Zakir Naik – Sikhism Founder, Principles and Concept of God

Zakir Naik
AI: Summary © The speaker discusses the concept of God in fructism, which is the off softer of the world. The first four cases of chakism are the first four of the five scriptures, with the first being the profit of the womb. The second case is the definition of almighty God, and the third case is the holy name of Jesus. The speaker also mentions that the church is against any kind of casual worship, and that the church is against any kind of casual worship.
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Let's discuss

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the concept of God in Sikhism.

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Sikhism is the offshoot of Hinduism.

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It was founded by Guru Nanak Sahib towards

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the end of 15th century

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in the land of Pakistan and Northwest India

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called as Punjab, the land of 5 rivers.

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And Guru Nanak was born in the Hindu

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family, in the family, but he was influenced

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by the Muslims.

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The word Sikh

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is derived from the word,

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which means a disciple, which means a student.

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Sikhism

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is a religion of 10 gurus.

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The founder and the first guru is Guru

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Nanak Saheb and the 10th guru is Guru

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Gobind Sahib.

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And the sacred scriptures

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of Sikhism

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is the Guru Granth Sahib or the Adi

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Granth.

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Every Sikh

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is supposed to maintain the 5 case.

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The first is

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the kesh, the uncut hair.

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You know, when you see in any cricket

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match in India, you see people wearing a

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turban,

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so they tie their head. They are the

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sick.

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So the first k is kesh, uncut hair.

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2nd is Kanga,

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the comb to keep his hair clean.

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The third is the Kala, the metal bracelet

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for strength.

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Number 4, is the Kerpan,

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that's the dagger

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for self defense.

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And number 5,

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is the kacha,

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the long underdrawals

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or undergarment

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for agility.

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So every Sikh is supposed to maintain all

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his 5 kids and the Sikh are known

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for maintaining the level. Wherever they go, almost

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all of them, they will be proud to

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wear the turban, to keep the beard,

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to wear the color, to wear the kripan.

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They are very proud of the religion.

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If you read

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the secret scripture of the sick, the Guru

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Granth Sahib, the definition of almighty God is

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given in the mool mantra.

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The first was

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of Guru Granth Sahib. If you read Guru

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Granth Sahib, volume number 1, chapter number 1,

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verse number 1 called as,

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it says,

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God is only 1.

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He's called as the true,

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the creator,

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free from

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want

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and hatred.

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The immortal,

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the one who has no beginning,

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self existent,

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great and compassionate.

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In Sikhism,

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almighty God in the unmanifest form

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is called as.

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And the manifest form,

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he is called as Omkara.

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And there are various attributes

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given

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to this

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Omkara.

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He's called as

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Kartar, the creator.

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Sahib, the Lord.

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Satanama,

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the holy name.

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The eternal.

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The cherisher.

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Raheem, the merciful.

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Kareem, the beneficent.

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He's also called as Vaheguru,

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the one true God. In Sikkim,

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they strictly believe

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in monotheism

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and they are against.

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That means almighty God becoming.

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They're strictly against that. They're also strictly against

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idol worship.

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And Guru Nanak Sahib, he was very much

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influenced

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by Sant Kabir.

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Therefore, you'll find

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sometimes

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the couplets of Sant Kabir is also mentioned.

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And one of the famous couplets of Sant

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Kabir we learned in school was

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It means,

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during times of trouble,

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everyone remembers God.

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But during times of peace and happiness, no

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one remembers God.

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The person who remembers God at the time

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of peace and happiness,

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why should trouble touch him?

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So if you read

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the six scriptures,

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you'll understand

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that Sikhism

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believes that you should worship, believe in 1

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God and you should worship only 1 God

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who have got no images, who have got

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no idlers.

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