"Mansur Al-Hallaj" by Sirdar Kapur Singh
A Portion of the Foreword from an Upcoming Republication
[I]t is certainly fruitful to critically engage with Sirdar Kapur Singh’s ideas as we forge our path ahead through the vicissitudes of time’s churning wheel
- Mahavira Singh
Khalsa Chronicle and Sarbloh Studio Publishing are proud to announce a new release: Mansur Al-Hallaj by Sirdar Kapur Singh (1909-1986), honoured as the “National Professor of Sikhism.”
Originally published in 1970, the composition serves as a monograph and comparative religious tract. Sarbloh Studio Publishing has updated the formatting, cover art, and included a foreword from Mahavira Singh. We hope that the reintroduction of pivotal works will be of assistance as the Panth navigates Kaliyuga.
A PORTION OF THE FOREWORD
“Sirdar Kapur Singh’s prolific oeuvre has, over the years, served as an invigorating gateway for modern man into Sikh thought. One struggles to think of a better polemicist than the ‘Professor of Sikhism’ among the many men of letters that populate the august halls of the twentieth century’s Sikh history – or, for that matter, a worthier crusader for its world-historical stature in the march of history.
Our particular vantage as globally dispersed Sikhs, conversant with modernity, afforded with an ease of access and interaction online that previous generations could scarcely dream of, allows us to reckon anew with this doyen of Sikh literary and political thought. The figure (and polemics) of Kapur Singh looms conspicuously in the backdrop of the turbulent circumstances that occupied the Sikh Panth in post-independence India, from the Punjabi Suba Morcha, all the way to Operation Blue Star. These events continue to shape and orient the Sikhs’ worldview today; it is certainly fruitful to critically engage with Sirdar Kapur Singh’s ideas as we forge our path ahead through the vicissitudes of time’s churning wheel…”
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