Zafarnama – The Persian Letter of Victory by Guru Gobind Singh Ji "Zafarnama" is a great Persian composition of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. "Zafar" means victory, triumph, success "Nama" means a written letter, book or message. After leaving Machhiwara forests, Guru Gobind Singh Ji reached Dina, where in December 1705, they wrote the Zafarnama – a letter of truth and victory – addressed to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, and sent it through Bhai Daya Singh and Bhai Dharam Singh. When Aurangzeb’s daughter read the letter aloud to him — the emperor could not sleep that entire night. Throughout the night — he felt storms, banging doors, fear inside, sweating, trembling, thirst, visions of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji’s martyrdom, the younger Sahibzaade being bricked alive and killed, Bhai Mati Das being sawed alive, Bhai Dyal Das boiling in a cauldron — all replayed before him as if he was witnessing them again. He looked in the mirror — saw a murderer, a tyrant, blood-stained hands, guilt tearing his soul apart. He felt as though he was already burning in hell. The battle of Chamkaur haunted him — and the line from Zafarnama thundered in his mind: “What if you killed my four sons – the coiled serpent still remains.” He felt that this “serpent” — the unstoppable spirit of Sikhs — would soon strike him down. At dawn — Aurangzeb issued a royal decree: That wherever Guru Gobind Singh Ji is, no interference should be done. He begged for a meeting with Guru Ji — but he died before Guru Ji reached him. Before his death, he said: “I am a sinful king — build my grave very simple — let no tree stand near it — a sinner like me does not deserve even shade.”
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