Sikhism vs Islam and Hinduism

Sikhism vs Islam and Hinduism


1. Sikhs believe in One and only One God, whereas Hindus worship quite a number of gods, goddesses, and deities.

2. The Hindu Trinity---Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva---is altogether rejected by Sikhs. They also do not believe in Krishna and Rama as reincarnations of God. 

3. The worship of any carved statues, images or idols is completely forbidden in Sikhism although it is allowed in Hinduism.

4. The cow is not considered as a sacred animal by Sikhs, hence it is not worshiped at all.

5. The supermacy of the Vedas, Gita and other Hindu scriptures is not recognised or accepted in Sikhism. They have their own holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, compiled by the fifth Guru himself.

6. Sikhism has rejected the caste system, and all men and women are reckoned equal irrespective of their caste, color or creed.

7. Sikh traditions, customs, and ceremonies of death and marriage are completely different from the Hindus.

8. Unlike it is in Hinduism, vegetarianism is not given any special spiritual or moral importance in Sikhism. Meat eating is allowed.


"How are you a Brahman and I am a low caste? Is it that I have blood in my veins and you have milk?" (Gauri Kabir p-324)

"Why call Shiv God, and why speak of Brahma as God? God is not Ram Chander, Krishan, or Vishnu whom ye suppose to be the lords of the world. Sukhdev, Prasar, and Vyas erred in abandoning the One God and worshipping many gods. Hindus have set up false religions; I in every way believe that there is but One God." (Swaya- XV, Guru Gobind Singh) 

In Zafarnama which Guru Gobind Singh wrote to Emperor Aurangzeb, he mentioned about hill Rajas, "They worshipped idols, and I was an  idol-breaker.." 

"Five are the Muslim prayers; five their appointed hours, Five their  names. These be the true prayers: The first is Truth, the second is  lawful earning and the third is to beg the Graces of God for all, The  fourth is the right intention in the mind and the fifth is the praise of the Lord." (Guru Nanak, Var Majh) 

"You are the Creator, O Lord, the Unknowable. You created the Universe of diverse kinds, colours and qualities. You know your own Creation. All this is your Play." (Guru Nanak, Var Majh)

"He neither has father, nor mother, nor sons nor brothers." (Guru Nanak, Maru). 

"Burnt be the mouth that asserts, the Lord takes birth. He is neither born nor dies; neither enters birth nor departs. All pervasive is Nanaks Lord." (Guru Arjan Dev, Raga Bhairon) 

"The stone he calls his god, in the end, drowns him with itself... Know that a boat of stone carries one not across" (Guru Arjan Dev, Suhi) 

"The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail." (Bhagat Kabir, Bhairo) 

"They cannot be called satis, who burn themselves with their dead  husbands. They can only be called satis, if they bear the shock of  separation. They may also be known as satis, who live with character and  contentment and always show veneration to their husbands by remembering them." (Guru Amar Das, Var Suhi) 


It is obvious that Sikhism has more commonality with Islam, and was actually a movement against Hinduism.. 

Baba Nanak, in one of his Janam Sakhis he says that he had it revealed to him by God that the religion of Islam is true. It was because of this that he went on pilgrimage to Makka, and adopted all the tenets of Islam.  His sacred relics at Dera Baba Nanak bear the clearest testimony to his profession of the Islamic Kalima, "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet", and those at Guru Har Sahai in the Ferozepore District, include a copy of the Holy Quran. He also proclaimed that enmity to Islam was enmity to the light that comes from heaven.