Guru Granth Sahib · Ang 1 (Mul Mantar)

Tradition: Sikhism
Scripture: Guru Granth Sahib
Theme: The One God
Source: Ang 1 (Mul Mantar)

Original

ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Gurmukhi)

Translation

There is but one God whose name is true, the Creator, devoid of fear and enmity, immortal, unborn, self-existent; by the favour of the Guru.

The Sikh Religion (Macauliffe)

Context: The opening of the Guru Granth Sahib, composed by Guru Nanak.

Sources and licenses

Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Gurmukhi text (public domain); transcribed by One God One Message.
Max Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1909); public domain. Footnote marks removed.

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