How Ibrahim (SWS) Did Not Interpret His Own Dream Despite Being A Prophet?
Quran does not support this opinion because while narrating this incident, Quran clearly mentions that when Abraham laid down his son prostrate upon his temples for the purpose of Sacrifice then Allah called out to him, saying: “ Abraham! You have fulfilled your dream . ” This means that it was said to him before Ismael (sws) was actually sacrificed and then Quran says “ We ransomed his son with a grand sacrifice .” This also points to the fact that actual sacrifice which happened was not of Prophet Ismael (sws). What Prophet Abraham (sws) did was the epitome of sacrifice which is the reality of sacrifice i.e. we offer animal sacrifice under the pretext that if we were asked to give our life for Allah then we will never hesitate to do so. Prophet Abraham (sws) was shown this reality of sacrifice in a dream (which means it was prone to some kind of interpretation because i ) it was a dream ii ) he was shown the reality of ibadah which is perfomed in the form of certain symbolic expressions, not in literal actions ), but prophet Abraham (sws) instead of following the course of interpretation, followed the literal course where he was about to perform the ibadah of sacrifice in a real sense ( which was not intended by God ) but since what he was about to perfom was the real sacrifice in literal sense, so Allah praised him with words “ قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَا “. This does means that whatever was shown to Prophet Abaraham (sws), he fulfilled it literally ( Keeping in mind that as per Quran this voice came to Prophet Abraham (sws) when he was about to do that, not after that ).