Gurbani is the infallible word of God, within which there are no contradictions. Humans can make mistakes when interpreting, translating or understanding Gurbani, however the Guru and God are Perfect.

“Everyone makes mistakes; only the Guru and the Creator are infallible.” (Ang 61)

The Mool Mantar, the first verse of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji describes God. It states God is “ajoonee” (unborn) and “saibhuv” (self-existent). The Mool Mantr is the yardstick and the whole of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji expands on its Revelations, and is the foundation of Sikhism. The Mool Mantar also states that "God always was, always is and always will be." So the question of "how can God create Himself" never arises, for He has always been.

One should be careful when reading translations and understand that some words are difficult to translate to another language and sometimes the exact word is difficult to find. Therefore, it is best if one reads the original script in Gurmukhi.

The Shabad (hymn) on Ang 463 says:

“Pauree: The Almighty Himself fashioned the world and Himself assumed His Name. Secondly, He fashioned the creation; seated within the creation, He beholds it with delight. You Yourself are the Giver and the Creator; by Your Pleasure, You bestow Your Mercy. You are the Knower of all; You give life, and take it away again with a word. Seated within the creation, You behold it with delight. ||1||” (Ang 463)

According to Gurbani God has always existed and uncreated:

“He cannot be established, He cannot be created.” (Ang 2)

When in Gurbaani it refers to “creating Himself” or “fashioning Himself” it means that God Himself manifested Himself from His Nirgun (invisible) form, whichever forever existed, to his Sargun (visible) form.

The question of God creating Himself never arises as Gurbani says that God has always been:

"(Before the creation of the world) for endless eons, there was only utter darkness. There was no earth or sky; there was only the infinite Command of His Hukam (order) . There was no day or night, no moon or sun; Waheguru sat in profound undisturbed meditation. ||1||"(Ang 1035)

The Quran says that " First the sun was created in one day, then the earth was created on the second day and then the moon on the third "

Which sun are we talking about here, our sun, or the billions of other stars in the universe? Why did it take God a whole day to create the sun, surely this is putting a limit to His power? If it took one day to create our sun, then did it take a day each to create all the other suns? In which case it must have taken God millions of years to create the universe. If it took God one day to create the Sun why did it take Him another whole day to create the moon which is a lot smaller and simpler in makeup?

Guru Nanak Dev Ji he was blessed with two sons, born around 1491 and 1494, Sri Chand and Lakhmi Das.

Baba Sri Chand was a very spiritual person and Guru Nanak Dev Ji could see that he had chosen a path of quiet contemplation on the Almighty and did not care much for worldly affairs, this played a part in the Guruship being passed on to Bhai Lehna Ji. This is not to say that Baba Sri Chand abandoned Sikhism.

In fact the Gurus right up to the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji showed the utmost respect for Baba Sri Chand Ji. On one visit Baba Sri Chand asked Guru Hargobind Sahib for something to link him and his followers to the Sikh Panth for eternity. Guru Hargobind in his divine wisdom then gave Sri Chand his own son Baba Gurditta, who is revered as the successor of Baba Sri Chands order. Thus, Baba Sri Chand did not reject Sikhi at all.

It is sometimes stated that Guru Nanak Dev Ji abandoned his family on his long Udassis (journeys). This is not true.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji was a devoted father and husband and cared and provided for his family. How could Guru Ji, who promoted married life over that of the acetic, abandon his own family ?

Peace does not come to his heart - he is not content to eat what comes his way.
With his stubborn mind, he begs, and grabs, and annoys those who give.
Instead of wearing these beggar's robes, it is better to be a householder, and give to others.||1|| ang 586

Guru Sahib Ji was married when he was about fifteen years old as was the custom of the times. By the time of the first udassi Guru Sahib Ji was about thirty years old and his two sons were around ten years old. So the early years were spent looking after and providing for the family, when the call came from God to spread His name across the lands Guru Sahib Ji placed his family in the care of his parents and extended family. Also his elder sister Nanaki Ji and husband Jai Ram who lived in nearby Sultanpur were instructed to keep an eye on Mata Tripta Ji and the two little ones. Rai Bular the local landlord was a devoted Sikh of Guru Nanak and he kept a loving eye over the family as well. So, in no why did Guru Sahib Ji neglect his duties as a householder. In fact Guru Sahib Ji showed practically how to juggle the duel roles of worldly and family affairs.

People who ask questions like this have their thoughts in the gutter, they see decay where most see beauty.

God is everywhere. He is within each and every one of us, he is in the animals and the plants. He is in the sea and in the very air that we breathe. Like a fish cannot live without water, we cannot live without God. God did not create this world and then step back from it, He is actively involved in everything that we do.

God watches over us when we do good and when we do bad. God is also with us when we perform our bodily functions, why shouldn’t he be? He created us and the way we are so why would he leave us?

How were we made, ever thought of that question? The relatives and friends come and congratulate on the coming of a new baby but does anyone ask how he/she was made? We all know the answer, a man and a woman come together to procreate and a baby is produced. We do not dwell on this as this is the natural order of things. In the same way God is in every leaf, every blossom, every smile, every laughter, yes He is in decaying matter, in the fly and the worm but this is the natural order of things.

A mother is not disgusted when her child goes to the bathroom, in fact she cleaned and cared for him for many years with love and devotion. She slept on the very wet patch that the baby created while places him on the dry warm part of the bed, so why would God, the father of all humanity , feel any different about his children?

In Islam God created the world but lives outside it and is distant from it, this is not so, God is in every grain of sand, every drop of water, every dust particle that floats on the air. Look at the very heart of an atom and you will see God smiling back at you.

The Lord is the fragrance in flowers, the becoming black bee He is attracted towards flowers.
Sap in the mangoes is He and becoming nightingale He enjoys the same.
Becoming peacock and the rain bird (babiha) only He identifies the delight in raining of the clouds.
He transforms Himself into variegated sweets by becoming milk and water.
The same Formless Lord assuming different forms is residing in all the bodies.
He is Omnipresent in all substances and activities and gurmukhs bow before all of His such stages. Bhai Gurdas Ji.

Many faiths regard God as some far of entity who has created this world but resides separate from it. They look up to the skies to find Him, they renounce everything and wonder off into the wilderness in search of Him, they face a particular direction in the hope of winning favour with Him. But what they do not realise it the very thing they are looking for is in fact residing within themselves.

Guru Gobind Singh Ji says in his Akal Ustat :

By Thy Grace. Laghu Niraaj, stanza
O Lord! Thou art water. O Lord! Thou art dry land. O Lord! Thou art the stream. O Lord ! Thou art the Ocean. 13.63
O Lord! Thou art the tree. O Lord! Thou art the leaf. O Lord ! Thou art the earth. O Lord ! Thou art the sky. 14. 64.

O Lord! I meditate on Thee. O Lord! I meditate on Thee. O Lord! I repeat Thy Name. O Lord ! I worship Thee. 15.65.

As is the reflection in the mirror, He sees in the world His ownself.
That perfect Lord is there in all the selves; the ignorant individual searches Him outside as the moon sees its own reflection in the water and feels it is there.
Lord Himself is there in the milk, cow and ghee.
Taking fragrance from the flowers He Himself is the flavour in them.
His own phenomenon is there in wood, fire, water, earth and snow.
The perfect Lord resides in all the selves and is visualised only by a rare Gurmukh. Bhai Gurdas Ji

Since God resides everywhere, then to Him nothing is sacred and nothing is unholy, nothing is clean and nothing is dirty, for He resides in all things. It follows that God is with you when you are doing good and when you are doing bad.