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Infinite. The Nawab was exceedingly happy to hear of Nanak's miraculous return. Without hesitation he offered him the job of Prime Minster of the kingdom. The saint had no interest in worldly ties or power and replied, “I have accepted the service of my true master (God) and now taking on any other service is impossible.”
When Nanak returned home he gave away most of his possessions to needy people. He became increasingly detached from worldly affairs, and began to spend a good deal of his time in meditation and satsang. On one occasion he was asked: “Are you a Hindu or a Muslim?” Nanak replied, “With respect to my body I am not different from Hindus or from Muslims, but the divine light which is unceasingly shining within me is neither Hindu nor Muslim.”
One time on a Friday, the holy day of the Muslims, the Nawab and other Muslim courtiers were going to the mosque to do their routine prayers (namaz). A Muslim cleric said that if Nanak believed in only one God, Allah, then he should join them in prayer in the mosque. So Nanak went to the mosque with them and stood in the line of Muslim worshippers. During the prayer the worshippers bent down and put their heads on the ground to show their servitude to Allah, but Nanak stood in silence without
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