It is likely that the greedy Muslim musicians had to suffer
from leprosy when they spoke ill of the Guru. It can be said
with certainty that the two Muslim musicians took refuge of
the Guru with an objective of material gains only.....
They always worked for monetary gains alone, that was their
only religion.
At the end of their book they give the following opinion about
the ‘Ode of Satta and Balwand’-
All the eight stanzas of this Ode are their apology. By submitting
this apology, they received redemption from their sin. As such
this composition cannot be equated with the Gurus’
Compositions. This is only a decision of a dispute, which should
have been kept as a record in the Court of the Khalsa. Admitted,
it is a part of history. But to treat this as Guru’s word or to
mention it as Guru’s Word, is against the tenets of Sikhism.
We have to see whether the ‘Ode of Sata and Balwand’,
during the time of Guru Arjan Dev, formed part of Guru Granth
Sahib or not. If it formed part of the Holy Book, then the question
of not paying reverence to it, does not arise at all, as we make
obeisance to Sri Guru Granth Sahib in its entirety, our Guru (God
Manifest).
Sardar G B Singh, the author of book, ‘Pracheen Birhan -Old
hand-written Holy Books’, used to take great interest in the
examination of the old hand written volumes of the Holy Book. As
already stated that he had no sympathy for Sikhism. He had no
faith in the Gurus, as at many places he gave most derogatory
remarks relating to them. This man considered Bhai Banno’s
recension of the Holy Book as the real one. He tried his utmost to
prove that the original Holy Book at Kartarpur was the copy of
Bhai Banno’s recension.
It would have been noted that G B singh in his book has
mentioned about a number of hand written copies of the Holy Book
and has also mentioned the dates when they were written. Bhai
Banno’s recension and the copy of Holy Book of village Bohat,
these two volumes were written during the time of Sri Guru Arjan
Dev Ji. The Holy Book of village Bohat, except for its last 26 pages,
has been written in one hand only. G B Singh saw this for himself,

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