Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 207
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 207 H udaibiyah, God gave Muslims the great tidings of the victory of Khyber and Makkah was conquered as a blessed reward of this truce. If this dream had been fulfilled literally and the Muslim were able to perform ‘Umrah that year, the blessings which resulted from this truce would have been lost. In the Holy Qur’ a n this truce has been called a Manifest victory. 14 The dream about the migration to Mad i nah was of a similar nature. The true interpretation became clear later on. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was shown an area with palm trees as his land of intended migration. H u du r sa interpreted it as the area of Yam a mah or H ajr. Later on it turned out to be 'Yathrab', 'Madinatur Ras u l'. 15 The concealment of the name of the place in the dream had this deep wisdom that its revelation might have proved dangerous. Divulgence of interpretation after the fulfilment of the dream Interpretation of some of the dreams is not clear at the time of the dream but is properly understood later on, when the dream is fulfilled. The wisdom in this delay seems to be that when the actual event takes place, man experiences peace of heart in perceiving the inherent Divine intent in that affair. An example of such a dream is that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was shown in a dream