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62. How truthful is a person’s testimony against himself and what witness is there against him better than his own deeds?! A man is not recognized except by his knowledge, just as a strange tree is not known except when it bears fruit, thus the fruits are evidence of its origins. The excellence of every person is known by his merit, and thus the honourable one is distinguished by his morals and the vile one is disgraced by his wickedness.
62. How truthful is a person’s testimony against himself and what witness is there against him better than his own deeds?! A man is not recognized except by his knowledge, just as a strange tree is not known except when it bears fruit, thus the fruits are evidence of its origins. The excellence of every person is known by his merit, and thus the honourable one is distinguished by his morals and the vile one is disgraced by his wickedness.
62 ما أصْدَقَ المَرْءَ عَلى نَفْسِهِ، وأيُّ شاهِد عَلَيْهِ كَفِعْلِهِ، ولايُعْرَفُ الرَّجُلُ إلاّ بِعِلْمِهِ، كَما لا يُعْرَفُ الغَريبُ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ إلاّ عِنْدَ حُضُورِ الثَّمَرِ، فَتَدُلُّ الأثْمارُ عَلى أُصُولِها، ويُعْرَفُ لِكُلِّ ذي فَضْل فَضْلُهُ كَذلِكَ يَشْرُفُ الكَريمُ بِ آدابِهِ، ويَفْتَضِحُ اللَّئيمُ بِرَذائِلِهِ.
