Earth without right, and if they should see every sigh.
They will not believe in it. And if they see the way of
Consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way, but if
They see way of error, they will adopt it as away. That
Is because they have denied our sighs they were
Heedless of them. (Q7 v 146)"²⁰.

The Prophet said. "that person will not enter paradise who has one atom of pride in his heart... pride is holding a man in contempt"²¹.
The poet cannot hide his admiration for the beauty of knowledge and confess, that knowledge outlives its beholder. He peeps into the future and sees the old age of a learned as bright and appreciated as his youth age and draw a comparison of senility of an ignorant and a learned.
The memory of the latter lingers till eternity while that of the formal would diminish and wipes out in the eyes of the people. The poet end his admonition by calling on his reader to heed his advice for good and stop chasing shadows of the mundane world. "Ibn Al-mubarak was asked, who are the best among kings?
He said those who are disinterested in ornament of life..."²².

It would still be good if at a point in the future you heed the advice even if after your peers dictate your life.

Knowledge Versus Wealth
Al sahili continues his exploit in the phenomenon called knowledge by placing it over and above other thing in this world. From line 32-35 Al-sahili, impact his readers that knowledge is the holy unequal pursuit to any other achievements. He tells us never to pay attention to wealth,

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20. A.A Yusuf: the holy Qur'an, text, Translation and commentary 1963, Baerut Lebanon: Darul-Arabiyah.
21. Reported by Muslim #896
22. Hussain m.h: social manners in islam 2006. Dar Al- salam, Cairo p.528,