BELOW IS THE ZAFARNAMAH a religious letter of victory by GURU GOBIND SINGH JI Out of 111 verses 1 34 verses are in the praise of AKAL PURAKH WAHEGURU 2 32 verses deals with Aurangzeb s invitation for the Guru to meet him and the Guru s refusal to meet Aurangzeb instead the Guru asks him Aurangzeb to visit him 3 24 verses deals with the detail events that took place during the BATTLE OF CHAMKAUR December 1704 4 15 verses reprove Aurangzeb for breaking promises given by him and his agents Nawab Wazir Khan Raja Ajmer chand and other hilly rajas 5 6 verses deals with the praise of Aurangzeb In the verse 78 and 79 Guru Gobind singh also had warned Aurangzeb that KHALSA will not rest until the evil empire is destroyed ZAFARNAMAH a religious letter of victory written by GURU GOBIND SINGH to MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB 1 The Lord is perfection personified He is eternal and manifests himself through his miracles He is generous in granting his bounties He is merciful and delivers us from the world 2 He grants peace and security and is always merciful in forgiving us for our sins He holds our hand and guides us He is provider of our sustenance and charms everyone 3 Lord is the king of kings who is guiding us all the time He showers his benevolence on all He is without colour incomparable and formless 4 He possesses no material things nor has he an army He is merciful and grants all the pleasures of the heavens 5 The pure one is above everything in this universe His glory is all pervasive He bestows us with gifts He is present everywhere 6 The merciful Lord grants us all the gifts and meets the needs of everyone throughout the world 7 He is Lord of the universe He is merciful and provides sustenance to all His charm andd grandeur can not be matched by anyone 8 The Lord is intelligence personified He protects the poor and the helpless and destroys the wicked 9 The virtuous one gives justice to all Nothing is hidden from him He is the inspiration of Quran 10 The all knowing Lord seeks the learned He is aware of all happenings He is present everywhere 11 He has the knowledge of everything in this universe All cosmos is moving as per his command 12 The great Lord is regulating everything in the world about which he has complete knowledge 13 Aurangzeb I have no trust in your oaths anymore you have written that God is one and that he is witness between us 14 I don t have trust even equivalent to a drop of water in your generals Wazir Khan nawab of Sirhind Punjab Raja Ajmer chand rajput hilly king and other hilly kings who came to me with oaths of Quran and cow that I will be given safe passage out of Anandgarh fort But they all were telling lies 15 If anyone trusts you on your oaths of Quran that person is bound to be doomed in the end 16 If anyone comes under the shadow of Huma bird no one can lay its hands on it not even a brave cow 17 If a man sits behind the back of a lion neither anyone can catch him nor a goat or a sheep or a deer can even pass nearby Aurangzeb I stand in shadow of the Almighty and your men who are like goats sheep and deer could not harm me inspite of your deceptions 18 If I had deceived by taking oath on Holy Quran like the way you have done I would not have bought my dear fighters to this position of disadvantage by bringing them out of Anandgarh fort IN VERSES FROM 19 TO 41 BELOW GURU SAHIB GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF CHAMKAUR FOUGHT ON 22ND DECEMBER 1704 AND THE REASONS THAT FORCED HIM TO TAKE UP THE SWORD AGAINST THE MUGHALS AND HILLY RAJPUT KINGS 19 what can 40 hungry men do when suddenly 10 lakh one million strong army pounces upon them 20 That the promise breakers launched a surprise attack with their swords arrows and guns 21 It was out of sheer helplessness that I came in the battle field Having thus decided I came with all the battle plans and munitions 22 When all stratagem employed for solving a problem are exhausted only then taking your hand to the sword is legitimate This is the most quoted of Zafarnamah 300 years ago Guru Gobind singh ji had laid down the circumstances when a person or a nation can pick up the sword against the other 23 What trust can I have on your oath on Quran Otherwise you tell why should I have taken path of taking up the sword 24 I do not know that this person Aurangzeb is cunning like a fox Otherwise I would never have come to this place that is Chamkaur by vacating Anandgarh on the false oaths of Aurangzeb and his men 25 If any person believes an oath on Quran he shou