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Category: Proverb

  • Those who have a tongue cannot get lost

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    من له لسان لا يُضاع alˀaklu yusbiqu ṣ-ṣalāt Obviously from a time before navigation devices. But even today, it is often better to ask locals than to blindly follow your GPS.

  • Wide world

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    ما فائدة الدنيا الواسعة، إذا كان حذاؤك ضيِّقاً؟ mā fāˀidatu d-dunyā l-wāsiʕa, ˀiḏā kāna ḥiḏāˀuk ḍayiqan Isn’t it amazing how much we limit ourselves again and again and yet we have so many possibilities!

  • Food comes before prayer

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    الأكْلُ يُسْبِقُ الصَّلاة alˀaklu yusbiqu ṣ-ṣalāt This initially astonishing statement is based on a hadith. If the food has already been prepared and the call to prayer is heard, you should still eat first. Otherwise, one would not be able to concentrate on prayer anyway.

  • Is death a disease or a cure

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    ما فائدة الدنيا الواسعة، إذا كان حذاؤك ضيِّقاً؟ mā fāˀidatu d-dunyā l-wāsiʕa, ˀiḏā kāna ḥiḏāˀuk ḍayiqan You can look at the question philosophically and answer it generally or more personally and, on a case,-by-case basis. What do you think?

  • Language saves from evil

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    Those who learn the language of a people are safe from their wickedness. مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ لُغَةَ قَوْمٍ أمِنَ شرَّهُم man taʕallama luġata qaumin ˀamina šarrahum This proverb is so widespread that some (wrongly) assume it is taken from a Hadith. It may be seen as an encouragement to learn a language. However, its wisdom or…

  • In a river you find, what you won’t find in the sea

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    يوجد في النهر ما لا يوجد في البحر.yūǧad fī n-nahri mā lā yūǧad fī l-baḥri Examples for this truth abound. The other day I found in a small shop in Laâyoune decafeinated coffee that I had been searching for in vain in big super markets. My hope is that this website is also an example…