Arabic Proverbs

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Collection of famous Arabic proverbs, true sayings and wise words. Use words and image sayings to keep you moving forward!

Image, Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you.

Proverbs and Sayings

Ask for a science that would be useful to you, would keep you from harm and shame, then elevate you.

—Arabic

Image, Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times

Proverbs and Sayings

Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times, for a double crossing friend knows more evil.

—Arabic

Image, Beware of he whose goodness you can’t ask for and whose evil you can’t be protected from.

Proverbs and Sayings

Beware of he whose goodness you can't ask for and whose evil you can't be protected from.

—Arabic

Image, If you oppress who is below you then you won’t be safe from the punishment of who is above you.

Proverbs and Sayings

If you oppress who is below you then you won't be safe from the punishment of who is above you.

—Arabic

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Image, Work for engagement of your daughter, but don’t work for engagement of your son.

Proverbs and Sayings

Work for engagement of your daughter, but don't work for engagement of your son.

—Arabic

Image, Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

Proverbs and Sayings

Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.

—Arabic

Image, Paradise without people is not worth living in.

Proverbs and Sayings

Paradise without people is not worth living in.

—Arabic

Image, In the desert of life the wise person travels by caravan.

Proverbs and Sayings

In the desert of life the wise person travels by caravan, while the fool prefers to travel alone.

—Arabic

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Image, Sit where you are welcomed and helped, and don’t sit where you are not welcomed.

Proverbs and Sayings

Sit where you are welcomed and helped, and don't sit where you are not welcomed.

—Arabic

Image, Similar to a bee: in their mouths they carry sweet honey, and in their tails poison.

Proverbs and Sayings

Similar to a bee: in their mouths they carry sweet honey, and in their tails poison.

—Arabic

Image, I taught him archery everyday, and when he got good at it he throw an arrow at me.

Proverbs and Sayings

I taught him archery everyday, and when he got good at it he throw an arrow at me.

—Arabic

Image, You need a brother, without one you’re like a person rushing to battle without a weapon.

Proverbs and Sayings

You need a brother, without one you're like a person rushing to battle without a weapon.

—Arabic

Image, He makes a dome out of a grain.

Proverbs and Sayings

He makes a dome out of a grain. Meaning: He worries about a small problem as if it is a big one.

—Arabic

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Image, A promise is a cloud; fulfilment is rain.

Proverbs and Sayings

A promise is a cloud; fulfilment is rain; and the best promise is that which has been proved by rain.

—Arabic

Image, His fault is besides him.

Proverbs and Sayings

His fault is besides him.

—Arabic

Image, I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.

Proverbs and Sayings

I complained because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.

—Arabic

Image, I cured my self but I amputated my nose in the process.

Proverbs and Sayings

I cured my self but I amputated my nose in the process.

—Arabic