The Lion, Rats, Snake and the Honey Comb

The lion, rats, snake and the honey
comb -
a beautiful story


Source: From Received Mail


Once a man saw in his dream, that a
lion
was chasing him. The man ran to a tree,
climbed on to it and sat on a branch. He
looked down and saw that the lion was
still
there waiting for him. The man then
looked to his side where the branch he
was sitting on was attached to the tree
and saw that two rats were circling
around
and eating the branch. One rat was
black
and the other one was white. The
branch
will fall on the ground very soon.
The man then looked below again with
fear and discovered that a big black
snake
had come and settled directly under
him.
The snake opened its mouth right under
the man so that he will fall into it. The
man
then looked up to see if there was
anything that he could hold on to. He
saw
another branch with a honeycomb.
Drops
of honey were falling from it. The man
wanted to taste one of the drops. So,
he
put his tongue out and tasted one of
the
falling drops of honey. The honey was
amazing in taste. So, he wanted to taste
another drop and then another and as a
result, he got lost into the sweetness of
the honey. He forgot about the two rats
eating his branch away, the lion on the
ground and the snake that is sitting
right
under him. Suddenly when the branch
broke he remembered all the dangers
woke up from his sleep.
Since this was an unique dream, the
man
went to a pious scholar of Islam to
know its
meaning. The scholar said "The lion you
saw is your death. It always chases you
and goes where ever you go. The two
rats,
one black and one white, are the night
and the day. Black one is the night and
the white one is the day. They circle
around, coming one after another, to
eat
your time as they take you closer to
death. The big black snake with a dark
mouth is your grave. It's there, just
waiting for you to fall into it. The
honeycomb is this world and the sweet
drops of honey are the luxuries of this
world. We like to taste a little of the
luxuries of this world and it's very
sweet.
Then we want to taste little more and
then
more. Meanwhile, we get lost into it and
we forget about our time, we forget
about
our death and we forget about our
grave."
May Allah wake us up from the sleep
and
save us before it's too late. Ameen