About The Course

This beginner-level course The Art of Dream Interpretation in Islam will explore the Islamic science of interpretation of dreams (ta'bir al-ru'ya) based on the famous classical text, “Dictionary of Dreams” by the renowned tabi'i, dream interpreter of Islam, Muhammad Ibn Sirin. Islamic dream interpretations are mainly sourced from his works.This course “The Art of Dream Interpretation in Islam” will guide you through this famous manual and dictionary of concepts related to dreams and their meanings. Though the course looks at dreams and their significance from an Islamic point of view, it will also provide a practical, realistic and authentic overview of the art and its limits.

First of its kind, The Art of Dream Interpretation in Islam, online course, provides guidelines for both the dream interpreter and the person who relates his / her dreams to the experts of knowledge. It will also cover explanations of rare dreams that impacted human history, including the dreams of Allah’s prophets, upon all of them be peace and blessings, and the interpretations of rare and unique dreams given by masters of this unique art.

This course is suitable for all interested Muslims, especially those who wish to relate dreams seriously as an essential aspect of their life, faith and psychological state. It will be beneficial to students of cultural sciences and spirituality, but above all to the seekers of truth through authentic sources.

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (RA):

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to us,

When Yūsuf said to his father: “O my father! Verily, I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves to me.” He said: “O my son! Relate not your vision to your brothers, lest they arrange a plot against you. Verily! Shaitān is to man an open enemy!”

[Surat al-Yusuf, Verse 4-5]

In Islam, dreams are seen as a form of spiritual perception. Dream interpretation is also generally termed, ‘‘tafsir’’ or ‘‘ta'bir’’. Multiple Muslim intellectuals and philosophers have devised various Islamic dream interpretation theories and observations over the past 1400+ years. Many of these reflections and statements match with many recent theories and ideas proposed by modern psychologists associated with the psychology of mind.

Muhammed Ibn Sirin, the most popular dream interpreter in the history of Islam, formulated a framework for dream interpretation, with both Hadith and the Qur’an as its foundation. There are false attributions to him and those which are true. It is important to be able to differentiate the two. One thing is sure, there is valuable psychological and spiritual importance of a true dream experience. According to Ibn Sirin, the interpretation of a dream depends entirely on the dreamer’s life circumstances and personal characteristics, along with the meaning of the dream.

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) classified these dreams when he informed us, “There are three types of dreams: a righteous dream which is glad tidings from Allah, the dream which causes sadness is from Shaitan and a dream from the ramblings of the mind.”

This beginner-level course is a must-attend for professionals, intellectuals, psychologists, Muslim scholars, students, and people from different walks of life who have an interest in understanding Islamic perspectives on The Art of Dream Interpretation in Islam.