Eating an apple in a dream: what does it mean in Islam?
An interpretation in the Islamic tradition of dream interpretation
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I dreamed I was eating an apple. What does it mean?
Eating an apple in a dream is most often interpreted in the Islamic tradition of dream interpretation as a sign of lawful (halal) earnings, provision and news that lifts the heart. The taste, colour and condition of the apple change the meaning clearly: a sweet, fresh apple points to good, while a rotten or sour apple points to small difficulties.
The symbols in your dream
Apple: Generally interpreted as wealth earned through one's own effort, provision, and the fruit of the work one has set out to do. An apple taken from someone's hand points to a benefit or a kind word coming from that person.
Eating the apple: Points to enjoying a blessing you have received. Eating a sweet apple is interpreted as lawful, blessed earnings; eating a sour apple as earnings gained with effort or mixed with a little sorrow.
Red apple: Interpreted as joy, affection and ease of heart; for a single person it also points to the possibility of a blessed marriage.
Green apple: Interpreted as matters that have not yet ripened but are expected to end well, as well as health and renewal.
Rotten or wormy apple: May be effort that goes to waste, a warning to watch your words, or a short-lived difficulty.
Eating an apple in a dream: other variations
Picking an apple in a dream: Points to wealth coming from a respected person, together with words of praise.
Finding an apple in a dream: Points to receiving your share of the work you are pursuing.
Planting an apple tree in a dream: Points to taking in an orphan and raising them.
In short
Eating an apple is usually considered a good dream: it points to seeing the reward of your effort, an increase in your provision, or news that will soon make you happy. If you are currently putting effort into work, study or a relationship, the dream gives glad tidings that the days of harvesting that effort are near. If the apple was rotten or tasteless, it is a warning: take a little more care over the source of your income and over your words.
Advice
If your dream was good, thank Allah and share it only with people who love you.
Make sure your earnings are halal; blessing comes from that.
If the apple was rotten or tasteless, seek refuge in Allah from the harm of the dream and do not tell it to anyone; it will not harm you.
Give charity (sadaqah) as much as you can; gratitude for a blessing is to share it.
Allah knows best the truth of dreams.
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In the classical sources: Apple
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
Apple
The apple is a person's aspiration and the work they pursue: a ruler's rule, a merchant's trade, a farmer's crop. It also points to children and to people with handsome faces.
Finding or eating an apple: Gaining a share of what one strives for
A sweet apple: Lawful provision
A sour apple: Doubtful gain; scattered affairs and quarrels
Picking an apple: Wealth from an honourable person, along with good praise
Planting an apple tree: Taking in and raising an orphan
Smelling an apple in a mosque: Marriage
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