Names of God in Sikhism

Names of God in Sikhism are names attributed to God in Sikhism by Sikh gurus.

List

Below is a list of some names used by Sikhs for God:

Meaning and usage

The various names for God in Sikhism may stem from either the Indic traditions or the Islamic one. Others are unique to the Sikh tradition, such as Waheguru, Akal Purakh, and Sarabloh. Employment of these terms does not mean Sikhs accept the religious context they are understood in their original sources. For example, the meaning of the words Hari or Ram as used by Sikhs does not mean the same thing as these terms do in the Hindu (particularity Vaishnav) traditions. Usage of these names does not mean Sikhs conceptualize their concept of God in the form of the incarnated devas or devis from Indic mythology, but rather they are used to describe various aspects of God as per Sikh theology.

The Sikh gurus adopted the names for the divine from various faith systems as they saw these sectarian differences in linguistics as unimportant in-comparison to the actual message they were trying to spread. On page 64 of the Guru Granth Sahib, various Islamicate terms for God are also presented freely.

Your names are countless. I do not know their end, but I am sure that there is no one else like you.

See also

• Names of God in Hinduism
• Names of God in Islam
• Names of God in Christianity
• Names of God in Judaism
• Names of God in Zoroastrianism
• Naam Japo

References

1. God in Sikhism
2. Names of God in Zoroastrianism
3. Waheguru
4. Names of God in Christianity
5. Ik Onkar
6. Names of God in Judaism
7. Names of God in Islam
8. Names of God
9. Sikh names
10. Nirgun and Sargun
11. Rama
12. Nirankar
13. Satnam
14. Sikhism
15. Kara (Sikhism)
16. Outline of Sikhism
17. Rama in Sikhism
18. Naam Japo
19. Idolatry in Sikhism
20. Akal Purakh