«اِلْبِسْ تِعْجِبْ اِمْرَأَتَكْ وَلَبِّسْ اِمْرَأَتَكْ تِعْجِبِ النَّاسْ»

The saying contrasts a husband's personal display with care for his wife. In its husband-centred, potentially dated framing, it commends attentiveness to her as a more publicly valued sign of character than dressing impressively oneself.

Beyond clothing, it presents household dignity as honouring and caring for one's wife. It frames such care as generosity and respectable conduct, rather than endorsing the gendered social assumptions reflected in its wording.

Used to advise a husband not to focus only on his own appearance or status, but to show consideration for his wife. It may arise in discussions of generosity, domestic responsibility, and dignified care within marriage; its gendered assumptions can sound dated today.