Explore Arabic traditional proverbsReviewed 2026-10-29
Meaning: Verified- English translation
What is right lies with others, not with you.
- Literal wording
God's law is with someone other than you.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying concerns a person whose view departs from the truth. It places God's law, standing here for rightness itself, in someone else's keeping, so the addressee's position is marked as falling on the wrong side.
Its image is one of possession and place: rightness is held by another, and the person addressed is not the one holding it. Their opinion is thereby set apart from what is true.
- When it is used
Suitable for addressing or describing someone whose stated opinion runs contrary to what is true, conveying that correctness belongs to a person other than them.
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