Imam Khomeini explained that we have to free ourselves from this trap and then follow the right path in order to be able to both correct ourselves and our society.
All the efforts of the Prophets were aimed at turning human beings into true human beings; to turn a creature of nature into a divine human being in this very world.
In Islam, everything is a prelude to making true human beings. If this creature is left to itself, it will ruin and destroy the whole world.