Cardiff Sufi Group

Weekly Readings
Adab
This weeks readings continue our exploration of adab. Adab (meaning broadly
character and courtesy is an essential !uality on the spiritual "ourney. #ne of
the early masters of $u%sm de%ned the importance of adab in this way& the
whole of this path is adab
We suggest this four step approach to working with this selection&
Read this selection' out loud if possible' se(en times.
)well upon the phrase or sentence that touches you.
Ask yourself what rele(ance or application this has for you
*inally' sit in the afterglow of these re+ections and open yourself to
whate(er new insight or message the )i(ine might ha(e for you.
Text 1:
,ain' boastful talk repels acts of kindness
and tears the branch of mercy from the trunk of the tree.
$peak honestly' or else be silent'
and then behold grace and delight in it
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Text 2:
3o(ing1kindness is drawn to the saint' as medicine goes
to the pain it must cure.
Where there is pain' the remedy follows&
where(er the lowlands are' the water goes.
4f you want the water of mercy' make yourself low5
then drink the wine of mercy and be drunk.
6ercy upon mercy rises to your head like a +ood.
)ont settle on a single mercy' # son.
7ring the sky beneath your feet
and listen to celestial music e(erywhere
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