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ਮ: 1 ॥
ma 1 ||
First Mehla:

ਪੰਜਿ ਨਿਵਾਜਾ ਵਖਤ ਪੰਜਿ ਪੰਜਾ ਪੰਜੇ ਨਾਉ ॥
pa(n)j nivaajaa vakhath pa(n)j pa(n)jaa pa(n)jae naao ||
There are five prayers and five times of day for prayer; the five have five names.

ਪਹਿਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਹਲਾਲ ਦੁਇ ਤੀਜਾ ਖੈਰ ਖੁਦਾਇ ॥
pehilaa sach halaal dhue theejaa khair khudhaae ||
Let the first be truthfulness, the second honest living, and the third charity in the Name of God.

ਚਉਥੀ ਨੀਅਤਿ ਰਾਸਿ ਮਨੁ ਪੰਜਵੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਨਾਇ ॥
chouthhee neeath raas man pa(n)javee sifath sanaae ||
Let the fourth be good will to all, and the fifth the praise of the Lord.

ਕਰਣੀ ਕਲਮਾ ਆਖਿ ਕੈ ਤਾ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਣੁ ਸਦਾਇ ॥
karanee kalamaa aakh kai thaa musalamaan sadhaae ||
Repeat the prayer of good deeds, and then, you may call yourself a Muslim.

ਨਾਨਕ ਜੇਤੇ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਕੂੜੈ ਕੂੜੀ ਪਾਇ ॥3॥
naanak jaethae koorriaar koorrai koorree paae ||3||
O Nanak, the false obtain falsehood, and only falsehood. ||3||

Muslims pray five times a day, and have specific times allocated for prayer... but without the qualities of truthfulness and honest living and good will and charity and praise of Maharaj... then these actions are only false. As Sikhs, we recite the panja banian at Amrit Vela, but without the five "prayers" that Guru Sahib talks of, we recite with false hearts. Muslim means "one who has surrendered to God". We should aim to move away from ritualism and towards total surrender - submission to the laws of love.