Hekayat 1 from Chapter 2 of Golestan of Saadi
English Translation for Hekayat
One of the nobles asked a pious man, “What do you say about such and such a worshipper, about whom others have spoken disparagingly?”
He replied, “I see no fault in his outward appearance, and I do not know his inner secrets.”
Whoever you see wearing the garment of piety
Consider him pious and a good man
And if you do not know what is hidden within him
What business does the inspector have inside the house?
متن حکایت
یکی از بزرگان گفت پارسایی را: چه گویی در حقِ فلان عابد که دیگران در حقِ وی به طعنه سخنها گفتهاند؟
گفت: بر ظاهرش عیب نمیبینم و در باطنش غیب نمیدانم.
هر که را، جامه پارسا، بینی
پارسا دان و نیکمرد انگار
ور ندانی که در نهانش چیست
محتسِب را درونِ خانه چه کار؟
