In the year 1593 A.D, leaving ‘Amritsar, Guru Arjan Dev went to Tarn Taran. Staying there for a while he set out on a journey in the southeast direction. Crossing river Beas, he entered Doab region and arrived at Dullat where lived a substantial number of Sikh devotees since the time of Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh preceptor. Dullah at the time was part of the Sullundur Province,
But this is not the only message of Moslem interest that we find in the Sikh Scripture. There are many more like this which are of direct interest to the followers of Mohammad.
The Guru Granth Sahib makes ample use of the Islamic names of. God, like Allah, Khuda, Rabb, Maula, Qadar, Rahim, and Karim. We find therein words like Mecca, Medina, Quran, Hadis, Haz, Kazi, Mullah, ind Sheikh, which are characteristically Moslem in nature. The Islamic concepts of Heaven and Hell, as well as the word Satan is often used in the Sikh Scripture, even though there is no such being equivalent to Satan in Sikh theology.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 23, 1987
