{"id":14765,"date":"2017-12-13T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T09:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=14765"},"modified":"2017-12-16T19:09:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T19:09:40","slug":"two-interesting-arabic-proverbs-about-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/two-interesting-arabic-proverbs-about-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Two interesting Arabic proverbs about marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proverb is one of the fun ways you can learn about more a language and the culture of its users. Today, we\u2019re going to look at two interesting <em>proverbs<\/em> <strong>\u0623\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644 (\u0634\u0639\u0628\u064a\u0647) \u2013 \u062d\u0650\u0643\u064e\u0645<\/strong> \u00a0from the Arabic heritage. Both of them are linked to marriage but in two very interesting ways!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14766\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/wedding-wedding-ring-322034\/\" aria-label=\"Wedding Wedding Ring 53585 350x233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14766\" class=\"wp-image-14766 size-medium\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-350x233.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Proverbs have an important role in the society as people consider them an invaluable <em>piece of advice <\/em><strong>\u0646\u0635\u064a\u062d\u0647<\/strong> and the result of the collective experience of wise <em>older generation\u00a0<\/em><strong>\u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645<\/strong> . What is particularly interesting about the two proverbs we\u2019re learning about today is that the <em>piece of advice<\/em> <strong>\u0646\u0635\u064a\u062d\u0629<\/strong> \u00a0that each gives <em>contradicts the other<\/em> <strong>\u062a\u062a\u0636\u0627\u0631\u0628 \u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0631\u0649<\/strong> !<\/p>\n<p>The two proverbs are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u0627\u0645\u0634\u064a \u0641\u064a \u062c\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0629 \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0645\u0634\u064a \u0641\u064a \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0632\u0629<\/strong>\u00a0 im\u0161i fi ganaaza walla tim\u0161i fi gawaaza<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Being involved in a funeral is better than trying to arrange marriages)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u064a\u0627 \u0628\u062e\u062a \u0645\u0646 \u0648\u0641\u0642 \u0631\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0627\u0644\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 ya\u00a0\u00a0 baxt\u00a0 min\u00a0 waffa\u2019 \u00a0raasen\u00a0 bil-halaal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Lucky that who helped two get together permissibly)<\/p>\n<p>*Raseen: two heads (literatl meaning).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These two proverbs are formulated in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, however, they are by no means specific to the Egyptian cultural heritage and are actually used across the Arab world. There are usually equivalents to a proverb in other Arabic dialects, but I have never heard these two specific proverbs expressed in another dialect other than Egyptian Arabic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, let\u2019s look at the first of these proverbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first proverb is regarded as a reminder or a warning against the act of matchmaking and setting two people up due to the implications this act can have. This is a reference to arranged marriages, which are very common in the Arab world. Many people try to avoid getting involved in them so that they\u2019re not held accountable for any conflicts arise between the couple in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This proverb is used when someone wants to justify their reluctance to get involved in setting two people up or introducing them to each other.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interestingly, the second proverbs is an invitation to do completely the opposite. It\u2019s actually a call for people to help two individuals get together <em>permissibly<\/em><strong> \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0627\u0644<\/strong><em> in a halal way<\/em>, and marriage is what is implied here, off course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unlike the first proverb, one may use this to remind someone who doesn\u2019t approve of arranged marriages that setting two people up is a good thing and something that one can be rewarded for by Allah. Having said that, this act is purely cultural and has no clear basis in Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-350x233.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/09\/wedding-wedding-ring-53585.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Proverb is one of the fun ways you can learn about more a language and the culture of its users. Today, we\u2019re going to look at two interesting proverbs \u0623\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644 (\u0634\u0639\u0628\u064a\u0647) \u2013 \u062d\u0650\u0643\u064e\u0645 \u00a0from the Arabic heritage. Both of them are linked to marriage but in two very interesting ways! Proverbs have an important role&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/two-interesting-arabic-proverbs-about-marriage\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":14766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14765","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-culture","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14765"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15224,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions\/15224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}