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Arabic · Arabic scriptProverb: Verified

«اِللِّي لا بُد مِنُّهْ لَا غِنَى عَنُّهْ»

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Meaning: Verified
English translation

You cannot do without what you truly need.

Literal wording

What cannot be done without cannot be dispensed with.

Meaning and lesson

The saying expresses a straightforward truth about necessity: something indispensable remains necessary, however inconvenient it may be. It rejects the idea that a real need can be set aside merely by deciding to go without it.

It draws a distinction between what is essential and what is merely optional. Its point is that a person cannot be independent of something required for their needs, because need itself makes that thing impossible to forgo.

When it is used

Use it to state that a needed thing cannot realistically be abandoned or treated as unnecessary. It fits a plain, matter-of-fact observation about dependence on what is essential.

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