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Do all Sakhis compliment Gurmat?
It is interesting to observe that how much credence we give to the
Sakhis which are passed on as oral traditions and some have been
used in writings without even giving it a second thought if they
compliment Gurmat or not. All Sakhis that do not compliment Gurmat
should be rejected vehemently and this job should belong to Akaal
Takht because it is not a tough job to separate wheat from the chaff
as far as Sakhis are concerned.
Lets take the Sakhi that Gurmit Singh ji is sharing with us. Before
we dissect its contents, lets look in the back ground of the Shabad.
First and foremost this Shabad is by Guru Nanak Dev Ji which was
written more than a century before this incident has supposed to
have happened. We are all aware through history that all these
Mughal emperors were not illiterate nor dumb. They had advisers in
all fields specially about Sikhi as Aurangzeb felt threatened about
Sikhi taking over Islam. Hence he must have been told about Gurbani
and Adi Granth and as the conventional wisdom indicates that he must
have also known the right verse, thus had no reason to ask Ram Rai
about it.
Now lets suppose for the sake of argument that Aurangzeb had no idea
about the following Shabad:-
This Shabad is by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Aasaa on Pannaa 466
ma 1 ||
First Mehla:
mittee musalamaan kee paerrai pee kumihaaar ||
The clay of the Muslim's grave becomes clay for the potter's wheel.
gharr bhaa(n)ddae eittaa keeaa jaladhee karae pukaar ||
Pots and bricks are fashioned from it, and it cries out as it burns.
jal jal rovai bapurree jharr jharr pavehi a(n)giaar ||
The poor clay burns, burns and weeps, as the fiery coals fall upon
it.
naanak jin karathai kaaran keeaa so jaanai karathaar ||2||
O Nanak, the Creator created the creation; the Creator Lord alone
knows. ||2||
The above Shabad is talking about the burial. As India had no
Christians nor Jews at that time then the only people who were
buried in India rather than cremated were the Muslims.
The Sakhi based on the above Shabad goes like this:
Some Muslim scholars were having a chat with Guru Nanak Dev Ji and
they told him that all Muslims go to Heaven after the burial where
it is cool and all kafirs go to hell which is steaming hot. After
listening to them Guru Nanak asked them through the Shabad, how can
heaven be cool when you are put in a hot oven by The Potter? In
other words, No Hell- No Heaven-.Now this Sakhi does compliment the
Shabad and makes sense.
Aurangzeb did not know the shabad but as a devout Muslim he knew
that Allah is mentioned as the Potter in Koran.
Both in Christianity and Islam Ik Ong Kaar is considered The Potter
and both consider Heaven as a cool place and Hell as steaming hot
cauldron.
The Holy Bible
Isaiah 64:8 (New International Version)
8 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand
Isaiah 45:9 (New International Version)
9 "Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker,
to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the
ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
'What are you making?'
Does your work say,
'He has no hands'?
The Holy Koran
[55.14] He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,
[6.2] He it is Who created you from clay, then He decreed a term;
and there is a term named with Him; still you doubt.
[15:28-31]
Your Lord said to the angels, "I am creating a human being from aged
mud, like the potter's clay. Once I perfect him, and blow into him
from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him. The angels fell
prostrate; all of them, except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with
the prostrators.
Now coming back to the Sakhi. If Ram Rai had changed the word from
Musalmaan to Bayeemann, that would have been much more offensive
because then it would indicate that all Musalmaans are Bayeemanns.
Hence the above incidence is not likely to have happened as it gets
Ram Rai in bigger trouble.
Tejwant
http://www.biblegateway.com/
http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran/
http://www.submission.org/islam/racism.html
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learning-zone@yahoogroups.com, "Gurmit Singh"
<gurmitsingh@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Brother Kirpal Singh Jee Nijher (USA),
> Waheguru jee ka Khalsa Waheguru jee kee Fateh
>
> Thanks for your awakening call to the Guru Panth since spread all
over the
> world.
>
> Although all of us know, I wish to share the following:
>
> (1) When Guru Har Rai Sahib deputed his elder son Ram Rai to the
court of
> Emperor Aurangzeb, he over-reacted to please the Emperor and
> deliberately
> misread one word "beimaan" instead of "Musalmaan" - (Asa Kee
Pauri -
> Pauri 6). Due to this misquote though Emperor was pleased,
Sikhs were
> displeased, and they had sent a report to Guru Har Rai Sahib,
who
> immediately
> anathematized Ram Rai for the sacrilege he had committed and
debarred
> him
> from his presence. Subsequently, Guru Har Kishan Sahib also
did not see
> his
> brother nor Aurangzeb despite being in Delhi;
> (2) Similarly, when Guru Gobind Singh Sahib lowered his arrow
towards the
> Dadu's
> samadh, accompanied Sikhs questioned Guru Sahib, who accepted
and owned
> responsibility though it was with a purpose to teach a lesson
to
> Sikhs - not to
> bow before samadhs/deraas or mortals.
>
> In the circumstances, all the Sikhs whether abroad or in Punjab
and India,
> should
> boycott such persons from Badal to Vedanti including other anti-
Sikh
> elements
> who have been propagating the brahminical doctrine under the cover
of Gur
> Bilas
> Patshahi 6, Bachiter Natak and other manmade fables.
>
> With best wishes and Charhdi Kalaa of the Guru Panth,
> Gurmit Singh (Sydney)
>