What is the Arabic saying behind “Angst essen Seele auf”?

In Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Angst essen Seele auf (1974), Ali uses an Arabic saying, in broken German:

Angst essen Seele auf.
(Fear eat soul.)

I wonder if this is rooted in some actual Arabic saying. If yes, what is it (in the Arabic language)?

Best Answer

Well it's one of the common phrases that is used in Arabic language and it's translation is: ????? ???? ?????

Update,

In Latin letters, Al-kawf ya'kol Al-rooh. Or can be written in this way too, Al khawf ya'kol Al Rooh.

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