Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
إتَّقِ شرَّ من أحسنتَ إليهِ
English translation:
beware him whom you have been charitable to
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Nadia Ayoub
May 26, 2009 13:06
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Arabic term
إتَّقِ شرَّ من أحسنتَ إليهِ
Arabic to English
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I'm looking for an eloquent way to say this in English. Thanks for your feedback.
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Jun 5, 2009 18:27: Nadia Ayoub Created KOG entry
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Nadia Ayoub
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Native in: Arabic
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beware him whom you have been charitable to
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-26 15:18:34 GMT)
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this was inspired by: "beware him whom God hath marketd" from the Genesis.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
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this was inspired by: "beware him whom God hath marketd" from the Genesis.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
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Noha Kamal, PhD.
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Arabic term (edited):
إتَّقِ شرَّ من أحسنتَ إليهِ
Beware the man who has received charity from you
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إنّ بَعد العسر يسرا After the storm comes sunshine اتّق شرّ من أحسنت إليه Beware the man who has received charity from you ...
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Beware the man who has received charity from you [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] ...
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Beware the man who has received charity from you استجار من الرمضاء بالنار. To jump out of the frying pan into the fire الأعمال خير من الأقوال ...
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You are right .. fruit is good and different than eating candy .. thankyou about 17 ... Beware the man who has received charity from you about 17 hours ago ...
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إنّ بَعد العسر يسرا After the storm comes sunshine اتّق شرّ من أحسنت إليه Beware the man who has received charity from you ...
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Beware the man who has received charity from you [فقط الأعضاء المسجلين والمفعلين يمكنهم رؤية الوصلات . إضغط هنا للتسجيل] ...
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][®][^][®][امثــال عربيــه باللغـــه الانجليزيــــه ... - [ Translate this page ]
Beware the man who has received charity from you استجار من الرمضاء بالنار. To jump out of the frying pan into the fire الأعمال خير من الأقوال ...
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No good deed goes unpunished
This is a familiar saying in English, and it carries the same kind of irony that is found in the Arabic saying. I was reminded of this saying recently when I was watching a re-run or the film "Next," with Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore.
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Mohamed Ghazal
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Nidhalz
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Abdelmonem Samir
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With friends like that, who needs enemies?
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
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Some people bite the hand it feeds them.
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8 hrs
Feed/Raise a crow/raven, it will gouge your eyes out
Proverb's origin: Danish?French?Spanish?
Nélève pas un corbeau, il te crèvera les yeux. Proverbes français · Jamais un ... Proverbes danois · Nourris des corbeaux et ils te crèveront les yeux. ...
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He has brought up a crow to pick out Nourris un corbeau, il te crèvera les yeux. his own eyes. Réchauffe un serpent dans ton sein, il te mordra. 5. ...
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Nélève pas un corbeau, il te crèvera les yeux. Proverbes français · Jamais un ... Proverbes danois · Nourris des corbeaux et ils te crèveront les yeux. ...
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He has brought up a crow to pick out Nourris un corbeau, il te crèvera les yeux. his own eyes. Réchauffe un serpent dans ton sein, il te mordra. 5. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=276377606X...
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