Islamic Interpretation
Mummification or embalming the body of a deceased person in a dream symbolizes preservation, closure, and the easing of grief, indicating comfort and happiness for one who is sorrowful and relief after sadness. It reflects the sealing of a painful chapter and the calming of troubled emotions. For a sinner, such a vision signifies repentance, cleansing from past wrongdoing, and the resolve to abandon former errors, representing moral purification, restraint, and a return to upright conduct after acknowledging and containing one’s faults. (Also see Shroud)