“Were a mansion of pearls erected and inlaid with gems for me, Perfumed with musk, fragrant aloe, and sandal, so as to confer delight— May it not be that on beholding it I should forget Thee and not remember Thy name! My soul burneth without God. I have ascertained from my Guru that there is no other shelter than thou, O God. Were the earth to be studded with diamonds and rubies, and my couch to be similarly adorned, Were fascinating damsels, whose faces shine with jewels, to shed lustre and diffuse pleasure, May it not be that on beholding them, I should forget Thee, and not remember Thy name!” The following verses will show what was in the mind of Nânak and of his followers, and we know from history how well their labours for conciliation between Hindus and Mohammedans succeeded, at least for a time, and how what seems to us impossible at present was fully achieved by them. Rammohun Roy and Keshub Chunder Sen would gladly have joined in the following words of the Granth:— “Some men are Hindus and some Musalmans. Among the latter are Rawazis, Imams, and Sufis; know that all men are of the same caste. The Creator and the Beneficent are the same; the Provider and the Merciful are the same, there is no difference, let no one suppose so even by mistake. Worship the One God, He is the one Divine Guru after all; know that His form is one, and that He is the one light diffused in all. The Temple and the Mosque are the same, the Hindu worship and the Musalman prayer are the same; all men are the same; it is through error they appear different. Allah and Alekh are the same, the Purâ_n_as and the Korân are the same; they are all alike, it is the One God who created all.”