Mujaddid Ahmad Sirhindi's Vision About Kafir Guru Arjun

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدي يا نور الله

فداك ابي وامي يا رسول الله

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

In the year 1606 CE the fifth guru of the Sikhs, Arjun, was executed under the authority of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The great Islamic Saint and Reformer, Mujaddid Alf Thani, Imam Rabbani Ahmad Sirhindi نوّر الله مرقده celebrated this execution with the following words:

کافر لعین گوبند اور اس کی اولاد کا مارا جانا بہت خوب ہوا اور ہنود مردود کی بڑی شکست کا باعث ہوا۔ خواہ کسی نیت سے اس کو قتل کیا ہو اور خواہ کسی غرض سے اس کو ہلاک کیا ہو بہر حال کفار کی خواری اور اہل اسلام کی ترقی ہے۔

اس فقیر نے اس کافر کے قتل ہونے سے پہلے خواب میں دیکھا تھا کہ بادشاہ وقت نے شرک کے سر کی کھوپڑی کو توڑا ہے۔ واقعی وہ بہت بت پرست اہل شرک کا رئیس اور اہل کفر کا امام تھا۔ اللہ تعالی ان کو خوار کرے۔

The execution of the cursed infidel [Arjun] and his children was very well. It was the cause of a great defeat for the accursed Hindus. Regardless of the intention and motive behind his death, this is a disgrace for the infidels and progress for the Muslims.

Prior to the killing of that infidel, this Faqir saw in a dream that the King [Jahangir] had broken the skull of Shirk. Truly, he [Arjun of Goindwal] was the head of the polytheists and leader of the infidels. May Allah Most High humiliate them! (Maktubat Imam Rabbani, #193)

Till today Sikhs assert that their fifth guru was unjustly executed. However, the historical reality is that Arjun of Goindwal was no other worldly mystic who was simply killed out of religious bigotry. Arjun was a scheming rabblerouser who engaged in political intrigue. He was involved in fomenting rebellion against Jahangir by supporting Jahangir’s rebel son Khusrau Mirza.