ਮਿਹਰਵਾਨ ਮਉਲਾ ਤੂਹੀ ਏਕ ॥
miharvaan ma-ulaa toohee ayk.
You are the One and only merciful Master,
ਪੀਰ ਪੈਕਾਂਬਰ ਸੇਖ ॥
peer paikaaNbar saykh.
spiritual teacher, prophet, religious teacher.
ਦਿਲਾ ਕਾ ਮਾਲਕੁ ਕਰੇ ਹਾਕੁ ॥
dilaa kaa maalak karay haak.
Master of hearts, Dispenser of justice,
ਕੁਰਾਨ ਕਤੇਬ ਤੇ ਪਾਕੁ ॥੩॥
kuraan katayb tay paak. ||3||
more sacred than the Koran and the Bible. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the one merciful Master, and no other.
You are the guide, the messenger, the wise teacher.
You are the keeper of every heart, the giver of fairness,
more sacred than any holy book could hold.
The living One is greater than any single book that points toward it.
The One is dilaa kaa maalak, the master of hearts. The living One is greater than any single book that carries word of it, and no scripture is set above another.
The names here come from Muslim devotion: ma-ulaa (Master), peer (spiritual guide), paikaambar (prophet), saykh (sheikh), with reverence for the Kuraan and the katayb (the revealed books).
A Question to Sit With
What is a book or teaching that points you toward something bigger than itself?
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