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ArabicArabic scriptExpression: Verified

«اِرْمِيهْ فِي السُّطُوحْ وَإِنْ كَانْ لَكْ فِيهْ قِسْمَهْ مَا يْرُوحْ»

Meanings

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Sense: Verified
English translation

Even if you toss it onto a roof, you will not lose what is allotted to you.

Literal wording

Throw it onto the rooftops; if you have a share in it, it will not go away.

Meaning and lesson

The image of throwing something onto a roof makes a careless act the test: can someone lose a share that has already been allotted to them? The proverb answers no.

It offers reassurance grounded in the idea of a fixed allotment. A lapse in looking after something may seem to put it at risk, but the saying treats that lapse as unable to change whose share it is.

When it is used

If someone fears that an oversight has cost them something they believe is theirs, the saying can express confidence that their allotted share will not be lost through that mistake.