Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
And think about this: if some outer mark decided who belongs to God, what about women, who don't have it?
Whatever is truly true about God has to be true for everyone — women and men alike.
Kabir presses his point with a question that quietly champions equality: if a particular outer mark is what makes a person belong to God, what about a woman, who doesn't bear that mark? He notes that a woman is the other half of shared human life, inseparable from it — so any rule that leaves her out can't be the real measure of belonging to God. It's the very same move Guru Nanak made about the sacred thread (which also excluded women): whatever is genuinely true about God must be true for everyone, women and men alike. A test of holiness that only some people can pass was never a real test. God's love isn't rationed by gender any more than by religion.
Why is it important that closeness to God be equally open to girls and women?
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