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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«مِنْ عِيلْةَ ابُو رَاضِي اِلْمِشَنَّهْ مَلْيَانَهْ وِالسِّر هَادِي»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

One of Abu Radi's folk: a brimming bread tray and an untroubled mind.

Literal wording

From the family of Abu Radi: the bread tray is full and the mind is calm.

Meaning and lesson

The saying sketches a person who belongs to the household of Abu Radi, a specific wealthy rural notable whose family was well known. The mishanna, the large woven bread tray, is always full at home, so this person never frets about the next meal, and their mind (al-sirr, here meaning inner state, not secret) stays calm.

By tying the person to a known wealthy family, the expression marks them as someone whose needs are already met. Their calm comes from having enough, not from effort or virtue. It pictures ease as the natural condition of those whose provisions are secure, with material security producing peace of mind.

When it is used

Use it of someone comfortably provided for and free of worry, for instance when observing a person whose household lacks nothing and who seems unbothered by daily cares. It describes contentment grounded in material sufficiency.

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