Islamic Interpretation
In a dream, thunder without rain signifies fear, intimidation, a warning, or an ultimatum. It may also represent reassuring promises, benevolent commands, or the beating of drums. Seeing thunder in a dream can indicate the repayment of debts, and for a sick person, it signifies recovery from illness. Thunder accompanied by lightning and rain symbolizes fear for a traveler or greed and anxiety in a merchant. Hearing news of a terrifying blast in a distant land in a dream means that the inhabitants of that place will be afflicted by a great calamity or sudden mass death. The sound of thunder in a dream may represent murder, fighting, disputes, arguments, negligence in religious observance, loss of wealth, or the release of a prisoner. A thunderstorm accompanied by rain when rain is needed indicates a fruitful harvest for that year. Hearing thunder without seeing lightning signifies assassination, deception, lies, or slander. The sound of thunder also represents being reprimanded or warned by someone in authority. There is no benefit in hearing thunder in darkness without lightning, as this points to apostasy or betrayal, especially if it is accompanied by an earthquake. If thunder is heard in its proper season in a dream, it indicates glad tidings and blessings. When heard outside its season, it signifies the movement of armies or the occupation of a land by foreign forces. Thunder may also represent hymns, glorification, and praise of God Almighty, or it may signify illness, fear, deafness, or the beating of drums at a wedding. If the dreamer is an unbeliever, thunder signifies guidance and acceptance of faith. If he is a sinner, it indicates repentance. Hearing thunder on the first day of October means death. If heard during the first six days of October, it signifies benefits or a decrease in prices. Toward the end of the month, it portends plague or disaster, while hearing thunder at any other time in October signifies evil. Hearing thunder in November signifies blessings upon the land, prosperity, the spread of God’s word in new regions, the fall of a comet in a populated area, the death of a ruler, environmental pollution affecting bird life, or heavy rainfall with limited harm. If thunder is heard during the first ten days of December, it indicates the death of well-known figures in the Western lands, inflation, rising prices, moral decline, reduced harvests, or corrupt political practices. During the last seven days of December, it signifies a cold and dry winter followed by a cool and wet spring. Hearing thunder during the first six days of January indicates a major event such as war, destruction, earthquake, or death in Iraq. If heard during the last week of January, it represents a solar eclipse, the death of a Western leader, a plague, or the emergence of a celestial sign foretelling the destruction of a major city. Hearing thunder on the first day of February signifies a good harvest, stabilization or lowering of prices, discovery of a new disease in the East, deaths at sea, heavy rains in Mecca, devastation and famine in Ethiopia, or a Western ruler advancing eastward and briefly controlling the land. Hearing thunder during the first six days of March signifies prosperity, market stability, falling prices, and abundance. At the end of March, it indicates famine, destruction, locust invasions, or drought causing the death of African livestock. Hearing thunder on the twenty-first day of April indicates Western armies advancing eastward and establishing military bases. If April begins on a Sunday, March will be marked by great fear and turmoil in the East, while conflict among Western armies will end with the death of a leader and defeat of his forces. Hearing thunder on the eleventh day of April signifies earthquakes or cyclones. On the thirteenth day, it indicates inflation and hardship for the people. On the seventeenth day, it portends major political disputes among world leaders. On the twenty-second day, it signifies a widespread destructive corruption. On the twenty-third day, it indicates abundance and falling prices. On the twenty-fifth day, it means rising prices, and on the twenty-ninth day, it signifies blessings, fertility, relief, and joy. Hearing thunder during the first nine days of May signifies the death of noble leaders in Turkey, abundant rain, fertile land, and productive harvests. Between the tenth and twentieth days of May, it signifies plagues. Hearing thunder during the first ten days of June indicates the death of renowned scholars, religious leaders, or noble figures in Egypt, while prices fall and abundance brings economic relief. Hearing thunder during the first six days of July indicates fertile lands, beneficial rains in the coming December, the death of Western leaders, possible war in Persia, and corruption spreading in Egypt through its rulers. Hearing thunder during the last seven days of July signifies peace across the lands, falling prices in Iraq and East Africa, and a disease affecting fruit and date trees, though wheat will remain plentiful despite earlier concerns. Hearing thunder during August signifies blessings for the people of Syria and Azerbaijan near the Caspian Sea, blockades of sea routes, abandonment of highways, and the possibility of war in China. Toward the end of August, it signifies the end of drought in Egypt, rising prices, deaths, earthquakes, or major political changes. Hearing thunder during the first eight days of September signifies drought early in the year followed by heavy rains and a good harvest, as well as the outbreak of a long and destructive war. Hearing thunder on the tenth day of September signifies drought in Morocco. God Almighty knows best what He has decreed for His creation, and He is the most just of all judges.