Twilight of the Sultanate c18.s3.26

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(*Ādi Granth*; later the *Gurū Granth Sahab*) and a Church (Gurudwārā for the *Sangat*). Amritsar became the Mecca of the Sikhs (during the time of Gurū Rām Das) and they paid a religious tax (started by Gurū Arjun) of the type of Zakāt. Kabīr had only attacked the evils of the society, but in Nānak's teachings there were seeds of a definite religion. Nānak even otherwise succeeded better while Kabīr caused offence by his airs of superiority. Nānak's pure and serene way of life, his characteristic humility and his forbearance won for him the love of the people. He could prove what he said, and his "miraculous" acts made many staunch Hindus and Muslims his sincere disciples.⁴² In the course of the next two centuries political persecution changed Sikhism into a militant religion, but in essentials it continued to have the indelible impress of Gurū Nānak's teachings. During the period of our study Sikhism was distinguished by its stern ethical tone and puritanism from similar movements in the fifteenth century.