Guru Nanak is credited with the former, while Guru Gobind Singh is credited with the latter. The Guru Granth Sahib starts with Japji Sahib, while Dasam Granth starts with Jaap Sahib. God is the primal one, the pure light, without beginning, without end, the never changing constant, states Hymn 31.
Hymn 30 states that He watches all, but none can see Him. Hymns 21 through 27 revere the nature and name of God, stating that man's life is like a river that does not know the vastness of ocean it journeys to join, that all literature from Vedas to Puranas speak of Him, Brahma speaks, Siddhas speak, Yogi speaks, Shiva speaks, the silent sages speak, the Buddha speaks, the Krishna speaks, the humble Sewadars speak, yet one cannot describe Him completely with all the words in the world. It is remembering His name that cleanses, liberates states Hymn 20. God is formless and indescribable, state Hymns 16 to 19. Hymns 6 to 15 describe the value of listening to the word and having faith, for it is the faith that liberates. The Guru's shabda (word) is the protecting sound and wisdom of the Vedas, the Guru is Shiva, Vishnu (Gorakh) and Brahma, and the Guru is mother Parvati and Lakshmi. The Hymn 5 states that He has endless virtues, so one must sing His name, listen, and keep the love for Him in one's heart. With good karmas in past life and His grace is the gate of mukti (liberation) is found in Him is everything, states Hymn 4. Hymn 2 asserts that by God's command the ups and downs in life happen, it is He who causes suffering and happiness, it is He whose command brings release from rebirth, and it is His command by which one lives in perpetual cycles of rebirth from karma. The Japji Sahib opens with hymn that 'one cannot clean the mind just by cleaning the body, by silence alone one cannot find peace, by food alone one cannot satisfy one's hunger, to be purified one must abide in love of the divine'. Gurbani cites Aisa Giaan Japo Man Mere, Hovo Chakar Sache Kere, where the word Jap means to understand wisdom.
In Jap ji it is stated that God is indescribable the only true form of worship is worship of Nam (inner Word, Sound, Power), realization of God, and to remain always in the Holy Will of that loving God, accomplished with the grace of the True Guru. Notable is Nanak's discourse on 'what is true worship' and what is the nature of God'. It is regarded amongst the most important Bani or 'set of verses' by the Sikhs, as it is the first Bani in Nitnem. Jap ji is believed to be the first composition of Guru Nanak, and is now considered the comprehensive essence of Sikh faith. Jap ji begins with Mool Mantra and is followed by 38 pauris (stanzas) and ends with a final Salok at the end of this composition. It was composed by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Guru in the line of ten Sikh Gurus. Jap ji is a prayer at the beginning of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, considered the holy scripture of Sikhs.
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