The word ARDAS is derived from the Persian word ARZ DASHT (Petition) meaning a request to a superior authority. Ardas is not a part of Guru Granth Sahib but has evolved over a period of time as the community struggled and won victories and got into a thanksgiving mode. I would end this article on the healing power of Ardas with a quote taken from a book written recently by Dr. H. Benson of Harvard University, Boston entitled Timeless Healing, the Power & Biology of Belief (1996. Page 305, Scribner, New York). Above article adapted from original by Dr. S.S. Sodhi