Dictionary
Islamic dream dictionary, A to Z
125 symbols. Each entry says what the reading rests on: a Qur'an verse, a hadith, the classical dictionaries, or an analogy we are drawing ourselves. Filter by theme or by that basis.
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- A babyطفل MixedClassical No verse or hadith interprets a baby in a dream. The dictionaries read a boy as a passing...
- A beardلحية MixedQur'an The one beard in the Qur'an is Harun's (Qur'an 20:94). The reading of a full beard as dignity...
- Beesنحل FavourableQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dream bee. The Qur'an says Allah inspired the bee and that its...
- Birdsطير ContextualQur'an Birds have no single meaning. The Qur'an gives one reading (birds eating from a head, Yusuf...
- Bloodدم CautionaryQur'an Blood in a dream is read mainly as a question of lawful and unlawful gain, resting on Qur'an...
- Breadخبز ContextualQur'an The Qur'an's one bread dream was read as a death because of what the birds did, not because of...
- A bridgeجسر ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed bridge. The Arabic verb for interpreting also means...
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- The call to prayerأذان ContextualQur'an The words of the adhan came in a dream that the Prophet ﷺ called true. A call heard in a dream...
- A camelجمل ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed camel. The Qur'an and Sunnah show it as a sign, a test...
- A carسيارة ContextualAnalogy The classical dream books never mention cars. We read one by analogy to the mounts and ships...
- A catقطة MixedClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed cat. The dictionaries read it as a thief or an...
- Giving charityصدقة FavourableQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dream of giving charity. The Qur'an draws a gift as a growing...
- Being chasedمطاردة ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed chase. The dictionaries read a pursuer as the thing it...
- Childrenأولاد MixedQur'an No text reads ordinary children in sleep. The Qur'an calls children both an adornment and a...
- Cloudsسحاب MixedSunnah No hadith interprets a cloud as such, but one cloud dream is told in the Sunnah, and the...
- A cowبقرة ContextualQur'an Yusuf read 7 fat cows and 7 lean ones as years of plenty and famine, and the Prophet read...
- Cryingبكاء ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets dreamed tears. The sources praise tears of mercy and awe and...
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- Darknessظلمة CautionaryQur'an Darkness is the Qur'an's picture of error and being unable to find the way, and the Prophet ﷺ...
- Datesتمر FavourableQur'an No text interprets the fruit itself. The Prophet ﷺ read his dream of fresh dates through the...
- The dawnفجر FavourableQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dawn seen in sleep, but the Prophet's early true dreams came,...
- The Day of Judgmentيوم القيامة ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith says what a dream of the Day of Judgment means. The Qur'an supplies the...
- Deathموت ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith reads a dreamed death as a forecast. The Qur'an and the Prophet's bedtime...
- A dogكلب MixedClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed dog. The dictionaries read it by its job, a lowly...
- A donkeyحمار MixedQur'an The Qur'an gives the donkey 3 unflattering comparisons and 2 kind roles, a mount and a sign....
- A doorباب ContextualQur'an A door reads as a way in or out, granted or withheld. Support comes from Surah Yusuf's doors,...
- Drowningغرق ContextualQur'an Nothing says a drowning dream foretells a drowning. The Prophet counted the drowned among the...
- Making du'aدعاء FavourableQur'an The one dream in the sources where the dreamer calls on Allah inside it is Ibn Umar's (Bukhari...
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- An earthquakeزلزال CautionaryQur'an The Qur'an uses shaking for the Hour, for believers tested at the Trench and for nations that...
- Eatingأكل ContextualQur'an No text interprets a dreamer eating an ordinary meal. The Qur'an's eating dreams are about...
- An eggبيضة ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed egg. The sources make it small (the last offering in...
- An elephantفيل ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dream elephant. The dictionaries read its size as power, often...
- An enemyعدو MixedQur'an In the dreams the Qur'an and Sunnah tell about enemies, the enemy is read through a picture:...
- Eyesعين ContextualQur'an Eyes are read through Surah Yusuf (grief, a lost loved one, sight restored) and the Qur'an's...
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- Fallingسقوط ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed fall. The Qur'an uses the verb for falling both for...
- Fastingصوم FavourableQur'an No hadith interprets fasting as a dream image. The Qur'an uses the word for abstention, even...
- Your fatherأب ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets your father in a dream. Popular books read him as support,...
- Feetقدم ContextualQur'an Feet are read as steadiness: the Qur'an prays for firm feet, and a report from Abu Huraira...
- Fightingقتال ContextualQur'an The Qur'an's one battle dream showed the enemy few, so the believers would not lose heart or...
- Fireنار MixedQur'an Fire guides Musa, serves travelers, spares Ibrahim and punishes in Hell, so a fire dream is...
- A fishسمك FavourableQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed fish. The dictionaries read it as provision, and the...
- A floodطوفان CautionaryQur'an A flood that wrecks things leans cautionary, because every flood the Qur'an names is a...
- Flyingطيران ContextualSunnah No hadith interprets flight itself. The Prophet ﷺ read Ibn Umar's flying silk as a sign of the...
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- A gardenحديقة FavourableQur'an The Prophet ﷺ read a dream of a green garden as the garden of Islam (Bukhari 7014). The Qur'an...
- Goldذهب MixedQur'an In the Prophet's own dreams gold is a palace of Paradise (Bukhari 7024) and also two bracelets...
- Grapesعنب ContextualQur'an No hadith interprets grapes. The Qur'an shows the vine as provision, as a Paradise reward and...
- A graveyardمقبرة ContextualSunnah No text interprets a dreamed graveyard. The Sunnah gives the waking one a single stated...
- Green clothesثياب خضر FavourableQur'an No text interprets green clothes. The reading leans favourable because the Qur'an's Paradise...
- Grey hairشيب MixedQur'an The Qur'an uses white hair for age and weakness (Qur'an 19:4, 30:54) and for dread (Qur'an...
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- Hairشعر ContextualQur'an The Prophet's dreams use hair to identify people, and shaved or shortened hair belongs to the...
- Performing Hajj or Umrahحج FavourableQur'an No text interprets an ordinary dream of Hajj or Umrah. The Prophet's own vision of entering...
- The handيد ContextualQur'an The hand is read through Arabic idiom (a long hand gives, a chained hand withholds) and...
- The heartقلب ContextualQur'an The heart is read as the dreamer's inner state, because the Qur'an locates faith and...
- Hellجهنم CautionaryQur'an The clearest recorded dream of Hell ended with the Prophet ﷺ calling the dreamer a good man...
- Honeyعسل FavourableQur'an Honey leans good, but the texts are thinner than lists suggest: Paradise's purified honey...
- A horseحصان FavourableQur'an No hadith interprets a dreamed horse. The dictionaries read it as rank, strength and honour,...
- A houseبيت ContextualSunnah The sources read a house by who owns it and who is inside: the Prophet's two house dreams work...
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- The Kaabaالكعبة FavourableQur'an The Prophet ﷺ saw himself circling the Kaaba in a dream but gave the House no meaning....
- A keyمفتاح ContextualQur'an In the Prophet's own dream the keys of the earth's treasures were put in his hand (Bukhari...
- A kingملك ContextualSunnah No text reads a dreamed king. The Qur'an shows kings both just and ruinous, and the Prophet ﷺ...
- A knifeسكين MixedQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a knife in sleep. Ibrahim's dream involves slaughter yet never...
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- A ladderسلم ContextualQur'an The Qur'an's stairway to the sky is something people claim and do not have, while the climbing...
- A lampمصباح FavourableQur'an The Qur'an uses a lamp for guidance (24:35) and for the Prophet himself (33:46), and the...
- Laughingضحك MixedSunnah No verse or hadith interprets dreamed laughter. The Prophet ﷺ once woke laughing at a vision...
- Lightningبرق MixedQur'an No hadith interprets lightning in a dream, but the Qur'an twice calls it fear and hope in...
- A lionأسد ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed lion. The dictionaries read it as a powerful person, a...
- Being lostضياع ContextualQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed lost road. The Qur'an says the Prophet was found lost...
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- Makkah and Madinahمكة والمدينة FavourableQur'an No text interprets a dream of the two cities as such. The Prophet's own dreams do: a land of...
- A marketسوق MixedClassical No text interprets a dreamed market. The compilers tie it to livelihood and worldly business...
- Marriageزواج ContextualSunnah The Sunnah's one marriage dream is the Prophet's own, of Aisha, and he left it with Allah....
- Milkلبن FavourableQur'an The Prophet ﷺ read a cup of milk drunk to the full as knowledge (Bukhari 7006). That is the...
- A mirrorمرآة ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets a mirror in a dream. The mirror the Sunnah uses is a metaphor...
- Moneyمال ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets money in a dream, so the dictionaries' readings rest on...
- The moonقمر FavourableQur'an The Qur'an calls the moon a derived light that waxes and wanes, and the Sunnah uses it as a...
- A mosqueمسجد FavourableQur'an No hadith interprets a mosque as a dream image. The favourable lean comes from what the Qur'an...
- Your motherأم ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets your mother in a dream. The books read her as origin, home and...
- A mountainجبل ContextualQur'an The Qur'an's mountains are stakes that steady the earth, a yardstick of human smallness, and...
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- A palaceقصر ContextualSunnah The palaces in the Prophet's dreams were Paradise's, named for others, and not entered. The...
- Paradiseالجنة FavourableQur'an The Prophet ﷺ read the Paradise dreams brought to him as good news about character and...
- Pearlsلؤلؤ FavourableQur'an The Qur'an uses pearls for the beauty of people in Paradise, for adornment, and for a favour...
- Perfumeعطر FavourableClassical No verse or hadith interprets perfume in a dream. The Qur'an and Sunnah use musk as the scale...
- Prayingصلاة FavourableQur'an No hadith interprets praying as a dream image. Readings lean on what the Qur'an says prayer...
- Being pregnantحمل MixedQur'an Pregnancy is read through its Arabic root, which also means a load, and through the Qur'an's...
- A prisonسجن MixedQur'an No hadith interprets a dreamed prison. The Qur'an's prison is both a wrong endured and a...
- Prostrationسجود FavourableQur'an Two texts give prostration in a dream a footing: the Qur'an's own reading of Yusuf's dream of...
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- Rainمطر FavourableQur'an Gentle rain on ground that needs it is read as mercy, provision or knowledge arriving; rain...
- A ringخاتم ContextualClassical No verse or hadith interprets a ring in a dream. The dictionaries read it by what a seal ring...
- A riverنهر ContextualQur'an A clear, flowing river leans toward lasting provision and reward, the Qur'an's picture of...
- A roadطريق ContextualSunnah The Prophet read the paths in one Companion's dream by who walks them, left to the people of...
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- A scholarعالم FavourableClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed scholar. The dictionaries read him as knowledge and...
- A scorpionعقرب CautionaryClassical No verse or hadith interprets a scorpion in a dream. The dictionaries read it from the...
- The seaبحر ContextualQur'an A calm, passable sea is the favourable image, and the Prophet's own sea vision was a glad one;...
- Sheepغنم FavourableQur'an No verse or hadith interprets a dream sheep, but the Qur'an and Sunnah give the animal 4...
- A shipسفينة FavourableQur'an A ship is read as a safe passage carried by Allah's provision, and in the Qur'an it is the...
- A shirtقميص ContextualQur'an The Prophet ﷺ read shirts in a dream as religion, with length as the measure (Bukhari 23)....
- Shoesنعل MixedClassical No verse or hadith interprets shoes in a dream. The dictionaries read a pair of shoes as a...
- Smokeدخان CautionaryQur'an The Qur'an's smoke covers people as a hardship and shades the damned. A Companion said the...
- A snakeثعبان CautionaryClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed snake. The dictionaries read it as an enemy, stronger...
- Snowثلج MixedAnalogy No verse or hadith interprets snow in a dream. We extend the Prophet's supplications, which...
- A spiderعنكبوت ContextualQur'an Qur'an 29:41 makes the spider's web the weakest of homes, a picture of false shelter. No verse...
- Starsنجوم FavourableQur'an The Qur'an's one star dream is Yusuf's 11 stars, closed by his family bowing. Elsewhere stars...
- The sunشمس ContextualQur'an The Qur'an records one sun dream, Yusuf's, closed when his parents bow to him, and the...
- A swordسيف ContextualSunnah The one sword dream the Sunnah records is the Prophet's own: a sword that broke, then came...
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- Teeth falling outأسنان MixedClassical No verse or hadith interprets teeth. The dictionaries tie them to relatives and lifespan, and...
- Seeing the deceasedالميت ContextualSunnah No verse or hadith interprets a dead person who simply appears. The Sunnah records two dreams...
- A thiefلص CautionaryClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dreamed thief. The dictionaries read a covert taker by...
- The tongueلسان ContextualQur'an The Arabic for tongue also means language and reputation, and the Qur'an uses all three...
- Travelingسفر ContextualQur'an The Prophet's dream of migrating to a land of palms and the Qur'an's vision of entering the...
- A treasureكنز MixedQur'an The Prophet saw keys to the earth's treasures in sleep, and the Qur'an shows treasure as a...
- A treeشجرة FavourableQur'an The Qur'an compares a good word to a firm-rooted, fruiting tree and the Prophet ﷺ compared a...
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- A wallجدار ContextualQur'an No hadith interprets a dreamed wall. The Qur'an interprets one real wall, a leaning wall over...
- Waterماء MixedQur'an Clean, flowing water is read as life, purity and lasting good, and the Prophet ﷺ himself read...
- A wellبئر ContextualQur'an A well is a source you must draw from, read as benefit that costs effort and is meant for...
- White clothesثياب بيض FavourableQur'an No sound hadith interprets white clothes in a dream, and the one report that does, about...
- Windريح ContextualQur'an In the Qur'an the winds that carry rain and glad tidings are plural, and the wind that...
- A wolfذئب CautionaryClassical No verse or hadith interprets a dream wolf. The dictionaries read it from the animal's habits,...
- Writingكتابة ContextualQur'an No hadith interprets dreamed writing. The Qur'an gives the pen 4 jobs, teaching,...
- Making wuduوضوء FavourableQur'an The only wudu in a dream the Prophet ﷺ told is a woman beside a palace in Paradise, left...
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