A lesson in a dream / Rüyanın içinde bir ders…

Once upon a time there was a man walking in the jungles where the magnificent nature and long trees. He was enjoying the view of the thick trees covering the sunlight, listening to the birds singing, smelling the odor of the flowers. While he was fascinated by those views. He heard the sound of quick running and Is becoming clearer and nearer, the man turned and saw a great hungry lion coming fast towards him. The empty bellied lion was coming nearer and nearer. The man began to run like the wind with the lion running after him. When the lion became too close the mane noticed this old well. Without thinking the man jumped into it holding a strong rope that dangled inside it.

After a while, he calmed down and the roar of the angry hungry lion faded away. But suddenly he heard the hissing sound of a huge anaconda snake coming from beneath.While he was thinking of a way to get rid of the lion at the top of the well and the huge snake coming from beneath, two big rats, a white and a black one began to climb the rope and started biting off the rope. The man got panicked and strongly began to shake the rope hoping that the rats will fall off the rope. He shook strongly until he began to swing right and left hitting the sides of the well. While he was hitting the wall of the well, he felt something wet and sticky on his face. He tasted it, it was honey that come from wild bees that build their cells in caves, old wells and high trees. The man licked again and again. The honey was so sweet, he forgot all about the lion , the huge snake and the dreadful rats.
Suddenly the man woke up !!!
It was a bad nightmare !!!

The man decided to go to someone who can interpret and explain this dream. So he went to a religious old man and told him about the dream.

The old man laughed and said : Couldn’t you understand this dream ?

The frightened man answered : No.

The old man said : The lion running after you is the Angel of Death. The well with the huge snake is your grave and the rope you were holding tight is your life. The black and white rats are day and night and they are cutting of your life.

The man asked : What about the sweet honey, respected old man ?
The old religious man answered : Its the life with its sweetness that make you forget all about death and Judgment Day.

Bir adam , ormanda yürürken arkasından bir aslanın koştuğunu görür. Hızla kaçarken tam önünde bir kuyu görür ve hızla kuyuya iner. İpe sarılıp kuyuya inerken.. Alt tarafta büyük bir yılan görür.

Yılan hızla buna doğru yükselirken .. Ne yapacağım der.
Üstte aslan altta yılan. O sırada iki tane fare biri beyaz diğeri siyah ipi kemirmeye başlar. Her yerden başı belada iken bir anda bir yüzünde ıslak bir şey hisseder. Bir arı bir damla bak yüzüne bırakır ve balın tadı damağında iken….Uyanır…

Oh be rüya imiş,der. Bir seyyide anlatır. Rüyamın yorumu ne diye?

Anlamadın mı der gülerek?

Peşinden koşan aslan ölüm meleğidir. İçinde yılan bulunan kuyu senin mezarındır.

Sarıldığın ip senin hayatındır.
Beyaz ve siyah fare gece ile gündüzdür ömrünü kemirirler.
Peki ya o bal nedir dersen ?
Dünyanın geçici lezzetidir, Ölümün arkasında bir hesap olduğunu sana unutturur…

Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children – like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

Bilin ki dünya hayatı ancak bir oyun, eğlence, bir süs, aranızda bir övünme ve daha çok mal ve evlât sahibi olma isteğinden ibarettir. Tıpkı bir yağmur gibidir ki, bitirdiği ziraatçilerin hoşuna gider. Sonra kurur da sen onun sapsarı olduğunu görürsün; sonra da çer çöp olur. Ahirette ise çetin bir azap vardır. Yine orada Allah’ın mağfireti ve rızası vardır. Dünya hayatı aldatıcı bir geçimlikten başka bir şey değildir.

Surat Al-Hadid [57:20]