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Guru Granth Sahib
Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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="Togusa" data-source="post: 193864" data-attributes="member: 20214"><p>I have a very deep respect for Islam. I have a large amount of Muslim friends from middle school, high school, and college. I've attended my college's Muslim Student Association's Eid party just to partake in the festivities and also learn a little more about Sufism. I've got a great deal of Nusrat Fateh and Abida Parveen songs on my phone which I listen to from time to time as well.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps it's just coincidence, but as a young child I used to live in Jackson Heights, NY. Jackson Heights was (and still is to this day) Desi Central. Pakistanis, Bengalis, and North Indians from all over the city come here to purchase things that bring them closer to their homeland. Sweets shops, Desi restaurants (Shaheen Mahal being my favourite place to eat at as a child), Bollywood video stores, Patel Brothers, sari stores, phone card vendors, jewellery stores, the list goes on and on. </p><p></p><p>My mother used to take me to Jackson Heights a lot when I was 4-5 years old. I remembered seeing a lot of strange men with fuzzy beards wearing strange hats and kurta pajama. My mother taught me that they were Muslims. Whenever we visited, we always ended up at Shaheen Mahal (<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Jackson_Heights_2.jpg" target="_blank">picture here</a>; 13 years later, I find out that my friend Sammer's uncle owns the place <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). When I asked my mother what that strange writing was on the blue sign. She told me that it was written in Urdu. </p><p></p><p>My mom even took me with her to visit some Pakistani friends of hers when I was in kindergarten. When I was going to introduce myself, she told me to say "salaam alaykum" rather than "satsrikal" like I usually did when I visited my mother's friends. I didn't even recognise the difference between a Sikhi woman and a Muslim woman, because my mother, her friend, and her daughters all wore dupattas while her son and husband had their hair cut. I didn't even realise they were Pakistani until MUCH later in life (I mean like around 8th-9th grade) because they spoke Punjabi and English like we did.</p><p></p><p>A family friend of ours, Muhammad Idrees educated me more on Islam and the Qur'an whenever I visited him with my parents in Manhattan. I very rarely saw Idrees-uncle, so I don't remember everything he taught me. But he told me that I should never look at Muslims as if they're lower than me. I should look at Muslims on the same level I looked at everyone else. The way that people worship God shouldn't matter to me, because we're all equals in front of God's eyes. That's one lesson which stuck with me for my entire life.</p><p></p><p>Now in college, that childlike curiosity I've had drives some of my future plans. I want to visit Pakistan. Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Nankana Sahib, to name a few places. Someday, I'll visit the entirety of Southwest and Central Asia. I'm enrolling in an Arabic class, and I'm intending on learning Farsi along the way too.</p><p></p><p>Of course, no matter how much I'll learn about Islam, I'll always be a Sikh at heart. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Togusa, post: 193864, member: 20214"] I have a very deep respect for Islam. I have a large amount of Muslim friends from middle school, high school, and college. I've attended my college's Muslim Student Association's Eid party just to partake in the festivities and also learn a little more about Sufism. I've got a great deal of Nusrat Fateh and Abida Parveen songs on my phone which I listen to from time to time as well. Perhaps it's just coincidence, but as a young child I used to live in Jackson Heights, NY. Jackson Heights was (and still is to this day) Desi Central. Pakistanis, Bengalis, and North Indians from all over the city come here to purchase things that bring them closer to their homeland. Sweets shops, Desi restaurants (Shaheen Mahal being my favourite place to eat at as a child), Bollywood video stores, Patel Brothers, sari stores, phone card vendors, jewellery stores, the list goes on and on. My mother used to take me to Jackson Heights a lot when I was 4-5 years old. I remembered seeing a lot of strange men with fuzzy beards wearing strange hats and kurta pajama. My mother taught me that they were Muslims. Whenever we visited, we always ended up at Shaheen Mahal ([URL="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Jackson_Heights_2.jpg"]picture here[/URL]; 13 years later, I find out that my friend Sammer's uncle owns the place :p). When I asked my mother what that strange writing was on the blue sign. She told me that it was written in Urdu. My mom even took me with her to visit some Pakistani friends of hers when I was in kindergarten. When I was going to introduce myself, she told me to say "salaam alaykum" rather than "satsrikal" like I usually did when I visited my mother's friends. I didn't even recognise the difference between a Sikhi woman and a Muslim woman, because my mother, her friend, and her daughters all wore dupattas while her son and husband had their hair cut. I didn't even realise they were Pakistani until MUCH later in life (I mean like around 8th-9th grade) because they spoke Punjabi and English like we did. A family friend of ours, Muhammad Idrees educated me more on Islam and the Qur'an whenever I visited him with my parents in Manhattan. I very rarely saw Idrees-uncle, so I don't remember everything he taught me. But he told me that I should never look at Muslims as if they're lower than me. I should look at Muslims on the same level I looked at everyone else. The way that people worship God shouldn't matter to me, because we're all equals in front of God's eyes. That's one lesson which stuck with me for my entire life. Now in college, that childlike curiosity I've had drives some of my future plans. I want to visit Pakistan. Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Nankana Sahib, to name a few places. Someday, I'll visit the entirety of Southwest and Central Asia. I'm enrolling in an Arabic class, and I'm intending on learning Farsi along the way too. Of course, no matter how much I'll learn about Islam, I'll always be a Sikh at heart. :) [/QUOTE]
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