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Water & Sea in dreams
Rain, rivers, wells, the sea, floods and everything that floats or drowns in them.
Water is the most generous image in the dictionary, and the Prophet's own dreams are full of it: a spring that flowed, a well and a bucket, a voyage across the sea. Rain is mercy in the Qur'an and punishment in the same Qur'an, depending on the word used, so the entries here look at what the water does before they say what it means.
A river that nourishes, a flood that sweeps, a ship that carries and a sea that drowns are four different pictures from one element. The dictionaries lean favourable on rain and ships, and cautionary on floods, and the entries show the texts behind each lean and where a lean is only habit.
Water & Sea A flood A flood that wrecks things leans cautionary, because every flood the Qur'an names is a consequence for people who... Water & Sea A river A clear, flowing river leans toward lasting provision and reward, the Qur'an's picture of Paradise; a river of blood... Water & Sea A ship A ship is read as a safe passage carried by Allah's provision, and in the Qur'an it is the refuge in a flood. Damage... Water & Sea A well A well is a source you must draw from, read as benefit that costs effort and is meant for others; a low point in... Water & Sea Drowning Nothing says a drowning dream foretells a drowning. The Prophet counted the drowned among the martyrs, the Qur'an's... Water & Sea Rain Gentle rain on ground that needs it is read as mercy, provision or knowledge arriving; rain that wrecks things is... Water & Sea Snow No verse or hadith interprets snow in a dream. We extend the Prophet's supplications, which ask for sins to be... Water & Sea The sea A calm, passable sea is the favourable image, and the Prophet's own sea vision was a glad one; a dark, wave-on-wave... Water & Sea Water Clean, flowing water is read as life, purity and lasting good, and the Prophet ﷺ himself read a flowing spring in a...