In Jalaluddin Rumi's Masnavi, after the lion is swayed by the hare's fabricated story, the seemingly weak hare guides the mighty beast toward a well. Rumi highlights the paradox of this scene—comparing the hare's cunning to a straw sweeping away a mountain, or a mosquito splitting Nimrod's skull—to demonstrate how the seemingly insignificant can overcome the arrogant. Rumi then expands this narrative into a profound warning about spiritual deception and the limits of perception. He explains that when divine decree (qaza) descends, it induces a state of 'intoxication' that fundamentally distorts one's senses. In this spiritually blind state, a person is bound to the superficial 'outer skin' of reality, becoming unable to distinguish friend from foe, or deadly poison from sweet sugar. The lion's arrogant failure to recognize the hare's fatal trap serves as a powerful allegory for this divine blinding, illustrating that without humble supplication to God, even the strongest intellect can be led to destruction.