«وَلَا سَجَرَهْ إِلَّا وْهَزَّهَا الرِّيحْ»

The saying holds that trouble reaches everyone. Just as every tree, however sturdy, has at some point bent under a gust, every person has been touched by hardship or misfortune, so no one should be imagined as having passed through life entirely unscathed.

Applied to reputation, the image shifts. Wind becomes rumor and blame: no one escapes being talked about, and such talk may be groundless or deserved, so the saying does not excuse genuine wrongdoing.

Say it to console someone hit by hardship, reminding them nobody is spared. It also suits moments when someone is accused or gossiped about, noting that everyone attracts talk, without excusing real wrongdoing.