There is a lesson in that even for us today. We have good reason to uproot any trace of ambition we might see in ourselves.
فَمِنَ ٱلْمُهِمِّ أَنْ نَسْتَأْصِلَ أَيَّ أَثَرٍ لِلطُّمُوحِ ٱلْأَنَانِيِّ فِينَا .‏