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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 7-10A GLEAM OF HOPE AND THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES (VERSES NO. 4 - 6)

      Dreams have always been a subject of contemplation and disputes among the learned and unlearned men and women! What are these sceneries of sorrow and happiness, offensive or attractive, that we see in our dreams!?

      In the ancient times dreams were regarded as divine omens of the future. In the Qurän, as well as in the Bible, Joseph explained the Pharaoh's dream of seven fat kine being eaten up by seven lean kine, as a prophecy of seven years of famine following seven good years.
      Aristotle and other ancient Greeks viewed dreams as a revelation from gods and demons, to warn, guide, or mislead the dreamers. Some Indian scholars believe that the soul leaves the body during the sleep and participates in dream activities. Something near this assertion can be understood from S 39:42 as follows:ِ

      ``Allah takes the souls of men at the time of their death. And (ALSO) those that die not in their sleep. He retains the soul of he who is decreeed to death, and sends the others (IN THEIR BODIES) up to an appointed term. Verily in this are signs for those who think.''

      In other word; If we are to die in our sleep, our soul does not come back to the physical body, and the latter decays and dies. But if we still have some period of life to live according to God's decree, our soul comes back to the body and we resume our function in this life.
      A Persian proverb calls the sleep the twin-brother to death. Rumi has composed in his great Mathnavi; that dreams are actual events. ``Know them the truths and facts, and not false and untrue. The soul has many works to do without the body! Know that the body exists through the soul and not the soul through the body!''

      In 1900, Sigmund Freud published, THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS as a study of the nature of dreams, its sources, purposes, and meanings. Freud considered the dream to be an expression of suppressed wishes, and the outcome of unresolved problems arising in real life. But there are also truthful dreams about which Freud kept quiet and by passed them.

 

      The dream of the prisoners interpreted by Joseph in this SURA (V.NO.36) and the dream of Pharaoh (NO.43) and the above mentioned dream of Joseph himself (NO.3) which was interpreted by his father, and came to pass after several years, are all instances of truthful dreams. There are another kind of dream which is rarer but truerِthe ones in which the dreamer sees things as they actually happenِbackward or forward in time! How can we explain this? It is suggested that our soul is then in a plane of spiritual existence akin to physical death when we are nearer to God!

      Some researchers regard the dream as a form of low-grade thinking. It is generally accepted that everybody dreams for one or two hours each night. Many people do dream, but they forget it upon arising. Some psychologists are of opinion that dreaming is necessary activity, and that if it does not occur; anxiety, irritability, and increased appetite follow.

      A tradition has been narrated from our prophet that he said:ِ       ``Dreams are of three kinds:ِ Some are glad-tidings from God. Some are sorrowful, and from Satan; and some are cherished by man through his thoughts and seen as dreams.''

 

 

 

Verses 7-10A GLEAM OF HOPE AND THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES (VERSES NO. 4 - 6)
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