Chapters (surahs) of the Quran سور القرآن

Reciting in a dream the surahs that are usually recited over the dead signifies the death of a sick person. Reciting a surah about the changing states [lit. "turns of fortune"] of the sick is happiness, joys, provision, and the birth of a child who will recite the Quran. A surah is a wife, a child, or dirhams or dinars, according to its number [of verses]. A surah that is both Meccan and Medinan, like Al-Ma'ida, Al-An'am, An-Nahl, Al-Hajj, Luqman, As-Sajda and At-Taghabun, may indicate the Hajj, because [the pilgrimage involves both Mecca and Medina] — I noticed this and tested it, and found it to be so.

- Whoever recites Surat al-Fatiha in his dream, God Almighty will open for him the means of good; so said Nafi', Ibn Kathir, Ja'far al-Sadiq and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib, may God be pleased with them.

Whoever sees that he is reciting Surat al-Fatiha or some of it will make a supplication and it will be answered. Al-Kisa'i said the same, adding that he will obtain a benefit for which he will be pitied [or: from which he will inherit]. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, said that whoever recites it in sleep will marry seven women at different times and his supplications will be answered, the proof being the practice of the Messenger of God (God bless him and grant him peace), for he used to recite it before and after supplication. Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said that whoever recites it in his sleep will be protected in his religion, unless he is ill, in which case his appointed time is near. It is said that whoever recites al-Fatiha or some of it in his dream, or has it recited over him, God will close the doors of evil to him and open the doors of good for him. It is also said that reciting al-Fatiha in a dream is the Hajj.

Whoever sees that he recited Surat al-Baqara in a dream, or some of it, or had it recited over him: Nafi' and Ibn Kathir said he will be granted knowledge, a long life, soundness in his religion, and the safety of his children, and al-Kisa'i agreed with them. Aisha, may God be pleased with her, said that whoever recites it or part of it in his dream will move from one place to another, and his good fortune will be in the place to which he moves. Ibn Fadala, may God have mercy on him, said that if he recites it in sleep and is a judge, his term is near its end; and if he is a scholar, his life will be long and his condition good. Some scholars said that whoever recites Surat al-Baqara will be comprehensive in religion, hastening to every reward, long-lived, of little evil, and patient under harm. If he recites the Throne Verse [Ayat al-Kursi] from it in a dream, it indicates his memory and intelligence. Reciting Surat al-Baqara is also an inheritance over which a dispute will arise, with a son or a paternal uncle.

Whoever sees in his dream that he recited Surat Al Imran or some of it, or had it recited over him: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him, Nafi' and Ibn Kathir said he will have little good fortune among his family, will be granted a child in his old age, and will travel much. It is said he will be chosen among people, elect, free of every impurity, debating those of other religions about their religions. It is also said he will obtain provision and blessing, his mind will become clear, and his soul will be purified.