The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 213

"Whose the soul and body is, (his) inward light is boundless.

Thou alone art the true wholesale-merchant, (all) the other world is (thy) retail-dealer.

(Make) kindness the mosque, sincerity the prayer-carpet, rectitude (equity) the lawful (food) (according to the) Kuran."

Modesty circumcision, good conduct fasting, (thus) thou becomest a Musalman. (Good) works the Ka'abah, the true Pir (Guru) the Kalimah, kindness the prayer. (Make) that the rosary, which wiU please him; Nanak (says): he preserves thy honour.

' f^^ |-HT> Arab. Aj>-l.».iO, preface (to a book), genertilly written in highly ornamental language and embellished with gilding and decorations; a false show or pageantry!

* So, as the words stand, they give no sense, as no grammatical relation of any kind is indicated, the whole verse being only a cumulus of words, as so often.

0 Nanak, a forbidden thing is (to) that one the swine, to that one the cow.

The Guru (and) Pir then gives his assent (to him), when he does not eat carrion.

By means of (mere) words one does not go to paradise, he is emancipated by acquiring the True one.

(Though) he put spices into the forbidden food, it does not become lawful (thereby),

Nanak (says): by false words falsehood falls into his lap.

Five prayers, five times, five names (in) the five.'

The first (is) truth, the second "lawful," the third alms (in the name of) God.

The fourth (is) a right intention (and) mind, the fifth praise (and) laud.

Having uttered the spelP of the Kalimah he is called a Musalman.

Nanak (says): As many as are false (Muhammadans), they fall (from) one falsehood into another.

Some are trafficking with exquisite gems, some are dealing in glass.

(From) the true Guru, being pleased, treasuries of gems are obtained within (the heart).

Without the Guru no one has obtained (them), the blind and false ones, having barked (like dogs), have died.

The fleshly-minded are consumed by duality and die, they do not understand the investigatioa (of truth).

Without the One (Supreme Being) there is none other, before whom shall they cry?

Some, being poor, always bark, the treasuries' of some are filled.

Without the name there is no other wealth, all the other objects are ashes.

Nanak (says): he himself causes to be done (and) does (everything), he himself by (his) order is arranging (everything).

To be called a Musalman is difficult, when (one) becomes it, then he may be called a ilusalman. Before all,* having approved of religion, he gives away (his) property (to) the saints.' Having become firm^ in the way of religion he puts a stop to the gyration of death and life. He obeys the will of the Lord on his head, he minds the creator, he parts with his own self. Then, (says) Nanak, having become kindly aflFected towards aU living creatures he is indeed called a Musalman.

' No verb is given nor any logical relation indicated.

' cj"35^ signifies also incantation, spell. The Kalimah (^.^li) is used by the Muhammadans as a sort of magical spell.

' ^-rlldl> *•'"• Explained by treasury; its etymolog)' is obscure (perhaps derived from CUilsr').

' »H<jfW, J>r@fe can hardly be translated in any other way, as Jir6i^ cannot be taken for

"'' )1 4^1^ 6644 lAI; the Sikhs do not know what to make of Hiis word; at any rate it is a barbarous composition, from JJi~a-«, a polishing instrument and »TT^ = ^<^. having a polishing instrument = saints, who are polishing the lieai't of men, cleansing it from rust.