[3:14] Beautified for mankind is love of lusts - of women, children, stored-up heaps of gold and silver, horses of mark, cattle, and tillage. That is the comfort of the life of this world; but God - with Him is the more excellent abode.
He mentions some of the lusts which are equivalent in their meaning; included in the category is whatever veils you from witnessing (shuhūd). The most difficult of obstacles on this path is hidden lust. According to them, seeking to find pleasure in performing acts of obedience is counted in the category of hidden lust. Among the problematic crossroads [on the path] is relying on what comes to you from the various ways of drawing near. It is like the circumstance of someone confiding in you and he flatters you. In every kindness he describes and praises you but under it is a hidden deception. [Instead] felicity comes to you by His unveiling to you through the witnessing of His Majesty and Beauty, not through His affirming you in the kindness of your states, nor through what you have been chosen for in His favors and drawing you near.