«مِنْ سَاوَاكْ بِنَفْسُهْ مَا ظَلَمَكْ»

The saying makes equal treatment the yardstick of fairness. When a person gives you the same standard, share, or consideration they would claim for themselves, you have no just cause for grievance against them. Its masculine wording is generic and applies to anyone.

It also turns the accusation back on a discontented listener. Someone who expects more than parity and wants to be favored over the other party is the one acting unjustly. The proverb can therefore serve as a mild rebuke of inflated demands, though it does not imply that equal treatment earns gratitude beyond fairness itself.

Fits moments when someone complains about an arrangement that already treats both sides alike, such as an even split, a shared burden, or identical terms. It reminds the listener that parity is fair and that demanding more would be the real injustice.