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The Granth has 1430 Ang Sahib (ang meaning limb since the Guru Granth Sahib is not a book but it is the eternal Guru for Sikhs) divided into 39 chapters. All copies are exactly alike. The Sikhs are forbidden from making any changes to the text within this scripture. The Guru Granth Sahib was compiled by Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth guru of the ...
The Guru Granth Sahib (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, pronounced [ɡʊɾuː ɡɾənt̪ʰᵊ säː(ɦ)(ɪ)bᵊ(˦)]) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage of the ten human gurus of the religion.
Guru Granth Ji manyo pargat Guran ki deh. Jo Prabhu ko milo chahe khoj shabad mein le. Raj karega Khalsa aqi rahei na koe, Khwar hoe sabh milange bache sharan jo hoe." Translation: "Under the order of the Immortal, the Path was created. All Sikhs are ordered to accept the Granth as their Guru. Consider the Guru Granth as an embodiment of the Gurus.
A sacred language, liturgical language or holy language is a language that is cultivated and used primarily for religious reasons (like church service) by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Some religions, or parts of them, regard the language of their sacred texts as in itself sacred.
The Guru Granth Sahib promotes the message of equality of all beings and at the same time states that Sikh believers "obtain the supreme status" (SGGS, page 446). ). Discrimination of all types is strictly forbidden based on the Sikh tenet Fatherhood of God which states that no one should be reckoned low or high, stating that instead believers should "reckon the entire mankind as One" (Akal Us
The Mūl Mantar (Punjabi: ਮੂਲ ਮੰਤਰ, [muːlᵊ mən̪t̪əɾᵊ]) is the opening verse of the Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib.It consists of twelve words in the Punjabi language, written in Gurmukhi script, and are the most widely known among the Sikhs.
The primary scripture of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, is written in Gurmukhī, in various dialects and languages often subsumed under the generic title Sant Bhasha [8] or "saint language", in addition to other languages like Persian and various phases of Indo-Aryan languages.
Waheguru (Punjabi: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, romanized: vāhigurū [note 1], pronunciation: [ʋaːɦɪɡuɾuː], literally meaning "Wow Guru", [1] figuratively translated to mean "Wonderful God" or "Wonderful Lord" [2] [3]) is a term used in Sikhism to refer to God as described in Guru Granth Sahib.