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African Proverbs... and their meanings
migi
#91 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:42:00 AM
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Kuhaicwo ni bunda ti thina, thina ni kuinirio
McReggae
#92 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:59:19 AM
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Mukiri wrote:
@AlphDoti... Exactly where are these proverbs from?d'oh!


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
Mastermind
#93 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:54:12 PM
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Internet ina uwongo- Dorobo proverb.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
iller
#94 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:59:46 PM
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McReggae wrote:
Mukiri wrote:
@AlphDoti... Exactly where are these proverbs from?d'oh!


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


I dare him to go sleep in Fr. Kizito's house then
AlphDoti
#95 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:01:03 PM
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McReggae wrote:
Mukiri wrote:
@AlphDoti... Exactly where are these proverbs from?d'oh!

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

@Mukiri, why ask? Or you want the one below?

Saying: The prophet (saw) says with great sorrow:
"The people of my umma will enter hellfire because they take minor sins for granted therefore it becomes a habit for them"

Meaning: When we take sins for granted we ruin our character. You know we tell our children don't lie, why are we so harsh on that? We are so careful that our children at the young age 4 or 5 or 6 years old we teach them not to lie or to steal and we punish them.

Why? Because we don't want this habit to develop in them they are just children. Tey may lie once or twice it's okay not a big deal, no one is going to hold it against them, they are just children.

But we're afraid of the habit, it becomes a routine and so they become liars, they become cheats, they become thieves.

Similarly, Islam forbid minor sins because of the same reason.

So some people have false hope "God will forgive me"
Mukiri
#96 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:28:45 PM
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AlphDoti wrote:
McReggae wrote:
Mukiri wrote:
@AlphDoti... Exactly where are these proverbs from?d'oh!

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

@Mukiri, why ask? Or you want the one below?

Saying: The prophet (saw) says with great sorrow:
"The people of my umma will enter hellfire because they take minor sins for granted therefore it becomes a habit for them"

Meaning: When we take sins for granted we ruin our character. You know we tell our children don't lie, why are we so harsh on that? We are so careful that our children at the young age 4 or 5 or 6 years old we teach them not to lie or to steal and we punish them.

Why? Because we don't want this habit to develop in them they are just children. Tey may lie once or twice it's okay not a big deal, no one is going to hold it against them, they are just children.

But we're afraid of the habit, it becomes a routine and so they become liars, they become cheats, they become thieves.

Similarly, Islam forbid minor sins because of the same reason.

So some people have false hope "God will forgive me"

Mbloo, ni swali tu. No hidden agenda. If you look at most posts, there's an origin eg Yoruba Nigeria, Njaaruo(but I'm yet to see any, do they have?), Dorobo etc.

Where EXACTLY are these ones of yours from?

Proverbs 19:21
dunkang
#97 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:34:23 PM
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migi wrote:
Kuhaicwo ni bunda ti thina, thina ni kuinirio
Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi

radio
#98 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:16:07 PM
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dunkang wrote:
migi wrote:
Kuhaicwo ni bunda ti thina, thina ni kuinirio
Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Funda!
AlphDoti
#99 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:36:09 PM
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Mukiri wrote:
AlphDoti wrote:
McReggae wrote:
Mukiri wrote:
@AlphDoti... Exactly where are these proverbs from?d'oh!

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

@Mukiri, why ask?...

Mbloo, ni swali tu. No hidden agenda. If you look at most posts, there's an origin eg Yoruba Nigeria, Njaaruo(but I'm yet to see any, do they have?), Dorobo etc.

Where EXACTLY are these ones of yours from?

Mbloo @mukiri "DO NOT FOLLOW A PERSON WHO IS RUNNING AWAY"
Meaning: avoid being misled.

Proverb: "However bad it may be, it belongs to someone"
Meaning: an article or some property may not appear valuable in the eyes of the public, but to the owner it is valuable.
Mukiri
#100 Posted : Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:21:06 PM
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Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly I understand

Proverbs 19:21
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