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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«قَبْلْ مَا يِقْطَعْ هِنَا يِوْصِلْ هِنَا»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

No sooner is one source of livelihood cut off than another is opened up.

Literal wording

Before he cuts off here, he joins on here.

Meaning and lesson

The saying expresses confidence that a person's means of living are never simply cut off. Its actor is left unstated, but the traditional reading takes God as the one who provides: whenever one source of sustenance is withdrawn from one direction, another reaches the person from a different direction.

In practice it works as comfort and as a call to patience. Rather than despairing over a loss, the listener is urged to trust that provision shifts its channel instead of vanishing, so the setback is only part of the picture.

When it is used

Suited to moments of consolation, when someone has lost a job, a customer, or another source of income and needs reassurance that support will arrive from somewhere else. It carries a tone of trust in providence and fits best among speakers who share that outlook.

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