will go to Paradise. It will be a People of Mercy. There aren't 73 sects. There is only a People of Mercy.</p><p></p><p>And every thought, word and deed of a Muslim should be a reflection of Mercy. True submission (islam/muslim) is to let go of our own ego-needs that push us to disagree, fight and insist we are right. Those ego-needs are not reflections of Mercy. </p><p></p><p>Nam Jiwan:redturban:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="namjiwankaur, post: 173625, member: 13793"] _/|\_ Sat Nam One reason I speak of Islam from a place of compassion is to confront this violence. I heard yesterday a suicide bomber killed (at least) 14 people and injured 61 others. These are some of the verses I thought of when I heard this news. [I]That was why We laid it down for the Children of Israel that whoever killed a human beingexcept as a punishment for murder or for spreading corruption in the land shall be regarded as having killed all mankind, and that whoever saved a human life shall be regarded as having saved all mankind. Our messengers came to them with clear signs, but many of them continued to commit excesses in the land. (Quran 5:32)[/I] [I]Believers, do not wrongfully consume each others wealth, but trade with it by mutual consent. Do not kill one another, for God is most merciful to you. (Quran 4:29)[/I] (4:29 is also often translated as "do not kill yourselves"). As for suicide bombers, there are these hadith: The Prophet said, "He who commits suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling himself in the Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire." (Sahih Bukhari) The Prophet said, "Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills himself, will be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever." (Sahih Bukhari) I think hell is basically about the karma that comes back at us for bad deeds (like killing innocent people). According to those who have had near death experiences, there are people who say shortly after they enter this spiritual realm, there is a life review. Not only do they experience what they did (good and bad) to themselves. They feel what they did (good and bad to others). So causing injury and murder will no doubt bring very painful (emotionally & physical) consequences. I have realized something and it causes me to make posts like these. I was Christian until I was about 40 years old. I studied the Bible, but many (maybe most) Christians don't read the Bible. I suspect the same is true for Muslims. Many probably don't read Quran and some are illiterate so they depend on others they consider "authorities" for their "knowledge" of Islam. This is why I see pictures like those you posted and I react the way I do...by showing the Islam of Mercy. Naben ji said mercy is conditional. Maybe so, but in Quran it is clearly stated that Muhammad came to all creation/all worlds with a message of mercy. Therefore Islam is meant to be a message of mercy. Here are various translations of that verse: It is Surah 21, ayat 107. ::We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures (Yusuf Ali translation) ::And [thus, O Prophet,] We have sent thee as [an evidence of Our] grace towards all the worlds. (Muhammad Asad translation) ::We have merely sent you as a mercy for [everybody in] the Universe. (TB Irving translation) ::And We did not send you (O Prophet), except as mercy to all worlds (and the creatures). (Syed Vickar Ahamad translation) So when I see pictures like the ones you posted here, I can't help but ask how Muslims can justify their violence. The Prophet says 73 sects will exist and only one will go to Paradise. It will be a People of Mercy. There aren't 73 sects. There is only a People of Mercy. And every thought, word and deed of a Muslim should be a reflection of Mercy. True submission (islam/muslim) is to let go of our own ego-needs that push us to disagree, fight and insist we are right. Those ego-needs are not reflections of Mercy. Nam Jiwan:redturban: [/QUOTE]
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