The Source Book On Sikhism

NANAK AND GOD’S HOUSE

Nanak the Master was at Mecca. The Master slept out of doors with his feet turned inadvertently towards the Qaaba, the House of God. The chief priest of the place came and said, “O forgetful stranger! Awake and see your feet are turned toward the House of God!”

The Guru replied: “Is it so? Pray, turn my feet yourself in the direction where the House of God is not.”

It is here they asked the Guru: “Pray tell us what does your God eat and wear.”

“Music is His food, and the colours of life are His garment,” replied the Guru.