A mule can go to Mecca, but it will not come back as a pilgrim.
More Arab Proverbs:
Eat whatever you like, but dress as others do.Arab
He who steals an egg will steal a camel.
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Sinning is the best part of repentance.
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The soul will only be at rest when it stops hoping.
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At the narrow passage there is no brother and no friend.
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The mother of someone who is killed can sleep; the mother of the murderer cannot.
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