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OMEN
IT IS AN AUSPICIOUS OMEN FOR THE CALL OF THE PRAYER
FROM ATOP THE MOSQUE (ALLAHU AKBAR, GOD IS GREAT) TO INSTANTANEOUSLY
FOLLOW THE CEASING OF ONE'S CONVERSATION; AN HARBINGER OF AN
EMBELLISHED LIFE TO COME.
Where learned: RABAT ; MOROCCO
| Subject headings: | Observation |
APOTHEGM
STATEMENT: IWA, MULENNA-I-SHUF. (WELL, GOD SEES.)
REPLY: IYYEH, WA I-DHUKK. (YUP, AND LAUGHS.)
Submitter comment:
APPROXIMATING THE ENGLISH "THAT'S LIFE" THOUGH APPLICABLE
IN VARYING CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ARAB (MOROCCAN) WILL SAY:
Where learned: WHILE LIVING IN MOROCCO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |