Those on whose mastery and intellect wisdom itself took rightful pride were reduced to mere schoolroom novices by an unlettered one.

This couplet highlights the profound contrast between worldly intellect and divine wisdom. The poet reflects on the greatest philosophers and scholars—those whose mastery wisdom itself took pride in—who were humbled like schoolroom novices before an 'Ummi' (an unlettered guide, referring to the Prophet Muhammad). Through this striking metaphor, it reminds us that all human knowledge and pride shrink into mere child's play before the light of divinely gifted truth.