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Rh The attributes of God:—

I love that true One who dieth not or suffereth transmigration; Who, being contained in everything, will not be separated from me though I separate from Him; Who removeth the pain and sorrow of the poor, and truly loveth His servant. Wonderful is the form of the Pure One; the Guru hath caused me to meet Him, O my mother. O my brethren, be friends with such a God. Accursed is the love of worldly things; no one attached to them appeareth happy. God is wise, generous, mild, beautiful, and infinite; He is the companion, the helper, exceeding great, exalted, and altogether without limit; He is not known as young or old; everlasting is His court. What we ask Him we obtain; He is the support of the weak. On beholding Him sins vanish, and the soul and body are at peace. If man with single mind meditate on Him, mental doubts shall be dispelled. He is the treasury of excellences; ever new and complete are His gifts. Ever and ever adore Him; forget Him not by day or night: He is the companion of those who are so destined from the beginning. Devote your body, your soul, and your wealth all unto Him; sacrifice your whole life unto Him. He beholdeth, He heareth, He is ever present, He pervadeth every heart. He cherisheth even the ungrateful; O Nanak, God is ever the Pardoner.

God's beneficence:—

Ever and ever remember God and clasp Him to thy heart, who gave thee soul, body, and wealth, and adorned thee;