أَدْنَى الْجَرْيِ الْخَبَبُ.
أي إذا خَبَبْتَ في الخير فقد جَرَيْتَ فيه.
يضرب في الأمر بالمعروف والخير.
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The lowest form of running is a trot.
Meaning, if you trot in doing good, you have truly run in it.
This proverb is used to describe enjoining what is right and good.
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أقرب مقابل إنجليزي من حيث المعنى هو:
Every little bit helps.
(كل جهد صغير له أثر.)
أو:
A step in the right direction is still progress.
(الخطوة في الاتجاه الصحيح تُعد تقدماً.)
وإذا أريد التركيز على المبادرة إلى الخير وفعل المعروف، فهناك أيضاً:
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
(لا يضيع عمل من أعمال الإحسان مهما صغر.)
فالمثل العربي «أَدْنَى الْجَرْيِ الْخَبَبُ» يُضرب للحث على فعل الخير والأمر بالمعروف، ولو كان السعي فيه يسيراً، ولذلك فإن "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted" هو أقرب مقابل معنوي له في الإنجليزية، وإن لم يكن ترجمة حرفية.
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The closest English equivalent in meaning is:
Every little bit helps.
(Every small effort has an impact.)
Or:
A step in the right direction is still progress.
(A step in the right direction is still progress.)
And if the focus is on initiating good deeds and acts of kindness, there is also:
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
(No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.)
The Arabic proverb “The least of the runs is the trot” is used to encourage doing good and enjoining what is right, even if the effort is small. Therefore, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” is the closest conceptual equivalent in English, even if it is not a literal translation.
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