They pushed his feet away but he just spun around and they were magically brought back to the stone. They cried out in their language, ‘Blasphemy! Blasphemy! How dare you put your feet to the sacred stone? The Muslims around him were deeply offended because the stone is a symbol of Allah, and the feet are considered unclean. Guru Nanak walked into the square and lay down on his back in meditation with his feet toward the sacred stone. On the eastern side of the Kaaba is a sacred stone, a meteorite set into the wall. In his spiritual quest, he went to Israel and studied Judaism and Christianity, he journeyed to Mecca to study Mohammed’s teachings, and he went to the Kaaba, a cubical building in the center of Mecca’s big square.

This wise being dedicated his life to studying the worlds religions. The founder of the Sikh religion was a great teacher named Guru Nanak. Regardless, here is the story for you to enjoy! Guru Nanak – and his trip to Mecca What matters to me, is that the message of the story is one of the most important messages that could ever be conveyed. To me, it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not.

It’s a real shame as the meaning of the story is what’s most important. While I was researching the origins of this story, I saw all sorts of arguments between Sikhs and Muslims regarding the validity of the story, whether Guru Nanak would ever have been allowed into Mecca etc.

You will shortly read one of my favourite stories about Guru Nanak and it’s one I first heard from Dr John DeMartini’s book ‘ The Breakthrough Experience‘.

Guru nanak dev ji travel map