An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 168
168 Background Pandit Dy a nand wrote a book, entitled Saty a rath Prak a sh, in which he declared that Gur u N a nak was illiterate, who posed as a man of learning and it was out of sheer vanity and conceit that B a b a N a nak was made a saint by ignorant people after his death. The Promised Messiah as took up the cudgels on his behalf against Pandit Dy a nand to protect the honour of B a b a N a nak, whose followers had neither read the book, nor had taken any notice of it. So he began to write a book and announced his intention by a leaflet issued on September 1895. The Promised Messiah as writes: As some papers run by Sikhs have spread this misconception that this book was written with some bad intention or to hurt the feelings, therefore it is pertinent to state that this book is written with all the good intentions and after thorough research. The basic aim of this book is to highlight his great piety and spiritualism and he completely separated himself from Hindu Ved a s. He found that the God presented by Islam sparkles with Majesty, Power, Holiness and is Omnipotent. And it is because of his great piety that he declared his belief in Islam. That is because we stated those cogent reasons and proves of this belief. This view was also supported by many British scholars. This is the reason that we have included in this book extracts from Dictionary of Islam page (583-591) by Reverend Hughe’s which clearly state that Gur u B a b a N a nak was converted to Islam. ( Satt Bachan , inside title page, R uha n i Khaz a’ in, vol. 10, p. 112) The Book The book was completed in 1895. In the first part of the book, the Promised Messiah as refuted all the allegations that had been levelled against B a b a N a nak by Pandit Dy a nand. Then, he separated the historical facts from legendary lore that had gathered round the name