Sat Sri Akal:

Here's an article I recieved on an e-mail forum.

"Vaaheguroo jee kaa Khaalsaa. Vaaheguroo jee kee Fateh.

Below is the version which "Abu-ul-Turani" has narrated in his book or
memoirs presumed to be held in the archives of the Aligarh University. It is
a record of accounts that are supposedly eye-witnessed by "Abu-ul-Turani",
who was under the employment of Emperor Aurangzeb. The Emperor had
instructed him to keep a watchful eye on Guru Sahib and act as the Emperor's
informer to keep him informed of all the activities and movements of Guru
Sahib.

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"The day Guru Gobind Singh prepared the nectar at 'Anandpur' the
congregation was estimated to around thirty five to forty thousand sikhs who
had come from far and wide. I had seen the grandeur of the 'Mughal Darbars'
but this 'Guru's Darbar' had a charm of its own - simply majestic and beyond
comparison.

The Guru came on the stage and after drawing his sword demanded a 'head'
from the 'Sangat' present. This awesome call from the Guru sent a shiver to
spines of the sikhs present in the congregation. Amidst all this a brave
person emerged from the crowd and with his clasped hands humbly presented
himself to the Guru. The Guru, with one stroke if his sword, beheaded the
sikh in front of all the stunned 'sangat', and again asked for another
'head'. Another person who came on the stage was similarly beheaded. The
Guru made the eerie call again and simultaneously three devout sikhs came on
the stage and met the same fate under the merciless sword of the Guru. The
stage was a ghastly sight with the torsos and heads of the five drenched in
pools of blood. All the trace of blood diminished after the Guru cleaned it
with water. The Guru then medically joined each head on a different body and
thereafter covered them with white sheets.

He then ordered a stone urn and on top of it he put an iron pot in which he
added some water. He put his sword in it and started moving it, while
chanting some words. He took some time and during this period some woman
from the Guru's household came and put something in the pot. The nectar
(Abe-Hayat) was now ready. The Guru then removed the white sheets from one
body and poured the nectar into the dead man's mouth, on the hair and on the
body. While he was performing this ritual he kept on pronouncing "Waheguru
ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh"( The Khalsa belongs to the Almighty and
to the Almighty is the victory ). To the amazement of the 'sangat', the
person sat up and loudly chanted "Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki
Fateh".

The whole congregation was aghast and taken aback by this miracle. The Guru
did the same to the rest of the four bodies and they also like their
counterpart rose up with shouts of "Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki
Fateh". The Guru then took these five sikhs into a tent and after some time
they emerged wearing new white clothes. The Guru then kneeled down in front
of them and asked them to give him the life giving nectar. Obligingly they
obeyed and baptized the Guru .

The Guru named them Daya Singh, Dharam Singh, Himmat Singh, Mohkam Singh and
Sahib Singh and consequently changed his name from Gobind Rai to Gobind
Singh. What happened in front of my eyes completely entranced me, and my
heart longed to be in the Guru's eternal feet. With a lump in my throat, I
approached the Guru and begged him to baptize me and take me in his abode.
The Guru smiled and baptized me and named me 'Ajmer Singh'. Thus with the
Guru's blessing I attained absolute bliss. This was the last report I sent
to Aurangzeb in which I mentioned that the Guru was not an ordinary person
but was 'Allah' Himself. Furthermore I warned the Emperor that his enmity
towards the Guru will lead to the downfall and destruction of the Mughal
Empire."