KARTA PURAKH
Karta (creating, creator) Purakh (person, being): the creator (Creating Being).
It is one of the attributes and Names of God. According to Sikhism, God alone is the Creator and He has created everything out of Himself.
The Samkhya School of philosophy believes that creation is a result of copulation of Purush and Prakriti. Sikhism believes that accepting the existence of Prakrit, independant of God, would negate the absolute power of God.
According to Sikhism, God created first Himself and then he created Nature (not from any matter) but out of himself. Thus, Sikhism negates even the role of Brahma (mythical Hindu god of creation). He has created every thing with one command and not in stages. According to the Sikh philosophy, He is the first Cause and the only Cause of every phenomenon (Guru Granth Sahib, pp. 463, 1279).
Also see: Akaal Purakh, God.
(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)