Seeing “learning surah”
in your dream

Its reader will gain victory over his opposition.

Its reader will acquire much goodness in both the worlds.

Its reader will fight against the non-belivers.

Whoever reads it will repent for his sins and no child of his will live, for Allah Says; He does not beget nor is he begotten. Some Ulama say that its recitation in the dream is an indication that the reader will be amuwahhid (ie monotheist). Moreover, he will have a son who will live so long that he will be the last amongst his family members to die.

Its reader will be protected against evil.

Its reader will be safeguarded against all calamities and granted refuge from the accursed devil.

The King or government will subject its reader to tyranny and oppression. It is also said that he will be safeguarded against the mischief of certain person while fearing a crisis of which he will be innocent.

He will be a firm believer.

Its reader will become a means of hidaayat and guidance for the people.

He will be visited by an angel in its best and most pleasant form.

Allah will shower His blessings on him. And he will attain salvation.

The one who reads it will be in straitened circumstances but Allah will remove his difficulties.

Its reader will be a generous man who will also be grateful to Allah for his bounties.

Its reader will stop amassing wealth and lead and ascetic life.

Whoever recites it in his dream his ambitions will be fulfilled, people will mention his name with reverence, he will become firm in his beliefs, his family will be small and his life will pass with ease and comfort.

It represents a person of great Islamic learning. One who perseveres in acquiring knowledge and acting upon it. He also devotes much of his time in worshipping Allah. Seeing, owning or bringing one into the house means he will soon build a strong relationship with a man of great learning.

• Finding a pearl:  (1) If it is pierced: Will have a girl.  (2) If it is not pierced: Will have a boy.

• Selling big pearls: Good learning or simple welfare, depending on the nature of the individual.

• Having sold or swallowed pearls: Will forget the Quran.

• Swallowing a pearl: Will conceal a testimony.

• Swallowing pearls, then returning them: Every time the dreamer memorizes something from the Quran, he forgets it.

• Keeping a mouthful of pearls: You know the Quran but refuse to cite it.

• Selling pearls: Will acquire learning and convey it to people.

The archangel Gabriel in a dream also represents the messenger of the king, the confidant, the carrier of glad tidings or the person who announces the birth of a son. Seeing him in a dream also indicates increase in one's devotion, learning and acquiring in-depth knowledge of mystical realities. Seeing him (Alayhi-Salam) in a dream also signifies the smooth rising of the soul after death for someone who is dying. The archangel Gabriel in a dream also represents a movement, struggle, triumph and understanding the meanings of religious knowledge or learning the secrets of astrology. If one sees the archangel Gabriel distressed in a dream, it means that a calamity will befall the person seeing the dream. If one becomes Gabriel in a dream, it means that he will become generous, magnanimous and blessed in his actions and performances.

The Alim said to the king that he would interpret the dream only if he guaranteed their safety which he did. The learned Alim interpreted the dream thus; “O king, I see no wisdom in your wanting to kill the Muslims and marching on them for this purpose. Please do not deploy your army for they will not return to you alive. They will be defeated and destroyed. And do not for one moment think that I give this interpretation because I am a Muslim”. The king asked him for proof to which he replied that the Holy Book of Allah was the source for his proof. He quoted the verse: Have you not seen what your Lord had done to the people of the elephants. He recited the entire Surah Feel.

He symbolises a faqeeh, jurist and a man of great Islamic learning.