«كُلَّهَا يُومْ وِلِيلَهْ وَيِجِي الْحَجِّ الرُّمِيلَهْ»

The saying shrinks a long wait to "a day and a night," a figure for a short span, not a literal travel time. It pictures the pilgrims, as a returning body, nearly home at the Rumayla, a square below Cairo's Citadel where the mahmal caravan's return was once celebrated. The awaited thing is closer than it feels.

As a general maxim, it says that anything bound to come is effectively near. It reassures people that delays are temporary, that patience will soon be rewarded, and that worrying over a short remaining interval is needless.

Use it to calm someone who is impatient for an awaited arrival, result, or event. It suggests the remaining wait is brief and the outcome is close. It suits encouraging, informal talk rather than formal writing.