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Darkness Dream Meaning
Dream interpretation
Seeing darkness in a dream can symbolize ignorance, fear, and mystery. This dream may carry important messages about various aspects of your life. Understanding the nature of the darkness and its connection to your current circumstances can help you interpret its meaning. This dream may relate to different relationships, work, and personal growth in your life.
Ibn Sirin
Darkness — Islamic interpretation
From Imam Muhammad Ibn Seerin's Dictionary of Dreams According to Islamic Inner Traditions — entry "Darkness" (page 109).
In a dream, darkness means straying from God's path, being lost, committing an error, erring, confusion and perplexity. If one walks out of darkness into light in his dream, it means salvation, safety, guidance, repentance from sin or release from prison. Dark ness in a dream also represents an oppressor. Thus, walking into a dark place in a dream means being unjust. Obscurity in a dream means the darkness of one's heart or blindness. It also could mean loneliness, keeping to oneself or hiding from people. (Also see Injustice; Night)
Note: Islamic dream interpretation depends on the dreamer's circumstances and state. This is a general guide drawn directly from the source book.
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How to read this dream
- Layer in your personal context — What does darkness mean in your own life? Recent experiences and feelings sharpen the symbol's meaning for you specifically.
- Remember the emotion in the dream — How did you feel when darkness appeared? The emotion often points to the truest meaning of the dream.
- Connect it to your current life — Look for events or situations in your waking life that involve darkness or its themes — the dream is often a reflection of those.