We Are One Family
There is no high or low, no stranger — all people spring from one Light.
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्
Udāra-caritānāṃ tu, vasudhaiva kuṭumbakam
For the noble-hearted, the whole world is but one family.
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि। शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः।।5.18।।
vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ
Sages look with an equal eye on a Brahmana endowed with learning and humility, on a cow, an elephant, a dog, and even an outcaste.
ਅਵਲਿ ਅਲਹ ਨੂਰੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕੇ ਸਭ ਬੰਦੇ
Awal Allah noor upaaiaa, kudrat ke sab bande
English
First, God made the Light; all beings are born of His creation. From one Light the whole world arose — so who is good, who bad?
Punjabi meaning coming soon
Common thread
Strip away the labels and the same one Light is shining in every single being.
Echo
The Upanishad's vasudhaiva kutumbakam (the world is one family) meets Kabir's ‘from one Light, all people’ — written with the word Allah inside the Sikh scripture itself.
📖 A story to understand
Asked whether he was Hindu or Muslim, Nanak answered: ‘There is no Hindu, no Muslim.’ He meant that before God there is no high or low, no insider or outsider — and he sat rich and poor together in one row to eat as one family.
Traditional sakhi / story (simplified retelling)