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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The opening expression of the Mool Mantra, meaning that there is one God.
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Paper 1
Revise: God in the Mool MantraComposed by Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, it opens the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh sacred scripture and spiritual guide. Its opening words, Ik Onkar, mean that there is one God. Sikhs often call God Waheguru, meaning ‘Wonderful Guru’.
Paper 3
The statement ‘There is only one God’, which opens the Guru Granth Sahib.
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The Mool Mantra, at the opening of the Guru Granth Sahib on page 1, expresses central Sikh beliefs about God. It begins with Ik Onkar: ‘There is only one God’.