«رَبِّنَا مَا سَاوَانَا إِلَّا بِالْمُوتْ»

While alive, people differ widely in fortune, ability, standing, and power, and those gaps can seem permanent and deeply unfair. The saying attributes the leveling to God, observing that nothing in ordinary life erases these distinctions; only death finally places everyone on the same footing.

The proverb carries a tone of resignation mixed with consolation, a sober reflection on mortality rather than resentment toward God. It reminds the proud that their advantages are temporary and offers the disadvantaged the cold comfort that every hierarchy ends at the grave, where no one keeps any privilege.

Use it when wealth, knowledge, or rank seems to divide people, or when a death makes those distinctions look temporary. It suits sober reflection on inequality and mortality and may temper someone's pride in their worldly position.