Kabir refers to the different modes of worship adopted by Hindus and Muslims in India and says that they have both failed to reach anywhere near God because they do not know the true way to worship Him. The Muslims undertake day-long fasts during the month of Ramazan, they worship God through the ritual form of obeisance called namaz, and they journey to the holy Ka'aba. The Hindus fast on their pious days of the month, worship idols in temples, and travel to the sixty-eight holy places in India. A true devotee, says Kabir, keeps himself engaged in the repetition of the Name; he knows that God resides in the human body, therefore he goes within and bows at His feet in his own heart — the eye center; and having realized Him within, he has no need to go to the various holy places in the outside world. Men address Him with many names, but the Lord of Kabir is nameless. He is pure and supreme.

Pure and supreme is my Allah;
Hindus and Turks have both failed
Even to reach his vicinity.
Pure and supreme is my Lord.

I undertake no fasts, nor observe
The canons of the Ramazan month;
I only repeat the Name of the One
Who is the Ultimate.
I will not indulge in worship
Nor engage myself in namaz,
For I bow to the Formless One
Within my own heart.

Pure and supreme is my Lord.

I will not journey to the holy Ka'aba
Nor will I visit pilgrim places;
I have recognized the One
Within my own self —
Why need I run after others?

Pure and supreme is my Lord.

Says Kabir: Ail my delusion
Has vanished; I am absorbed
In the One, pure and supreme.

K.G., p. 152:338
Ek niranjan alah merā

Why don't you stay absorbed
Day and night in Allah's Name?
Why don't you repeat
Without a break the Name of Ram?

With the Master's Word as your kalma,
With the Master's knowledge as your knife,
Within your own body
Engage in the holy slaughter of the five foes.
Day and night, without a break,
Repeat only the Lord's Name.

No one goes to pray in the true mosque
Within his own body.
No one tries to discover the Lord
Through the five enlightened ones.

Says Kabir: I sing the praises
Only of the Supreme Father
And I give the same message
Both to the Hindus and to the Turks.

K.G., p. 130:256
Alah lyo lāye kāhe na rahiye