signs, symptoms and cures of the spiritual diseases of the heart
To harm anything in creation without just cause; to desire something to the point of transgressing the rights of others to attain it.
(Metaphorically) a powerfully intoxicating wine, called qarqaf, which makes one shudder when swallowed,—that is, "love of position", which is a major motivation that impels some people to wrong others.
The desire for temporal power is a move away from God—besides whom there is no power or might—and a move towards His creation, that is, people who are by comparison impoverished. Those desiring temporal power protect whatever illusory possessions and authority they have like misers.
The cure is having certainty in the ultimate destiny of humanity. Envisioning standing in the Hereafter for judgment has the power to expose the utter waste of irrelevant pursuits. When one is confronted with eternity and its ironclad reality, this world will seem like the most ephemeral of existences. This once overwhelmingly alluring life will be of no value to anyone.
Keep the spectacle of death before your eyes and realize its proximity.
"O you people, surely your iniquity is but against your selves" (QUR'AN 10:23).
"Whenever you honor the honorable, you possess them. Whenever you honor the ignoble, they rebel" (Al-Mutanabbi).
"If you desire immortal glory, seek glory in the Immortal" (Ibn 'Ata'allah).
"Remember often the destroyer of pleasure [that is, death]" (The Prophet ﷺ).
"And you will think that you tarried [on earth] only for a short while" (QUR'AN, 17:52).