Maahmaah Soomaali

Discover the wisdom of East Africa through traditional Somali proverbs

🌟 Proverb of the Day

Ballaysin bir ka adag
A promise is stronger than iron
Keep your word — trust is the foundation of honor
Found 103 proverb(s) starting with "N"

Meaning: He who does no good meets evil

Context: Life mirrors your actions — kindness brings kindness

Meaning: He who doesn't guard wealth ends in poverty

Context: Saving and caution sustain life — waste destroys comfort

Meaning: He who commits injustice deserves punishment

Context: Oppression brings its own downfall — divine justice prevails

Meaning: He who doesn't tell truth, tells lies

Context: Silence toward truth equals falsehood — honesty is active, not passive

Meaning: He who never learns, learns nothing

Context: Ignorance feeds itself — growth requires openness

Meaning: Without hope, one isn't alive

Context: Hope is the breath of life — despair is death of the spirit

Meaning: God doesn't reward one who doesn't return favors

Context: Gratitude earns blessing — thankfulness sustains fortune

Meaning: He who hasn't seen life will lose in life

Context: Experience protects from mistakes — naivety leads to failure

Meaning: A man without conscience has no humanity

Context: Morality defines being human — ethics sustain community

Meaning: He who doesn't know his soul doesn't know his Lord

Context: Self-knowledge leads to spiritual knowledge — introspection is faith

Meaning: He who hasn't learned to speak hasn't learned to act

Context: Communication precedes skill — expression leads to success

Meaning: A man without advice is like a traveler without a road

Context: Wisdom directs destiny — counsel shapes decisions

Meaning: Without justice, truth is unknown

Context: Fairness and truth are twins — morality requires both

Meaning: He who doesn't know himself knows no one else

Context: Self-awareness is the start of understanding others

Meaning: The ignorant man is blind

Context: Knowledge is vision — ignorance is darkness

Meaning: Without patience, no one succeeds

Context: Success takes endurance — haste ruins achievement

Meaning: He who isolates from people learns nothing about them

Context: Wisdom grows through society — solitude limits growth

Meaning: He who doesn't fear God won't fear man

Context: Faith instills morality — the godless respect no authority

Meaning: Only a fool recognizes another fool

Context: We see in others what exists in ourselves — judgment mirrors self

Meaning: The soul was created by God, and no man can change it

Context: Fate is divine — accept human limits