Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habits. Show all posts

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Good is a habit, and evil is stubbornness. الخير عادة والشر لجاجة

الخير عادة والشر لجاجة
جعل الخير عادة لعود النفس إليه وحرصها عليه إذا ألفته لطيب ثمره وحسن أثره وجعل الشر لجاجة لما فيه من الاعوجاج ولاجتواء العقل إياه
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Good is a habit, and evil is stubbornness. 

Good is considered a habit because the soul returns to it and cherishes it once it becomes accustomed to it due to its pleasant fruits and positive effects. Evil is considered stubbornness because of its inherent crookedness and because reason rejects it.
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المثل العربي «الخير عادة والشر لجاجة» يعني أن فعل الخير يصبح عادة راسخة إذا اعتاده الإنسان، أما الشر فغالبًا ما يكون ناتجًا عن العناد والإصرار على الخطأ وسوء الطبع.
ومن أقرب المقابلات الإنجليزية:
Good habits are hard to break, and bad habits are hard to cure.
(العادات الحسنة يصعب تركها، والعادات السيئة يصعب علاجها.)
أو:
Virtue becomes a habit.
(الفضيلة تصبح عادة.)
ومن الأقوال المشهورة القريبة في المعنى:
We first make our habits, then our habits make us.
(نحن نصنع عاداتنا أولًا، ثم تصنعنا عاداتنا.)
وإذا أريد إبراز المقابلة بين الخير والعناد في الشر:
Habit is a second nature.
(العادة طبيعة ثانية.)
وأقرب مقابل معنوي للمثل كله هو:
Virtue becomes a habit, while vice thrives on stubbornness.
وإن كان هذا أقرب إلى ترجمةٍ للمعنى منه إلى مثلٍ إنجليزي شائع. أما المثل الإنجليزي الأشهر والأوجز القريب من فكرته فهو:
Habit is a second nature.
(العادة طبيعة ثانية.)
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The Arabic proverb "Good is a habit, and evil is stubbornness" means that doing good becomes a firmly established habit if one becomes accustomed to it, while evil often stems from stubbornness, persistence in wrongdoing, and a bad character.
A similar English equivalent is:
"Good habits are hard to break, and bad habits are hard to cure."
Or:
"Virtue becomes a habit."
A well-known saying with a similar meaning is:
"We first make our habits, then our habits make us."
To further illustrate the contrast between good and stubbornness in evil:
"Habit is second nature."
The closest conceptual equivalent to the entire proverb is:
"Virtue becomes a habit, while vice thrives on stubbornness."
Although this is more of a translation of the meaning than a common English proverb. The most famous and concise English proverbthat closely reflects this idea is:

Habit is second nature.

(Habit is second nature.)

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

The wind(الهَيْف‏) has gone back to its customs ذَهَبَتْ هَيْفٌ لأَدْيَانِهَا‏.‏

The word "hayf" refers to a hot wind that blows from the direction of Yemen in the summer. Abu Ubaid said: The root of "hayf" is "simoom" (a type of wind). The phrase "to its customs" is the plural of "deen," meaning custom or habit. It is pluralized because "hayf" is a generic noun, and the preposition "li" (to) is used to indicate "to," meaning it has returned to its customs. Its custom is to dry and wither everything. This proverb is used when everyone goes their separate ways, and it is also said to be used for anyone who clings to their habits and does not deviate from them.
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This proverb, “Heif went back to her old ways,” is used in two senses:
For everyone to return to their usual ways and habits after a meeting or unexpected event.
For nature to prevail, and for a person to revert to their original habits and disposition.
Some of the closest English equivalents, according to the meaning, are:
If the meaning is returning to one's old habits and disposition:
“Old habits die hard.”
Meaning: Old habits die hard.
This is the most common and closest equivalent.
“A leopard cannot change its spots.”
Meaning: A leopard cannot change its spots.
Used to describe someone who returns to their old habits and disposition.
“He has gone back to his old ways.”
Meaning: He has returned to his old habits.
If the meaning is that people dispersed, each going their separate ways:
“Everyone went their separate ways.”
Meaning: Each went their own way.
“Each to his own.”
Meaning: Each has their own business and way of doing things.
“Business as usual.” That is, everything returned to how it was before.
The closest equivalent to the Arabic proverb is:
“Old habits die hard.”
“Old habits don't disappear easily.”
If the intended meaning is the separation of people after their gathering, the closest equivalent is:
“Everyone went their separate ways.”
“Each went his own way.”
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الهَيْف‏:‏ الريح الحارة تَهُبُّ من ناحية اليمن في الصيف، قال أبو عبيد‏:‏ وأصل الهَيْفِ السموم، وقوله ‏"‏لأديانها‏"‏ جمع دِين، وهو العادة، أي لعاداتها، وإنما جمع الأديان لأن الهيف اسم جنس، وجاء باللام على معنى إلى، أي رجعت إلى عاداتها، وعادتُهَا أن تجفف كل شيء وتيبسه‏.‏ يضرب مثلا عند تفرق كل إنسان لشأنه، ويقال‏:‏ يُضرب لكل مَنْ لَزِمَ عادته ولم يفارقها‏.‏

مميزة

إنه لأريض للخير He is worthy of goodness.

إنه لأريض للخير يقال: أرض أراضة فهو أريض، كما يقال خلق خلاقة فهو خليق، يضرب للرجل الكامل الخير، أي أنه أهل لأن تأتي منه الخصال الكريمة. He i...