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Names Of God In Sikhism
Names of God in Sikhism are names attributed to God in Sikhism by Sikh gurus. List Below is a list of some names used by Sikhs for God: Meaning and usage The various names for God in Sikhism may stem from either the Indic traditions or the Islamic one. Others are unique to the Sikh tradition, such as ''Waheguru'', ''Akal Purakh,'' and ''Sarabloh''. Employment of these terms does not mean Sikhs accept the religious context they are understood in their original sources. For example, the meaning of the words ''Hari'' or ''Ram'' as used by Sikhs does not mean the same thing as these terms do in the Hindu (particularity Vaishnav) traditions. Usage of these names does not mean Sikhs conceptualize their concept of God in the form of the incarnated '' devas'' or ''devis'' from Indic mythology, but rather they are used to describe various aspects of God as per Sikh theology. The Sikh gurus adopted the names for the divine from various faith systems as they saw these sectarian ...
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God In Sikhism
In Sikhism, God is conceived as the Oneness that permeates the entirety of creation and beyond. It abides within all of creation as symbolized by the symbol Ik Onkar. The One is indescribable yet knowable and perceivable to anyone who surrenders their egoism and meditates upon that Oneness. The Sikh gurus have described God in numerous ways in their hymns included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhism, but the oneness of formless God is consistently emphasized throughout. God is described in the Mul Mantar (lit. the Prime Utterance), the first passage in the Guru Granth Sahib: General conceptions Monotheism Sikhi is monotheistic and believes that there is only One God. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhi strongly denounces any type of ''Pakhand'' (hypocrisy or duality). Nanak prefixed the numeral "IK" (one) to the syllable Onkar to stress the idea of God's oneness; that the Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer is One. Sikh thought begins with the One Almigh ...
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Narayana
Narayana (, ) is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu. In this form, the deity is depicted in yogic slumber under the celestial waters, symbolising the masculine principle and associated with his role of creation. He is also known as Purushottama, and is considered the Supreme Being in Vaishnavism. Etymology Narayan Aiyangar states the meaning of the Sanskrit word 'Narayana' can be traced back to the Laws of Manu (also known as the ''Manusmriti'', a ''Dharmaśāstra'' text), which states: This definition is used throughout post-Vedic literature such as the ''Mahabharata'' and the ''Vishnu Purana''. 'Narayana' is also defined as the 'son of the primeval man', and 'Supreme Being who is the foundation of all men'. *'Nara' (Sanskrit नार) means 'water' and 'man' *'Yana' (Sanskrit यान) means 'vehicle', 'vessel', or more loosely, 'abode' or 'home' L. B. Keny proposes that Narayana was associated with the Dravidian, and ultimately, the Indus Valley Civilis ...
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Islam In India
Islam is India's Religion in India, second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population, or approximately 172.2 million people, identifying as adherents of Islam in a 2011 census. India also has the Islam by country, third-largest number of Muslims in the world. The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making up around 15% of the Muslim population. Islam spread in Indian communities along the Arab coastal trade routes in Gujarat and in Malabar Coast shortly after the religion emerged in the Arabian Peninsula. Islam arrived in the inland of Indian subcontinent in the 7th century when the Arabs invaded and conquered Sindh and later arrived in Punjab and North India in the 12th century via the Ghaznavids and Ghurid dynasty, Ghurids conquest and has since become a part of India's Culture of India, religious and cultural heritage. The Barwada Mosque in Ghogha, Gujarat built before 623 CE, Cheraman Juma Mosque (629 CE) in Methala, Kerala and Palaiya Jumma ...
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King Of Kings
King of Kings, ''Mepet mepe''; , group="n" was a ruling title employed primarily by monarchs based in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Commonly associated with History of Iran, Iran (historically known as name of Iran, Persia in Western world, the West), especially the Achaemenid Empire, Achaemenid and Sasanian Empires, the title was originally introduced during the Middle Assyrian Empire by King Tukulti-Ninurta I (reigned 1233–1197 BC) and was subsequently used in a number of different kingdoms and empires, including the aforementioned Persia, various History of Greece, Hellenic kingdoms, History of India, India, History of Armenia, Armenia, History of Georgia (country), Georgia, and History of Ethiopia, Ethiopia. The title is commonly seen as equivalent to that of Emperor, both titles outranking that of king in prestige, stemming from the Late antiquity, late antique Roman emperor, Roman and List of Byzantine emperors, Eastern Roman emperors who saw the ''S ...
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Shahanshah
Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the List of monarchs of Iran, monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Persianate society, Persianate societies, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Khanate of Bukhara and the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, and various History of Afghanistan, Afghan dynasties, as well as among Gurkha, Gurkhas. With regard to Iranian history, in particular, each ruling monarch was not seen simply as the head of the concurrent dynasty and state, but as the successor to a long line of royalty beginning with the original Persian Empire (dynasty)#Classical antiquity, Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great. To this end, he was more emphatically known as the Shāhanshāh ( ), meaning "King of Kings" since the Achaemenid dynasty. A roughly equivalent title is Pādishāh (; ), which was most wi ...
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Padishah
Padishah (; ) is a superlative sovereign title of Persian origin. A form of the word is known already from Middle Persian (or Pahlavi) as ''pātaxšā(h)'' or ''pādixšā(y)''. Middle Persian ''pād'' may stem from Avestan ''paiti'', and is akin to Pati (title). ''Xšāy'' 'to rule' and ''xšāyaθiya'' 'king' are both from Old Persian. It was adopted by several monarchs claiming the highest rank, roughly equivalent to the ancient Persian notion of " Great King", and later adopted by post- Achaemenid and the Mughal emperors of India. However, in some periods it was used more generally for autonomous Muslim rulers, as in the '' Hudud al-'Alam'' of the 10th century, where even some petty princes of Afghanistan are called ''pādshā(h)''/''pādshāʼi''/''pādshāy''. The rulers on the following thrones – the first two effectively commanding major West Asian empires – were styled Padishah: * The Shahanshah of Iran, originating mainly with the Safavids * The Padishah ...
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Sahib
Sahib or Saheb () is a term of address originating from Arabic (). As a loanword, ''Sahib'' has passed into several languages, including Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Crimean Tatar, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rohingya and Somali. During medieval times, it was used either as an official title or an honorific. Now, in South and Central Asia, it is almost exclusively used to give respect to someone higher or lower. The honorific has largely been replaced with '' sir''. In the Tibeto-Burman language of Mizo, it is shorten as sâp, referring to people of European descent. Derived non-ruling princes' titles Sahibzada ''Sahibzada'' is a princely style or title equivalent to, or referring to a young prince. This derivation using the Persian suffix ''-zada(h)'', literally 'born from' (or further male/female descendant; compare ''Shahzada'') a ''Sahib'', was also (part of) the formal style for ...
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Kareem
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim, Kerim or Karem) () is a given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honourable". It is also one of the Names of God. Given name Karim * Karim Abdel Aziz (born 1975), Egyptian actor * Karim Abdul-Jabbar (later known as Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar) (born 1974), American football player * Prince Karim Aga Khan (1936–2025), Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims * Karim Valiyev (born 1961), Azerbaijani General * Karim Ansarifard (born 1990), Iranian football player * Karim Azizou (born 1985), Moroccan footballer * Karim Bagheri (born 1974), Iranian footballer * Karim Bangoura (1926–1972), Guinean diplomat * Karim Benounes(born 1984), Algerian footballer * Karim Benzema (born 1987), French footballer * Karim Boudiaf (born 1990), Algerian-Qatari footballer * Karim Dahou (born 1982), Moroccan footballer * Karim Dembélé (1939–2010), Malian soldier and politician * Karim Djeballi (born 1983), French footballer ...
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Rahim
Rahim (''Raḥīm'' , also anglicized as Raheem) is an Arabic word meaning "Merciful", from the root '' R-Ḥ-M.'' Al-Rahim (the Merciful) is one of the attributes of God according to Islam. It is a male given name, sometimes a hypocorism for Abdu r-Raḥīm "Servant of the Merciful". Spellings include Rahim, Raheem, Rohim and Roheem. Given name * Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan (1556–1627), poet and minister in the Mughal Empire * Rahim Abdullah (born 1976), American football player * Rahim Abdullah (Malaysian footballer) (1947–2025), Malaysian football player * Rahim Ademi (born 1954), Croatian Army general * Raheem Beyah (born 1976), American computer scientist * Raheem Blackshear (born 1999), American football player * Raheem J. Brennerman (born 1978), American businessman * Raheem Brock (born 1978), American football player * Rahim Jaffer (born 1971), Canadian politician * Rahim Jahani (died 2014), Afghan singer * Raheem Jarbo (born 1977), rapper better known as "Mega Ran" * Rah ...
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Khuda
Khuda (, ) or Khoda is the Persian word for God. Originally, it was used as a noun in reference to Ahura Mazda (the name of the God in Zoroastrianism). Iranian languages, Turkic languages, and many Indo-Aryan languages employ the word. Today, it is a word that is largely used in the non-Arabic Islamic world, with wide usage from its native country Iran, along with Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. and some Muslim-majority areas of India, as well as Southern and Southwestern Russia. Etymology The term derives from Middle Iranian terms ''xvatay, xwadag'' meaning "lord", "ruler", "master", appearing in written form in Parthian ''kwdy'', in Middle Persian ''kwdy'', and in Sogdian ''kwdy''. It is the Middle Persian reflex of older Iranian forms such as Avestan ''xva-dhata-'' "self-defined; autocrat", an epithet of Ahura Mazda. The Kurdish term ''Xwedê'' (خودێ) and the Pashto term ''X ...
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Rabb
Rabb () is an Arabic word to refer to God as Lord The term is used by Arabs and Sikh Punjabis. This is related to the word “Rabbi” used by the Jews practicing Hebrew Judaism. In the Quran, God refers to himself as "Rabb" in several places. When it is used with the definite article (''al-Rabb'') the Arabic word denotes "the Lord (God)". In other cases, the context makes it clear as to whom the word is referring to, in this case, "rabb" refers to "owner, master", for example ''rabb al-dar'' () means "master of the house/residence". God in Islam is referred to by many qualities and attributes. In the first Surah, Al-Fatihah of the Quran, introduces this Title "''Rabb''" in the first Verse, "All Praise and Gratitude is due to God, Lord (''Rabb'') of all the worlds and Universe", thus stating clearly that God takes care, nourishes, fosters through every stage of existence, in which everything between that exists. In the Indo-Gangetic plain, especially in the Punjab region, the t ...
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