Meaning: Golden on top, filthy underneath

Context: Don't trust appearances — surface beauty hides rot

Meaning: Once milk is spilled, you can't catch it

Context: What's lost is gone — regret doesn't recover what's past

Meaning: If you see spilled milk, it's a careless woman's doing

Context: Carelessness causes loss — blame often lies with neglect

Meaning: Milk in the dry season is as rare as the leaves of the canb tree

Context: Valuable things are scarce in hard times

Meaning: Little milk and a small army are missed only when lost

Context: We often appreciate small blessings only after they're gone

Meaning: The disobedient is never far from your door, but the righteous won't always visit

Context: Trouble is always near; good people are scarce

Meaning: Even suffering glorifies deliverance from torment

Context: Hardship teaches gratitude — pain makes relief sweeter

Meaning: You don't run from the enemy; you strengthen your back

Context: Face challenges with courage, not fear

Meaning: Anger toward a brother can be taught to fade

Context: Family disputes should be forgiven — kinship overcomes anger

Meaning: Flesh may choke you, duty and death may destroy you

Context: Life's burdens are inevitable — duty and mortality can't be escaped

Meaning: Your share is held by the one destined to give it

Context: Destiny determines provision — what's meant for you will reach you

Meaning: An acacia leaf doesn't fill a camel's belly

Context: Small efforts can't solve big needs — adequacy matters

Meaning: Give something to every living Ali

Context: Be generous to the living — charity is for the present, not the dead

Meaning: Endurance is God's companion

Context: Patience and resilience are divine blessings — they sustain the soul

Meaning: A man's heart is a flowing river

Context: Men's emotions run deep though unseen — strength hides sensitivity

Meaning: Fear of blame doesn't stop a wise person's purpose

Context: One should endure criticism to achieve good — don't abandon goals for fear of talk

Meaning: Fear of criticism doesn't drive a family away

Context: Don't avoid responsibility or leadership because of what people say

Meaning: There's a seed inside the mango

Context: Every sweetness hides difficulty — good things come with challenges

Meaning: Pancakes are eaten in the order they're stacked

Context: Do things in order — follow sequence and fairness

Meaning: The intellect of an infidel and the eyes of an ant are unseen

Context: Some things are invisible or hard to comprehend — wisdom appears in many forms