«اِلْعَافْيَهْ هَبْلَهْ»

Here the key word means physical power, not its more familiar sense of health or well-being. The saying warns that raw strength, used without understanding, tends to harm what it touches: a powerful person may push through a job by muscle alone and break or spoil the thing they meant to fix.

The positive lesson is that repairs and adjustments succeed through knowledge, patience and skilful technique rather than force. Strength is pictured as a simpleton, energy that is blind unless guided by thought. The feminine adjective only agrees with the noun and implies nothing about women.

Use this when someone applies force where finesse is needed, such as forcing a stuck part, overtightening something, or wrecking a delicate repair. It works as a gentle rebuke or as advice to find the right technique.