“The best of you in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance are the best of you in Islam” — Does it imply that a person with a sharp intellect, if he finds the right path, becomes more perfect in intellect?

The student: ... The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said meaning, if we say for example that a person with an intellect in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, if he found the right path and became more perfect in intellect, is it correct for us to say this?

The Shaykh : No, because the meaning of the saying is, for example, that the Arabs were tribes, some tribes more famous than others. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said that whoever had lineage and honor in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, then his lineage and honor remain for him if he understands the religion of Allah.
The student: Does the Qur'an apply to him?

The Shaykh : No, it does not apply; rather, the meaning I mentioned does not apply to this hadith. That is, this hadith does not apply to that, because being intelligent and then becoming rational means that it may be praised or it may not be praised. The problem is that sometimes, sometimes excessive intelligence is a cause of misguidance, because this intelligent person brings upon himself things and opens up for himself things that if he had been heedless, it would have been better for him. And for this reason, no one from the people of discourse, logic, and philosophers has been spared from the sharpness of their intelligence. You find that with his intelligence he brings about, if such and such, and when such and such. But the sound one is the one who continues. And some of the people of discourse wished to die upon?
The student: The old women of Nishapur.

The Shaykh : The religion of the old women of Nishapur, the religion of the old women, the old women do not know, yes.