A reality of World

Once someone asked Molana Room (rehmat Allah Aleh) about the reality of this life

He replied

This world is like as

A man goes to forest, he realizes that a lion is following him, He runs and runs, when he tires, he views a hole, he want to jump in that hole in order to escape his life but there is a dragon in that hole. Meanwhile he holds a branch and climbs up the tree there he examines two rates, one white and one black, are cutting the roots of the tree, slowly and constantly.

He gets much worried that the tree would be down in some time and I would be fall to lion and dragon.

Suddenly he looks a hive full of honey, he gets so busy to eat & gain honey that, totally forgets the fear of lion, rat and dragon.

Meanwhile the root of tree was cut & he fells to lion who threw him into hole where dragon swallowed him.

Hazrat Room RA explained that
Jungle is this world,
Lion is death who is behind man,
Hole is grave who is in front,
& dragon represents evil deeds that would punish in grave,
Rats are day and night that are reducing the life every day,
Tree is life and Hive of honey is worldly attractions which makes man’s eyes close of death & hereafter matters & death snatches at once,
at its fixed time.