Assalamualaikum wbt ...
Prof Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas explains ...
Adab ... is acquisition of the good qualities and attributes of mind and soul; it is to perform the correct as against the erroneous action, of right as against wrong; it is the preserving from disgrace. (p.150)
and he says ...
The aim of education in Islam is ... to produce a good man. What is 'good' in our concept of 'good man'? The fundamental element inherent in the Islamic concept of education is the inculcation of adab, for it is adab in the all-inclusive sense here meant as encompassing the spiritual and material life of man that instills the quality of goodness that is sought after. Education is precisely what the Prophet, upon whom be peace, meant by adab when he said:
My Lord educated (addaba) me, and made my education (ta'dib) most excellent.
(p.151)
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Ref: Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas (1978). Islam and secularism. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute Of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC).
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today i opened his book again ... after a long long time ...it was among my companions when i was in Brunei ...
this loss of adab appears to be the cause of the many recent unfortunate incidents ...
and accidents ...
maybe just maybe if we slow down a bit in this 'race' to somewhere ... and relearn the adab of the race ... things could be better ... insyaAllah, Allahu'alam.
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this thought is brought about by the following incidents and incidences ...
... surau sedili ...
... accident, accident and more accidents on our roads and highways ...
... our education and its focus ...
... care of the elders ...
... child care and abuse ...
... our food and diet ...
... egypt palestine and syria ...
... egypt palestine and syria ...
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