SACRED DREAMS
For a long time now, I have been contemplating writing about my True Islamic dreams which Allah had shown me since I was a child. This website is only an attempt to share my dreams with their respective interpretations with anyone here who is like-minded and might get inspired or would like to share similar experiences with me or the world. I have entitled them as sacred dreams. I will try to transliterate some Arabic and Urdu words for the benefit of western audience. So, here are some Arabic words that you must understand and know.
Allah:
( Aul-Laah)The God of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. This is actually an Arabic word meaning God or caretaker of the Heavens and the Earth and sustainer of all life therein. It is the same Elohim of the Old testament and the Persians and Pakistani call Him Khuda (ku-da). He neither has any shape, form nor does He resemble anything that He has created in the seven (7) Heavens or the Earth. SubhanAllah
Quran:
( Koo-raan) (litreral meaning Lecture) The holy book which was revealed by Allah through Angel Jibraeel to the qulb of Mohammad (s.a.w) during his lifetime. Originally the revelations or Ayas (verses) were written on parchments by the companions of the prophet (s.a.a.w). After his death in the reign of third (3) Caliph of Islam Hazarat Usman r.z it was compiled in the form of a book which came to be known as Quran.
Malaika:
(Ma-laa-a-ka)Angel in English and Farishta in Persian and Urdu.
Mohammad:
( Moo-hum-mud)The last prophet and messenger of Allah to mankind according to the Quranic belief. This is the cornor-stone on which the Muslim faith is formed.
Isa:
(EEH-SA)Jesus Christ in English and Yasu Masi in Urdu. Muslims believe that he was sent as a prophet to the children of Israel and he performed tremendous miracles with Allah’s permission and was helped in this by Ruh-ul-Ameen.
Ruh-ul Ameen:
(rooh -aul -aa-meen)Arch angel Gabriel in English and Jibraeel in Arabic and Urdu. It is Muslims’ belief that he was instrumental in delivering the Wahi to the prophets of Allah and is the chief of all the angles whose strength and numbers is only known to Allah.
Wahi:
(wwh-hee) The deliverance of message by an angel to a prophet’s Qulb unknown to others around him.
Qulb: (Kk-aal-b) The inner most part of the heart.
Salal Allah Waalia Wasalam:
Short of which is (SAAW). This is a salutation-prefix must be added, every time the name of Mohammad is mentioned, which a Muslim seek from Allah to be bestowed on the last prophet of GOD, Muhammad.
PBUH: (Peace Be Upon Him) Prefix, similar to SAAW but is not exclusive to Mohammad. It must be used when mentioning the name of any prophet or messenger.
Bait-u-Allah or khaba:
(bait-oul-la) (kaa-baah)a huge rectangular stone structure within the premises of Haram believed by Muslims to be the House of God on this earth. All muslims, whereever they might be living, must turn their faces towards this Khaba not to worship it but to turn in unison towards it to show their solidarity and prove that there is but One God they worship.
Haram:
(haa-rum)The Inviolable Place of Worship. This is the boundry wall inside which is located the Bait-u-Allah. Sometimes this term is loosly defined as the area outside the boundry wall as well entering which a person comes under certain Islamic obligations.
Shaitan:
(shay-taan) Satan who belongs to the tribe of Jinn.
Jinn/Jinns:
(Literal meaning : that which is hidden) Creatures who are made of smokeless fire by Allah before the birth of Adam(PBUH). According to Quran they can observe humans and we human cannot observe them plainly with our eyes. Some authentic traditions of Prophet s.a.w. and authentic events recorded by later generation have proven that Jinns can take human form when they come in touch with humans. Their real form, whatever that maybe, will only be visible to us only on the day of judgement.
Salah:
(Saa-laah) Prayers in English and Namaz in Persian and Urdu. There are five (5) obligatory salah enjoined on a muslim daily.
Zina:
(Zee-nah) an act looked down upon by Allah whereby a man indulges in sex with a woman outside the bounds of marriage. This act contains both fornication and adultery. Unfortunately the learned Christians and Jews have twisted this word to mean only adultery, whereby a married man cannot have sex with another married woman. On the other hand,they have allowed sex outside marriage for consenting adults also known as fornication. In Islam both fornication and adultery comes under Zina.
Riba:
(Ree-bah) A act of taking interest from /on your capital or money which you give to an individual or an institution which is considered forbidden in Islam.
Allah has made it very clear to Momeneen in Quran, Surah Bakarah aya # 278/279 ” O you who believe! Observe your duty to Allah and give up what remains ( due to you) of Riba, if you are believers. But if you do not, then be warned of war from Allah and His messanger (s.a.w). And if you repent, then you shall have your capital (without Riba). Wrong not and you shall not be wronged.” Many interpretation of Riba has been given by different Islamic and non-islamic scholars for and against Riba. Some have named it Usuary and have allowed interest, thus falling into the trap of Shaytan. Call it Usuary or Interest, it is the same. Some justify taking interest in the contemporary times due to constraints of world economy. One school of islamic thought believes that all types of interest falls under the definition of Riba, be it money in bank deposited as savings or be it given to an individual at a higher rate of return. Author tends to agree with this school of thought. In urdu Riba is known as Soud (sood).
Hadeeth or Hadit:
(haa-dees)Sayings of the Prophet narrated by his his faithful companions and recorded by experts in compilation of such sayings.This term also includes saying of Prophet s.a.w.’s trusted companions.
Sunnah or Sunnat: (sunn- naah):
Arabic word meaning Tradition, Characteristic, Nature. This sunnah can be of Allah (as mentioned in the Quran on many places) of a King or any other individual. Mostly in Islamic terminology we use this term to define the character, traditions and nature of Rasul Allah (s.a.w.)
Rasool:
(Rah-sool) term used in arabic signifying a messanger of God both human and an Angel. In Persian and Urdu we use Paygambar(pah-ghum-ber) meaning rasool.
Shirk:
(Sche-rik) Arabic term meaning associating anyone or anything with or equal to Allah. The term as was used 1500 years ago in the times of our prophet (s.a.w) has taken on different connotations since then. At that time, the Kafirs (disbelievers in the monotheism of Allah) of Mecca use to consider Angels as daughters (God forbid) of Allah and believed that they would be the intercessors for them on Judgment day and also they have carved up different statutes in order to get access to Allah through them. In present day Shirk is different. Now Shirk is synonymous to excessive love of Money, Wife, Husband, Parents Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Children, Property, Business, Saving Bonds, Prize Bond etc etc. more than Allah. Anything that creates a mental picture of reliance in a person’s mind and that person starts to rely on that material or immaterial thing besides/instead of The One God, could be associating these as partners to Allah as these could be a cause of Shirk.
Kafir:
( Caa-Firr) Most misunderstood term of Arabic for those who are non-Muslims and even those who are Muslims. Here is why:
When I conducted research on this word, I found the answers in Quran.
There are two meaning to it:
#1 When a person is presented with all proof/testimony and facts and his/her heart also gives evidence to it but he/she still turns away stubbornly and refuses to accept it, he/she is called a Kafir in Arabic.
#2 Another type of Kafir is exemplified through Surah Shuara vv.18-19 when Faroh was addressing Hazrat Musa (P.B.U.H)as a father addresses a son and said that ” we have raised you among us as our son and you have lived among us for many years and you did what you did but you have turned out to be a KAFIR” Here Faroh did not mean Kafir in the sense of disbelieve but in the sense of son being UNGRATEFUL to a father.
Hence, anyone who is ungrateful to Allah for whatever HE has provided or not provided for that person’s sustenance and curses his misfortune is committing Kufr and is also termed as a kafir. It doesn’t matter if he calls himself a Muslim or non-Muslim.
Muslim:
(Mos-lem or Muss-lim) Term associated with a person who submits himself/herself to Allah by following the teachings of Quran and Prophet (saw). These days the term is distorted to refer to anyone who accepts Islam as his/her religion without following or practicing Quranic and Prophetic teachings and without the performance of good deeds. This has given birth to the notion of salvation found in Christianity that no matter what you do if you take Jesus for son of God (may Allah forgive), you will be allowed entry to the Kingdom of Heaven and Jesus will take upon himself all your sins. This practice, unfortunately has given birth to the notion in a country like Pakistan to many types of Shirks among them visiting many shrines and praying to the dead person directly to ameliorate their misery or get them access to Allah instead of asking/imploring Allah directly and alone.
Momin:
(Moo-min) Higher grade accorded by Allah to a muslim who is stedfast, persevere under dire straits, employs his mental and spritual abilities to fight evil within and outside and tries to connect examples mentioned in the quran to his daily life activities and thereby shun that which is forbidden and accepts that which is beneficial for his/her character and moral development and whose life is spent in goodness and righteousness.
Hazarat:
(Ha-za-rat) Mr. in English and Gaanaab in Urdu
Islamic Dreams: Preamble and Sources
Dream interpretation is mentioned in the Quran and the Prophet (saw) regularly practiced it himself and also interpreted the dreams of his companions. This website will attempt to explain my dreams as interpreted by me to the best of my knowledge and ability. The basic concept of Islamic dream interpretation has been taken up from Mohammad bin Sareen (an early Fiqh-jurisprudence and Hadeeth scholar. Period: 653-729CE). His famous book “Dreams and Interpretations” has helped me understand about Islamic dreams. All excerpts of his book are actually a compilation of Abu Hurara [Prophet (saw) trusted companion] who narrated from the Prophet himself.
Finally, the person who provided me the impetus in writing my dreams and their interpretation is Dr. Bilal Philips (A great scholar; lecturer of Arabic and Islamic studies at the American University in Dubai and Ajman University in Ajman, UAE.) His famous book “Dream Interpretation according to Quran and Sunnah” has helped me a lot in my interpretations. Although I have never met him but after reading his book, I saw an Islamic Dream which I will mention later on.
According to Abu Hurara (RA), the prophet said “there are three types of dreams: a righteous dream which is glad tidings from Allah, the dream which cause sadness is from satan, and the dreams from the ramblings of the mind”. (Source: Sahih Muslim vol. 4, pg. 1224, no. 5621; Sahih Bukhari vol.9, pg. no. 116)
Rumblings of the Mind:
The way I look at it, I have seen ramblings of my mind shown in dreams. These dreams send a mixed signal to the mind and depict what you are going through at a particular time in your life. For example you are having a week of bad time with your wife, your children, your parents or your co-workers and boss has stressed you out at work. You have had a serious fight with your friend or someone on street etc. You have become obsessed with a women or men. Now in your exhaustive frame of mind you are bound to see these kinds of dreams and they are sometimes all jumbled up. The best way to differentiate between this type of dream and others mentioned by the Prophet (saw) is to remember that these dreams are short lived in your memory and they do not leave any lasting impression in your life.
Dreams from Satan:
I have had on many occasions seen dreams which are promiscuous(sexual) in orientation, someone dying at my hand, I am jumping from a height, someone very close to me dying or lying dead before me. Sometimes the satan will try to attack you indirectly through another human being or directly in the form of Jinn and their kinds. These types of dream can again be differentiated from others because there is no element of divinity in it. These dreams are devoid of any good tidings or the right direction in life. They only create disharmony in life and tend to make one sad and fearful. People in the west call them nightmares. My sincere advice is to not tell anyone about them but seek refuge in Allah from satan.
Dreams from Allah:
These type of dreams are at once divine in nature and their nature and interpretation will become clear to you with the passage of time and with the constructive development of your mental and physical attitude towards life in general and to the life in hereafter in particular. Some of these are so clear that they require no interpretation and I have been blessed to have witnessed the like of them. Some others require interpretation and the best person to interpret is the one who is shown such dreams by Allah. Now how will one judge if the person been shown the dream is the right person to interpret. In this regard the saying of Prophet (saw) is very clear. Abu Hurara (RA) reports that the prophet (saw) said: “Those of you with the truest dreams will be those who are most honest in speech” (Source: Sahih Muslim, vol 4, pg, 1224, no. 5621). Now it depends on the person who is listening to a dream been narrated to stop and think whether the person telling me such a dream is of good conduct, honest in his everyday dealings and and truthful in speech. If not then you can easily spot a liar.
The Million dollar question is:
Why is Allah showing such dreams to a person when all doors to prophethood are closed and there will be no more divine books or messengers coming after Mohammad(saw) ? Quran says “today I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favor on you, and have chosen Islam as your religion” ( Chapter 5 verse 3)
There are basically three reasons (there might be more but I came up with these three:
Allah wishes to show favor to his slave:
If Allah is well pleased with His servant or a believer, He show believer His favor through a dream. This way a believer’s heart is at rest and he knows whatever he is doing, Allah is pleased with him. Allah is explicit in Quran about this “ It is not befitting for a human that Allah should speak to him except by way of inspiration(dreams), from behind a veil, or he sends a Rasool( an angel is the shape of a man) to reveal or declare what He wishes by His permission. Indeed, He is the Most High, Most Wise” (Quran, chapter 42 verse 51).
We must, however, keep three important factors in mind when expanding on this revelation otherwise the result could be devastating on a human mind; the mind loves to play tricks and the person being bestowed with such dream inspiration might delve in forbidden territories which create an intellectual vacuum. This vacuum is then filled by satan who unceasingly inspire that person to become what he dare not be in real life and thus rebel against his Lord; just like he made our father and mother Adam (PBUH) and Eve to eat of a forbidden tree, enticing them to become immortals .A human, weak in determination and unaware of Quranic teachings, might start considering himself to be or equal to a prophet. This has happened to people in the past. May Allah guide and protect the believers from all such satanic thoughts (Ameen). To eliminate this eventuality from our thoughts we must believe and remember that the direct route to inspire through Wahi, brought down by an Angelic Rasool to a Human Rasool ended with the demise of Mohammad (saw) in 570AD. Only way left is through dream inspiration. Later on you will see, one of my dreams consist of an Angel who spoke to me. Another thing mentioned in the above verse is that Allah speaks to human beings from behind the veil. Here again it is all Muslims’ belief that this refers to Prophet Moses (PBUH) when Allah spoke to him on Quay Toor (Mount Sinai) mentioned both in Old testament and Quran. Also Allah spoke to Mohammad (saw) behind the veil on the seventh heaven in his vision. Allah has left no doubt in the minds of his servants regarding this last issue. Allah says
“No vision (eye) can comprehend (see) Him, but He comprehend (see) all Vision (eye). He is the Subtle, The Aware.” (Quran Al-Anam verse 103).
Thus all created being be it humans, angels, jinns or any other creatures known and unknown created by the All Mighty cannot see him. Nor have they seen him in past, present or will they ever see him in future( no matter how high exalted they might be). No authetic hadess of Rasul Allah will claim that rasul Allah s.a.w saw Allah during his journey (miraj). In this regard Hazrat Aisha r.z., the mother of all believers is on record saying when asked by companion of Rasul Allah if he s.a.w has indeed seen Allah, she said “”How can anyone see Allah when he is Noor (light)?”” Thus, Only on the Day of Judgement, Allah will show himself to His devoted slaves, whom He wishes. (Allah humma jaalna min hum)May Allah allow and include us in those slaves-Ameen)
Allah wishes to raise the rank of his slave
Allah in the Quran calls Himself Rafi-ud-Darajat-(Raiser of Ranks of his slaves) (Surah 40:15). This is another way by which Allah shows His favor: that I am pleased with what you are doing( treating other human beings with kindness, eliminating your bad habits which are Add Imagedispleasing to Me, being kind to your parents, your neighbors, wayfarer, poor, your relatives, avoiding Zina, Riba, Alcohol etc). Through such dreams Allah makes a believer’s heart strong and sure in this life of this world and in the hereafter he will be accorded an unprecedented welcome according to his rank.
Allah wishes to show what’s in store for slave:
Another reason why Allah shows such dreams is to let the believer be joyous in the fact that what is in store for him is tremendous and will not waste away. But, here again, one must be careful. The dreams which shows bliss is only a glimpse of what is in store. (I will narrate one such dream later on). Quran says “No soul knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden for them, as a reward for their (good) deeds” (Surah 30:17)
Lastly in defense of my dreams I will quote the prophet here. Abu Hurara (RA) reports from the Prophet “Nothing is left of the prophethood except glad tidings.” The companions asked “what glad tidings O prophet of Allah.” And the prophet replied “good dreams”. (Source: Sahih Bukhari vol 9, p98, no.119).
In another narration from Anas ibn Maalik (RA) the prophet (saw) said “A good dream of a righteous person is one of forty-six parts of prophethood”. (Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol 9, p 94, no.112)
Keeping in mind the above mentioned facts let me start to write down my dreams. Before that I must mention this verse of the Quran “Who does more wrong then him who invents a lie against Allah” (Surah 11:18) and also the authentic saying of Prophet (SAW) quoted by Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA) ” Indeed, the worst lie is that of a person who falsly claims to have a dream ” (Sahih Al-Bukhari vol. 9, p135, no.167).Therefore, this is an honest attempt by me to narrate here all the dreams as they occurred to me. The period of occurrence is around 30 years (Could be less or more). The dreams are so lucid that I could not detect any anomaly in them. In my zeal to describe them I might at times add or delete a few words here or there, but overall the message is as clear as if I have seen them just yesterday. My purpose of narration is to engender a chain-reaction from like-minded people who can email me their dreams which are true and Islamic in nature. I will try to add them to my website and interpret them. Any grammatical or spelling mistakes are unintentional. God Bless.