Ismail's (sws) Sacrifice Incident Questions The Reliability Of Revelation
how could it be possible for prophet to misunderstand وحی, is it possible ? It is not possible for a proper revelation ( wahi ) but as far as dreams are concerned then yes, it is possible for a Prophet to misinterpret a dream (i.e. the right term in case of Prophet Abraham would be to choose to not interpret it and follow literal interpretation instead ), but even if He follows that course for dreams shown by Allah, then He is under Allah’s constant protection where Allah sets his course right. Another example was when Prophet Muhamamd (sws) followed literal interpretation of his dream as mentioned in Quran Surah Fath (48:27) due to which He left for Umrah with his companions but the scheme of Allah was different at that time, and the dream actually related to a later time. Same is the case here, when Prophet Abraham (sws) followed literal interpretation of the dream, then Allah showed him the right purpose of that dream before any mistake would happen. This is the difference between dreams of an ordinary person and dreams of a Prophet.