Maahmaah Soomaali
Discover the wisdom of East Africa through traditional Somali proverbs
🌟 Proverb of the Day
Meaning: A soul unprotected is a soul abandoned
Context: Carelessness with self leads to ruin — guard your well-being
Meaning: A heart without life feels no one else's pain
Context: Empathy comes from being alive to others' struggles
Meaning: Without a soul, there's no life
Context: Life's essence is spirit — material things are empty without it
Meaning: The soul was created by God, and no man can change it
Context: Fate is divine — accept human limits
Meaning: Only a fool recognizes another fool
Context: We see in others what exists in ourselves — judgment mirrors self
Meaning: He who doesn't fear God won't fear man
Context: Faith instills morality — the godless respect no authority
Meaning: He who isolates from people learns nothing about them
Context: Wisdom grows through society — solitude limits growth
Meaning: Without patience, no one succeeds
Context: Success takes endurance — haste ruins achievement
Meaning: The ignorant man is blind
Context: Knowledge is vision — ignorance is darkness
Meaning: He who doesn't know himself knows no one else
Context: Self-awareness is the start of understanding others
Meaning: Without justice, truth is unknown
Context: Fairness and truth are twins — morality requires both
Meaning: A man without advice is like a traveler without a road
Context: Wisdom directs destiny — counsel shapes decisions
Meaning: He who hasn't learned to speak hasn't learned to act
Context: Communication precedes skill — expression leads to success
Meaning: He who doesn't know his soul doesn't know his Lord
Context: Self-knowledge leads to spiritual knowledge — introspection is faith
Meaning: A man without conscience has no humanity
Context: Morality defines being human — ethics sustain community
Meaning: He who hasn't seen life will lose in life
Context: Experience protects from mistakes — naivety leads to failure
Meaning: God doesn't reward one who doesn't return favors
Context: Gratitude earns blessing — thankfulness sustains fortune
Meaning: Without hope, one isn't alive
Context: Hope is the breath of life — despair is death of the spirit
Meaning: He who never learns, learns nothing
Context: Ignorance feeds itself — growth requires openness
Meaning: He who doesn't tell truth, tells lies
Context: Silence toward truth equals falsehood — honesty is active, not passive