A Message of Peace — Page 13
M ESSAGE OF P EACE 13 experienced human sensibilities. Also it should be remembered that day to day petty differences cannot obstruct the course of reconciliation. Only those differences can destroy the process of reconciliation which result in insulting and blasphemous attitudes by one towards the revered Messengers and revealed holy books of the other. The good news in all this for those who seek reconcilia- tion is that all of the Islamic teachings are also found in the different parts of Vedic teaching. For instance, although the newborn branch of Vedic faith entitled A ry a Sam a j teaches that after the revelation of the Vedas, communication from God to man was sealed, the great avat a rs born in the Hindu faith from time to time, who have millions upon millions of followers in this country, have doubtlessly broken that seal by claiming to be recipients of Divine revelation. One such elect Divine representative, who is greatly revered in this country and Bengal, is known as Sr i Krishn a. He claimed to be the recipient of God’s Word and his followers not only believe him to be a Messenger but some consider him to be God personified. There is no doubt, however, that Sr i Krishn a was a Messenger and a representative of God in his time, and God conversed with him. Likewise, from among the Hindu people of the Latter Days was one named B a b a N a nak, whose saintliness has become a byword in this country. His followers, the Sikhs, number no less than two million. B a b a Sahib openly claims to be the recipient of revelation in the Janam S a kh i s 7 and the Granth 8. In one Janam S a kh i he states that he had received 7. Autobiographies of B a b a N a nak. [Publisher] 8. The Holy Book of the Sikhs. [Publisher]