Sri Guru Granth Sahib (
Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, ) is the central religious text of
Sikhism, considered by Sikhs to be the final, sovereign and everlasting Guru following the lineage of the 10
Gurus (
Prophet-Masters) of the religion. A text of 1430
Angs (pages), composed poetically to various classical
Ragas, it consists of
Baani (spiritual revelations) describing the qualities of God and the necessity for
meditation on God's
nām (holy name) as a means to harness God-like qualities, leading to a reunion with the creator. Described as a "universal revelation", a text that speaks to the "hearts and searching minds of persons belonging to any religion or of none", and a text that affirms the "essential unity of science and religion", the Guru Granth Sahib is universally regarded by Sikhs as having have been revealed directly from the divine, an aspect that has been attested to by the
Sikh Gurus themselves in many of their verses.