Monotheism

====Sikhism====
{{Main|Sikhism}}
[[File:Sikh Temple Manning Drive Edmonton Alberta Canada 01A.jpg|thumb|A Sikh temple, known as ''Nanaksar [[Gurudwara]]'', in [[Alberta]], Canada]]
[[File:Ek onkar.svg|thumb|upright|left|[[Ik Onkar|Ik Onkār]], a [[Sikh]] symbol representing "the One Supreme Reality"]]
Sikhi is a monotheistic<ref>{{cite book
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|first=Gurinder Singh Mann
|year=2006
|title=The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|location=US
|isbn=978-0-19-513798-9
|page=41
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
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|title=Pagan Every Day: Finding the Extraordinary in Our Ordinary Lives
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}}</ref> and a [[revealed religion]].<ref name="Nesbitt2005">{{cite book
|last=Nesbitt
|first=Eleanor M.
|title=Sikhi: a very short introduction
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fvTK_CfkeasC&pg=PP6
|access-date=19 July 2010
|date=15 November 2005
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|isbn=978-0-19-280601-7
|page=136}}</ref> [[God in Sikhism]] is called [[Akal Purakh]] (which means "The Immortal Being") or ''[[Waheguru|Vāhigurū]]'' (Wondrous Enlightener). However, other names like [[Names of God in Sikhism|Rama]], [[Brahman]], [[Khuda]],  [[Allah]], etc. are also used to refer to the same God, who is [[Nirankar|shapeless]], [[akaal|timeless]], and [[Alakh Niranjan|sightless]]: ''niraṅkār'', ''akaal'', and ''alakh''. Sikhi presents a unique perspective where God is present (''[[sarav viāpak]]'') in all of its creation and does not exist outside of its creation. God must be seen from "the inward eye", or the "heart". Sikhs follow the Aad Guru Granth Sahib and are instructed to [[Naam Japo|meditate]] on the [[Nāma|Naam]] (Name of God - ''[[Waheguru|Vāhigurū]]'') to progress towards enlightenment, as its rigorous application permits the existence of communication between God and human beings.<ref name="p252">{{cite book
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|year=1971
|title=World Religions:From Ancient History to the Present
|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group
|location=USA
|url=https://archive.org/details/worldreligions00edwa
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Sikhism is a monotheistic faith<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.religionfacts.com/sikhism/beliefs.htm |title=Sikh Beliefs and Doctrine |publisher=ReligionFacts |access-date=2012-06-05 |archive-date=2012-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612050928/http://www.religionfacts.com/sikhism/beliefs.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.multifaithcentre.org/sikhism/71-a-short-introduction-to-sikhism- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727101929/http://www.multifaithcentre.org/sikhism/71-a-short-introduction-to-sikhism- |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-27 |title=A Short Introduction to Sikhism |publisher=Multifaithcentre.org |access-date=2012-06-05 }}</ref> that arose in the [[Punjab]] region of the [[Indian subcontinent]] during the 16th and 17th centuries. [[Sikh]]s believe in one, timeless, omnipresent, supreme creator. The opening verse of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]], known as the [[Mul Mantra]], signifies this:

:{{lang-pa|ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥}}
:[[Transliteration]]: ikk ōankār sat(i)-nām(u) karatā purakh(u) nirabha'u niravair(u) akāla mūrat(i) ajūnī saibhan<small>(g)</small> gur(a) prasād(i).
:One Universal creator God, The supreme Unchangeable Truth, The Creator of the Universe, Beyond Fear, Beyond Hatred, Beyond Death, Beyond Birth, Self-Existent, by Guru's Grace.

The word "ੴ" ("Ik ōaṅkār") has two components. The first is ੧, the digit "1" in [[Gurmukhi]] signifying the singularity of the creator. Together the word means: "One Universal creator God".

It is often said that the 1430 pages of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] are all expansions on the Mul Mantra. Although the Sikhs have many names for God, some derived from [[Islam]] and [[Hinduism]], they all refer to the same Supreme Being.

The Sikh holy scriptures refer to the One God who pervades the whole of space and is the creator of all beings in the [[universe]]. The following quotation from the Guru Granth Sahib highlights this point:

{{blockquote|Chant, and meditate on the One God, who permeates and pervades the many beings of the whole Universe. God created it, and God spreads through it everywhere. Everywhere I look, I see God. The Perfect Lord is perfectly pervading and permeating the water, the land and the sky; there is no place without Him.|Guru Granth Sahib, Page 782}}

However, there is a strong case for arguing that the Guru Granth Sahib teaches [[monism]] due to its non-dualistic tendencies:

{{blockquote|
{{lang-pa|ਸਹਸ ਪਦ ਬਿਮਲ ਨਨ ਏਕ ਪਦ ਗੰਧ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਹਸ ਤਵ ਗੰਧ ਇਵ ਚਲਤ ਮੋਹੀ ॥੨॥}}
<p>You have thousands of Lotus Feet, and yet You do not have even one foot. You have no nose, but you have thousands of noses. This Play of Yours entrances me.|[[Guru Granth Sahib]], Page 13}}

Sikhs believe that God has been given many names, but they all refer to the One God, [[VāhiGurū]]. Sikh holy scripture (Guru Granth Sahib) speaks to all faiths and Sikhs believe that members of other religions such as Islam, Hinduism and [[Christianity]] all worship the same God, and the names [[Allah]], [[Ar-Rahim|Rahim]], [[Al-Karim|Karim]], [[Names of God in Sikhism|Hari]], Raam and [[Brahman|Paarbrahm]] are, therefore, frequently mentioned in the Sikh holy scripture (Guru Granth Sahib) . God in Sikhism is most commonly referred to as [[Akal Purakh]] (which means "The Immortal Being") or [[Waheguru]], the Wondrous Enlightener.