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One of the nobles once said to a pious man,
“What do you think of that certain worshipper — the one people speak of mockingly behind his back?”
The pious man replied:
“I see no fault in his outward behavior —
and as for what lies within his heart, that is unseen to me.”
And Saadi adds these lines:
If a man wears the cloak of piety,
think of him as pious and good.
For if you know not what lies within,
what business have you — like a watchman — inside his home?