#MalikAmbar

“In 1604 an editor finished a book; in 1606 an empire killed the editor; and in 1708 the book itself was crowned Guru — the only scripture on earth that is not read by the head of its faith but is the head of its faith, and it began as one man's answer to a counterfeiting problem.”

“He built a temple with doors on all four sides and a scripture with doors on all four sides — a canon that seats a Muslim weaver, a tanner, a barber and a Sufi beside the Gurus — and when an emperor demanded he shut those doors, he paid with his life instead.”