In Islamic dream interpretation, the symbol of smoking carries many possible meanings. It is often associated with corruption, harm, and negative influences, both spiritual and worldly. Each meaning depends on the context of the dream and the state of the dreamer.
1. Symbol of Corruption in Faith
Smoking in a dream may symbolize corruption in one’s faith or belief, because smoke enters the chest, harms it, and pollutes it.
- Allah (Glorious is He) says:
“So whoever Allah wants to guide – He expands his breast to [contain] Islam …” (Qur’an, Al-An‘am 6:125).
Just as smoke tightens and pollutes the chest, it may symbolize spiritual misguidance.
2. Symbol of Bad Character
Smoking may also represent corruption of morals or the presence of negative traits within a person.
3. Symbol of Harmful Speech
Because smoke is expelled from the mouth and spreads in the air, it may symbolize harmful speech that hurts others, such as gossip, slander, or foul words.
4. Symbol of Negative Influences
Smoking in a dream can represent hearing evil words or being exposed to harmful influences in general, such as bad company, corrupt media, or polluted environments filled with smoke from factories or fires.
5. Symbol of the Unlawful
Smoking may symbolize consumption of unlawful (haram) food or drink, since it enters the body through the same passage as food and beverages.
6. Symbol of Machines and Engines
It may also symbolize engines or mechanical systems that work through combustion, such as steam engines, jet engines, or other smoke-producing machines.
7. Symbol of Volcanoes
Smoking in a dream could symbolize volcanoes and their eruptions, since they powerfully emit smoke from within, similar to the smoker.
8. Symbol of Devils
It may symbolize devils (shayatin), for smoking involves fire, corruption, and harm.
9. Symbol of Harmful Substances and Sorcery (sihr)
Smoking may symbolize any harmful substance that enters the body, including certain forms of sorcery that cause internal harm.
10. Symbol of Illness and Poor Health
Smoking in a dream may symbolize illness or poor health, especially diseases of the chest, lungs, mouth, and teeth—even if the dreamer is not a smoker in real life.
11. Symbol of Chimneys and Workplaces
It may also symbolize household chimneys or workplaces that involve smoke, such as restaurants, factories, or industries that rely on furnaces.
12. Symbol of Punishment or Trial
Smoking in a dream may symbolize punishment, suffering, or trials, since it is harmful and unpleasant.
13. Symbol of Wasting Money
It may symbolize loss of wealth, as smoking is literally a way of burning and wasting money.
14. Symbol of Corrupt Offspring
Smoking may also symbolize corrupt or disobedient children, because the smoke that enters and leaves the body is likened to a child who emerges from his father and mother.
15. Symbol of Mistreatment of Parents
Smoking in a dream may symbolize mistreating one’s parents, since the smoker exhales smoke in a way that resembles annoyance or disrespect.
- Allah (Exalted is He) says:
“…So do not say to them even ‘uff’ (a word of irritation), and do not repel them …” (Qur’an, Al-Isra 17:23).
16. Symbol of Exclusion or Rejection
Finally, smoking in a dream may symbolize being excluded or rejected from certain places or opportunities where smoking is prohibited.
For example, if someone applies for a job at a company where smoking is not allowed, and he dreams of smoking, it may mean that he will not be accepted for the position.
Conclusion
In summary, smoking in dreams is rarely a positive symbol. It may represent corruption in belief, bad morals, harmful speech, unhealthy influences, unlawful consumption, wasted wealth, illness, or even rejection from opportunities. Like smoke itself, it often signifies harm, pollution, and spiritual or worldly trials.
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