«اِلضِّفْرْ مَا يِطْلَعْشْ مِنِ اللَّحْمْ وِالدَّم مَا يِبْقَاشْ مَيَّهْ»

Kinship is a bond that cannot truly be cut. Just as a fingernail stays rooted in the flesh of the finger and cannot be torn away without pain, relatives remain joined to one another, however bitter their arguments become. The image concerns this bond, not injury or grooming.

The second image makes the same point through blood. Shared blood will never thin into water, so a family united by it cannot finally break apart. It stresses kin staying bound despite quarrels, not family outranking other ties.

Use it when relatives have fallen out and someone wants to say the rift is temporary, or to urge reconciliation by pointing to the lasting tie of kinship. It suits family disputes, not friendships or business partnerships, and does not rank family above other loyalties.