Diamonds may cut Diamonds but Pearls are Heavenly

"Greetings Brother Osama,

As-Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Ah, diamonds may cut diamonds but diamonds are not mentioned in the Qur’an. Pearls are mentioned six times.

Thank you for your correspondence through the audio tape. Before I continue, I do want to ask you to come on video because as you know, 80% of communication is through body language. The second reason, and I can only speak for myself in this post to you, is that I have not seen you in a long time therefore can not trust that it is you speaking or if you have passed and this audio is a replacement. Until I can look into your eyes, the audio is not very helpful. But let us assume it is you or a replacement and proceed."
Pearls of Iraq