«فَقْدِ الْبَصَرْ أَهْوَنْ مِنْ فَقْدِ الْبَصِيرَهْ»

The saying weighs two kinds of loss against each other. Blindness is a real hardship, yet it does less damage than losing inner vision: the discernment, sound judgment, and moral awareness that let a person understand and know right from wrong, not mere cleverness. Clarity of mind and conscience is ranked above bodily senses.

It is often pointed at someone whose eyes work perfectly but whose choices show no judgment, as though stumbling in the dark. It can also affirm that a person who cannot see may still be guided well by understanding, since real direction comes from the mind, not from eyesight.

Use it when someone with good eyesight acts rashly, ignores plain warnings, or shows poor moral judgment, or when praising wisdom over outward ability. It can be a sharp rebuke or quiet observation, but should never make light of blindness or belittle blind people.