Visions in Islam by Muhammad Mustafa Mujahid

The dream-vision is a deeply private human experience that happens to everyone without exception; it is precisely a point of contact between heaven and earth, a probable tidings about the future through divine inspiration. In Islam, true dreams are remnants of the signs of prophethood and righteousness, and they are glad tidings for the Muslim, opening a door onto the future through which he glimpses a decree about to be fulfilled, so that in every case it is good for him and for others. This book, dear reader, explains the dream-vision and its definition, sets out the difference between it and an ordinary dream, and grounds, in an engaging scholarly style, dream-visions and their stories in our Islamic heritage. The author elaborates on the states of dream-visions and their signs, yet he does not call for idleness, laziness or reliance on a dream that has been interpreted for us. It is a deeply private human experience that happens to every person, any person; it has nothing to do with whether a person is righteous or wicked. Anyone can see a dream-vision: the Pharaoh of Moses saw a dream and it came true, and the Aziz of Joseph saw a dream and it came true. But what is the importance of dream-visions? They are precisely a point of contact between heaven and earth, and true dreams have been strong indicators of the course of events in the life of the individual and of society as a whole.