, The Book of Giants, BSOAS, Vol | ears for two people to carry it |
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Here are some of our favorite Arabic proverbs | Come to salvation two times |
anta turiid wa-howa yuriid wallaah yaf3al ma yuriid.
25Similar to "the fox guarding the henhouse," but not exactly the same | Roger Rosen, Jeffrey Jay Foxx |
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You can't hide beauty or make the ugly beautiful | The imam farted, so those praying behind him shitted |
: Madinan A footnote that says: Where the prophet Muhammad SAWS emigrated with his companions in 622 AD.
The strange assumption at the heart of this expression is that a bald person has more potentially kissable spots on his head, so there is no one obvious place to plant a kiss | This is known as the Hanafi School of Fiqh |
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English equivalent: Once bitten, twice shy | Or alternatively, they fail to apply the advice and expertise they have for others to their own life |