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2. Thou sayest thy prayers five times, giving them five names.
Let Truth be thy first, Honest living the second; and the good of all, thy third;
Let the fourth prayer be the honest mind and the fifth the Praise of the Lord;
Let the fourth prayer be the honest mind and the fifth the Praise of the Lord.
Say thou, pray, the Prayer of Deeds, and be thou thus a (True) Muslim;
Any other prayer is false and, false is their value. (Majh Var, M. 1)
3. Hard it is to call oneself a Muslim; If one has these (Attributes) then alone
is he one: first, let the faith in Allah seem sweet to him.
And then with this as scraper, let him scrub his inside clean of Ego.
And, with faith in the leader of his faith, let him break the Illusion of life and
death.
And submit to the Will of Allah, and, Believing in his Eternal Creator,
he should lose his self.
And, Nanak, if he is merciful to all creatures, truly he is acclaimed as
a (true) Muslim. (Ibid)
Give up your book and dwell on the Lord, and oppress not life.
Kabir has taken to his only Lord, but the Muslims (like you) are
frustrated by their fruitless strife. (Asa Kabir)
8. Now that the turn of the Sheikhs has come, the Primal
Lord is called Allah;
And the (Hindu) gods and temples have been taxed; such is now the way!
The ablution pot, the prayer-mat, the call to prayer, have all assumed
the Muslim garb: even God is now robed in blue.
And men have changed their tongue and the Muslim way of greetings prevails.
O King, the Master of the earth, if Thou canst do all this, what power
have I (to challenge Thee) ?
For, the four corners (of the earth) greet Thee, and every home rings
with Thy Praise.
(Basant, M. 1)
9. If thy God lives only in the mosque, to whom else belongs the rest of the
world?
The Hindu finds the God's All-pervading Essence in the image; so both
Know not the quintessence.
O Allah, O Ram, I live by Thy Name,
O Master, be Thou Merciful to me?
The Hndus see their God in the south, the Muslims in the west;
But search thy God only in the heart, for, thy heart is the Seat of God.
The Brahmin fasts (yearly) for twenty four days, once
every Ekadasi, the Qazi in the month of Ramzan;
Lo, they keep out God for eleven parts, and find the
treasure of Bliss only in a single month !
Why bathe in Orissa, why bow low in the mosque?
If one has Guile in the heart, then, what use is one's
going out for a Hajj, or saying the prayers five times in a day ? (4)
O God, all men and women that one sees are but thy Manifestations,
And I am thy child, and all Gurus and all Prophets are mine.
Says Kabir, "Hear ye men and women, seek only the refuge of the One God.
And utter only the Lord's Name that ye are ferried across." (Kabir)
11. O Mullah, why standest thou on a minaret; thy God is not deaf;
Pray, See thou Him within, for whose sake thou criest out thy prayers so loud !
Why, O Sheikh, goest thou to the Kaaba, without patience in the heart:
For, he, who has not a whole heart, how would he attain to his God?
(Shlokas of Kabir)
12. I was going as a pilgrim to the Kaaba, and on the way I met my God unawares,
And he quarelled with me saying: who told you I was (only) there?
13. I went time and again to the Kaaba to become a Haaji,
But tell me, O God, what's wrong with me that Thou Spoke not to me?
(Shloka of Kabir)
9. Says Nanak:
Those who are pure from inside live with the
Guru for ever.
Guru III, Ramkali Rag
13. Inwardly our hearts are dark but outwardly we appear bright;
We pretend to copy those who wait on the Lord at His gate,
And are absorbed in the Lord, enjoying the utmost bliss.
Guru I, Sri Rag
14. With sandal paste on the forehead, And beads in the hand,
They have disguised their real self, Thinking the Lord a toy.
Kabirji, Bhairo Rag
15. The hypocrite closes his eyes and nose to deceive the people;
He closes his eyes with his fingers saying; I see the three worlds;
But he knows not what passes just behind him
18. He cannot be attained by mere talk; Through the grace of the Guru,
He resides in the heart.
Guru I, Asa Rag
21. Those who make a show of Nimaz, Do not hesitate to devour men;
Those who wear sacred thread, Do not hesitate to use the dagger.
Guru I, Shlokas
24. The falsehood and deceit cannot remain con cealed for long, The false
appearance vanishes.
Guru IV, Gauri Rag
25. He changes many garbs and wanders, But there is deceit in the heart;
He does not reach the palace of God, After death he becomes a person full of
filth.
Guru I, MajhRag
26. Those who wear dhotis of three and a half yards length,
Those who wear threefold sacred thread,
Those who wear rosaries round their necks,
And carry shining pails in their hands,
Are not the saints of God;
They are the cheats of Benaras.
Kabirji, Asa Rag