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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«اِللِّي مَا فِيهْ خيْرْ تَرْكُهْ أَخْيَرْ»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

It is wiser to walk away from anything that brings no good.

Literal wording

What has no good in it is better left.

Meaning and lesson

The proverb recommends letting go when continued attachment offers no good. It presents departure as the sounder choice, rather than persisting with what lacks a positive quality or outcome.

Its emphasis is comparative: leaving is judged better than remaining involved. The saying can therefore express approval of stepping back once the absence of good has become the decisive consideration.

When it is used

Used to endorse withdrawing from a matter regarded as offering no good, especially when someone is weighing whether to continue or to let it go.

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