20- تحف العقول: قالَ اللّهُ تعالى لعيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أدِّبْ قلبَكَ بالخَشْيةِ.
20- It is narrated in Tuhaf al-Uqul: Allah, most High, told Jesus [Prophet Jesus (AS) is known in the Arabic tradition as ÝÏsÁ] (AS), ‘Refine your heart with piety’.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 500]
21- لَمّا قيلَ لِعيسى (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أدّبَكَ؟ ـ: ما أدّبَني أحَدٌ، رأيتُ قُبْحَ الجهلِ فجانَبْتُهُ.
21- Jesus son of Mary (AS) was asked, ‘Who gave you good manners?’ He replied, ‘No one disciplined me; when I saw the ugliness of ignorance I avoided it.’[Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 196]
22- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): جالِسِ العلماءَ يَزْدَدْ علمُكَ ويَحْسُنْ أدبُكَ وَتَزكُ نَفْسُكَ.
22- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Sit with scholars to increase your knowledge, to improve your manners and to purify your soul.’[Ibid. no. 4786]
23- الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إذا زادَ عِلمُ الرّجُلِ زادَ أدبُهُ، وتضاعَفَتْ خَشيتُه لربِّهِ .
23- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘When man’s knowledge increases his manners improve and his fear of his Lord increases.’[Ibid. no. 5932]
