Ik Onkar

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Ik Onkar or Ik Oaṅkār (Pañjābi, ‘one’; Skt., ‘sacred syllable oṃ’). Gurū Nānak's statement that God is One. Ik Onkār is the Sikhs' most frequent statement about God, emphasizing the unity of the Primal Being. In its customary symbolic form the numeral stresses the divine singularity.