«اِلْعِينْ بَصِيرَهْ وِالْيَد قَصِيرَهْ»

The saying sets clear perception against limited reach. A person can recognize exactly what they desire, yet be unable to obtain it. Seeing the thing is not the problem; the shortfall lies in the capacity to get hold of it.

The eye and the hand stand for two separate faculties: noticing and acquiring. By pairing them, the proverb locates the obstacle precisely, placing it in the second faculty while leaving the first intact, so the desired object stays visible yet out of grasp.

Use it when something desired is plainly in view yet cannot be obtained. It states that the obstacle is a lack of reach or means, not a failure to notice or recognize what is wanted. Its rhyming halves, baṣīra and qaṣīra, carry its force.