البحر يعطي والبحر يأخذ
“The sea gives, and the sea takes.”
A saying rooted in Qatar's pearl-diving heritage, describing the sea as the source of both livelihood and danger.
— Traditional Qatar Wisdom, Qatar
Source: Traditional Gulf Arabic (Khaleeji) proverb rooted in pearl-diving heritage, shared regional coastal tradition, public-domain oral tradition
More Proverbs from Qatar
The neighbor before the house.
Choose your neighbors as carefully as you choose your home, since community shapes daily life.
One hand does not clap.
Cooperation and teamwork are needed to accomplish anything meaningful.
Patience is the key to relief.
Enduring hardship with patience eventually opens the way to ease and resolution.
Many a seeming harm carries a hidden blessing.
What looks like misfortune can turn out to bring good in the end.
He who plants thorns does not harvest grapes.
The nature of one's actions determines the nature of the results one receives.
To its mother, the monkey looks like a gazelle.
A parent's love makes even a child's flaws look beautiful.