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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«اِللِّي يِطْلَعْ لِلْبَلَحْ يَا يِنْزِلْ يَا يُقَعْ يِمُوتْ»

Meanings

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

Anyone who takes a grave risk may return safely or meet disaster.

Literal wording

Whoever climbs the date palm will either come down or fall and die.

Meaning and lesson

Its force lies in a blunt two-way split. The saying leaves no room for a partial or comfortable result: a hazardous choice is reduced to survival or ruin, and the tall palm works as a vivid picture of how much is at stake once someone commits.

It may be applied to someone who knowingly embarks on a perilous course. Rather than celebrating daring, it underscores that courage does not remove the possibility of grave harm, even when a safe outcome remains possible.

When it is used

Use it as a warning about a choice that involves real danger or serious stakes. It fits situations in which a person deliberately enters a hazardous venture and must reckon with the possibility of either safety or disaster.

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