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{{Sikhism sidebar}}'''Nirgun''' '''and''' '''Sargun''' is terminology used within [[Sikhism]] to refer to the ineffable (''nirgun'') and the manifest (''sargun'') nature of God.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pemberton |first=Kelly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkuTAgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT90&dq=nirgun+and+sargun&hl=en |title=Shared Idioms, Sacred Symbols, and the Articulation of Identities in South Asia |last2=Nijhawan |first2=Michael |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-90476-0 |language=en}}</ref> There is no dichotomy in the ''nirgun'' and ''sargun'' nature of God,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13PXAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Current Thoughts on Sikhism |publisher=Institute of Sikh Studies |isbn=978-81-85815-01-5 |pages=253 |language=en}}</ref> as there only One ([[Ik Onkar]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singha |first=Surindara Pala |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsTXAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Inner Dynamics of Guru Granth Sahib |publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University |isbn=978-81-7770-115-9 |pages=140 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ang 250 of Guru Granth Sahib Ji - SikhiToTheMax |url=https://www.sikhitothemax.org/ang?source=G&ang=250 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.sikhitothemax.org |language=en}}</ref>{{Quote|text="He Himself is formless, and also formed; the One Lord is without attributes, and also with attributes."|sign=SGGS. Ang 250|source=}}<br />
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== In the Guru Granth Sahib ==<br />
{{Guru Granth Sahib sidebar}}Before creation, God existed all alone as ''Nirgun'' in a state of ''Sunn Samadhi'', deep meditation, as says [[Guru Nanak]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Munde |first=Amarpreet Singh |title=Introduction to Sikhism - Section II: God and His Universe |url=http://www.gurmat.info/sms/smspublications/introductiontosikhism2/chapter2.html#How%20was%20the%20world%20created,%20according%20to%20Sikhism? |access-date=2017-12-11 |website=www.gurmat.info}}</ref><br />
{{Quote|text="There was darkness for countless years.<br />
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There was neither earth nor sky; there was only Its Will.<br />
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There was neither day nor night, neither sun nor moon.<br />
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They (God) were in deep meditation. <br />
There was nothing except Itself."|sign=SGGS. Ang 1035|source=}}Then God willed, created the Universe, and diffused into nature as ''Sargun.'' <ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Evolutionary biology |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/environment/sikhbeliefsrev3.shtml |access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref> <br />
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== In Indian philosophy ==<br />
The Sikh view of the dual nature of Absolute God runs parallel to [[Adi Shankara|Shankara]]'s Vedic ([[Saguna brahman|Saguna]] and [[Para Brahman|Nirguna) Brahman]] conception, as well as the tradition of [[Indian philosophy]] in general.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Mohinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W95iulFxS6gC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA44&dq=nirguna+and+sarguna&hl=en |title=History and Culture of Panjab |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Waheguru]]<br />
*[[Ik Onkar]]<br />
*[[Monotheism]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Names of God in Sikhism]]<br />
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