- English translation
A believer's heart shows him the way.
- Literal wording
The heart of the believer is his guide.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying credits an inner sense with knowing things before the facts are plain. Its image is a believer's heart acting as a guide or pointer, a sign that indicates the truth. The religious framing sets its tone, but it makes no doctrinal claim about who has true intuition.
In practice it is a comment made once a feeling has been proven right. When a premonition, suspicion, or unexplained certainty turns out accurate, the phrase acknowledges that intuition led the way and gently praises the person whose heart sensed it first. It looks back on a correct hunch; it is not advice to trust every feeling.
- When it is used
Say it after a hunch has been confirmed, for example when someone sensed trouble, a visitor's arrival, or a person's true character before any clear evidence appeared. It fits a remark of mild vindication or wonder at having guessed correctly.
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