In Abbasid literary salons dīn taught mortals what God expects, but adab taught them the manners, sensitivities, and the verbal arts of charm (ẓarf) and sociability (muʾānasa) that human beings expect. This humanistic knowledge—not of divine but of social salvation—is the focus of Samer's book, along with the social practices that surround its performance in mujālasāt.
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