He speaks about a man who's walking through a jungle and while He was walking, He looks Behind & He sees A Lion chasing Him, And he runs and He come to a well and He jumps into the well and while He's falling, He manages to hold on to a rope. And he breathes a sigh of relief and looks up and He sees the Lion hovering over him, waiting for Him and He looks down, and beneath him is a large Serpent with his mouth Open waiting for him to fall, and the only support He has is the rope,and after a little while, He sees a black mouse and a white mouse set upon the rope and they begin to nibble it. Above is the Lion, beneath is the serpent and the only support he has is the rope, and now thats been nibbled at.
And in front of him, He sees a Honey comb and He looks at this honey comb, and then He sticks his finger into a honey and He takes that honey upon his finger and He places upon His tongue. And the sweetness of the honey, Momentarily makes him forget the Lion, the snake, and even the 2 mice.
Imaam Gaazali- Rahimullah says " The Lion is DEATH, and always chasing you, the SERPENT is your Grave, into which every person will fall and if He's a Good person, it will be a Garden from the paradise. And if he's evil, it will be a pit from Jahannam (Hell) and the ROPE is His Life, and the BLACK mouse denotes the Nigth and the WHITE mouse Denotes the day, and they are always nibbling upon your life. And the HONEY is the Duniya. A man tastes the sweetness of the Duniya and He forgets Death, and he forgets the Grave, He forget a day will come that He will die and He will have to stand in front of His creator. THIS IS THE REALITY OF THE DUNIYA. Share this Jazakhallahu Khairan