The Truth of the life of this world: 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 would 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 fallen drops of Honey. The Honey was amazing in
taste. So, he wanted to taste another drop.. As he did, he got lost into
the sweetness of the Honey. Meanwhile, he forgot about the two Rats
eating his branch away, the Lion on the ground and the Snake that is
sitting right under him. After a while, he woke up from his sleep.
To get the meaning behind this dream, the man went to a pious scholar
of Islam. The scholar said: The Lion you saw is your Death.. It always
chases you and goes wherever 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 Honey is the luxuries of this world. We like to taste a drop of
the luxuries of this world but it's very sweet. Then we taste another
drop and yet another. Meanwhile, we get lost into it and we forget
about our time, we forget about our death and we forget about our
graves.
Imam Ali (pbuh) says: "You are the game that death hunts. If you stand still it
will seize(catch) you. If you ran (flee) away it will overtake you."
"What is the life of this world but play and
amusement? But best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are
righteous. Will ye not then understand?" (Qur'an 6:32)
Ref:Death
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