Muntakhab al-Kalam, attributed to Ibn Sirin
Rain
Allah's mercy, help and relief; knowledge, the Quran and wisdom; plenty and low prices.
- Rain of fire or hot water: Calamity
- Raining honey, milk or grain: Provision and plenty
Rain in a dream: what does it mean in Islam?
An interpretation in the Islamic tradition of dream interpretation
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I dreamed that it was raining. What does it mean?
Seeing rain in a dream is considered one of the most blessed dreams in the Islamic tradition of dream interpretation: it is interpreted as Allah's mercy, provision, blessing and relief after hardship. Whether the rain caused harm and where it fell determine the meaning.
The symbols in your dream
- Gentle rain falling everywhere: Mercy reaching everyone; relief for those in debt or distress, and stalled matters coming back to life.
- Rain falling only on your house: Interpreted as a special gift to you and your family, a good you have been waiting for.
- Getting wet in the rain: Means being cleansed of worries and the heart finding relief.
- A flood or damaging downpour: Interpreted as a warning against strife; it may point to a passing difficulty.
- Rain out of season: In some interpretations it is a short-lived illness; it is usually temporary.
Rain in a dream: other variations
- Touching rainwater in a dream: Points to becoming safe from something you fear.
- Honey or milk raining from the sky in a dream: Points to abundant provision and a blessed period.
- A sick person seeing rain in a dream: For the sick, it points to relief and healing.
- Seeing raindrops on a window in a dream: Points to an emotional, inward-looking period.
- An umbrella breaking in the rain in a dream: Points to being caught unprepared; take precautions.
- Stones or fire raining down in a dream: Points to hardship coming to the people of that place; increase your prayers for forgiveness.
In short
A rain dream is generally glad tidings. If you have been going through a difficulty, a debt or a long wait, the dream announces that mercy and ease are near. If the rain was calm and beneficial, this good will be wide and lasting; if it caused harm like a flood, it may be a matter where you need to be careful and take precautions.
Advice
- Thank Allah and share the dream only with people who love you.
- If you have a prayer waiting to be answered, repeat it; times of mercy are times when prayers are accepted.
- If the dream unsettled you, seek refuge in Allah and do not tell it to anyone; it will not harm you.
Allah knows best the truth of dreams.
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In the classical sources: Rain
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
Rain
Unless it causes harm, rain is good, provision and mercy.
- Rain falling everywhere: A dead matter reviving; relief for the indebted and troubled
- Rain only on your own house: Benefit and honour for you
- A flood uprooting trees: Turmoil and ruin
- Raining blood or stones: Sins and punishment
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