An interpretation in the Islamic tradition of dream interpretation
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I saw a flood in my dream. What does it mean?
Seeing a flood in a dream is most often interpreted in the Islamic tradition of dream interpretation as strife, a sudden change or a warning against a situation getting out of control. But whether the flood caused harm and whether you escaped it determine the meaning.
The symbols in your dream
A flood uprooting trees and houses: A warning against a sudden upheaval or problems that have piled up.
Escaping the flood: Getting through a hard situation, being protected through precaution.
The floodwaters receding: The hardship passing and order returning.
A flood flowing without harm: In some interpretations, an outpouring of abundance and blessing.
Being swept away by the flood: A situation where control has passed to others; it calls for patience and prayer.
A flood in a dream: other variations
A room filling with water in a dream: Points to a danger that you will escape if you find a way out.
Keeping a flood away from your home in a dream: Points to protecting your family from an enemy's harm.
Swimming out of a flood in a dream: Points to escaping an oppressor.
People benefiting from a clear flood in a dream: Points to good things coming one after another.
In short
A flood dream mostly shows that emotions or tasks that have built up in your life have reached overflowing point. The dream reminds you to avoid hasty decisions and to build your affairs on firm foundations. If you escaped the flood, it points to you getting through this period.
Advice
If the dream frightened you, seek refuge in Allah from the evil of Shaytan, turn onto your other side, and do not tell the dream to anyone; it will not harm you.
Give sadaqah and pray for your family.
Take on your piled-up tasks one by one and give yourself room to breathe.
Allah knows best the truth of dreams.
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In the classical sources: Flood
A summary of what the classical interpreters wrote about this symbol. The meaning changes with the details of the dream.
Al-Nabulsi, Ta'tir al-Anam
Flood
A flood is read like an enemy's attack; a flood that wrecks homes and uproots trees is affliction and harm. But a clear, calm, beneficial flood is a stream of good things.
A flood entering a house and carrying off goods: An enemy's attack or an affliction
Keeping the flood away from one's house: Protecting one's family from an enemy's harm
Swimming out of the flood to land: Escaping a tyrannical ruler
People benefiting from a clear, sweet, calm flood: A stream of good things
Water from the sky covering the land: Good, rain and blessing
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