SKETCH OF THE ^IKim %i% 



"you have dressed yourselves in dresses of blue, and you dbligh€ to have 

 " your praises sung from house to house ; but I, who have seen all the 

 *' world, tell you, that the Hindiis equally hate you and your mosques;" 

 " I am sent to reconcile your jarring faiths, and I implore you to read 

 " their scriptures, as well as your own; but reading is Useless without 

 *^ obedience to the doftrine taught ; for God has said, no mahshaUbe' 

 " saved except he has performed good works. The almighty Will not 

 " ask to what tribe or persuasion he belongs. He will only ask what' Has"' 

 " he done. Therefore those violent and continued- disputes, which' subsist 

 " between the Hindus and Mosletnans, are as impious as they are unjust/* 



Such were the dodirines, according to his disciples, which, Na'nac 

 taught to both Hindus and MuhammedanSo He professed veneration and 

 respect, but refused adoration to the founders of both their religions, foK 

 which, as for those of all other tribes^ he had great toleranceo " A hun- 

 " dred thousand of Muhammeds/* said Na'nac, *' a million of Brah« 

 " ma's, Vishnus, and a hundred thousand Ra'mas, stand at the gate o£, 

 " the most high. These all perish, God alone is immortal. Yet meng. 

 " who unite in the praise of God, are not ashamed of living in contention 

 " with each other, which proves that the evil spirit has subdued all. He 



" alone is a true Hindu, whose heart is just, and he only is a good Ma* 



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" hammedan whose hfe is pure." 



Na'nac is stated, by the Sikh author from whom the above account'of 

 his religion is taken, Jo have had an interview with the supreme God, 

 which he thus describes: " one day Nanao heard a voice from above* 

 " exclaim, Na'nac, approach!" He replied. ** Oh God! what power 

 " have I to stand in thy presence?" The voice. ;said, " close thine ^ 

 " eyes." Nanac shut his eyeg, ^d advanced: he was told to look up;.. 



