![]() Known as the Letter of Victory, Zafarnama was written in Persian by Guru Gobind Singh as a letter of defiance and delivered to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707. It is found in the Dasam Granth, the collection of the writings of Guru Gobind Singh. ![]() In it Guru Gobind Singh expounds the uselessness of rituals and blind faith without sincere worship of God. Part of the daily prayers prescribed for Sikhs, the poem Tav-Prasad Savaiye by Guru Gobind Singh is usually read after Japji and Jap in the mornings. The Japji Sahib appears in it's original Gurmukhi with romanized pronunciation guide and english translation. Japji lays stress on the brotherhood of man and remembrance of God as the key to salvation. It appears as the first poem in Sri Guru Granth Sahib and is repeated by Sikhs in their morning prayers, as well as when preparing Amrit for the Khalsa baptism ceremony. ![]() The Japji hymn by Guru Nanak is considered to be the key to Sri Guru Granth Sahib and an epitome of the Sikh doctrine.
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