Life of Ahmad — Page 459
as GURU NANAK WAS A MUSLIM 459 emphasis on the Sufi doctrine of the Unity of God. In this conversation Nanak is made to say, "The book of the Quran should be practised" (fol. 144). He also acknowledged that "Justice is the Quran" (fol. 148). When the Miyan asked him what is the one great name, Nanak took him aside and whispered in his ear, "Allah" (God)… In the course of his teaching in Makkah, Nanak is made to say: "Though men, they are like women, who do not obey the Sunnat, and Divine commandement, nor the order of the book (i. e. , the Quran)" (I. O. MS No. 1728, fol. 212). He also admitted the intercession of Muhammad, denounced the drinking of bhang, wine, etc. , achnowledged the existence of hell, the punishment of the wicked, and the resurrection of mankind; in fact, the words here ascribed to Nanak contain a full confession of Islam. These tenets are, of course, due to the narrator of the tale; and are only useful as showing how far Nanak’s followers thought it possible for him to go (p. 588)… The early Gurus openly assumed the manners and dress of faqirs, thus plainly announcing their connection with the Sufistic side of Muhammadanism. In pictures they are represented with small rosaries in their hands, quite in Muhammadan fashion, as though ready to peform Zikr. Guru Arjan, who was the fifth in succession from Nanak, was the first to lay