Editing Gleanings35/GPT5 3

They killed them; and likewise at the advent of the Messenger—may our souls be a sacrifice to Him—the divines of Mecca and Medina, in the early years, arose in opposition and objection, while persons who were by no means people of learning attained to faith. Reflect a little: Bilal the Abyssinian, who had not read a single word of learning, ascended to the heaven of faith and certitude, and Abdullah Ubayy, who was among the learned, rose up in hypocrisy. A shepherd of sheep, through the fragrances of the verses, found his way to the abode of the Friend and joined the Possessor of the nations, while the possessors of sciences and wisdom were prevented and deprived. This is what He says: “until your highest becomes your lowest.”