Adab Quotes

Kecantikan yang abadi terletak pada keelokan adab dan ketinggian ilmu seseorang. Bukan terletak pada wajah dan pakaiannya.

Cinta itu mensucikan akal, mengenyahkan kekhawatiran, memunculkan keberanian, mendorong berpenampilan rapi, membangkitkan selera makan, menjaga akhlak mulia, membangkitkan semangat, mengenakan wewangian, memperhatikan pergaulan yang baik, serta menjaga adab dan kepribadian. Tapi cinta juga merupakan ujian bagi orang-orang yang shaleh dan cobaan bagi ahli ibadah.

Dengan segala kehebatannya dalam dunia keilmuan, tengoklah bagaimana sikap 'tahu diri' seorang al-Ghazali. Beliau tetap menempatkan dirinya di bawah mazhab Shafii dalam soal metodologi ushul fiqh. Beliau tidak merasa lebih hebat dari Shafii. Banyak ilmuan besar Islam tetap memelihara sikap adil dan beradab dalam mengkaji dan menyebarkan ilmu kepada masyarakat.

There is really no good English translation for adab. It means behaving well or good etiquette. It is acting with heedfulness, beauty, refinement, graciousness, and respect for others. The Koran teaches us the importance of acting beautifully. "Do what is beautiful. God loves those who do what is beautiful." (2:195)

Ketiadaan budaya ilmu bersepadu dalam tamadun hari ini telah mengakibatkan peluasan bencana kehilangan adab. Kebiadaban ini telah melahirkan banyak kerosakan dalam pemikiran dan akhlak manusia serta alam tabii. Dalam pemikiran dan akhlak, kejahilan atau kebebalan dan kemalasan intelektual dikaitkan (sebagai alasan) dengan pengkhususan; kedayusan moral disebut sebagai toleransi dan kesederhanaan; pembaziran dimaknakan dengan rekreasi atau mempertahankan kedudukan; korupsi akhlak dan ekonomi atau kedua-duanya sekali dimaafkan sebagai lumrah kehidupan moden; dan penjahanaman alam sekitar disebut sebagai harga tabii kemajuan.

Banyak orang tidak tahu bahwa seorang doktor dan profesor itu biasanya hanya menguasai satu bidang yang kecil sahaja. Mereka punya kekhususan. Ada profesor yang bidangnya sejarah tidak mengkaji syariah secara mendalam, tetapi sering bicara tentang syariah. Orang memanggilnya ulama, padahal ilmu agamanya belum mendalam. Makanya, di pesantren kita diajarkan adab, bukan hanya ilmu. Kita harus tahu diri, kalau tidak tahu harus mengatakan tidak tahu. Masalahnya, akan menjadi sangat rumit jika orang tidak tahu tetapi merasa tahu. Ini yang namanya orang yang tersesat.

Muslims must be warned that plagiarists and pretenders as well as ignorant imitators affect great mischief by debasing values, imposing upon the ignorant, and encouraging the rise of mediocrity. The appropriate original ideas for hasty implementation and make false claims for themselves. Original ideas cannot be implemented when vulgarized; on the contrary, what is praiseworthy in them will turn out to become blameworthy, and their rejection will follow with the dissatisfaction that will emerge. So in this way authentic and creative intellectual effort will continually be sabotaged. It is not surprising that the situation arising out of the loss of adab also provides the breeding ground for the emergence of extremists who make ignorance their capital.

Negara akan hancur sekiranya kita mempunyai orang yang berliterasi tetapi tidak terdidik (literate uneducated) yang mempunyai keahlian dan kemahiran yang tinggi dalam ilmu sains Barat tetapi tidak mempunyai nilai adab, akhlak dan etika yang murni. Kita memerlukan manusia yang mempunyai gabungan dan kesepaduan antara dua akal seperti yang diajukan oleh Islam untuk membangunkan diri, masyarakat, negara dan dunia ini keseluruhannya.

Belajar bukan membuatmu lebih pintar, tapi lebih beradab.

Melalui ngerti, ngrasa, lan ngelakoni (menyadari, mengisyafi, dan melakukan), budi pekerti yang dibentuk untuk merdeka dan mandiri akan hadir adab - Ki Hadjar Dewantara, Bagian Pertama Pendidikan, Yogyakarta; Majlis Luhur Taman Siswa 1967

And adab towards language means the recognition and acknowledgement of the rightful and proper place of every word in a written or uttered sentence so as not to produce a dissonance in meaning, sound and concept. Literature is called adabiyat in Islam precisely because it is seen as the keeper of civilization, the collector of teachings and statements that educate the self and society with adab such that both are elevated to the rank of the cultured man (insan adabi) and society.

Faktor utama dalam penjanaan pemikirannya (umat Islam) bukan semata-mata hal-hal yang berhubung dengan mantik saja. Sebaliknya ia juga merupakan usaha untuk mencari kebenaran dan menegakkan keadilan dengan penuh adab dan akhlak yang mulia kerana memenuhi tuntutan Islam itu sendiri. Pemikiran mantik dan rasional bukanlah matlamat terakhir, tetapi hanyalah wahana untuk mencapai matlamat terakhir, yakni mencari kebenaran dan menegakkan keadilan tanpa mengabaikan aspek keinsanan manusia.

Bagi yang sayang dan menyokong, sumbangan biasa dan sederhana tokoh tersebut akan ditiup ke langit; kelemahan sebesar gunung akan cuba ditutup walau dengan sehelai benang. Bagi yang benci dan menentang tokoh berkenaan pula, sumbangan sebesar gunung akan cuba ditutup, dan kekurangannya - sebagai manusia biasa - akan diperbesarkan; kedua-dua kejahatan ini biasanya dilaksanakan dengan meniup kepolan asap-asap fitnah tentang diri dan keluarga tokoh berkenaan, dan dengan memberikan tempat kepada suara-suara yang berlawanan dengan suara tokoh tersebut.

IT'S NOT ABOUT HOW MANY THIEFS ARE AROUND THERE'S A DEARTH OF THOSE WHO STEAL GOODNESS बात ये नहीं कि कितने चोर पैदा हो गए हैं यहां अच्छी बात चोरी करने वालों की कमी ही रही - विनीत BAAT YEH NAHIN KI KITNE CHOR PAIDA HO GAYE HAIN YAHAN ACHHI BAAT CHORI KARNE WALON KI KAMI HI RAHI

Refering to the domain of knowledge, adab means an intellectual discipline (ketertiban budi) which recognizes and acknowledges the hierarchy of knowledge based on the criteria of degrees of perfection (keluhuran) and priority (keutamaan) such that the ones that are based on revelation are recognized and acknowledged as more perfect and of a higher priority than those based on the intellect; those that are fard 'ayn are above fard kifayah; those that provide guidance (hidayah) to life are more superior to those that are practically useful (kegunaan amali). Adab towards knowledge would result in the proper and correct ways of learning and applying different sciences.

Jika saintis telah mengajar kita mengenai cakrawala, jirim dan jisim yang dapat kita saksikan dengan pancaindera kita sendiri, para rasul mendidik kita mengenai perkara-perkara yang ghaib. Kalau ahli teknologi telah memudahkan urusan-urusan kehidupan kita, para rasul mendidik kita mengenai matlamatnya. Jikalau para pedagang telah memberikan kita untung dan laba, para rasul mendidik kita mengenai “perniagaan yang akan menyelamatkan kamu daripada azab yang maha pedih...” (al-Saff, 61: 10). Jika para petani telah menanam makanan keperluan kita, para rasul mendidik kita bahawa dunia ini ladang akhirat; manusia hanya menyemai dan memupuk kebaikan atau keburukan di dunia, kebahagiaan sarmadi atau kesengsaraan tragis akan dituai di akhirat. Kalau arkitek telah mereka-bentuk dan jurutera mereka-bina bangunan, para rasul mendidik kita mengenai pembentukan dan pembinaan serta penyempurnaan sakhsiah insan. Jikalau seniman telah mencipta karya seni yang halus dan indah, para rasul telah mendidik kita mengenai pemerindahan jiwa itu sendiri. Jika tentera telah mempertahankan keselamatan negara kita, para rasul mendidik kita untuk menjadi laskar yang mempertahankan kubu kalbu dan benteng jiwa dari rasukan serangan gerombolan musuh nyata manusia, iaitulah Iblis, shaitan dan bala tentera mereka, la‘natullahu ‘alayhim.

Circumcision is a law for men and a preservation of honor for women." (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 5:75; Abu Dawud, Adab 167)

Scholars who have to spend their time among ignoramuses, or, even worse, are under their control, are to be pitied. Knowledge, being more precious than pearls, must not be wasted upon the pigs who do not want it. This quotation of Matthew 7:6 is often repeated in adab works.

Among the four things a noble person need not be ashamed of is serving a scholar in order to learn from him. Ata- b. Musab’s remoteness from and indifference to the Barmecides made him popular with them, although others possessed more adab than he did.

The educational element in the adab discussion of knowledge is unmistakable in a monograph entitled “The Encouragement of Seeking and Being Eager to Gather Knowledge” by Abû Hilâl al-Askarî. The brief work is distinguished by the comparative originality of its contents and the author’s willingness to give his own views and comments on the sayings and stories he cites. His aim is to show that while the acquisition of knowledge calls for hard work, industriousness, and great sacrifi ce, the rewards both material and spiritual are worth the effort required. The two basic ideas are rather skilfully interwoven, with the principal stress on the necessity of relentless labor. Knowledge means perfection or, as the author puts it, “perfect among men is he who realizes the excellence of knowledge and then is able to study, in order to obtain knowledge,” and, as a result, to taste the sweetness of the incomparable pleasure it provides.

Among the conventional adab anthologies, we encounter a somewhat different organization of the traditional material in the Kitâb Adab ad- dunyâ wa-d-dîn of al-Mâwardî (d. 450/1058).84 The five large chapters of the work deal with 1. the excellence of the intellect and intelligence and the blameworthiness of instinctive desire and blind prejudice (hawâ); 2. the âdâb of knowledge; 3. the âdâb of religion (dealing mainly with the negative aspects of the material world); 4. the âdâb of this world; and 5. the âdâb of the soul. As the plural âdâb indicates, the various ways in which intellectual, religious, practical/material, and spiritual/ethical behavior is to be practised are illustrated by preferably brief and aphoristic statements in prose and, quite often, in verse. As is to be expected, the chapter on knowledge shows no systematic arrangement. It starts out with strong expressions of praise for knowledge and the appropriate Qur- ânic citations and statements by the Prophet and early Muslim authorities. Evidence is presented for the superiority of knowledge over ignorance. The impossibility of attaining complete knowledge is explained, and the need to acquire knowledge of all kinds wherever possible is stressed. The relationship between knowledge and material possessions is explored in the usual manner. It is recommended that the process of studying begin at an early age. Knowledge is dif- cult to acquire. Again, the prevalence of ignorance is discussed. The objectionable character of using knowledge for ulterior purposes comes in for customary mention. There are sayings explaining the best methods of study and instruction, the qualities students ought to possess, the need for long and strenuous study, and the drawbacks of forgetfulness. Then, we read remarks about handwriting, about the usually bad handwriting of scholars, and about their constantly being engaged in writing. Remarks on the qualifi cations of students, the hadîth that “good questions are one half of knowledge,” and sayings about the character qualities of scholars complete the part of the work devoted to knowledge. Its predominantly secular outlook is indicated by the fact that knowledge here continues to precede the discussion of religion and ethics. The basic role conceded to the intellect with respect to both intellectual/educational and religious/ ethical activity is formally acknowledged by placing the chapter on it at the beginning, as was also the case in the work of al-Marzubânî.

Alasan yang lebih mendasar yang melatarbelakangi al-Attas memilih istilah ta'dib adalah, adab berkaitan erat dengan ilmu, sebab ilmu tidak dapat diajarkan atau ditularkan kepada anak didik, kecuali jika orang tersebut memiliki adab yang tepat terhadap ilmu pengetahuan dalam berbagai bidang. Kemudian, konsep pendidikan Islam yang hanya terbatas pada makna tarbiah dan taklimat itu telah dimasuki pandangan hidup barat yang berlandaskan nilai-nilai dualisme, sekularisme, humanisme, dan sofisme, sehingga nilai-nilai adab menjadi kabur dan semakin jauh dari nilai-nilai hikmah Ilahiah. Kekaburan makna adab tersebut mengakibatkan kezaliman, kebodohan, dan kegilaan. Kezaliman yang dimaksud di sini adalah meletakkan sesuatu tidak pada tempatnya, sementara kebodohan adalah melakukan cara yang salah untuk mencapai hasil tujuan tertentu, dan kegilaan adalah perjuangan yang berdasarkan tujuan dan maksud yang salah.

...Doğu ve Batı'yı çayla olan münasebetlerinden de okuyabilirsiniz.Poşet çay Batı'nın bireyci vurgusuna hayli uygun bir mamüldür,onu yapmak için ne zahmete ne de ustalığa gerek vardır,fonksiyoneldir ve bir sohbetin hamisi olamayacak kadar soğuktur.Oysa Doğu'da çay içmenin bir adab-ı muaşereti vardır,o yüzden demlenen çayın üzerine titrenir,çay içmek bir şölene dönüşür ve sohbet koyulaştıkça çayın lezzeti artar...

Knowledge means true leadership. Honor paid to a man because of his wealth or his power ought not to please him, because it may pass with their passing. Honor paid to a man because of his adab or his religiosity is something to be pleased about. Muhammad: “The scholars on earth are comparable to the stars in heaven.” The value of knowledge is indicated by the fact that nobody likes to risk the loss of his share of it.

An apparently old and often cited dictum extolling the superiority of scholars over statesmen was attributed to the legendary grammarian of the seventh century, Abû l-Aswad ad-Du- alî, and couched in this form: “There is nothing more powerful (a- azz) than knowledge. This is shown by the fact that kings exercise control (hukkâm) over people, and scholars exercise control over kings.” If the scholars themselves cannot be in positions of political power, then at least, the rulers should have knowledge. “Knowledge,” Aristotle says, “is an ornament of kings.” Again, Greek statecraft is transferred to Iran in the form of a statement ascribed to Anûsharwân: “When God means well for a nation, He places knowledge in its kings, and kingship in its scholars.” The concept of the philosopher-king appears in Muslim adab under the name of Diogenes. “Asked when the world was in good shape, Diogenes replied: When its kings philosophize, and its philosophers are kings.

Adam was in possession of Divine Names which the angels did not have, so that their praise and glorification of Him was not the same as Adam's praise and glorification of Him. Allah describes this to us so that we may ponder it and learn adab with Allah, and so that we will not lay claim to what we have not realised or possessed by pinning down. How can we allege something which is beyond us and of which we have no knowledge? We will only be exposed. This divine instruction is part of Allah's discipline of those of His slaves who are well-mannered, trusting and khalifs.

«Debería existir una palabra-tensión directamente opuesta al adab, la memoria que pide —pensó—. Debería existir una palabra para los recuerdos que se rechazan.»

WEALTH OR PEACE NEVER SATIATES THE BRAIN THOUGHTS DEMAND THEIR OWN MARKETPLACE दिमाग़ को सुकूँ ना दौलत ही चाहिए सोच को अपना अलग बाज़ार चाहिए DEEMAG KO SUKOON NA DAULAT HI CHAHIYE MERI SOCH KO APNA ALAG BAAZAAR CHAHIYE

Lafz-e-haseen se bhi haseen hain woh Ab lafz-e-haseen adab se pukaare koi

Tum nahin jaantey naeem, aurat jab muhabbat karne par aati hai tou khatam hojaati hai.Muhabbat karne ke liye itna bara dil chahiye.

Raja yang ditabalkan itu adalah pemegang watak utama untuk menghubungkan tradisi dengan modenisasi, menghidupkan kembali sejarah dan keagungan tamadun bangsanya yang telah dibina melalui amalan budaya yang penuh adab lagi beradat, mengandungi komponen-komponen kekayaan sejarah, keagungan tamadun, kehalusan budi dan keindahan bahasa, lalu dijadikan asas untuk membangunkan sebuah negara bangsa yang berdisiplin, maju, moden lagi progresif.

Adab carried a weight in the Islamic world similar to that of paideia in the Greco-Roman world. It represented a peak of human achievement, and insisted that this peak could be reached by the privileged few—through education and through following exacting codes of deportment modeled on the behavior of exemplary persons. In the words of my Berkeley colleague Barbara Metcalf, adab was based on “the concept of the well-constructed life.”2 The notion of the “well-constructed life” had come to hold a particular fascination for me when I dealt with the moralists of the Roman Empire and their elite readers. These moralists challenged members of the elites to put their lives in order by self-discipline and by recourse to trusted mentors. I wondered how a similar system of moral grooming worked in another major civilization, that of Islam.

ADAB: the demanding memory that comes upon you of itself.

Guru hanya beri motivasi, Guru hanya beri ilmu, Guru hanya beri ilham, Guru hanya beri tunjuk ajar… Jaga adab, Hormati guru, barulah ilmu diberkati.

Himmel und Hölle sind keine weit entfernten Reiche. Der mit glühender Kohle gepflasterte Weg der Hölle beginnt ebenso wie der Spaziergang durch den Garten des Himmels auf der Erde. Auf deinem Lebenspfad wirst du Bewohnern des Höllenschlunds und Stammgästen des Paradieses begegnen. Und du wirst sehr viele treffen, die mit einem Bein in der Hölle und mit dem anderen im Paradies stehen. Die Leute des Feuers brennen ungern allein. Sie werden deshalb versuchen, dich mit ins Feuer zu ziehen. Sie werden dich mit verlockenden Angeboten in Versuchung führen, damit du dich zu ihnen gesellst. Weist du sie ab, werden sie Hohn und Spott über dich ausgießen, bis dein Zorn entflammt ist. Gib ihnen nicht nach! Beantworte ihre Beschimpfungen nicht mit deiner Schmähung, denn sonst fällst du selbst in den Abgrund. Rufe Allah (den einen Gott, Schöpfer des Himmels und der Erde) an, der uns erhebt, der alles Schlechte von uns abwendet. Bleibe im Zustand der Ruhe, dann wirst du keinen Schaden erleiden. Selbst wenn ein Feind die Macht erlangt hat, deinen Körper zu verletzen, so kann er doch deinen Geist, dein Herz und deine Seele nicht berühren. (S. 77)

He was what I would call one of the Hidden Ones (Saints). His patience with me was extraordinary. He was connected with Allah. That was the only important thing for him, nanosecond to nanosecond. There was nothing else that mattered. And all the spiritual courtesy (adab) of the conventional Muslim – don‘t waste time, don‘t talk about trivia, all of these things – it came from the fact that he was connected. He didn‘t have to make the effort. He wouldn‘t involve himself in trivia. (p. 206)

Adab harus lebih mendahului ilmu. Akhlak harus lebih di atas levelnya daripada kecerdasan.

Markaz Dirasat al-Adab al-'Arabii wa-Dar al-Huda 2001; 16al-Suyuti, al-Rasa'il al-'ashar, Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al- 'Ilmiya, 1409 AH/1989 CE, p. 54; 'Ali ibn Taj al-Din al-Sinjari, al-karam fii akhbar Makka wa'l-bayt wa-wulat

ख़ुद ही देखो तुमने शह किसकी पाई है ज़ाहिर है तुम्हें कि मात कहाँ से आई है KHUDD HI DEKHO, TUMNEIN SHAH KISKI PAI HAI ZAHIR HAI TUMHEIN KI MAT KAHAN SE AAYI HAI

Was kümmert es uns, ob irgendwer uns anerkennt? Wir kümmern uns nur darum, dass wir unsere heilige Pflicht erfüllen, unsere heilige Aufgabe erledigen können – ohne beachtet zu werden. Wir sollten sehr dankbar sein, wenn niemand von uns weiß und wir ungestört unsere Arbeit tun können. Hat es nicht viele unbekannte große Menschen gegeben, Künstlerinnen, Musiker usw. viel mehr als die, deren Namen wir kennen? Was für eine wunderbare Schönheit liegt darin, unbekannt zu bleiben! Es gibt die Erinnerung an den unbekannten Soldaten; alle kommen mit Blumen zum Gedanken an den unbekannten Soldaten. Dieses Ideal sollten wir in unserem Herzen in Ehren halten. Dieses Ziel sollten wir anstreben. Und je weniger Lärm wir machen, desto mehr werden wir erreichen. (S. 93)

Usahlah menghentak kaki di Tanah Madinah. Muhammad dan sahabatnya masih ada dan selalu akan memeriksa adab kita.

Literature is called adabiyat in Islam precisely because it is seen as the keeper of a civilization and the collector of teachings and statements that educate the self and society with adab such that both are elevated to the rank of the cultured man (insan adabi) and society.

Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Nippur, Adab, Lagash, Kish, and more.