Akāl Purukh

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Akāl Purukh. ‘Being beyond time’, Sikh designation of God. ‘Akāl Purukh’ is the theological affirmation of God's absolute transcendence. Vāhigurū is the designation more common in devotion, but Akāl Purukh is the foundation on which Sikh faith and confidence rest.

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