Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 15
Nanak – A Saint In the year 1895, Hazrat Ahmad as announced that Hazrat Guru Nanak, commonly known as the founder of the Sikh religion, was in fact a great Muslim Saint. He pro- duced evidence from the Sikh scriptures of the fact that Nanak converted to Islam in the latter part of his life. Nanak was born into a Hindu family of Talwandi in the Sheikhupura district of the Punjab. The village is now known as Nankana Sahib i. e. the birth place of Nanak. His father, Kaloo Ram, provided for him the means of education that was in vogue at that time. He studied Persian from some Muslim teachers and also learnt some Islamic principles from them. He soon found that the teachings of the Vedas did not satisfy him, so he searched for a path which could lead him directly to God. He looked for a guide who could show him such a path. He found one such guide in the person of a Muslim saint of the Chishti Order of Sufis, and he gladly became a Muslim, pledging himself at the saint’s hands. Nanak concealed the fact of his conversion for some time, and practiced his faith in privacy. But he could not remain quiet for long. Eventually, he declared that he was a Muslim and preferred the society of Muslim scholars.