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Sufism in India
The Sikh gurus were distinctly suphistic. They openly assumed the manners and dress of fakirs, thus plainly announcing their connection with the suphistic side of mohammedanism. Guru ajun, who was fifth in succession from nanak, was the first to lay aside the dress of a faki. The doctrines still held their position, for we find the last guru dying while making an open confession of sufism. His words are, the smirites, the sastres and the vedes all speak in various ways. I do not acknowledge one of them. O possessor of happiness, bestow thy mercy on me. He says he does not say i
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