Whoever pours oil into olives, and if the dreamer sees the matter as it is in himself, then it is not a dream, but that is a revelation, not a dream, whether it is in sleep or wakefulness, just as the dream may be in wakefulness as it is in sleep, like the image of Dihya with which Gabriel, peace be upon him, appeared. In wakefulness, interpretation has entered into it, but interpretation does not enter into texts. As for Abraham’s statement to his son when he saw that he was slaughtering his son, he took the apparent meaning that the matter was as he saw it, and it was only the ram, which is the great slaughterer, appearing in the form of his son, so he saw that he was slaughtering his son, so he slaughtered the ram, then this is the interpretation of his vision without his knowledge, and we ransomed him, meaning That image, which is his son, which Abraham, peace be upon him, saw with a great slaughter, which is the ram, and he did not slaughter a ram in the image of his son, so