A Comparison between the Concept of Shabad in Guru Granth Sahib and Revelation in the Holy Qur an

Divine revelation is one of the main sources of the different religions of the world. Sikhism also emphasizes on this issue and talks about the revelation based on the idea of Shabad. A review of revelation in the Holy Qur’an shows that there are some similarities and differences between the Holy Qur’an and Shabad in Guru Granth Sahib. Shabad is by no means comparable with the divine revelation in Islam and principally with the prophecy of Mohammad (pbuh). The simplest idea about the revelation which is clearly evident in the Qur’an is others’ inability to compose something like it (revelation) as well as God’s promise about preserving the Holy Qur’an from alteration, which is a basic difference between the two beliefs.