Akal Takht Sahib- Concept and Role

Prologue Akal Takht Sahib is a concept, its revelation is manifestation of the philosophy that all the human beings are the subject of Akal (literally Timeless i.e. WahGuru, God), and, only His Takht (throne) is real, permanent and supreme. God is the only force, and final force, that rules in both, the temporal and transcendental (Miri-Piri) domains; and, man should bow before only one Patshah (emperor), God, i.e. all the beings have to have loyalty for the One only.

Akal Takht is not the name of a building: Akal Takht's symbolic structure, when it was first erected, was a small pedestal; it is believed that the structure found, and now preserved, in the basement, during the demolition of the earlier buiding, was the one built by the Gurus (in fact even that structure came up during the time of the Mists, in 1765, but that had been re-built at the same site where the first structure had been erected at the time of Guru Hargobind in 1608); the additional stories were added during the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (the Sikhs made it six storied because it was built by the Sixth Guru; this too is wrong as it limits or attribute the Takht to one Guru only).

Akal Takht was not 'created' by Guru Hargobind, it was just revealed by him; if Akal Takht is the throne of God, how can a man, even a Guru, create it; only God could have created His own Takht; of course He (God) can give revelation to someone to proclaim, to the world, the concept of such a Takht; yes, Guru Hargobind did build a structure symbolizing the 'throne of God' i.e. Immortal Throne.

If it is the throne of God, how can it be limited to the Sikhs only; to limit it to the Sikhs is a contradiction in terms; God does not belong to the Sikhs only; hence Akal Takht is, and should be, the throne of the whole world; no person, religion, nation or power can keep God or his throne reserved for, or restricted to, itself; and, if the Sikhs do so (or make attempt to do so) they are doing wrong and their act too is against the Divine laws.

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