«مَنْ رَاقَبَ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَظْفَرْ بِحَاجَتِهِ»
“Whoever keeps watching people will not achieve his need.”
«مَنْ رَاقَبَ النَّاسَ مَاتَ هَمًّا»
“Whoever keeps watching people dies of anxiety.”
Both expressions criticize excessive concern with others’ judgments, but they foreground different results. One stresses failure to attain a goal, the other the severity of distress. A sound comparison examines the changed predicate and effect, not just shared words.
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Conclusion: Poetic Borrowing, Appropriation of Meanings, and Creative Reworking
«مَنْ رَاقَبَ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَظْفَرْ بِحَاجَتِهِ»
“Whoever keeps watching people will not achieve his need.”
«مَنْ رَاقَبَ النَّاسَ مَاتَ هَمًّا»
“Whoever keeps watching people dies of anxiety.”
Both expressions criticize excessive concern with others’ judgments, but they foreground different results. One stresses failure to attain a goal, the other the severity of distress. A sound comparison examines the changed predicate and effect, not just shared words.