- English translation
The cloak of safety never wears thin.
- Literal wording
The garment of safety does not wear out.
- Meaning and lesson
Safety is pictured here as a piece of clothing that never frays. The image rests on the belief that when God decrees protection for a person and dresses them in it, that protection does not deteriorate the way ordinary cloth does.
The saying therefore voices confidence that well-being granted by God is lasting. Its force comes from setting ordinary fabric, which inevitably thins and tears with use, against a covering of safety that keeps its strength and does not wear away.
- When it is used
Fitting when speaking of someone whose safety or well-being is credited to God's decree, to affirm that such protection endures and stays intact rather than fraying like worn cloth.
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