'..He saw in Adam nothing but a Figure of Clay![ "Rumi" Mathnawi]

'As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullah'     Wealth has no permanence:  it comes in the morning, and at night it is scattered to the winds.   Physical beauty too has no importance, for a rosy face is made pale by the scratch of a single thorn.   Noble birth also is of small account, for many become fools of money and horses. Many a nobleman's son has disgraced his father by his wicked deeds.   Don't court a person full of talent either, even if he seems exquisite in that respect: take warning from the example of Iblis. Iblis-[Devil] had knowledge, but since his love was not pure, he saw in Adam nothing but a figure of clay.       Source:-Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski "Rumi: Jewels of Remembrance" Mathnawi VI: 255-260.               My "Salaams" To You All.                             Y a s m i n.                               "Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah"      ' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.    {Al-Hasan Al-Basree}