Anecdotes of pious men

Anecdotes of pious men

1993 English version
Author	Morteza Motahhari
Subject	Moral Short Stories
Publication date	1960

Anecdotes of pious men (Persian: داستان راستان) is a book by Morteza Motahhari. It is an ethical fiction published in English by Ansariyan in 1993.

Narrative

It is based on historical short story of Islamic references. The book has two volumes, and it contains collections of 125 ethical fiction. Each volume of the book has 75 works of fiction with an ethical theme. The original book was Persian and Saba Zehra Naqavi has translated it to English. Khadim Husayn Naqavi has edited it too.[1]

Awards

Anecdotes of pious men won UNESCO Award, in 1965.[2]

Publication

The book was launched in Iran in 1960.[3] The book was translated to Spanish[4] and Japanese.[5]

TV program adaptation

A TV adaptation by Akbar Hor and Huoshang Pakravan was broadcast on IRIB 1 in 1981-1982.[6]

See also

• Understanding Islamic Sciences
• Spiritual Discourses
• Battle of Khorramshahr
• Chess with the Doomsday Machine
• Eternal Fragrance
• Noureddin, Son of Iran
• That Which That Orphan Saw
• Fortune Told in Blood
• Journey to Heading 270 Degrees

References

1. Staff writers. "Anecdotes of plous men" (in Persian). lib.ir. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
2. Remembering Ayatollah Morteza Motahari Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine ABNA
3. Staff writers. "محجوب: خواندن کتاب "بازرگان" باعث تجدید ایمانم شد/ از کتابداری مانند کفشداران کربلا تا تاسیس انتشارات" (in Persian). Ibna. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
4. Staff writers. "کتاب داستان راستان به زبان اسپانیایی منتشر شد" (in Persian). Rasanews. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
5. Staff writers. "ژاپنی ها داستان راستان را می‌خوانند" (in Persian). Rasanews. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
6. Staff writers. "سریال "گرگ‌ها"؛ شهری خیالی در سریالی شبه‌تاریخی" (in Persian). jamejamonline. Retrieved 21 July 2014.