Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 161
161 from Sikh literature that Guru Nanak Sahib used to visit Muslim saints, meditate at the tombs of past divines, and join Muslims in congregational prayers. He also performed the Hajj and visited Baghdad and other Muslims holy sites. Most important of all was the discovery of a cloak ( Chola Sahib ) worn by Baba Nanak Sahib which the Sikhs protect and adore as a relic. This cloak is covered with inscriptions of verses from the Holy Quran, such as S u rah al-Ikhl a s , A yah al-Kurs i , and the verse 11 َّنِا َنْيِّدلا َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ُماَلْسِاْلا ‘Surely the true religion with Allah is Islam’. Even the Kalimah is written on it in bold letters. The Sikhs, being ignorant of Arabic, revered these writings as divine mysteries and failed to realize that they were Baba Nanak’s affirmations of his faith in Islam. Armed with these arguments, derived from Sikh literature and relics, the Promised Messiah as started conveying to the Sikhs that Baba Nanak Sahib was a Muslim. This has to a great extent succeeded in bringing about a change among the Sikhs, and it is hoped that, as they become more and more cognizant of this fact, they will realize that they are but our lost brothers and that Islam is their true religion from which they deviated centuries ago because of political controversies. At the source of these controversies, as historical research has shown, were Hindus, not Muslims. We are hopeful that the Sikhs will not let this history be a barrier to accepting the true faith, that they will use their famed bravery to overcome all barriers and, raising the cry ‘Sat Sri Ak a l’ (‘Hail, the One True God’), join the ranks of Islam, and that they will accept the Reformer who appeared in the locality of Bat a la (according to their own prophecies) and join the community of believers in its struggle against unbelief and heresy. The third means through which the Promised Messiah as