«مَا مْحَبَّه إِلَّا بَعْدْ عَدَاوَهْ»

Bitter conflict is not necessarily the end of a relationship. People who once clashed hard may later discover a bond stronger than that of those who simply got along, as if the heat of the quarrel fed the warmth that came afterward.

In practice the line marks a turnaround: two people who were once at odds now share real fondness. Speakers use it to note, with a knowing tone, that the earlier hostility did not prevent this closeness and may even have helped it.

Fitting when former rivals, quarrelling neighbours or feuding relatives have become close, and someone remarks on the change. It looks back on a reconciliation that has already happened; it should not be offered as a promise that a present dispute will end in friendship.