Life of Ahmad — Page 457
as GURU NANAK WAS A MUSLIM 457 Hindu by birth, came under Sufi influence, and was strangely attracted by the saintly demeanour of the faqirs who were thickly scattered over Northern India and swarmed in the Punjab (p. 583). . . The traditions of Nanak preserved in the Janam Sakhi , are full of evidences of his alliance with Muhammadanism (p. 585). . . The ordinary Janam Sakhis current in the Panjab vary the account somewhat by saying that when the Khan reproved Nanak for not coming to him when sent for, the latter replied: 'Hear, O Nawab, when I was thy servant I came before thee; now I am not thy servant; now I am become the servant of Khuda (God). ' The Nawab said: 'Sir, (if) you have become such, then come with me and say prayers (Niwaj- Nimaz, see Prayer). It is Friday. ' Nanak said: 'Go, Sir. ' The Nawab, with the Qazi and Nanak, and a great concourse of people, went into the Jami Masjid and stood there. All the people who came into the Masjid began to say, 'Today Nanak has entered this sect. ' There was a commotion among the respectable Hindus in Sultanpur; and Jairam, being much grieved, returned home. Nanaki, perceiving that her husband came home dejected, rose up and said, 'Why is it that you are today so grieved'? Jairam replied, 'Listen, O servant of Paramesur (God), what has thy brother Nanak done! He has gone,