Maahmaah Soomaali

Discover the wisdom of East Africa through traditional Somali proverbs

🌟 Proverb of the Day

Waayeel ha soocine, wax aqoonta sooca
Don't separate by age, separate by knowledge
Respect is earned through wisdom, not years
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