«اِلنَّارْ وِالْحَرِيقْ وَلَا انْتَ فِي الطَّرِيقْ»

A cutting expression of aversion toward someone whose company has become a steady source of grief. By choosing flames and burning over a chance meeting, the speaker declares that this person wounds more deeply than any physical calamity could.

Its force lies in exaggeration: fire, the usual emblem of ruin, is cast as the lesser evil. The line thereby measures how much a habitual wrongdoer is resented, making the mere prospect of meeting them on the way sound worse than catastrophe itself.

Use it to voice strong dislike of someone known for repeated mischief or harm, usually in pointed complaint or sharp banter. Because it openly ranks the person below a disaster, it is insulting when addressed to them and unsuitable for polite or formal settings.