DR
UMAR AZAM
BA PHD
DCL DIP.FJ DIP.IM
MANCHESTER
UK
APRIL
2003
INTRODUCTION
Man has only limited knowledge, but Allah Most High is the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise. A person experiencing a dream
will not know until much later whether it has turned out to be
true or not. When Allah Reveals information, Allah
Knows already that is a revelation of what is to be.
Therefore, trur dreams make nonsense of the argument that dreams
are meaningless and 'figments of the imagination'. True
dreams prove that the human mind [consciousness] is able
to comprehend Messages of the future, as Revealed by the
Omniscient Creator: Allah Almighty.
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H E T R U E D
R E A M S
DREAM
NO 1
SUBJECT:EID
26
JANUARY 2002
I
dreamt that our extended family all got together and it was the
day of Eid. There was a blessed and happy atmosphere in this
dream.
TRUTH
When
I experienced this dream, it seemed unlikely that, because of
severe, temporary family rifts, everyone would get together. But
this did happen.
DREAM
NO 2
SUBJECT: WEBSITE
LEAFLETS
FRIDAY
18 JANUARY 2002
I
dreamt that I went to Zarina's parents' house. There was a
lovely feeling in the dream. One of her family members, I
think her brother, was shown to me. He looked beautiful and
I was told that he has the same genes as Zarina.
TRUTH
I
really did go to her house and Zarina's mother was rather
surprised to see me. I had known Zarina when we were both
at Manchester University. I had wanted to marry her but,
sadly, this was not to be [because of my own parents, not hers].
I gave the family a few leaflets and my book DREAMS IN ISLAM so that
Zarina, who was now married and no longer living with her
parents, would know when visiting how my life had been
progressing since we last saw each other in 1987.
DREAM
NO 3
SUBJECT
: GIRL PUPIL
TUESDAY
26 FEBRUARY 2002
I
dreamt that my pupil, Marium Zulfiqar, signed my guestbook with the
entry: 'Always friends'.
TRUTH
I
had been cross with Marium because of her behaviour towards me.
During the tuition lessons, she enjoyed provoking me and then
watching my anger! This dream informed me that there
was nothing malicious in her heart towards me. In future
lessons, I discovered that there was, in fact, a veiled mutual
affection between us.
DREAM
NO 4
SUBJECT
: TRAVELLING FOR TUITION WEDNESDAY
6 MARCH 2002
I
dreamt that I was taking all kinds of trouble and overcoming three
kinds of challemnges when driving from Oldham to my pupils' -Taimur
and Ainee's- house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester.
TRUTH
It
became necessary for me to make such frantic [because of
timetable obligations] journeys twice a week along the
newly-constructed part of the M60 motorway.
DREAM
NO 5
SUBJECT
: PROPOSING MARRIAGE
FRIDAY
15 MARCH 2002
I
dreamt that I was asking my maternal grandmother for my mother's
hand in marriage.
TRUTH
This
dream foretold that I would be making a marriage proposal to a
female [symbolised by my mother in the dream]. A few weeks
later, I proposed to Azka Naveed, who agreed. But,
sadly, it was not to be!
DREAM
NO 6
SUBJECT
: ROMANTIC GRIEF
THURSDAY
4 APRIL 2002 [ISLAMIC NEW YEAR: MUHARRAM 1423]
I
dreamt that I was looking at a list of Indian [Bollywood] films on
computer. Suddenly, the computer automatically clicked on one
of the films which then began to play. There was a title panel
beside the computer on which was artistically displayed the title of
the film, in both English and Hindi, and an illustration. The
title was 'TEARS OF THE CITY' [I've forgotten the Hindi translation,
but it was something that resembled 'KUM UTVATI' (word with one
syllable followed by a word with three syllables). The
illustration was of a fortune [represented by coins], tear-drops and
[I think I recall] buildings. In the film itself, a group of
PAREES [singular, PARI, or MAIDEN OF PARADISE] were singing the
chorus of a song, the meaning of which was: 'YOU WERE UNABLE TO BEAR
THE GRIEF OF SEPARATION FROM YOUR BELOVEDS.....' While they
were singing in a compassionate, romantic chorus, there was an
atmosphere of overwhelming emotional pain. Then, towards the
end of the dream, I felt that they were also singing to the Prophet
Muhammed [PBUM]. The grief in the dream was so vivid that I
began to gasp, and then woke up from the dream with a start.
TRUTH
This
dream was telling me in advance that my pupils, Azka Naveed and
Marium Zulfiqar, to both of whom I was very attached [in a pure way]
would be leaving my life, but the compensation for such painful
separation [for me, it's like they have 'died'] will be celestial
bliss. The life of the Holy Prophet [PBUM] was also full of
problems.
DREAM
NO 7
SUBJECT
: ENVIOUS FAMILY SUNDAY
7 APRIL 2002
I dreamt
that the family of a certain Muslim, male pupil, to whom I had a
close bond, sacked me. His mother was learning to
drive in a small car, which was going away from me. I was
almost pleading with her to tell me the reason why I was being
dismissed. I said to her: 'Tell me and I swear by God [Allah
di Kasam] that I will not mind [won't argue or make a fuss]'.
Then his mother replied, 'It's your Website!' I grew concerned
and asked, 'What about my Website?' She replied, 'You
show off about it too much!' I was rendered almost speechless
by this answer and said something like: 'Why, you...you...!'
But I kept my promise not to make a scene.
TRUTH
The
pupil turned out to be someone called Sana Ullah. Although I
was tutoring him for maths. GCSE exams, which take place in
May/June, I was dismissed well before Easter!
DREAM
NO 8
SUBJECT
: GIVING A GIFT
SATURDAY
20 APRIL 2002
I
dreamt that my pupil, Zeban Ahmed, said to me, 'I have no pens, so
can you give me a pen?' I was pleased to give her a durable,
ballpoint pen from my collection as a gift. Its barrel was
an attractive shade of yellow.
TRUTH
Immediately
after experiencing this dream, I gave Zeban an attractive pen.
But the pen seen in the dream was not given until March 2003, when
it so happened that I gave Zeban an almost-new pen from my
collection!
DREAM
NO 9
SUBJECT
: HELPING A FRIEND TUESDAY
30 APRIL 2002
I
dreamt that I embraced Nasser in a brotherly way and then he told me
that he had experienced a dream. I was very interested in
finding out just what it was that he had dreamt. Then
he told me that, in his dream, he had seen a driverless car in the
midst of an eerie atmosphere. After hearing this, I
advised him: 'Don't think of the Devil!'
TRUTH
Nasser was
the friend of a friend [Waseem Haque] and was always respectful and
polite to me, so I liked his personality. Nasser is young
[in his early twenties] and may have made mistakes in his life
and used his car to make those mistakes [giving girls a 'lift',
for example]. I told him what I had dreamt and urged him to
repent for what he had done wrong. He is, Masha'Allah, now
happily married.
DREAM
NO 10
SUBJECT
: USURY
WEDNESDAY
1 MAY 2002
I
dreamt that money-lending companies are evil and merciless.
They give a loan and then increase the amount repayable with the
addition of such an excessive surcharge of interest that the
borrower is submerged in debt and begins to lose hope
of settlement. The dream told me it is a good thing that I
have not been subjected to such outrageous usury when experiencing
my financial problems.
TRUTH
Between
December 2001 and April 2003, I experienced severe financial
problems, far more severe than anything I had ever
experienced between May 1984 - November 2001. Of course
it was a source of relief to me that my financial problems were
not exacerbated by loans which drove me to unabating despair!
DREAM
NO 11
SUBJECT
: NEW BUILDING
MONDAY
8 JULY 2002
A
business, commercial or professional centre opened on Wilmslow Road
in Manchester, very close to, Whitworth Park near the University of
Manchester. It was a marvel of civil engineering! There
was an elevated pathway, quite high from the ground, to reach
its entrance, and a visitor just felt the urge to walk on this
pathway! There was some kind of lake to the right-hand side.
The meeting rooms were brand new and clearly-numbered and there was
a 'newly-built' smell [of cement] around the whole building.
There was going to be an Islamic meeting in one of the rooms.
The witch-hunts against the Muslims, after the September 11
attacks on New York, had stopped, and there was an enthusiastic
interest in the religion of Islam. A letter which lay on the
mantelpiece of my parents' home contained a guide to this new
building, and only I knew where the Islamic meeting was going to be
held. A crowd of people, bustling, looking as if they couldn't
wait to find the venue, crowded round me for the precise information.
I told them - putting my figure on the correct place in the
guidebook, for example, Room 4 [I forgot the number when I
woke up, but it may have been '4'.] and they altogether
descended in haste to ground level and began to wait outside Room 4 [if
it was Room 4!]. I myself ambled behind
them at a leisurely pace.
TRUTH
A
new, impressive, enormous building has very recently
opened on the corner of Hathersage Road and Wilmsow Road,
opposite Whitworth Park. It's too early to have exact
information but, just as my dream foretold, the building offers
miscellaneous uses: student flats, shops [amongst them a 'Tesco'
Supermarket which opens 24 hours a day], and offices [including
meeting rooms].
DREAM
NO 12
SUBJECT
: DRINKING MILK
c.
1997
I
had a dream that I was drinking milk.
TRUTH
'Milk,
in general, symbolises the FITRATUL ISLAM [the natural religion
of Islam] and the SUNNAH [example] of the Prophet [PBUM].
Thus, drinking or possessing milk suggests that the observer will
attain righteousness and he will remain steadfast in his religion.
If a person sees himself drinking fresh milk [not curd or whey] of a
known animal, it implies that he will acquire wealth which is halal
[lawful]. Cow milk, camel milk and buffalo milk all symbolise
prosperity and goodness. Sheep milk also symbolises prosperity
and goodness, but to a lesser extent. IBN SIREEN, p. 53.
This dream was true because, in the next few years, Masha'Allah, I
became even more successful in my Islamic work: my Website was set
up in 2001 and I wrote numerous articles to form sections of its
entity.
DREAM
NO 13
SUBJECT
: UNKNOWN GARDEN
c.
1997
I
dreamt that I was in an unknown garden.
TRUTH
An
unknown garden represents Jannah [Paradise]. Entering and
touring such a garden suggests that the dreamer will attain Paradise
by way of making greater progress in religious matters. IBN
SIREEN, p. 52 Masha'Allah, I have made greater
progress in religious matters, having written more Islamic works and having
become the owner of a, Masha'Allah, important Website.
DREAM
NO 14
SUBJECT
: DISTRIBUTING ISLAMIC BOOKLETS
WINTER
1991
I
was with a friend named Khalid Satwilker. I opened the boot of
my car and stocked it with numerous copies of my Islamic booklets.
Khalid and I were going to take these to the Holy City of Makkah.
TRUTH
This
dream definitely came true because I visited libraries, colleges and
Universities in Bradford, Birmingham, Derby, Wolverhampton, London
and many other places quite far from Manchester to distribute copies
of my Islamic work.
DREAM
NO 15
SUBJECT
: THE EMINENCE OF HELL
c.
1997
My
younger brother and I were viewing a complicated diagram.
This diagram suggested that Hell is actually superior to
Paradise because the majority of mankind will go to Hell.
TRUTH
This
dream is definitely true because the majority of mankind does not
believe in the Truth. At no time in their history have Judaism
[when it was 'current', Christianity [when it was 'current'] or
Islam [now that it is 'current'] been the religion of the majority
of the inhabitants of the Earth. Those who follow Islam are not
immune from Hell: there is an eighth Hell for wicked Muslims
to suffer punishment before Salvation.
DREAM
NO 16
SUBJECT
: HELPING FAMILY
26
MARCH 1997
My
father asked me to buy a keeya [from the marrow family] vegetable
for the parents and siblings. So I went into a shop and I
saw a beautiful, large, healthy keeya, which was relatively
lustrous: everything else in the shop was inferior to this
vegetable! [I didn't see myself buying it in the dream!]
TRUTH
I
did help my siblings with the shopping; once I bought apples
and one of them contained the name of 'ALLAH' Most High in Arabic
[it was a dark-brown outline spreading outwards from the pips and the
interior of the apple had long 'vein-lines' [a tell-tale sign of an
impending miracle] running through it [see the 'ASPECTS OF ISLAM'
section on this Site for photographs of Islamic Miracles].
DREAM
NO 16
SUBJECT
: KHATAM
SEPTEMBER
OR OCTOBER 1996
I
had a dream ordering me to tell my parents about arranging a KHATAM
for chicken biryani, using five chickens. My parents
said, in the same dream, 'Our son has given the most respect to
Islam' [translated from the oral Punjabi].
TRUTH
At
the time of the dream, my father was severely ill, even in danger of
death. I did as the dream commanded and, Alhamdolillah,
he eventually recovered.
DREAM
NO 16
SUBJECT
: COLLECTING COMMENTS
DATE
NOT RECORDED
I
went to collect a comment from the reader of my PRACTICAL ISLAMIC
ADVICE booklet [now on this Site]. The reader's house was
attractive-looking with a well-kept garden. He or she
weren't home.
TRUTH
This
really did happen in waking life. Garden may
represent righteousness or Paradise itself [that is to say, the
Booklet shows the way to Paradise].
DREAM
NO 17
SUBJECT
: FAILING TO HELP OTHERS
WEDNESDAY
21 JANUARY 1998 [THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADHAN]
My
brother, Zaheer, was quoting from a message in English to me.
He read, 'May Allah Bless You!' I read the same message
to him in return! The dream was critical of the Haque family,
a family we had known for more than 37 years! It informed me
that the Haque family don't show anyone their files of
letters for inspiration [meaning that they are selfish because they
keep something, that can be helpful to others, secret]. So the
dream was implying that, when I publish and publicise my
Islamic work, I am being very helpful to others by inspiring them to
be righteous!
DREAM
NO 18
SUBJECT
: HELPING MOTHER
DATE
NOT RECORDED
I
saw beautiful countryside. I dreamt that I could teach
other people to take their mothers for drives in the
countryside. I was standing in the centre of a long coach and
showing off to a friend: 'I know this area like the back of my
hand!'
TRUTH
I
experienced this dream close to 1997. I have showed
various scenic routes to a number of friends over the years.
Also, in 2003, Waseem's friend, Nasser, was so
pleased to visit Arley Hall and Gardens, Appleton, Warrington,
Cheshire that he expressed an interest in taking his own mother
and wife there for a drive.
DREAM
NO 19
SUBJECT
: OSTENTATIOUS RELIGION
25
DECEMBER 1997
My
mother advised me to go to a religious function at a Mosque to show
other people that I am a religious person! I replied to her
that I don't need to prove to anyone that I am religious
because people have seen my House in Paradise in their dreams!
TRUTH
I
have told friend that, just because a Muslim reads Namaz five times
a day, that doesn't mean that he or she is religious! It's how
religion is implented in practice that matters! If a
person, likewise, fasts in the Holy Month of Ramadhan to show
others, he or she is remaining hungry for no reason at all!
DREAM
NO 20
SUBJECT
: SACRIFICE FOR ISLAM
DATE
NOT RECORDED
I
got the message in my dream: 'You have sacrificed everything
for [the sake of] Islam!'
TRUTH
I
have always tried to put Islam before anything else.
Masha'Allah, I have given many sacrifices for Allah's sake [not
marrying a fellow student at Manchester University, for example; I
obeyed my parents instead] and this dream acknowledged that Allah
will not keep any debt due to me [and it will only be 'due' because
Allah, out of Divine Mercy has decided that is so] when
the time for Heavenly Reward comes.
DREAM
NO 21
SUBJECT
: GUIDING TO BELIEF
SATURDAY
22 MARCH 1997
I
dreamt that I was telling the secret of 'essence of Islam' to
a close, English, non-Muslim friend of my brother. I cared for
my brother's friend so much that I gave him advice frim the soul: I
told him that death is inevitable and that he should convert [or
'revert'] to Islam before it is too late.
TRUTH
This
dream emphasised that I must have more compassion for non-Muslims,
that I should relax my customary viewpoint that if non-Muslims don't
want to believe in Islam, then let them be! This
dream, in fact, told me that I have a responsibility to try
to tell non-Muslims the facts of Islam, in the hope that
they will revert to before it is too late for them and they die.
I have now written A LETTER TO NON-MUSLIMS [now on this Site]
to try to guide those non-muslims who wish to revert. Perhaps
more work on this subject is needed to persuade non-Muslims to
revert, even if they are not thinking of reverting!
CONCLUSION
At
the end of writing this research paper, I was wondering what my
conclusion should [having already written the conclusions for a few
similar papers on 'dreams'; see contents of this Site]. I do
know, of course, that a good conclusion finishes the work from a
fresh angle, a different perspective; for this particular paper, I
was wondering what that perspective should be! So I am
delighted to report that I had another
true dream with which to finish off this paper! Allah
Most High Appreciates my work and is actually Helping me in this
work by confirming that, yes, the dreams which I am saying are true are,
in fact, true! This is what I dreamt [I'll give it the
reference 'No 22', to conclude the twenty-one dreams above:
DREAM
NO 22
SUBJECT:
TRUE DREAMS
WEDNESDAY
23 APRIL 2003
I
had one of the sweetest
dreams of my life! I can't recall anything specific,
but the dream was confirming that I am destined for Paradise,
Insha'Allah! By its nature, it was even more pleasant
than Dream Nos 6, 12, 13 and 20 above, and seemed to lead on from
two dreams in particular { Dream Nos 12 and 13} [it was like Allah
Miah was telling me in the dream, 'I Know
what you have been writing and, yes, what you say is the truth!'].
PRAISE
BE TO ALLAH MOST HIGH, LORD OF THE WORLDS, KNOWER OF THE VISIBLE AND
THE INVISIBLE, THE GUIDE TO THE RIGHT PATH!
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