Islamic tradition
Flying in Islamic dream interpretation
Flight is read as travel, elevation and ambition, and the manuals ask where the dreamer was going.
What this page is
What follows describes readings recorded in this tradition, with the tradition's own qualifications attached. It is not a claim that a dream about any of these things means anything, and it is not religious guidance.
Flying is associated with a journey, with rising in station, and in some readings with the soul. The direction and destination carry the interpretation: flying towards a known place is read differently from flying without one.
Flying too high, or beyond sight of the ground, is read cautiously in most compilations, on the same logic that governs the fire readings: the same act in measure and in excess are two different images.
Flying with wings and flying without them are distinguished in several manuals, which is characteristic of how finely the tradition divides its material.
What is actually recorded about dreaming of flying
Flying is the most positively reported dream experience there is, and the most strongly associated with lucidity. Many people who realise they are dreaming try to fly, and many who fly realise they are dreaming.
The flying entrySources and reviewed references
1 reference. What these labels mean
- 1.Ta'bir al-Ru'ya and the dream manuals attributed to Ibn SirinReligious or philosophical text
Attributed to Muhammad ibn Sirin (died 728 CE)
Cited for: The symbol readings of the classical Islamic dream-interpretation tradition as they circulate. ⚠ Authorship is disputed: Ibn Sirin was a real early figure renowned for dream interpretation, and the large manuals sold under his name are later compilations that gathered material from several hands. The tradition is genuine; the single-author attribution is not, and the pages say so.