Topic of Dreams in the Qur'an

Set of References for Learning How to Differentiate between types of dreams

Posted by Mohammad Awais Tahir 

This is a list of Ayaat of Holy Qur'an and the Ahadith of Prophet Muhammad SAW. This set of references will aid us in understanding the subject of dreams better. This set of references has been collected in order to understand better how to differentiate between the different types of dreams.

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Differentiating Between Dreams from Allah, Shaitan and Nafs

Topic of Dreams in the Holy Qur'an

(1) Behold! verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve; Those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil;- For them are glad tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter; no change can there be in the words of Allah. This is indeed the supreme felicity.

(Surah Younus 10:64)

For the explanation of bolded portion see Reference # 11 {It means good dreams that a Muslim sees or is shown them}

(2) Behold! Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me." He said: O my son! do not relate your vision to your brothers, lest they devise a plan against you; surely the Shaitan is an open enemy to man. And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of sayings and make His favor complete to you and to the children of Yaqoub, as He made it complete before to your fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq; surely your Lord is Knowing, Wise.

(Surah Yusuf 12:4-6)
 

(3) Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said one of them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." said the other: "I see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating, thereof." "Tell us" (they said) "The truth and meaning thereof: for we see thou art one that doth good (to all)." He said: "Before any food comes (in due course) to feed either of you, I will surely reveal to you the truth and meaning of this ere it befall you: that is part of the (duty) which my Lord hath taught me. I have (I assure you) abandoned the ways of a people that believe not in Allah and that (even) deny the Hereafter.

(Surah Yusuf 12:36-37)
 

(4) The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine, whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven (others) withered. O ye chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be that ye can interpret visions." They said: "A confused medley of dreams (مﻼﺣا ثﺎﻐﺿا ): and we are not skilled in the interpretation of dreams."

(Surah Yusuf 12:43-44)

(5) Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do as thou art commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!"

(Surah As Saafaat 37:102)

(6) So We sent this inspiration to the mother of Moses: "Suckle (thy child), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into the river, but fear not nor grieve: for We shall restore him to thee, and We shall make him one of Our messengers."

(Surah Al Qasas 28:7)

(7) "Behold! We sent to thy mother, by inspiration, the message: "'Throw (the child) into the chest, and throw (the chest) into the river: the river will cast him up on the bank, and he will be taken up by one who is an enemy to Me and an enemy to him': But I cast (the garment of) love over thee from Me: and (this) in order that thou mayest be reared under Mine eye.

(Surah Taha 20:38-39)

(8) And remember when ye met, He showed them to you as few in your eyes, and He made you appear as contemptible in their eyes: that Allah might accomplish a matter already enacted. For to Allah do all questions go back (for decision).

(Surah Al Anfaal 8:44)

(9) Truly did Allah fulfil the vision for His Messenger: ye shall enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, with minds secure, heads shaved, hair cut short, and without fear. For He knew what ye knew not, and He granted, besides this, a speedy victory.

(Surah Al Fath 28:47)

(10) It is He who doth take your souls by night, and hath knowledge of all that ye have done by day: by day doth He raise you up again; that a term appointed be fulfilled; In the end unto Him will be your return; then will He show you the truth of all that ye did.

(Surah Al An'aam 6:60)

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Allah, Most High, wages war against Israel - JERUSALEM IN THE QUR’AN

Allah, Most High, wages war against Israel

Allah the Supreme spoke with such forceful language concerning the sin of Riba that it is, perhaps, the greatest sin (other than Shirk) that exists in the realm of belief or conduct. Allah’s anger against the oppressor (because of the oppression of Riba) is so great that they will stand before Him after their resurrection as a people who appear to be driven to madness by the touch of Satan. When the Jewish State of Israel engages in Riba then Allah will not simply punish such people in the next life, rather He and His Messenger (‘alaihi al-Salam) will wage war against them in this world.

“O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if ye are indeed believers. If ye do it not, take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger...”

(Qur’an, al-Baqarah, 2:278-9)  

This book directs attention to the fact that Jews control the banking system around the world today. Yet the above verse of the Qur’an is indicative of the supreme importance Allah Most High attaches to the prohibition of Riba. In the entire history of divine revelation, to the best of my knowledge, Almighty Allah has never used such extremely strong language for anything else besides Riba.

After the death of Solomon (‘alaihi al-Salam) the Israelites corrupted the Torah by rewriting it several times in several different versions. The Harvard-trained American Biblical scholar, Richard Friedman, has conclusively demonstrated this in his very important work entitled: "Who Wrote the Bible?" (New York: Harper and Row, 1989).

The Israelites removed all references in the Torah to the temple (or masjid) built by Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam) and Ishmael (‘alaihi al-Salam) in Arabia. The Ka’aba and the Hajj are no longer to be found in the Torah. They also substituted all references to Ishmael (‘alaihi al-Salam) as the son of the sacrifice with the name of his brother Isaac (‘alaihi al-Salam), even though Isaac (‘alaihi al-Salam) was not even born when the trial of the sacrifice took place. In addition, the child of the sacrifice was described by Allah in the Qur’an as Haleem (patient and forbearing) (Saffat, 37:101), whereas the son to be born to Sarah was described as Aleem (wise) (al-Hijr,15:53). They substituted Arabia with Palestine as the place of the sacrifice. Zam Zam, the miraculous spring of water that sprang from the desert sand when Gabriel (‘alaihi al-Salam) rubbed his heel on the sand, now became a well in Palestine. They demonized Ishmael (‘alaihi al-Salam) in the Torah as “a wild ass of a man” and excluded him from Allah’s covenant so that they could claim exclusive title to being the ‘chosen people’ of Allah. Most dangerous of all, however, was their corruption and willful distortion of the divine prohibition against Riba. They rewrote the Torah to make it permissible for money to be lent on interest to non-believers while maintaining the prohibition against Riba in intra-Israelite transactions (Deuteronomy, 23:20-21).

Allah the Almighty responded to this heinous crime by sending against them one of His creatures who possessed mighty prowess. The Babylonian King, Nebuchadnezzar, overran Palestine, defeated the Israelites, enslaved all those whom he captured, destroyed the State of Israel and Masjid al-Aqsa (which had been built by Solomon), and transported the Israelites as slaves back to Babylon (al-Isra, 17:4,5). This was most certainly a powerful demonstration of Allah’s capacity to wage war.

There was a second demonstration when the Roman Emperor, Titus, ravaged Jerusalem and destroyed the temple (or masjid) a second time (al-Isra, 17:7, 104).

This, also, was related to Riba. Allah had sent three Prophets, Zakariah (‘alaihi al-Salam), John (‘alaihi al-Salam), and Jesus (‘alaihi al-Salam), to the Israelites. That part of the Israelites who rejected these Prophets became known as Jews (al-Yahood). The Jews murdered Zakariah (‘alaihi al-Salam) inside of Masjid al-Aqsa (Matthew, 24:35, 36; Luke, 11:51). John (‘alaihi al-Salam) was beheaded by way of deception. And, finally, the Jews boasted of how they had killed Jesus (‘alaihi al-Salam). In all three instances the Prophets of Allah had attacked them and denounced them for their wickedness. This included their denunciation of the Jews for the crime of changing the Torah and for consuming Riba. Jesus (‘alaihi al-Salam), for example, went into Masjid al-Aqsa and found them engaged in Riba. He cursed them, turned over their tables, chased them out of the temple (Masjid) and declared: “You have taken the house of Allah and transformed it into a den of thieves.” Thus it was because the Prophets of Allah exposed their wickedness of consuming Riba, among other crimes, that they killed them (except for Jesus, whom Allah saved miraculously). Allah Most High responded to this wickedness by sending a Roman army that destroyed the State of Israel for a second time. (It will be destroyed for a last time by a Muslim army led by Imam alMahdi.)

The warning of a declaration of war from Allah Most High for the consumption of Riba, assumes even greater importance when we reflect over the fact that Allah Most High intervened to protect the first Masjid (i.e., Ka’aba) when Abraha came with his army of elephants to destroy it (Qur’an, al-Fil, 105:1-5). Even when the Ka’aba was filled with idols, Allah Most High still intervened to save it from destruction. And yet, even though there were no idols in the second Masjid (i.e., Masjid al-Aqsa), Allah Most High twice sent armies to destroy it. Such is the state of Divine anger over the oppression caused by Riba.

The dire warning for the Jews is that the Shirk of the secular State of Israel and the Riba in its economic life both manifestly violate the divine conditions for inheritance of the Holy Land. The consequence of such violation is that Allah Most High would respond by punishing them.

 

Source: Jerusalem in the Qur'an by Imran N. Hosein

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THE HOLY LAND AND ISRAEL’S RIBA–BASED ECONOMY - JERUSALEM IN THE QUR’AN

JERUSALEM IN THE QUR’AN

By Imran N. Hosein

PART TWO

Chapter 2

THE HOLY LAND AND ISRAEL’S

RIBA–BASED ECONOMY

“In consequence of the wickedness and injustice of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain (foods), good and wholesome, which had been lawful for them. (We have also done so because) they obstructed so many from Allah’s way, and (because) they took usury (Riba) though they were forbidden to do so, and (in doing so) they wrongfully took the wealth of others. (Because of these evil deeds) We have prepared for those among them who reject Faith a terrible punishment.” 

(Qur’an, al-Nisa, 4:160-1)

 

Introduction

Israel is a modern secular State located in the Holy Land. Like all other secular states in the world today its economic system is based on Riba. Riba is usually translated as usury, i.e., the lending of money on interest regardless of the rate of interest. But the definition of Riba in Islam also includes transactions that are based on deception and which give to the deceiver a profit or gain to which he is not justly entitled. In American vocabulary such a transaction is described as a ‘rip-off’! 

If judgment were to be made according to the religion of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam), then we ask the following: What would be the religious legitimacy of an Israel which is located in the Holy Land and whose economy is based on Riba? Does it conform with or violate the divine conditions established for inheritance of the Holy Land?

 

Source: Jerusalem in the Qur'an by Imran N. Hosein

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The alternative for believers to electoral politics in the modern secular state - JERUSALEM IN THE QUR’AN

The alternative for believers to electoral politics in the modern secular state

The Jewish, Christian or Muslim reader is likely to ask: Is there an alternative (for believers) to electoral politics in the secular state? The answer is: Yes! there is. The alternative is to struggle to restore the sovereignty of the God of Abraham, Most High, in the political system – to struggle for recognition of His Authority as Supreme Authority – and to struggle for recognition of His Law as the Supreme Law. That is the most noble of all struggles any one can ever wage, and it is a struggle that must be pursued until the end of time.

The alternative for believers is to uphold whatever Allah made Halal as Halal, and whatever Allah made Haram as Haram, regardless of the price they may have to pay. Also, when a people commit Shirk, Kufr, Dhulm and Fisq, then believers should condemn such conduct, oppose it, struggle against it, and turn to Allah and ask Him to separate them from such people:

“So separate us from this sinful rebellious people!”

(Qur’an, al-Maidah, 5:25)

The Qur’an refers to this mission of believers as “amr bil ma’aruf” (enjoining the right) and “nahi ‘an al-munkar” (opposing the wrong). If the struggle to restore the sovereignty of Allah Most High and the supremacy of His Authority and Law (in any territory) were to succeed, then that territory would become Dar al-Islam. Muslims would rule over that territory. But there is an alternative plural model of a state in which Muslims would share control over a territory with non-Muslims on the basis of political equality and through a constitutional agreement that would allow Muslims to recognize the sovereignty of Allah and the supremacy of His Authority and Law over ‘them’. Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) established that ‘plural’ model of state in the city-State of Madina wherein Muslims, Jews and pagan Arabs shared control over territory, and over the state, on the basis of political equality. 

Mankind has the freedom of choice to accept or to reject the religion of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam). However, once the religion of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam) is accepted, believers do not have the freedom to choose between either a government of believers or a non-believing government. When they are denied that freedom in any territory they must search for some place where that freedom exists and then migrate to such a territory! Thus the God of Abraham, Most High, has commanded believers to:

“Oh you who believe, obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and (obey) those from amongst yourselves who are in (positions of) authority….”

(Qur’an, al-Nisa, 4:59)

When they no longer have the freedom to establish their own government anywhere, and they have to live under non-believing rule, believers in the religion of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam) ‘submit’ to that rule until such time as they can once again choose fellow-believers to rule over them. But ‘submission’ to such non-believing rule cannot involve their participation in establishing that non-believing government. Believers will submit to such rule on the condition of religious freedom, i.e., that nothing is forced upon them that violates the Law of the God of Abraham. While such a government will not be ‘their’ government, they can advise and assist the government in all that is true, good and virtuous, while warning, resisting and abstaining from all that is false, evil and harmful. 

It is in the very nature of the modern secular state that it would never allow elections to be used to transform it into a different model of a state – such as a state that would recognize the Sovereignty of the God of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam) and the supremacy of His Authority and His Law. Electoral politics was meant to sub-serve the godless secular state. 

The Prophet (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) declared that the world of Kufr constituted an essential unity (al-kufru millatun wahidah). And this is precisely what has now emerged in the world. The Jew and the Christian should ponder over the fact that when the Muslims of Algeria used ‘electoral politics’ to seek to restore the religion of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam) in Algeria and won 85% of the votes in the national elections, the godless world all came together to ruthlessly punish that 85% of the electorate which dared to seek to transform the godless secular foundation of the state. 

Thus rather than voting in elections and legitimizing the secular model of a state based on Shirk, Muslims should protect themselves from Shirk by disconnecting from the secular state. They should also respond to it by arguing that the ‘plural’ model of a state established by Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) is a superior model of a state when compared with the modern godless secular state.

 

Source: Jerusalem in the Qur'an by Imran N. Hosein

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