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Sikhs. He was especially upset that even some Muslims respected

the Guru.

One event that might have led to Guru Arjan Dev Ji’s Shaheedi

could have been that once Khusro, son of Jahangir rebelled

against his father’s terrible policies. He escaped with his life to

Guru Arjan Dev Ji who blessed him. When Jahangir heard of

Guru Ji’s support for his son, he was enraged. Jahangir also

forcefully ordered Guru Ji to add and change some verses in

Guru Granth Sahib but Guru Ji denied by saying that the Guru

Granth Sahib is God’s revealed Bani (Dur kI bwxI), It’s authentic; it

can’t be changed, not even a word can be added in it in the

praise of anyone. Then Jahangir ordered that Guru Ji be fined

heavily. When Guru Ji refused to pay the fine, Jahangir

ordered that Guru Ji be arrested, tortured and killed.

Guru Arjan Dev Ji was arrested and brought to Lahore. He

was tortured for many days. One day a huge fire was lit. A big

iron plate was placed on the fire. On the other side, sand was

heated in a big cauldron. Still on another fire, a big pot of

water was being boiled. Guru Arjan Dev Ji was ordered to sit

on the hot plate. Scoops of hot sand were poured on his head.

Not only that, he was then asked to get into the pot of boiling

water. His body was burned and blistered. To torture him even

more, Guru Ji was taken to Ravi River and forced to jump in.

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