Wazir Khan, the Nawab of Sarhind, was still the enemy of Guru and he was aware of the close relations of the Guru and the Mughal king. As it was, the kind had ordered that Wazir Khan pay three hundred rupees a day of the Guru, and so he feared that alone with the money the Guru was also after his life. He hired two Pathans to murder Guruji. One of the Pathans was said to be the grandson of Painde Khan, who was slain by the Guru himself in the earlier battle.

One day, after the evening service, the Guru went to rest. While he was sleeping one of the Pathans attacked him with his sword. Guruji immediately got up and slayed the other Pathan by his sword. Hearing the commotion his disciples came in and slayed the first Pathan also. Guruji's wound was attended to, and it appeared to have healed in a few days. But one day, when he was trying to bend a bow, presented to him by a Sikh, the wound burst open and bled profusely. Guruji now knew that his end was near. He asked his disciples to get the holy book or the Guru Granth Sahib to him. He then placed five paise and a coconut before the sacred Granth, went around it. Then he instructed his disciples that after him, the Guru Granth Sahib was to be their sole guide. He asked them to follow the commands and instruction enshrined in the holy book. He also told them that there was to be no personal Guru after him; no man was to be regarded as the Guru. For all religious and spiritual matters the Guru Granth Sahib had to be referred to.

In his parting message, he told the Sikhs to end the system of personal Gurus, and said that he would be there for them whenever they needed him or called for him with a pure heart and a true mind. He entreated them to preserve the Khalsa uniform, Khalsa identity, and the Khalsa principles.

Then he lay down peacefully, and left his mortal form for his Eternal Home. It was October 7, 1708 A.D., when his spirit merged with the Supreme Spirit.

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