Sikhs believe in another prophet and they have their own book.. the Muslims are closer to Christians and Jews because they follow the same prophets and the same holy place except Saudi Arabia.. is for Muslims..Quran contains stories are similar from the Bible.. Sikhism maybe is relating with Islam but they have another beliefs.. I am not expert in that religion but they have mixed Hinduism in some aspects just read about them.
Sikhism is a simple , straight forward religion . Yes , it is a strict monotheistic religion . Infact , It is so monotheistic in its nature that Guru Granth Sahib ( Sikh scripture & 11Th guru ) start itself with the words "One universal god ".
Sikhism is not Abraham because Abraham is not officially a prophet in Sikhism . Infact , Sikhs dint believe in prophet hood ( mediator ) . We believe god is present everywhere throughout his creation and is accessible to anyone who wants to experience god .
We Sikhs , like the Muslims believe that God is one and only one , there is no partners ( equal ) to him , he is all powerful , he is ever merciful , all knowing and so on . I have read the 99 names of god in Islam and I think Sikhism agrees with meaning of most of those names .
No need to be confused . Sikhism may seem like bit of Hinduism and islam but our gurus have said that "we are neither hindus , nor muslims ." Sikhism does not believe in rituals . Allah is accepted as name for god along with hundreds of different names . Sikhism rejects rituals like circumcision , bathing at pilgrimage , etc .
One of the speciality of Guru Granth Sahib is that it addresses the mind , not the person . It contains both "allah" and "ram" as name for god . All are equal before god . Women's position in Guru Granth Sahib is glorified . Infact , Sikh Gurus were very well ahead of their time .
Message of sikhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_of_Guru_Granth_Sahib
you can read Guru Granth Sahib in english here :
http://www.sikhs.org/english/frame.html
The said founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, was a saint and in his time considered so by both Muslims and Hindus. He wanted nothing but peace between the two peoples.
It wouldn't be a surprise if there are any similarities between the 2 faiths. However, his followers have had to do more with the creation of Sikhism than he did himself and so it has closer similarities with Hinduism than it does Islam. I don't know if they're monotheistic but that's what matters, not simply if a religion is of the book.
Youve been answered in the last line but if you care to read everything the answer will be more clear
To understand Sikhism you have to understand Hinduism. Hinduism is not Christianity and Islam which are codified religions, and have a book and a prophet. Hinduism has originated from various rituals tribal customs and social life over the centuries. Hinduism has 1000?s of Gods and Goddesses and various diverse thoughts.
Predominant amongst these thoughts is a way of life called Sanatan Dharma which more than 60% of the Hindus follow, and this is generally mistaken as Hinduism, and the other thoughts are treated as offshoots of Hinduism. The real truth is that Hinduism means Sanatan Dharma AND all the other thoughts. Sikhism is but one of these thoughts.
Firstly, the British with their policy of divide and rule, and secondly, political turmoil and hatred between Hindus and Sikhs has put the idea of a separate identity in the mind of us Sikhs. Many of my co-coreligionists will say ? but we have different ideas as compared to Hinduism. Sure - I agree that we are different in ways but there are 50 ? 100 major different thoughts within Hinduism and we are BUT one of them. This paragraph answers your questions - all the Dharmic thoughts are different from each other in one or two unique ways.
Do you understand ? Whereas fundamentalist Sikhs we say that we are 1 amongst 7 great world religions the fact is that there are actually 4 great religions. One - Christianity has various branches - Catholic, Protestant, Methodist, Adventist, etc. Second ? Islam has various branches - Shia, Sunni, Ahmediya etc. There is Judaism and finally Hinduism ( which is a collection of various beautiful thoughts like Buddhism, Sanatana Dharma, Sikhism, Jainism, Arya Samajists, Vaishnav, Shaivaites Manbhum, Santhal etc )
So Sikhism is born out of Hinduism. Guru Nanak was born a Hindu, he was a traveling holy man who followed a custom of Sant Mat ( or Saint Tradition ) quite popular amongst saints those days. It was a thought he inculcated in his believers and told them to learn it. His believers were called Sikhs as Sikh means ? ?to learn? We had 9 more Gurus. Yes Guru Nanak also took some minor feedback from Islam but that is the nature of Hinduism ? to absorb from everyone.
Do Sikhism and Islam have any ties in origin at all?
