In fact, all who expound and love the truth and the message of universal peace and Ekta (Oneness/brotherhood) we respect and bow our heads in reverence to, be they of whatever faith, race, caste, colour or creed. What we are today, be it a Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, etc., is all according to the will of Sanatan God. In Adi Guru Durbar, Akali Guru Nanak writes:
‘We have no power to speak or stay silent.
We have no power to ask or give.
We have no power to live or die.
We have no power to attain kingdoms, wealth or the fame that is born of them.
We have no power for spiritual awakening, or knowledge or thinking.
We have no power to know the method by which to attain salvation from the world.
He who has this power He alone employs it. Oh Nanak no one is high or low [meaning all are
As Va-eh Guru intended them to be].’
('Adi Guru Durbar', Japji Sahib)