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THE
SIGNIFICANCE
OF DREAMS:
THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT
DR
UMAR
AZAM
MANCHESTER,
UK
AUGUST
2005
INTRODUCTION
THE
FOLLOWING IS A CASE-STUDY OF SEVERAL OF MY OWN DREAMS WHICH
HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE THE OPPOSITE OF �MEANINGLESS� I.E.
�MEANINGFUL�! IN THIS SENSE, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE KIND
I HAVE PRESENTED IN ANOTHER PAPER � �TRUE DREAMS�. SIGNIFICANT
DREAMS ARE RATHER DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS BE
LITERALLY TRUE, BUT THEY
GIVE
EXPLANATIONS
FOR EVENTS/OCCURENCES WHICH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EASILY ACCOUNTED
FOR.
DREAM
NUMBER ONE / 5 AUGUST 2003
WHILE
I HAD GONE OUT, A MIDDLE-AGED, MALE MEMBER OF THE [OLDHAM
MUSLIM] COMMUNITY VISITED FIZA KHAN AND CORRUPTED HER AGAINST
ME. IN THE DREAM, THERE WAS A WONDERFUL FEELING THAT FIZA WAS
ACTUALLY MY WIFE AS WELL AS MY PUPIL, AND A FEELING OF
IMMINENT DANGER FROM THE BACKBITER WHO HAD CORRUPTED
HER.
IN
HINDSIGHT
FIZA
WAS THE SISTER OF ONE OF MY PUPILS, ZARA KHAN. ALTHOUGH SHE
HAD LEFT SCHOOL AFTER G.C.S.E. EXAMS, SHE WAS STILL KEEN TO
LEARN HIGHER WORK FROM ME. SHE WAS POLITE, KIND AND FRIENDLY
TOWARDS ME. BUT WHEN I WENT TO GIVE ZARA AND FIZA THE
SCHEDULED LESSON ON SUNDAY 10 AUGUST, I FOUND THEM AWAF FROM
HOME. THEREAFTER, FIZA�S MANNER HAD CHANGED TOWARDS ME: SHE
WAS MORE ALOOF AND A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS OF MY INTENTIONS. AFTER
TWO MORE WEEKS, SHE STOPPED COMING INTO THE ROOM, WHERE I WAS
TEACHING ZARA, ALTOGETHER.
DREAM
NUMBER TWO / c. 4 AUGUST 2003
I
DREAMT THAT MY INFANT NEPHEW, SULEIMAN, EARNESTLY THANKED ME
FOR WINNING HIM MANY TOYS FROM THE MEGA-CRANE MACHINES AT
MANCHESTER AIRPORT AND PARRS WOOD LEISURE
CENTRE.
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM WAS TELLING ME THAT THE PHASE OF WINNING TOYS FOR MY
NEPHEWS HAD ENDED. SURE ENOUGH, FIVE DAYS LATER, MY MOTHER
TOLD ME TO STOP
BRINGING THE SOFT TOYS FOR THE NEPHEWS BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO
BLACK BIN BAGS FULL OF THE BRAND-NEW TOYS. SHE SUGGESTED I
GIVE FURTHER WINNINGS TO MY PUPILS� FAMILIES
INSTEAD!
DREAM
NUMBER THREE / 10 NOVEMBER 2003 [THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADHAN
1424]
I
SAW THE FACE OF MY YOUNGEST SISTER [IN THE DREAM, I KNEW THAT
THIS PERSON WAS MY YOUNGEST SISTER] AND IT WAS AN UGLY AND
RATHER A SUFFERING, EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSION! OUR FATHER WAS
THERE AND HE HAD A SURPRISE FOR ME. OUR MOTHER WAS THERE TOO.
EVERYONE EXCEPT ME SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEN I GOT THE SHOCK OF MY LIFE! FATHER TOLD ME THAT MY
YOUNGEST SISTER WOULD BE GOING AWAY FROM ME, ON HOLIDAY. I
BURST INTO TEARS BECAUSE I WOULD BE MISSING HER SO MUCH. THE
TEARS WERE HEART-RENDING, FILLED WITH GRIEF. [WHEN I WOKE UP
FROM THIS DREAM, I COULDN�T GO BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN! IT WAS A
VERY PAINFUL DREAM!]
IN
HINDSIGHT
I
DID GET THE SHOCK OF MY LIFE ON MONDAY 21 MARCH 2005! MY
MIDDLE SISTER PHONED ME TO TELL ME THAT OUR MOTHER HAD PASSED
AWAY IN HOSPITAL. SO, OF COURSE, ALL THE FAMILY SUFFERED SO
MUCH GRIEF IN THE FOLLOWING FEW WEEKS. BUT MY MOTHER [MAY
ALLAH BLESS HER SOUL] HAD HAD SUCH A WRETCHED LIFE THAT DEATH
MUST HAVE SEEMED TO BE A MERCIFUL RELEASE FROM HER SUFFERING
[SYMBOLISED BY MY SISTER GOING ON
HOLIDAY].
DREAM
NUMBER FOUR / 23 MARCH 2005
THIS
DREAM REMINDED ME, AND EMPHASISED, THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, 93 INTO
45 IS NOT POSSIBLE [IMPLYING THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS, FOR
EXAMPLE, ALLOCATED TO MUM�S LIFE CANNOT BE ALTERED � THAT A
LIFE SPAN IS LOGICAL,
NOT ILLOGICAL
AS THE ABOVE SUM SHOWS]. [LATER] I DREAMT THAT I SAW THE
TITLE:
JANNAT
�AL-NAEEM
[2003]
I
ALTERED THIS TO:
JANNAT-AL-NAEEM
[2005]
HENCE,
I HAD EDITED THE TITLE TO BRING IT UP TO DATE. THESE TITLES
WERE IN THE FORM OF REFERENCES TO MY PUBLICATIONS E.G. DREAMS
IN ISLAM [1992].
IN
HINDSIGHT
AFTER
MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY, I HELPED WITH THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
AND ALSO DID MUCH TO ENSURE THE SMOOTH RUNNING OF ALL THE
KHATAMS
[PRAYER SESSIONS] FOR THE REWARD OF MY MOTHER�S SOUL IN THE
MOSQUE. AS A REWARD, INSHA�ALLAH, I�LL BE GIVEN MUCH IN THE
HEREAFTER! MORE ABOUT JANNAT AL-NAEEM CAN BE LEARNED
FROM:
http://www.gujranwalacity.com/cgi-bin/board/index.pl?session=PecgnBYbr5hSxKbXImrspwHsQs&forum=6&thread=6
DREAM
NUMBER FIVE / SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2005
MUM�S
GRAVE WAS COVERED ON TOP WITH PRETTY FLOWERS. AN ISLAMIC
ORGANISATION IN CANADA GAVE DIRECTIONS TO MUM�S GRAVE. ANOTHER
ISLAMIC ORGANISATION PLACED A BEAUTIFUL, TALL, LAYERED,
ATTRACTIVE [WITH ITS PINK COLOURS] DECORATION
ON MUM�S GRAVE! THIS DECORATION WAS LIKE A WEDDING CAKE WITH
TOWERS � IT WAS COMPRISED OF VERY FINE RIBBON-LIKE CUTS. IT
CANNOT ADEQUATELY BE DESCRIBED! HER GRAVE WAS BUSY WITH SOULS
COMING AND GOING. MUM SEEMEED TO BE EMINENT IN THE HEREAFTER.
IN THE MIDST OF ALL THESE SOULS WAS THAT OF UNCLE
ANWAR,
MY MOTHER�S OLDER BROTHER. HE SAID, �THEIR MUM WAS MY
SISTER!�
IN
HINDSIGHT
THE
FOLLOWING IS A CIRCULAR LETTER WHICH I SENT TO HUNDREDS OF
INTERNET USERS REQUESTING A COPY OF MY PRAYERS IN ISLAM. IN
IT, I ASK FOR PRAYERS FOR THE SOUL OF MY MOTHER. I DID RECEIVE
MANY REQUESTS FROM CANADA TOO:
Assalamu
Alaikum
First
of all, I'd be grateful if you would pray for the soul of my
mother![[image]](THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DREAMS_files/m.gif) (Rashida Begum Azam)who passed away on 21 March
2005. JazakAllah
Khair!
Thank
you for your request [REQ.
NO. 5 3 0]
I''m
sending you 'Prayers
in Islam'
-which I have compiled with great effort- as an
attachment. [Please scroll right to the bottom to see
all the work.] You should print out this copy and then
save my message in your 'received' folder. You are then
most welcome to send it to your family and friends as an
attachment with your own mail [after transferring the 'Prayers
in Islam' to the 'drafts' folder or the 'desktop' of your
own computer]. Because
there is no copyright, this e-book can be put on Islamic
websites.
In the meantime, please send me your comments on this work;
here are a few points you could consider:
a] Is
the work easy to read?
b]
How can the work be useful?
c]
How can it be improved?
d]
How can it be promoted?
If
you like, please ask your friends & relatives to request a
copy and leave the rest to me!
Dr
Umar BA PhD FRSA FRSSA
Please
see my Site: http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
and sign my Guest Book with your honest and valuable
comments.
NOTE:
One or two readers have told me that
the Microsoft
Word
'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' attachment which I have sent at times opens
in English only
and, at other times, opens in Arabic only.
If you experience this problem [in other words your computer
browser won't fully display
the attachment, then please feel free to download the reserve
copy of 'PRAYERS IN ISLAM' from my Site http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
[it is one section of the Site].
DREAM
NUMBER SIX / 22 NOVEMBER 2004
I
DREAMT THAT I WAS EXPECTING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM
MY MOTHER.
IN
HINDSIGHT
IN
THE EARLY PART OF 2005, I RECEIVED ALMOST �3,000 FROM MY
MOTHER. SHE ALREADY
KNEW, [THOUGH NO OTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY DID FOR SURE]
THAT
SHE WAS GOING TO PASS AWAY AND WAS MAKING FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.
I USED PART OF THIS MONEY TO CONTRIBUTE TO HER FUNERAL
EXPENSES.
DREAM
NUMBER SEVEN / 7 APRIL 2005
I
SAW MY MOTHER SITTING ON A SETEEE. THEN THE DREAM TOLD ME THAT
MY MOTHER WOULD BE GOING AWAY AFTER JUST A WHILE OF STAYING
AROUND A LITTLE LONGER.
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM TOLD ME THAT MY MOTHER WAS GOING TO PASS AWAY
SOON.
DREAM
NUMBER EIGHT / 9 JANUARY 2005
I
HAD A VERY EMOTIONAL AND CARING DREAM WHICH TOLD ME, �BE KIND
TO YOUR MOTHER IF YOU WANT HER TO LIVE A FEW YEARS MORE!�
IN
HINDSIGHT
MY
MOTHER WAS PICKING ARGUMENTS WITH ME AND I WOULD HAVE
RETALIATED BUT I BEHAVED MEEKLY. AS IT TURNED OUT, INSTEAD OF
YEARS, MY MOTHER HAD WEEKS TO LIVE.
DREAM
NUMBER NINE / c. JUNE 2005
I
DREAMT THAT I SHOULD TELEPHONE MY SISTER REGULARLY, NOW THAT
OUR MOTHER HAS GONE. THE COMPASSIONATE VOICE IN THE DREAM
SAID, �POOR LAMBSIE! SHE�S LONELY NOW THAT HER MOTHER HAS
PASSED AWAY!�
IN
HINDSIGHT
MY
YOUNGEST SISTER DID
CONFESS
THAT SHE MISSED MUM VERY MUCH AND THAT NO-ONE ELSE COULD TAKE
OUR MOTHER�S PLACE. I USED TO CALL MY YOUNGEST SISTER �LAMB�
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG � I STILL DO!
DREAM
NUMBER TEN / 11 JUNE 2005
I
DREAMT THAT SOMEONE GAVE ME MEDICINE IN THE FORM OF
TABLETS.
IN
HINDSIGHT
I
WAS IN LOVE WITH ZARINA,
THE GIRL I WANTED TO MARRY, FOR ABOUT NINETEEN YEARS FROM 1983
� 2002 [SIMULTANEOUSLY I WAS IN LOVE WITH VARIOUS OTHER GIRLS
TOO]. MY EMOTIONAL PAIN DRAINED ME OF ENERGY, MAKING ME FEEL
LETHARGIC AND ILL. THIS DREAM INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD BE
RECOVERING COMPLETELY IN DUE COURSE.
DREAM
NUMBER ELEVEN / 7 NOVEMBER 2004 [THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADHAN
1424]
I
DREAMT THAT I SHOULD BUY NEW CLOTHES BECAUSE I WOULD BE, FOR
EXAMPLE, TEACHING IN A SCHOOL AND MY STUDENTS WOULD BE TAKING
NOTICE OF ME.
IN
HINDSIGHT
AT
THE TIME OF THIS DREAM, I WAS MAINLY WORKING ON MY OWN ON THE
INTERNET AND TUTORING PUPILS IN THEIR HOMES [I WAS INFORMAL IN
MANNER]. I WORE GREY TROSERS THAT HAD BEEN CUT SHORT AND WERE
NOT TURNED UP AT THE ENDS! I APPLIED TO TEACH ISLAMIC STUDIES,
ON AN HORLY BASIS, AT HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY ON 15 JULY
2005.
DREAM
NUMBER TWELVE/ 8 JANUARY 2004
I
DREAMT THAT MY WEBSITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED ONTO POWERFUL, NEW SERVERS BY
NETWORLD
NETWORKS
[AND SO I WAS IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION WITH MY WEBSITE THAN
WAS PREVIOUSLY THE CASE WITH UK
WEB DESIGN.
FROM THE DREAM, I GOT THE FEELING THAT THIS STRONGER POSITION
WOULD ENDURE
IN THE FUTURE].
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM WAS EXACTLY RIGHT. HERE IS AN E-MAIL I RECEIVED FROM
BILAL AT NETWORLD
NETWORKS:
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Assalamu
Alaikum, Dr Umar, Apologies for not having added your award to
your site yet. Unfortunately the services of Networld
Networks
have been in huge demand, also we spend a considerable amount
of time taking care of and maintaining existing websites. For
example when you initially came to Networld
Networks
your website was 50Mb and you purchased a control panel of
85mb. But slowly over time your website has grown to almost
80mbs. As you have only 5Mbs of free space this is very
detrimental to your website, so we have been transferring all
your website files to a bigger more advanced server. If you go
to your control panel now you will see that your server space
has been increased to 900Mbs! (Free of charge). The minute I
have some time I will add your new award, but I want to make
sure that all your files are correctly placed and linked
together on the new server. Thanks. Bilal
DREAM
NUMBER THIRTEEN / 5 OCTOBER 2004
I
DREAMT THAT MANSOUR MAKKI GAVE ME A TYPESETTING OF ARABIC
VERSES FOR PRAYERS
IN ISLAM
WHICH CONTAINED SOME SORT OF TECHNICAL DEFECT, SUCH AS
FORMATTING. EVEN WHEN I ALLOCATED THE TASK OF RESOLVING THE
DEFECT TO SOMEONE ELSE [A FRIEND OF HIS], THIS FAULT
PERSISTED! [THE
ATMOSPHERE OF THIS DREAM WAS ONE OF TROUBLE OR DIFFICULTY,
LIKE A NIGHTMARE].
DREAM
NUMBER FOURTEEN/ 8 DECEMBER 2004
I
DREAMT THAT A MAULVI WAS DISTRIBUTING MY E-BOOK PRAYERS IN
ISLAM OVER THE INTERNET. HE SAID, �IT�S BETTER IF THE BOOK IS
IN ARABIC!�
IN
HINDSIGHT : DREAM NUMBERS THIRTEEN AND
FOURTEEN
I
HAD PAID MANSOUR �50 FOR TWO HOURS� TYPESTTING OF ARABIC
CHARACTERS FOR PRAYERS
IN ISLAM.
I WAS FEELING VERY PLEASED THAT THIS TITLE WAS TO BE
RE-PUBLISHED FOR THE MY WEBSITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
SUCH A LONG TIME AFTER I HAD INITIALLY COMPILED IT [1984]. BUT
THIS DREAM TOLD ME THAT I WOULD BE ENCOUNTERING A MAJOR
PROBLEM. SURE ENOUGH, I RECEIVED SEVERAL COMMENTS FROM READERS
WHO FELT THAT PRAYERS
IN ISLAM
WAS NOT VERY EASY TO READ FOR THOSE WITH LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF
ARABIC. THE FOLLOWING QUOTE IS AN EXAMPLE:
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Bismillaah
Walhamdulillaah WasSalaatu WasSalaam Ala
Rasulillaah.
WaAlaykum
AsSalaam w.r. w.b.
Thanks
a lot. If there is a way to add the vowels (harakaat -
Fatha/Damma/Kasra - Zabar/Pesh/Zer) on the Arabic, that would
make it more readable for non-Arabs
Insha'Allaah.
On
your website it said vote for some web award, but I could not
find where to vote.
Jazakum
Allaahu Khayran. WasSalaam.
Salman
Zafar Shaikh
[email protected]
[email protected]
DREAM
NUMBER FIFTEEN / c. DECEMBER 2000
I
DREAMT THAT I IGNITED THE POWERFUL ENGINE OF A SPACIOUS VAN
WHICH HAD MORE ROOM AT THE BACK THAN I NEEDED!
IN
HINDSIGHT
MY
ISLAMIC WORK HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY DRIED UP. I WAS RECEIVING
VERY FEW LETTERS BY ROYAL
MAIL.
TO IMPROVE MY CORRESPONDENCE STATISTICS, I KEPT ON WRITING TO
LIBRARIES, ASKING HOW MANY TIMES DREAMS IN ISLAM HAD BEEN
BORROWED! THIS DREAM WAS TELLING ME THAT I WOULD SOON BE USING
A VERY POWERFUL MACHINE [SYMBOLISED BY ME BEING THE DRIVER OF
THE VAN AND STARTING ITS ENGINE]. WHEREAS BEFORE THE CREATION
OF MY WEBSITE IN ITS MOST BASIC FORM IN THE SUMMER OF 2001, I
WAS LUCKY TO RECEIVE 50 ROYAL
MAIL
LETTERS A MONTH, 50 E-MAILS PER MONTH WAS QUITE NORMAL FOR ME,
AND I EVEN RECEIVED 202 IN SEPTEMBER 2003! FOR FURTHER
STATISTICS, SEE MY PAPER ISLAMIC
ARCHIVAL WORK
ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
DREAM
NUMBER SIXTEEN / 2 AUGUST 2004
I
HAD AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS DREAM +. IN THE FIRST PART, I
DREAMT THAT A LIBRARY HAD FIVE COMPLETED FORMS OF READERS�
COMMENTS FOR PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE
FOR ME TO COLLECT! * THEN, IN THE NEXT SCENE, MY UNKNOWN WIFE
WAS THE LIBRARIAN�S ASSISTANT. THE LIBRARIAN WAS A DIGNIFIED
AND RESPECT-WORTHY LADY. THE UNKNOWN WIFE WAS STUNNINGLY
BEAUTIFUL; SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY RADIANT! SHE WAS ALSO A PIOUS
CHARACTER. I ASKED MY UNKNOWN WIFE TO COMPLETE A FORM TOO.
BUT, WHEN SHE HEARD MY REQUEST, SHE BECAME QUITE INCENSED WITH
RAGE ^ AND WALKED A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM ME [QUITE FAR}, SO AS
TO KEEP HER DISTANCE! BUT, NEAR THE END OF THE DREAM, THE
CONSIDERATE LIBRARIAN WAS TELLING HER TO DO AS I
SAID.
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I FELT REALLY HOLY WHEN I WOKE UP.
-
THERE
WAS A MARVELLOUS FEELING IN THE DREAM THAT THE VALUE OF MY
WORK PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE
HAS NOT EXPIRED � IT IS STILL ONGOING, RELEVANT AND
IMPORTANT!
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^
QUITE A FEW MUSLIM GIRL STUDENTS BEHAVED IN THIS MANNER IN
THE 1990s WHEN I WANTED COMMENTS AFTER GIVING THEM MY
PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE.
THEY TOOK THE BOOKLET BUT DIDN�T PROVIDE FEEDBACK. THEIR
REACTION ANGERED AND MYSTIFIED ME AT THE
TIME.
IN
HINDSIGHT
I
PRODUCED PRACTICAL
ISLAMIC ADVICE
IN FEBRUARY 1995. IT IS NOW ON MY SITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
MORE THAN TEN YEARS LATER, I�M STILL RECEIVING FAVOURABLE
COMMENTS ABOUT IT, THIS TIME ON THE INTERNET. THE FOLLOWING
RECENT
COMMENTS ARE EXAMPLES:
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Survey
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Title:
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Name:
Sadiya
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School/College/University:
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Assalamvalaikum
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you very much.
Good
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Comments
from your Website
Name:
Rizwan
Azam
Age:
25
Gender:
Male
City:
Lahore
Country:
Pakistan
Email
Address:
rizwana
Website:
www.
School/College/University:
Comments:
Dear
Sir,
There
is no doubt that some people are exceptional by
the grace of God. But I
don�t
understand the way you have chosen for the
appreciations and gratification
Regards
Rizwan
Azam
Lahore,
Pakistan
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DREAM
NUMBER SEVENTEEN / 25 DECEMBER 2004
I
DREAMT THAT I WAS BEING SHOWN, OR TAKEN TO, SOME NOTEWORTHY
BUILDING. I WAS IN THE COMPANY OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER EDWARD
HEATH AND ANOTHER INFLUENTIAL PERSON. WHEN I SAW THE BUILDING,
I MENTIONED THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN! THEN I
MET THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER. SHE ADMIRED
MY POETRY AND ASKED HOW IT WAS THAT I COULD WRITE SUCH GOOD
POETRY. I REPLIED, �I DID HISTORY, POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY AT
[MANCHESTER] UNIVERSITY, AND THAT�S WHAT HAS HELPED ME TO
FORMULATE SUCH GOOD POETRY!�
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM OCCURRED AT A TIME WHEN I BEGAN TO FEEL THAT MY POETRY
HAD BEEN A WASTE OF TIME [SEE THE POETRY LINK ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
] BUT, WHEN I WOKE UP FROM THIS DREAM, I FELT LIKE WRITING
MORE POEMS BECAUSE SUCH EMINENT POLITICIANS HAD APPROVED OF IT
IN MY DREAM.
DREAM
NUMBER EIGHTEEN / 29 DECEMBER 2004
I
DREAMT THAT IMMIGRANTS, OR VISITORS, WERE COMING TO THE UK,
FROM THE WEST, ON A SHIP THAT WAS TWENTY
MILES
IN LENGTH!
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM WAS EMPHASISING THE HUGE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM
SEEKERS INTO THE UK, FROM TRADITIONAL [ASIA] AND NEW [EASTERN
EUROPE] AREAS OF THE WORLD.
DREAM
NUMBER NINETEEN / 27 FEBRUARY 2005
I
DREAMT THAT I WAS IN AN UNFAMILIAR, WOODLAND AREA OF THE UK
[WHERE I HAD GONE TO DO ISLAMIC WORK]. THE SCENERY WAS BLUISH.
WOLVES
WERE
GOING TO COME IN THE NIGHT!
IN
HINDSIGHT
I
READ IN THE
SUNDAY POST
[AN EDITION IN JUNE 2005 OR THEREABOUTS] OF A PLAN BY THE
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE TO RE-INTRODUCE WOLVES TO THE INVERNESSHIRE
AREA OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.
SEE
THE �WOLF TRUST� LINK ON:
http://www.wolftrust.org.uk/
DREAM
NUMBER TWENTY / 24 JUNE 2004
I
DREAMT THAT KHALID, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, ASKED ME TO SEND A
WEBSITE AWARD CODE * FOR HIS SON, USMAN, BUT I REPLIED THAT I
DIDN�T HAVE ONE TO SEND!
IN
HINDSIGHT
MY
NEPHEW HAD ONLY BEEN BORN ONLY TWO DAYS PREVIOUSLY! I HAD
VISITED HIM IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT ST. MARY�S HOSPITAL.
HE HAD SEVERE DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS [GREEN BILE HAD BEEN COMING
FROM HIS LIPS; HE HAD BEEN VOMITING, ETC.] AND AN OPERATION
WAS REQUIRED. MY SISTER, MOTHER AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY,
INCLUDING KHALID OF COURSE, WERE REALLY WORRIED, BUT I
COMFORTED THEM BY SAYING THAT, INSHA�ALLAH, EVERYTHING WOULD
BE FINE. THE HOSPITAL DID A TERRIFIC JOB AND USMAN RECOVERED
WELL. THIS DREAM WAS GIVING ME THE COMFORTING NEWS THAT
USMAN�S HEATH WOULD BE NORMAL AND THAT HE IS A COURAGEOUS BABY
� A CHAMPION, IN FACT!
DREAM
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE / 4 APRIL 2005
I
HEARD A VERY SWEET, LOW-VOICED, MELODIOUS QAWWALI
[ISLAMIC
DEVOTIONAL MUSIC] WHICH SOUNDED VERY PLEASANT AND HOLY! I WAS
AFRAID THAT THE RECORDING MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE TO ME AGAIN
BECAUSE THE QAWWALI
WAS SO PRECIOUS. BUT THEN I WAS RELIEVED TO SEE THAT THE
QAWWALI
WAS INDEED AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET � I SAW ITS URL ON THE
ADDRESS BAR!
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM REFLECTS THE LOVE WITH WHICH I PRODUCE MY ISLAMIC
RESEARCH PAPERS ON �DREAMS�, SUCH AS �PHILOSOPHICAL DREAMS�,
FOR MY WESITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
WHILE PRODUCING THE VARIOUS SECTIONS WHICH COMPRISE THE WHOLE
OF SUCH PAPERS, I SAVE THEM AS �DRAFT� IN MY E-MAIL ACCOUNT
AND EVEN TRANSFER SECTIONS TO MY OTHER E-MAIL ACCOUNTS, SO
THAT THEY CANNOT BE ACCIDENTALLY DELETED. [WORK ON FLOPPY
DISCS CAN BE LOST IF THE DISC IS LOST OR STOLEN.] I ALWAYS
TEND TO THINK THAT, ONCE I HAVE DONE THE WORK TO MY
SATISFACTION, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THAT HIGH STANDARD
AGAIN! THIS DREAM USES THE QAWWALI �ALWAYS VERY POPULAR AS A
SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS INSPIRATION TO LISTENERS- AS A METAPHOR
FOR MY ISLAMIC WORK, WHICH IS ALSO INSPIRIRATIONAL FOR
READERS.
DREAM
NUMBER TWENTY-TWO / 6 APRIL 2004
I
DREAMT THAT OVERSEAS STUDENTS STUDYING AT BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
CHEAT
IN HIGHER DEGREES � THEY COPY, PLAGIARISE ETC.- BUT THE
UNIVERSITIES DO NOT NOTICE! [IN THE NEXT SCENE] I COMPOSED A
VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF ISLAMIC WORK, FOR MY WEBSITE http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/,
IN MY E-MAIL ACCOUNT, BUT I WAS HORRIFIED TO DISCOVER THAT
THAT THE COMPUTER HAD NOT SAVED THE DRAFT. I HAD WASTED HOURS
OF HARD WOK! TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE A YOUNGSTER TO WHOM I HAD
THE DRAFT AS A GIFT TO LEARN FROM ALSO DELETED IT! AT THE END
OF THE DREAM, HOWEVER, I WAS MOST
RELIEVED
TO DISCOVER THAT I HAD, IN FACT, PRINTED
OUT
THE SHEETS BEFORE THE WORK WAS DELETED, SO THE WORK WAS NOT
LOST! IN THE DREAM, I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, �IF THIS WORK
HAD GOT LOST, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE THE LIKE
OF IT AGAIN! SO THERE WAS A FEELING OF GREAT REGRET. THE FIRST
THREE OR FOUR PRINTOUTS OF MY WORK WERE WRITTEN IN BEAUTIFUL
ARABIC [IT WAS VERY TTRACTIVE AND ARTISTIC WRITING] AND THEN
SHEETS OF ENGLISH ANALYSIS FOLLOWED. I ALSO SAW THE BABY-FACED
FACE OF A MUSLIM TEENAGER, SO THAT THE DREAM CONFIRMED THAT MY
EFFORTS WILL BE USEFUL TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF MUSLIMS
AND INDEED TO THOSE IN POSTERITY.
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM WAS CONTRASTING MY IMPORTANT, ORIGINAL, SCHOLARLY WORK
WITH THE CHEATING ASSIGNMENTS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS PURSUING
RESEARCH DEGREES AT UK UNIVERSITIES. IT WAS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT I HAD PRODUCED QUALITY RESEARCH PAPERS ON VARIOUS TOPICS
WITHIN THE FIELD OF �ISLAMIC DREAMS�, AND THAT COMPLETION OF
OTHERS WAS IMMINENT [I HAD ALREADY PRODUCED TEN
IN 2003; FOUR WERE PRODUCED IN 2003; I EXPECT TO PRODUCE FIVE
THIS YEAR, INSHA�ALLAH]. CHECK DATES OF MY WORKS ON http://www.dr-umar-azam.com/
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
DREAM
NUMBER TWENTY-THREE / 22 NOVEMBER 2003
I
DREAMT THAT I WAS IN A ROOM WITH PRESIDENT BUSH AND SOME
OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. A REPORTER ASKED THE
PRESIDENT, �ARE YOU STILL A VIRGIN?� WHEN HE HEARD THIS
QUESTION, THE PRESIDENT EXPLODED WITH THE EMOTION OF AN
IMMATURE ANGER, AND ORDERED HIS ARMED FORCES TO GO ON THE
OFFENSIVE. I SAW A US AIR FORCE HELICOPTER WILDLY FIRING ITS
MISSILES DEMENTEDLY, AND IT ALSO RELEASED A VAST QUANTITY OF
RED GAS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE [THIS SCENE WAS EXPLOSIVE AND
DRAMATIC IN THE DREAM]. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, �HOW AMATEUR AND
CHILDISH [ALMOST DOWNRIGHT �NAUGHTY�] THE FOOLISH PRESIDENT
IS!�
IN
HINDSIGHT
I
EXPERIENCED THIS DREAM AT A TIME WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH HAD JUST
CONCLUDED A TOUR OF THE UK. I HAD SEEN PICTURES OF HIM AND H.
M. THE QUEEN, AND HIM AND TONY BLAIR, IN NEWSPAPERS. THE
PRESIDENT�S FOREIGN POLICY IS RASH AND COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE TO
WESTERN INTERESTS. IT SEEM THAT THE PRESIDENT REALISES THAT
THE US HAS MILITARY POWER AND HE IS KEEN TO USE IT IN HASTE.
AT THE TIME OF MY WRITING THIS PAPER [9 AUGUST 2005], AMERICAN
CASUALTIES IN IRAQ ARE MOUNTING RAPIDLY. THE PRESIDENT WAS
GUILTY,
NOT
INNOCENT [REPRESENTED BY �VIRGINITY�] IN THIS
DREAM!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-17-bragg--rally_x.htm
http://www.chicagoantiwar.org/
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
DREAM
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR /11 DECEMBER 2003
THE
DREAM BEGAN AS I WALKED INTO AN EXTENSIVE HALL. I WAS
TERRIFIED TO SEE A VERY LARGE MACHETE THERE. THEN I NOTICED
OTHER LONG KNIVES AND AMMUNITION INCLUDING RIFLES. * IT WAS
ONLY AFTERWARDS THAT I REALISED THAT I WAS IN A MOSQUE! AN
AGGRESSIVE WHITE ENGLISHMAN � WAS IN THE MOSQUE TOO AND HE WAS
AN UNDERLING OF THE SEVERE IMAM OF THE MOSQUE!
^
IN
HINDSIGHT
THIS
DREAM WAS FORECASTING THE LONDON BOMBINGS OF 7/7/05 AND THE
BOMBING ATTEMPTS OF 21/7/05, AND EMPHASISING THE UNDESIRABLE
MILITARISM OF CLERICS SUCH AS ABU HAMZA, SHEIKH OMAR BAKRI AND
ABU QATADA. THESE CLERICS HAVE BEEN THRIVING BECAUSE OF
BLOODTHIRSTY ACTS OF SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS, AND
MISTREATMENT OF PRISONERS, BY AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS IN
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS [SEE DREAM NO 23
ABOVE]. SUCH POLICIES DO NOT BEFIT WESTERN NATIONS WHICH ARE
REGARDED AS THE FLAG-BEARERS OF DEMOCRACY.
*SOME
MOSQUES IN THE UK HAVE BECOME MILITARISTIC, ADVOCATING
VIOLENCE.
�MUSLIMS
ARE NOT NECESSARILY MAINLY ASIAN AND AFRICAN. MANY WHITE
PEOPLE HAVE CONVERTED TO ISLAM.
^THE
HEARTS OF CERTAIN MUSLIM �HOLY PEOPLE� �CUSTODIANS OF MOSQUES-
ARE NOWADAYS HARD. THIS HARD-HEARTEDNESS IS UNCHARACTERISTIC
OF A GENUINE [COMPASSIONATE] MUSLIM. THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS NOW
STARTED TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM:http://uk.news.yahoo.com/13082005/17/government-bans-radical-cleric-return-uk.html
CONCLUSION
SOME
PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, ARE ALWAYS OF THE OPINION THAT
�DREAMS ARE JUST DREAMS � THEY DON�T MEAN ANYTHING!� I HOPE
THAT I HAVE SHOWN IN THIS PAPER THAT THEY DO
MEAN SOMETHING � AT LEAST IN THE CASE OF MY
OWN DREAMS |