An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 169
169 of B a b a N a nak in Sikh writings, like the fairy tale and stories relating to B a b a N a nak’s visit to Mecca. When B a b a N a nak was in Mecca, it is alleged that the Ka‘ba kept moving on from one place to another to avoid B a b a N a nak’s feet out of respect. And that the Meccans spoke to B a b a N a nak in Punj a b i. Again, it is written that B a b a N a nak met Imam A‘ z am in Mecca who had in fact died about 700 years earlier. Similarly, it is said that B a b a N a nak met Syed ‘Abdul Q a dir J i l a n i in Baghdad, although the latter died 400 years before him. B a b a Far i d Shakar Ganj is said to have met B a b a N a nak, while he also had died 200 years before B a b a N a nak. Contradictions existed even in the Granth Sahib which was compiled 200 years after the demise of B a b a N a nak. The Promised Messiah as , however, contended that there could be no contradiction in B a b a N a nak’s words. It was later writers, who interpolated their own ideas into the Granth Sahib. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says that the Granth Sahib contains the composition of many people. A most convincing piece of evidence which the Promised Messiah as discovered and recorded in his book is the Chola Sahib. It is a cotton cloak and held very sacred by the Sikhs. So, the Promised Messiah as sent a deputation to the custodian of the Chola Sahib in Dera B a b a N a nak, the deputation reported that they had seen written on the Chola verses from the Holy Quran. The Promised Messiah as decided to see the Chola of B a b a N a nak Sahib himself. So, he went to Dera B a b a N a nak on September 30, 1895. The custodians of the Chola did not know what was written on it. The custodians found it unusual that one should be so interested to see the Chola in original. The keeper, who was paid fourteen rupees by the people who accompanied the Promised Messiah as , allowed the writings on the Chola to be copied out. It openly declared that “Islam was the only true religion and Muhammad was the Messenger of God. ” It was also stated that B a b a N a nak went to Mecca, dressed in blue clothes as a Muslim saint, with a prayer mat in his hand. He called the