Search Key: Despair
Despair
(Despondency; Disheartened; Discouraged; Resign) To experience des¬
peration or to loose hope in God Almighty in a dream signifies polytheism or
attempting to commit suicide or committing a sin, though the consequence of
such state in a dream may eventually turn positive in wakefulness. Despair in
a dream also means escaping from a great danger, or engaging in the activities
of the dwellers of hell-fire. (Also see Uptight)
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Embrace
(Accolade; Hug) Embracing someone in a dream means longevity.
Embracing a deceased person also means longevity. If a deceased person
embraces the person seeing the dream and does not let go of him in a dream, it
means his death. Embracinga known person in a dream means associating with
him. Embracing one’s enemy in a dream means making peace with him. It is also
said that an embrace in a dream signifies exchanging praises. An embrace in
a dream also signifies kindness, liking for one another, travels, arriving from
a journey and dispelling distress or anxiety. An embrace in a dream is also
interpreted to mean having sexual intercourse. Embracing a woman in a dream
means love for the world, and despair from receiving any reward in the
hereafter. Embracing a man in a dream signifies lending him support and
helping him. Embracing the trunk of a tree in a dream means indulging in
hypocrisy. Embracing someone and laying one’s head in his lap in a dream
means entrusting him with one’s capital, or working for him. (Also see Envelope;
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Uptight
(Anxious; Disheartened; Dispirited) Feeling uptight in a dream may
mean an illness or death. (Also see Despair)
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Hug
(Cuddle; Embrace; Hold) To embrace a living person in a dream means to
associate with him and to love him. To give a deceased person a short hug in a
dream means longevity. To give a deceased person a long and a continuous
embrace in a dream means one’s own death. To embrace a woman in a dream
means embracing the pleasures and attractions of this world and to despair of
any reward in the hereafter. To hold tight to a piece of fruit, or to endear certain
food one loves in a dream means easy profits or lawful earnings. If an unmarried
person holds tight or embraces a garment in a dream, it means that he will get
married. If one hugs a pair of shoes in a dream, it means that he will hold a new
position or a job that will make him extremely happy. (Also see Embrace;
Grabbing; Gripping; Sexual intercourse)
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Ocean
(Government) The element of ocean in a dream represents a prison where
sea lives are incarcerated, and it means losses, fear, despair, limitless knowledge,
a city without walls, or the world, its trials and wonders. An ocean or a sea in a
dream also represents a strong ruler who is just, compassionate toward his
subjects and whom people revere, have access to, and seek for their daily needs.
If a businessman sees an ocean in a dream, it represents his merchandise. As for
a worker or an apprentice, the ocean in a dream represents his veteran teacher
or master. If one sees the ocean in a dream, it means that he will succeed in his
goals. If one sees himself entering into the ocean or sea in a dream, it means that
he will enter before a ruler, or stand before someone in authority. If one sees
himself sitting or lounging at the sea shore in a dream, it means that he will work
for such a person or a ruler, though he will be observing caution and diplomacy
with him. If one sees himself drinking the entire water of the sea though no one
sees him except the king in a dream, it means that he will reign and live a long
life. Drinking any portion thereof also means equal earnings to what he takes in.
If one sees himself drinking from it to quench his thirst in the dream, it means
riches, strength and longevity. If one sees himself asking for some of its water to
drink in a dream, it means that he is seeking to work for such a strong person or
ruler. If he pours its water in a pitcher in the dream, it means prosperity, or that
he will receive a bounteous gift from God Almighty to encompass a high rank as
well as riches. However, his status will last longer than his money. To drink water
from the sea in a dream means acquiring knowledge and adopting proper conduct.
Crossing the ocean in a dream means booty. If one sees strong waves bringing
seawater to his street without causing damages in a dream, it means that a ruler
or a great person will enter or visit that locality. Bathing in seawater in a dream
means repentance from one’s sins. Seeing the ocean from a distance in a dream
means that calamities, temptations and trials are coming to one’s community. If
one sees the sea receding, whereby he can see the edges of the earth it covers in
a dream, it means diminishing of his authority and control, or that the wrath of
God Almighty has descended upon that locality. This calamity could be carried
by one’s own government, economic tribulations, drought, or one’s enemies.
Standing over seawater in a dream means attaining something one did not seek.
Walking in the air above the seawater in a dream represents the person’s good
intentions, his clarity, faith and certitude. If a sick person sees himself taking
ablution in seawater in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness,
or it could mean payment of one’s debts and relief from worldly pressures. (Also
see Water)
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Despondency
(See Despair; Uptight)
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Discouraged
(See Despair; Uptight)
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Resigned
(See Despair; Uptight)
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Incomplete Job
(Unfinished business) An incomplete job in a dream signifies
joblessness, inactivity, indolence, or it could mean an unattainable desire for
leadership. An incomplete job in a dream also means despair. (Also see Finished
business)
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Hell-fire
Entering hell-fire in a dream means committing major sins such as
murder or adultery. If one comes out of it unharmed in the dream, then it
represents worldly adversities. If one sees the fire of hell coming near him in a
dream, it means difficulties, debts, losses, fines and adversities from which one
will not be able to escape. If one sees himself entering hell-fire and holding his
sword unsheathed in a dream, it means that he speaks evil of others and
commits abominable actions against his own soul. The same interpretation
applies if one enters it smiling in his dream. Finding oneself prisoner in hell not
knowing when was he incarcerated in the dream means constraint, poverty,
deprivation, failure to pray, fast or to remember his Lord. Walking across
burning coal in a dream means exceeding one’s bound regarding people’s rights.
Eating food from hell means becoming a tyrant and a blood thirsty person. If one
sees himself inside hell-fire, where his eyes turn dark-blue and his face charcoal
black in the dream, it means that he befriends God’s enemy and consents to their
deception and chicanery. Consequently, he will surely be humiliated and
despised by people, and in the hereafter, he will suffer the consequences of his
sins. Seeing hell in a dream means that one should avoid incurring the wrath
of a ruler. Entering hell in a dream also means notoriety, or becoming known
as an evil person. It also means heedlessness and pursuing one’s indulgence in
abominable actions. Whatever knowledge such a person acquires will bear evil
consequences. Hell in a dream also represents loss of one’s prestige, status and
it means poverty after wealth, despair after comfort, unlawful earnings, inso¬
lence, and if it leads to an illness, it will end in a shocking de ath as a punishment.
If it leads to employment, it will be a job serving a tyrant. If it leads to acquiring
knowledge, it means inventing vain religious practices. If it leads to bearing a
son, he will be the child of adultery. In general hell in a dream means excessive
sexual desires, a slaughter house, a public bath, an oven, inventing a new
religion, innovation, absence of truth, indulgence in what is forbidden, stinginess,
denying the Day of Judgment, a blazing fire forthe devils, joining with agroup
of evildoers in committing atrocities, denying the sovereignty of God Almighty
and ascribing human characteristics to Him. Seeing Malik, the guardian angel
of hell-fire in a dream means receiving guidance after heedlessness. If one sees
Malik coming toward him in the dream, it means his salvation and the
restoration of his faith. However, if one sees Malik turning his back to him or
going away from him in the dream, it means that he will commit an act that will
deliver him to the blazing fire of hell. The angels in charge of punishing the
sinners in hell in a dream represent the authority, soldiers, or tax collectors. If
one enters hell-fire then comes out of it in his dream, it means that, God willing,
his life will culminate in paradise. If he sees his limbs reprimanding him in the
dream, it means that one’s own body is telling him something, or admonishing
and trying to awaken his conscious to the realities of the hereafter and the Day
of Reckoninh. (Also see Bathhouse; Fire; Malik; Mental hospital)
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Fall
Falling in a dream means despair or disappointment, or it could mean a
mistake that cannot be covered. Falling in a dream also means changing
conditions from good to bad, or a marriage failure and changing of spouse. It also
means changing profession, country or religion. Falling in a dram also projects
the reverse effects and produces positive results if what one falls over is pasture,
or if he falls upon a good community or to join a banquet or the like effects, then
it may have a positive meaning. On the other hand, falling into the hand of a
bad company, or into a beast’s den, etcetera, means evil consequences, or it could
mean stinginess. If one sees himself falling down from the roof of his house, and
if he breaks an arm or a leg in the dream, then it reflects a psychological distress,
adverse financial conditions, breaking of a friendship or it may mean suffering
from persecution by the local authorities.
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Irrationality
If one acts irrationally in a dream, it means that he will act with
disgrace, stupidity or shamelessness in real life. Being irrational in a dream and
intentionally using violent or insulting words, and acting deliberately in an evil
way means despair of God’s mercy. It also means refuting or opposing some¬
thing. It is also interpreted to mean attending to one’s prayers without the ritual
ablution. Irrationality in a dream also may mean insolent behavior, or ill
speaking of peoples’ honor or chastity. (Also see Insanity; Mental derangement)
Irreligious: (Cover; Hide; Farmer; Infidel; Ingratitude; Profane; Unbeliever;
Ungodly) In a dream, seeing an irreligious person means meeting an enemy.
Seeing an elderly person who is irreligious in a dream means meeting an old
enemy whose hatred is clearly shown on hisface. Seeingan irreligious housekeeper,
or an old employee in a dream means suffering from the hidden evils of an
avowed enemy. Becoming irreligious in a dream means embracing innovation,
or whatever practices one considers and uses as his religion. Seeing an irreli¬
gious person sitting on a table with a plate of honey before him and refusing to
eat from it in the dream means that he is ungrateful to his Lord, and that he
does not confess to the innumerable favors which God Almighty has given him
during this life. A gathering of irreligious people in a dream represents one’s
children in their infancy. An irreligious person in a dream also represents a
farmer who plants a seed, then when it becomes a seedling, he covers it with
earth again. (Also see Disbelief)
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Hanging loosely
If one sees himself hanging down loosely from a high place in
a dream, it means that he will turn pious and for the sake of his faith, he will
give preference to his life in the hereafter over that of this world. One’s fall in
the dream connotes despair or disappointment. Hanging loosely to reach a lion,
a serpent, a scorpion, or the like creatures in a dream means hanging around
with evil companions, soliciting marriage from a corrupt family, or seeking the
friendship of the wrong people. Hanging loosely to reach some cattle or a herd
of sheep in a dream means delivering charities or spending money in a good way.
Hanging: (See Death by hanging)
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Jasmine
In a dream, jasmine denotes happiness, blessings and benefits. It also
represents religious scholars and spiritual teachers. If one sees heavenly angels
descending from the heavens to pick jasmine flowers in a dream, it means the
death of scholars. Jasmine in a dream also means despair, or making a false
oath. It also could mean dispelling anxieties, distress and adversities. As for a
bachelor, jasmine in a dream means getting married. Seeing a jasmine flower
in one’s hand in a dream also means recovering from a chest cold or a fever.
Jaundice: (Jealousy; Prejudice) In a dream, jaundice means experiencing a bitter
state of mind caused by jealousy and envy, or it may represents a new garment,
or an unsuitable, or a non-compatible wife. (Also see Jealousy)
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Air
Standing in the air in a dream means being honored or acknowledged by a
governor, though it will not last. If one has exaggerated hopes, arrogance, pride,
or if he is a self-centered individual, then his floating in the air represents mere
disturbed dreams. Walking in the air without ascending or descending in a
dream means receiving dignity, honor and earning lawful money. If one does not
qualify for it, then walking in the air in his dream means travels. Hanging in
the air between the heavens and the earth in a dream represents a concerned
heart and uncertainty about what to do! Falling in the air in a dream means
despair or loss of status in wakefulness. Falling in a dream also means relief
from distress, wantonness, or satisfying one’s needs. Clear, fresh and pure air
in a dream represents a good time to take a trip for business or pleasure. Air
in a dream also represents one’s desire and passion. Thus, disobeying one’s
mind, desire and passion in a dream means entering the heavenly paradise.
Following one’s desires in a dream means negligence of once religious duties.
Standing up in the air and speaking loud in a dream means blessings, favors,
money, honor and fame. Sitting in the air in a dream means arrogance and self-
deception regarding religious opinions. Building a house up in the air or placing
a mat in the air or raising a tent in the air means death of a sick person, and
what is built in this case is one’s own coffin. If a governor sees that dream, it
means his dismissal from his office or his death. Seeing that dream after a
wedding or after having marital relations with one’s wife means mistrust and
loss. It also means involvement in an uncouth action, lacking knowledge of the
Holy Book and prophetic traditions, because what one has built lacks a foun- dation. Flying in the air in a dream may mean travels. Flying with wings in a
dream has stronger connotations and is safer. The wings here will represent
money or power. Swimming in the air means benefits or business travels. If the
air looks opaque in one’s eyes, so he cannot see the skies in his dream, it means
problems with one’s superior. If one does not have a boss, then it means that he
may lose his sight. If all the people witnessed the air opaque or red in the dr earn,
then it means a major calamity and a trying adversity. (Also see Ascending in
the Skies; Flying)
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Human being
To see one of the children of Adam (uwbp) one does not recognize
in the dream perhaps may represents oneself. If he does good, then it represents
one’s own deeds, and if does evil, the seer may pursue the same. If one recognizes
such a being in the dream, it means that he will receive something from him.
If one likes what he receives from him in the dream, it means that he will attain
his personal goals. If he receives a shirt in the dream, it means an appointment
to a high ranking position. If he receives a rope in the dream, it means an
agreement, a commitment or a covenant. If he takes money from him in the
dream, it represents something he will lose and forgo in despair, or perhaps that
a fight will take place between them. Each human being in a dream represents
himself, his kind, look alike, someone by the same name, his town, or his craft.
If the person whom he recognizes in the dream holds an elevated rank, it means
that he will lose it, and if he holds a lower rank, it means that he will be
promoted. (Also see Man; Mankind)
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