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

The lion, rats, snake and the honey comb - a beautiful story…..
I heard the following story from a pious brother. Hopefully, this story
will be beneficial for everyone, InshaAllah…!!
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