Road

To see a single-lane and straight road in a dream signifies the shari‘a (the religion of Islam and the principles laid down by this religion); side roads and numerous roads signify innovations and superstitions subsequently introduced into the religion. To see a side road leading onto the main road signifies works and deeds that lead a person to the Truth, finding the right path, being honored with Islam, and abandoning sins.

To see oneself walking outside the road, although there is a road in the dream, signifies corruption in religion. To have one’s road cut off and one’s belongings taken signifies falling into distress because of a friend. The straight path signifies the Qur’an, the Sunnahs of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and following a spiritual guide, a shaykh, or a leader. Such a path signifies repentance for the sinner.

To see various roads in a dream is interpreted as innovations that prevent a person from steadfastness, heretical views and thoughts, or hesitation between two things. A road signifies establishing a distinctive school in art and making progress.

To go astray from the road in a dream signifies distancing oneself from the Truth; to lose one’s way signifies error; and if one finds it again, it signifies attaining safety. (To remove and cast away harmful things from the road in a dream signifies doing good; to urinate on the road or cast harmful things upon it signifies hurting people with one’s hand and tongue. To see a hidden road signifies pride and arrogance.

To walk on a narrow or stony road in a dream signifies that you will undergo some quarrels. To see a road whose edges are adorned with flowers means that you will begin a beautiful relationship in your love life.

To see a spacious, bright, and beautiful road in a dream is a road whose end will be auspicious and bring joy. If the road is lined with trees, it signifies good fortune.

To see a road and an avenue in a dream signifies goodness. As we have said in the section concerning land, a great and broad avenue signifies guidance, while crooked, winding, and damaged roads signify the roads of disbelief.

To walk easily on the road in a dream—if the road is an avenue—signifies attaining guidance through repentance; to walk with difficulty signifies persistence in not going, despite being invited to guidance; and to pass from the avenue to a smaller and crooked road signifies distancing oneself from Islam.

To come out from a small and difficult road onto a great avenue in a dream signifies spaciousness and illumination. To see an avenue adorned on both sides with great trees, or to see oneself walking along such an avenue, signifies being under the protection of the scholars of Islam; to see one of the trees beside the avenue fallen or dried up signifies the death of one of the scholars. (To break off one or several branches from those trees in a dream signifies benefiting from the knowledge of a scholar; according to one account, it signifies harming a scholar; to see a tree planted at the side of the avenue signifies raising a child who will later become a scholar.

To serve by watering the trees beside an avenue or road and cleaning the dried ones in a dream signifies conversing with men of knowledge and serving them; to see the trees beside the avenue clean, plain, and adorned with green leaves signifies the esteem of the men of knowledge in that place; to see the trees dried, withered, and covered in dust signifies failing to show respect and esteem toward the men of knowledge.

To see a thorny shrub beside an avenue or road in a dream is interpreted as the men of knowledge. To see a thorny shrub transformed into a large and beautiful tree signifies the transformation of an evil person into goodness.

According to ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, seeing a road in a dream is interpreted as the shari‘a. Whoever sees himself walking not upon the road but elsewhere falls into error. Whoever sees a highway robber appear before him on the road and take away his belongings will suffer harm at the hand of a friend.

To see the government open and repair a stony road in a dream signifies that justice will prevail in that place. The dream of a straight road and avenue is interpreted as those who believe in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah. Whoever sees himself upon such an avenue attains guidance. If he is disobedient, he repents and reforms his state; if he is an unbeliever, he becomes a Muslim. To see various roads signifies confusion; to see roads resembling one another signifies disbelief and grief.

According to another narration: To see a single-lane road in a dream signifies the shari‘a; various roads signify innovations not belonging to the religion. Whoever sees himself walking outside the road has a corrupt religion.

Whoever sees in a dream that his road has been cut off and his belongings taken will fall into distress because of a friend. If one sees the ruler walking upon a rugged road in a dream, it signifies that justice will be administered in that place.

The straight road seen in a dream signifies following the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of the Prophet, or a leader. If the dreamer is a sinner, he repents. If he is an unbeliever, he becomes a Muslim. Various roads signify hesitation between two things and matters that lead a person to error, innovation, and disbelief. A road signifies establishing a school in art, making progress, and leaving behind a bad work.

To show the way at sea in a dream signifies deliverance from distress. A road is a married woman. A road is lawful earnings. A road is the rectitude by following which a person will attain salvation, and it is the road of death upon which everyone will travel.

Whoever sees himself proceeding upon the road in a correct direction in a dream, if he is a man of the world, will begin a profitable trade. A hidden road seen in a dream signifies arrogance and innovation.

To walk on a narrow and stony road in a dream means experiencing some disputes. A flower-covered road signifies freeing oneself from a beloved who has oppressed you for a long time. To walk together with a friend in a dream heralds happiness, a beautiful family life, and marriage to an understanding person.

Ibn Sirin: To see a road in a dream signifies guidance and a way of life. A straight road signifies truth, while a crooked road signifies error.

Ibn Sirin: To see a road in a dream signifies the divine law / shari‘a. To see numerous roads may signify straying from the path of Allah or religious innovation. Walking on a side road or straying at a fork in the road signifies going astray. If a highway robber attacks a person, it signifies the loss of a friend. To see the ruler walking upon a rugged road signifies that he will establish justice and bring about rectitude and abundance. A straight road signifies the path of Allah, true faith, following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or following the guidance of one’s teacher or shaykh. Walking on a straight road signifies repenting of sins and finding guidance. To see many roads signifies indecision, wavering in faith, doubt, heedlessness, or apostasy.

A road also represents a profession, eternity, the past, aging, continuity, a good example, or a bad example. For a ship to follow the correct sea route signifies salvation. A road also represents a woman, livelihood, truth, or death. If a merchant sees himself walking on the road, it signifies that he will find new ways to earn more money. A hidden road signifies arrogance, innovation, and self-deception.

Ibn Sirin: To see a road in a dream signifies one’s course and the path of life.

It can be read as a sign of easing, receiving support, gaining morale, or a fruitful development.

Underestimating opportunities, succumbing to comfort, or being late may reduce the positive effect.

In the interpretation, the themes of travel and change, work and responsibility, success and reputation, the emotional tone in the dream, and how the symbol concludes in the dream should be evaluated together.