Anecdotes of pious men (Persian: داستان راستان) is a book by Morteza Motahhari.

It is based on historical short story of Islamic references.

The original book was Persian and Saba Zehra Naqavi has translated it to English.

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

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