Hell-fire in Dreams meaning

Hell-fire in Dreams

Entering Hell-fire

• Entering it → committing major sins (murder, adultery).

• Entering and coming out unharmed → worldly adversities, trials.

• Entering with unsheathed sword → speaking evil, harming one’s soul.

• Entering with a smile → the same: arrogance, evil deeds.

• As a prisoner, not knowing when → constraint, poverty, deprivation, neglect of prayer, fasting, or remembrance of God.

• Crossing burning coal → violating people’s rights.

Experiences Inside Hell

• Eating food from hell → becoming tyrannical, bloodthirsty.

• Eyes turn dark-blue & face black → befriending God’s enemies, following their deception → humiliation in this world and punishment in the hereafter.

• Limbs reprimanding dreamer → the body admonishing him to awaken to truth and prepare for the Hereafter.

Seeing Hell-fire Approaching

• Difficulties, debts, losses, fines, inescapable adversities.

General Symbolism of Hell

• Wrath of a ruler, notoriety, reputation as evil.

• Heedlessness, indulgence in abominable actions.

• Loss of prestige, poverty after wealth, despair after comfort.

• Unlawful earnings, insolence.

• Illness ending in shocking death (punishment).

• Job serving a tyrant.

• False religious innovations.

• A son born of adultery.

• Excessive lust, slaughterhouse, public bath, oven.

• Inventing a false religion, denial of truth, stinginess.

• Denial of the Day of Judgment, attributing human traits to God.

• Joining evildoers in atrocities.

Angels of Hell

• Malik (guardian of hell):

  • Seeing him → guidance after heedlessness.

  • Coming toward dreamer → salvation, restoration of faith.

  • Turning away → dreamer will commit an act leading to hell.

• Other angels of punishment → authorities, soldiers, or tax collectors.

Positive Outcome

• Entering then leaving hell → eventually entering Paradise, God willing.