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Learn about Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Short, plain explanations of how the Granth is read and how Gurbani Soul stays faithful to it. Every quotation is verbatim and cited by its Ang; anything that is interpretation is clearly labelled as such.
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What is a Hukamnama?
What a Hukamnama is, how it is taken from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and how Gurbani Soul draws a complete unit for you.
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How to read Nitnem
The daily banis of Nitnem by time of day, and how Gurbani Soul keeps your place and offers gentle reminders you set yourself.
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The 31 raags and the watches of the day
How Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is arranged by raag, what the pahars or watches of the day are, and how the Raag Clock shows them.
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What is an Ang?
Why the pages of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji are called Angs, how the 1,430 Angs are numbered, and why every quote is cited by Ang.
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How Gurbani Soul verifies scripture
Verbatim extraction, character-for-character reconciliation, and the SHA-256 checksum that guards the bundled scripture on install and update.
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Search by first letters
How first-letter search works in Gurbani Soul, alongside search by word, by sound in Roman letters, and by theme across the whole Granth.
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Offline and private by design
Why Gurbani Soul works fully offline, keeps no account, collects no data, and answers Apple's privacy label as Data Not Collected.
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Widgets and Live Activity
The Home Screen widgets, the reading Live Activity that never shows a verse, and how Siri and Shortcuts fit into Gurbani Soul.