(ādāb fi’l-nās; ādāb al-fuqarāʾ; adab al-fuqarāʾ fi’l-ṣuḥba; adab al-ḥaqq; adab al-khidma; adab al-qalb; adab al-qirāʾat al-kalām al-aʾimma; adab maʿa’l-shaykh; adab al-murīd; adab al-musāfir; adab al-sharīʿa; akmal al-ʿulūm; ijmāl fi’l-ṭalab; nās fi’l-adab; rāsikh fi’l-ʿilm; salb al-nafs; salb al-rūḥ)
For the beginner (mubtadiʾ), tawba (repentance) is what adab is for the ʿārif (gnostic). (Lumaʿ, 195)
Adab (proper conduct) is the support of the poor and the adornment of the rich. Regarding adab, people are divided into three distinct groups: the adab of the people of the world, the adab of the people of religion, and the adab of the people of religion...