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— HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
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Sati
They are not Satis who perish in the flames. O Nanak Satis are those who die of a broken heart. !
And again The loving wife perishes with the body of her husband. But were her thoughts bent upon God, her sorrows would be alleviated.
Amar Das, Adi Granth, Suhi. Addendum Bhai Gurdoi Bhalla's mode of representing the Mission of Nanak
There were four races and four creeds among Hindus and Muhammadans; Selfishness, jealousy, and pride drew strongly
^
in the
world
of
them
all
•
The Hindus dwelt on Benares and the Ganges, the
Muhammadans on the Kaba; The Muhammadans held by circumcision, the Hindus by strings and frontal marks.
They each called on Ram and Rahim, one name, and yet both forgot the road. Forgetting the Vedas and the Koran, they were inveigled in the snares of the world. Truth remained on one side, while Mullas and Brah-
mans disputed,*
And Salvation was not attained. God heard the complaint (of virtue or truth), and Nanak was sent into the world. He established the custom that the disciple should wash the feet of his Guru, and drink the water; Par Brahm and Puran Brahm, in this Kalyug, he
showed were one, The four Feet (of the animal sustaining the world) were made of Faith; the four castes were made one; 1 The four races of Saiyids, Shaikhs, Mughals, and Pathans are here termed as of four creeds, and likened to the four castes or races of the Hindus. It is, indeed, a common saying that such a thing is 'haram-i~char Mazhab', or forbidden among the four faiths or sects of Muhammadans. Originally the expression had reference to the four orthodox schools of Sunnis, formed by the expounders Abu Hanifa, Hanbal, Shafei, and Malik, and it still has such an application among the learned, but the commonalty of India understand it to apply to the four castes or races into which they have divided them-
selves.
335
16.
^pp
^^
Sati
They are not Satis who perish in the flames. O Nanak Satis are those who die of a broken heart. !
And again The loving wife perishes with the body of her husband. But were her thoughts bent upon God, her sorrows would be alleviated.
Amar Das, Adi Granth, Suhi. Addendum Bhai Gurdoi Bhalla's mode of representing the Mission of Nanak
There were four races and four creeds among Hindus and Muhammadans; Selfishness, jealousy, and pride drew strongly
^
in the
world
of
them
all
•
The Hindus dwelt on Benares and the Ganges, the
Muhammadans on the Kaba; The Muhammadans held by circumcision, the Hindus by strings and frontal marks.
They each called on Ram and Rahim, one name, and yet both forgot the road. Forgetting the Vedas and the Koran, they were inveigled in the snares of the world. Truth remained on one side, while Mullas and Brah-
mans disputed,*
And Salvation was not attained. God heard the complaint (of virtue or truth), and Nanak was sent into the world. He established the custom that the disciple should wash the feet of his Guru, and drink the water; Par Brahm and Puran Brahm, in this Kalyug, he
showed were one, The four Feet (of the animal sustaining the world) were made of Faith; the four castes were made one; 1 The four races of Saiyids, Shaikhs, Mughals, and Pathans are here termed as of four creeds, and likened to the four castes or races of the Hindus. It is, indeed, a common saying that such a thing is 'haram-i~char Mazhab', or forbidden among the four faiths or sects of Muhammadans. Originally the expression had reference to the four orthodox schools of Sunnis, formed by the expounders Abu Hanifa, Hanbal, Shafei, and Malik, and it still has such an application among the learned, but the commonalty of India understand it to apply to the four castes or races into which they have divided them-
selves.
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