Some people keep fasts. Some keep the month of Ramadan. Give your heart to the One who looks after you to the very end. The Lord of the World and Allah are one Lord, fair to Hindus and Muslims alike. You can serve that One right where you stand, the One alone. Take the Formless One into your heart and bow there, quietly. You are bigger than any label. Your body and your breath belong to the One, the One both Allah and Raam name. Meet the Guru, and you recognize your own Master, close to you all along. At the centre, the Rahao: the same One is Lord of Hindu and Muslim.
Key Vocabulary
Gusaaee / Allah — the Lord of the world, named in both a Hindu and a Muslim word.
Hindoo / Turak — Hindu and Muslim, held as equals under the One.
Kaaba / tirath — a Muslim pilgrimage site and Hindu sacred shrines, named side by side.
Nirankaar — the Formless One, taken into the heart.
Guru-Pir — spiritual teacher; a term drawn from both traditions.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The great unity across faiths; shared humanity beneath labels; inward devotion over outward form. Foregrounds the creed-leveling heart of Ik Onkar. Connects to Guru Arjan's formless One in Shabad 37 and to the caste- and creed-leveling spirit throughout Gurbani.
For Raag Bhairao
A luminous close to this stretch of Bhairao — the raag's brightness becomes the brightness of unity.
Hukumnama
Subject: The same One is Lord of Hindu and Muslim Preview: fasts and Ramadan, Mecca and holy rivers, a bow inside the heart, breath belonging to Allah and Raam.
Today: Some people keep fasts. Some keep the month of Ramadan. Give your heart to the One who looks after you to the very end. The Lord of the World and Allah are one Lord, fair to Hindus and Muslims alike. You can serve that One right where you stand, the One alone. Take the Formless One into your heart and bow there, quietly. You are bigger than any label. Your body and your breath belong to the One, the One both Allah and Raam name. Meet the Guru, and you recognize your own Master, close to you all along.
The same One is Lord of Hindus and Muslims alike.
For today: Ask a friend from a different background what their family celebrates, and listen closely.
"I am neither Hindu nor Muslim."
The Arc
Some people keep fasts. Some keep the month of Ramadan. Give your heart to the One who looks after you to the very end. The Lord of the World and Allah are one Lord, fair to Hindus and Muslims alike. You can serve that One right where you stand, the One alone. Take the Formless One into your heart and bow there, quietly. You are bigger than any label. Your body and your breath belong to the One, the One both Allah and Raam name. Meet the Guru, and you recognize your own Master, close to you all along. At the centre, the Rahao: the same One is Lord of Hindu and Muslim.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The great unity across faiths; shared humanity beneath labels; inward devotion over outward form. Foregrounds the creed-leveling heart of Ik Onkar. Connects to Guru Arjan's formless One in Shabad 37 and to the caste- and creed-leveling spirit throughout Gurbani.
For Raag Bhairao
A luminous close to this stretch of Bhairao — the raag's brightness becomes the brightness of unity.
Hukumnama
Subject: The same One is Lord of Hindu and Muslim Preview: fasts and Ramadan, Mecca and holy rivers, a bow inside the heart, breath belonging to Allah and Raam.
Today: Some people keep fasts. Some keep the month of Ramadan. Give your heart to the One who looks after you to the very end. The Lord of the World and Allah are one Lord, fair to Hindus and Muslims alike. You can serve that One right where you stand, the One alone. Take the Formless One into your heart and bow there, quietly. You are bigger than any label. Your body and your breath belong to the One, the One both Allah and Raam name. Meet the Guru, and you recognize your own Master, close to you all along.
The same One is Lord of Hindus and Muslims alike.
For today: Ask a friend from a different background what their family celebrates, and listen closely.