Search Key: Affection
Affection
(See Amity)
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Amity
(Affection; Benevolence; Love) In a dream, amity between people means a
wise judgement, understanding the consequences of things, realizing one’s
benefits, unity and balance.
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Dog
(Bitch; Canine; Desire; Greyhound; Japanese spaniel; Pekingese; Lust;
Puppy; Shepherds’ dog; Tyke) In a dream, a dog represents an insolent man who
dares to indulge in sinful actions. If he barks in the dream, it means that such
a man is impudent and has a repulsive and an abominable character. A dog bite
or his scratch in a dream means harm caused by one’s enemy and its effects will
depend on the amount of pain one suffers in the dream. It could also mean falling
sick or suffering from great affliction or harm caused by a close companion or
a servant. If a dog tears off one’s clothing in a dream, it means that a vile person
is slandering and backbiting him. If one does not hear the barking of the dog in
the dream, it signifies that one’s enemy has left him inflected with a small loss.
A dog in a dream also could represent a vile and an insolent woman who belong
to a group of evildoing people and who are persistent in their enmity. A puppy
in a dream represents a loved child. If it is a white puppy in the dream, it means
that such a son will grow to be a believer. If it is a black puppy in the dream,
it means that he will grow to govern the household and to presides over its
people. A puppy in a dream also represents a child of adultery, a foundling who
is left in the street, wrapped in a swaddle and who isbrought home by an insolent
person to rear him. A shepherd’s dog in a dream represents profits and benefits.
A pet dog in a dream represents an astringent and a bitter enemy. Seeing a
greyhound in a dream means gaining authority, control and wealth. A greyhound
in a dream also represents the backbone of an army general or his best helper
or it could represent a good strategist, though he lacks principals and moral
integrity. A Japanese spaniel or a Pekingese in a dream signifies mixing with,
or doing business with a foreign counterpart. Bringing-up a dog for companion¬
ship in a dream means befriending a servant for whom one has great love and
affection. Hunting with a dog in a dream means satisfying one’s lust or desire.
Killing a dog in a dream signifies vanquishing one’s enemy. Seeing an expedition
of hounds leaving a town for a chase or a hunt in a dream means blessings and
prosperity for everyone, or it could mean taking action. Seeing the expedition
of hounds returning from a hunt or a chase in a dream means dispelling people’s
fears, or it could mean lack of work. If one sees such expedition entering a town
in his dream, it also means a high rate of unemployment. Seeing a sick house
dog in a dream means illness and financial losses or loss of appetite or losing
the pleasure of living. A barking bitch in a dream signifies harm and deceit
which is caused by abominable people. A dog in a dream also means suffering
from extremely high fever and in relation to Dog star or the stars Procyon and
Sirius of the constellations Canis Minor and Canis Major. In a dream, all breeds
of dogs represent lowly, obsequious and despicable people. Seeing dogs that are
reared for bantering or dallying with in a dream signify fun and enjoying one’s
life. In the dream, anything that happens to such a breed of dogs means suffering
from distress, sorrow or loss of one’s pleasure of living. If one is transformed into
a dog in a dream, it means that God Almighty has taught him great knowledge
which he abused and discarded, then God Almighty stripped him from such a
knowledge. A dog in a dream also represents a police informer or a police dog.
A dog in a dream also represents a weak enemy or a niggardly person. If a dog
barks at someone in a dream, it means that one will hear something he despises
or hates to make public from someone who lacks any sense of honor or virtue.
Eating a dog’s meat in a dream means cracking down at one’s enemy. A dog in
a dream also represents a guard or an innovator. Drinking dog’s milk in a dream
means a scare. Laying one’s head on a dog or relaxing with a dog or using the
dog for a pillow in a dream, the dog then represents a friend or a good companion.
A dog in a dream also represents a street boy, a beggar or an obsequious, lowly
and a despicable person who maintains affection toward his master and
jealously guards him, his children and property. A dog in a dream also means
greed, love for the worldly pleasures, committing a dogfight to win them and
failing to have any reserve or savings. In a dream, all types of dogs also represent
people. A hunting dog in a dream represents honor and profits. A shepherd’s dog
represents a good neighbor who cares more about his neighbors than about his
own household. Adopting a dog as a pet in a dream means wavering, or paying
financial damages, or it could mean unemployment. Taking a dog for a companion
on a journey in a dream means disappearing. A dog in a dream also means
disbelief, ingratitude or losing hope, belying, fear, imprisonment, or becoming
a fugitive. Seeing a dog in a city in a dream also means renewal of one’s business
contract.
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Bookbinder
(Bookbinding) A bookbinder in a dream represents an undertaker,
or a tailor. In a dream, bookbinding also may mean concealing secrets and
guarding one’s friendship, or it could mean affection one reserves for a dear
person.
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Couch
(Canopy; Furniture; Love seat) A raised couch in a dream represents one's
wife, midwife or a high ranking position. If it is made of wood in the dream, it
indicates respectability, and if it is not upholstered in the dream, it means
lowness or inferiority. A fabric stuffed couch in a dream signifies honor, welfare,
promotion, good words, new clothing, love, affection and unity. (Also see Bed;
Mattress)
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Horse
(Castle; Chivalry; Generosity; Goodness; Merchant; Nobility; Partner;
Son; Travels; Wife) Owning horses in a dream means prosperity, or victory over
one’s enemy. Riding a horse in a dream means dignity, honor and wealth.
Perhaps it could mean that one will befriend a noble person, or meet a good
companion on the road. Owning a mare in a dream means begetting a beautiful
son. If it is a nag or a workhorse in the dream, it means that he will live satisfied,
or that he may marry a rich and a noble woman who will bear his children.
Seeing a horse in a dream also may connote owning a good house. If it is a blond
horse in the dream, it means knowledge, devotion, piety and fear of wrongdoing.
A nag in a dream represents a wife or a husband. A saddled horse in a dream
means a woman in her menstrual period, during which time it is not permissible
for the husband to engage in marital intercourse with her. A gathering of horses
in a dream represents a gathering of women for a funeral or a wedding. Owning
a herd of horses, or taking care of their feed in a dream means presiding over
people, or it could mean managing a business. If a horse dies in one’s presence
in a dream, it means loss of his house or business. The fit of a horse in the dream
represent man’s own state. Descending from a horse in a dream means committing
a sin that will force one to resign from his position, or be dismissed from his work.
A hairy horse in a dream represents a large family. If the tail of one’s horse is
cut off at its end in a dream, it means that one may come to see the death of his
children and clan before his own eyes. If the tail of one’s horse is simply clipped
in the dream, it connotes his own death and that his name will be quickly
forgotten. If one is attacked by a horse in a dream, it means that a noble person,
or a young boy will stand to him and require a just retribution from him. A flying
horse with two wings in a dream means that one may be tried with affections
toward a perverted boy or a woman who will tempt him then follow him. If a
descendent of the family of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, sees himself
flying on a winged horse in a dream, it means that he will rise in station and
preside over people. If one sees horsemen coming through the skies in a dream,
it means that a war may take place in that land. Riding a horse and holding a
spear in one’s hand in a dream means forcing people to do something, or forcing
them to pay what they owe. If one sees his horse drowning in a dream, it means
that he may die from an illness. Buying a horse and tending the money to the
seller in the dream means profits in one’s business, or earning money from
teaching. Selling one’s horse in a dream means doing good and being grateful
for it. If one’s horse bites him in a dream, it means that he will lead an army
in a war. If one kills a horse in his dream, it means that he will be awarded
status, rank and money. Slaughtering a horse for other than food in a dream
means spoiling one’s livelihood. If one sees a horse whose owner is not known
entering a town in a dream, it means that a noble person will enter that town
and people of his trade will fear his competition or his becoming a danger to their
business. If such a horse reverts his course and leaves that town in the dream,
it means that a great, though unknown person from that locality will die shortly.
Horses running across the streets in a dream represent a destructive rain or
devastating floods. A feeble horse in a dream represents the weakness of his
owner. (Also see Dung; Horse fright; Nag)
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Blithe
(Cheerfulness; Lightheartedness) In a dream, blithe signifies comfort, a
good spirit and particularly for a grateful person. This also applies for seeing
a deceased person in a state of cheerfulness. A blithely person in a dream is one
who is grateful for the blessings endowed upon him by God Almighty of having
a family, love, affection and for the ability to do good deeds. If one is expecting
a promise to be fulfilled, then blithe in a dream implies the satisfaction of his
aspirations.
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Milk
(Instinct; Nature; Profits) In a dream, milk represents nature, instinct, or
easy and lawful money. However, curdled milk in a dream represents unlawful
money. If a man or a woman discover that they are carrying milk in their breast
in a dream, it means building of one’s savings. If a man sees milk flowing from
his breast in a dream, it means wealth, prosperity and that new opportunities
will rise from every direction. Woman’s milk in a dream means recovering from
an illness. If a woman sees herself carrying milk in her breast in a dream, when
in reality she does not have it, it means that she will breast feed a new born.
If a woman sees herself breast-feeding a baby, a man, or another woman in her
dream, it means that the source of earnings will be hampered or restricted to
both the suckling person and to the one who is breast-feeding him. Hiring a wet-
nurse to breast-feed one’s child in a dream means raising a child to be like his
father, or to have the character of one’s father. Sucking milk from a woman’s
breast in a dream also means prosperity and profits. Drinking the milk of a horse
in a dream means receiving love and affection from someone in authority and
earning benefits from such a relationship. Drinking the milk of a mare in a
dream means a meeting with a ruler. In general, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, or
sheep’s milk in a dream represent lawful earnings. Milking in a dream means
craftiness and cunning, or it could mean prosperity. Milking an Arabian she-
camel in a dream means working in an Arab country. Milking an Asian Bactrian
camel in a dream means working in another country. If blood comes out of the
glands of a she-camel instead of milk in a dream, it means deviation from God’s
path, or it could represent a tyranny. If a venom flows from one’s glands instead
of milk in the dream, it means earning unlawful money. If a merchant, or a
business man milks any milk producing animal in a dream, it means profits.
Sucking the gland of a pregnant she-camel, one, two, or three times in a dream
means steadfastness in one’s religion, performing one’s obligatory prayers,
distributing charity, acquiring knowledge and wisdom. Milking a camel and
drinking its milk in a dream also means marriage to a pious and a chaste woman.
If one is already married, then it means that his wife will beget a blessed son.
If a poor person sees himself milking a cow and drinking its milk in a dream,
it means that he will earn enough money to satisfy his basic needs. Drinking
sheep’s milk, or goat’s milk in a dream means profits, happiness, comfort and
joy. Lioness milk in a dream also means money or conquering one’s enemy, or
justly opposing the ruler of the country. The milk of an eagle in a dream means
power and victory. Tiger’s milk in a dream means avowing one’s enmity toward
someone. Drinking the milk of a jackal or a wolf in a dream means paying a fine,
extreme fear, suffering losses, or lack of determination, or it could mean
presiding over people and skillfully defrauding them of their wealth. Drinking
swine’s milk in a dream means changes in one’s state, altering one’s mind and
focus. However, drinking a little of it in a dream may mean acquiring lawful
earnings, though drinking a lot of it in the dream could mean receiving unlawful
money. Drinking bitch’s milk in a dream means feebleness of mind, or senility,
or it could represent money earned from an unjust person, or it could mean
presiding over one’s local community, or becoming the governor of the town.
Drinking the milk of any beasts in a dream represents doubt about one’s
religion. Drinking zebra’s milk in a dream also means an illness. Drinking the
milk of a deer or a gazelle in a dream represents small earnings. The milk of
non-milk producing animals or birds in a dream means that one’s wish will
come true. The milk of predatory animals and stingers in a dream means
making peace with one’s enemy. Drinking snake’s milk in a dream means
performing a deed that is pleasing to God Almighty, rejoicing, or escaping from
a calamity. The milk of a fox in a dream denotes a passing illness which will
be followed by borrowing a small amount of money, or it could mean recovering
from an illness. Drinking donkey’s milk in a dream also represents an illness,
while drinking the milk of a she-ass in a dream means profits. Cat’s milk in a
dream represents an illness, experiencing life’s adversities, or it could denote
generosity. Seeing milk spilled on the ground in a dream means corruption,
tyranny and blood-shed on earth that will equal the amount of the spilled milk.
Sheep’s milk in a dream means honest earnings. Cow’s milk also means wealth.
A mule’s milk in a dream means financial straits, adversities and horror. The
milk of a sable in a dream means an illness or fear. Pouring milk into the drain
or wasting it in a dream means losing money, or it could mean longevity,
pregnancy, knowledge, or a scandal that will expose one’s private life. Curdled
milk in a dream means distress. Rabbit’s milk and horse’s milk in a dream
means having a righteous name, or giving a righteous name to one’s newborn.
Human milk in a dream represents a trust one should not waste or give to other
than its rightful owner. The milk of an unknown animal in a dream means
energy and strength for a sick person, release from prison, illegal seizure of
property, or extortion and blackmailing. (Also see Breast-feeding; Colostrum;
Dairyman; Milking)
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Tongue
(Interpreter; Pen; Speech writer; Stinger; Translator) In a dream, one’s
tongue represents his translator or his business manager. One’s tongue in a
dream also represents the chief cause of sin. Moving one’s tongue without
speaking in a dream means committing a sin. Seeing an increase in size, width,
or length of one’s tongue in a dream means strength and overcoming one’s
enemy. If one’s tongue becomes elongated with no cause for dispute or argument
in a dream, it means having a bad tongue, or backbiting others, speaking ill
about others, or using base and despicable language. Having a long tongue in
a dream also could mean clarity in one’s speech and eloquence in one’s expressions.
Having two tongues in a dream means acquiring a second language or a second
trade, using a proof other than one’s own in a court of justice, or winning victory
over one’s enemy. If one finds his tongue tied in a dream, it means stagnation
of his business, or it could mean poverty. If black hair grows over one’s tongue
in a dream, it means a fast coming evil. If gray hair grows over one’s tongue in
a dream, then it means a slow coming adversity. Hair growing over one’s tongue
in a dream also means writing or reciting a poem. One’s tongue in a dream also
represents the perfect alibi, the beauty and eloquence of one’s presentation, a
professional presentation, good fame and good conduct. If a governor’s tongue
is cut off in a dream, it means the death of his interpreter or his speech writer.
The human tongue in a dream also represents his pen and his signing authority.
If one’s tongue becomes long and reaches the skies in a dream, it means that he
will be impeached or deposed from his leadership position following his tyranny
and injustices. If the tongue of a leader or a ruler becomes long in a dream, it
also signifies the expansion of his power and the infallibility and effectiveness
of his commands. One’s tongue in a dream also symbolizes a milk sucklingbaby,
a lion in his den, or an intelligent warrior. Thus, if one lets a lion out of a lair
in a dream, it denotes his tongue, or hurting people’s feeling or reputation with
one’s tongue. If one sees himself without a tongue in a dream, it may mean the
death of an infant. If one has to appear in court and sees his tongue cut off in
a dream, it means that his proof will be rejected by the judge. If only the side
of one’s tongue is cut off in a dream, it means that he has doubts about the
testimony of his witness. If he is a merchant, it means that he will lose an
important business deal. If he is a student, it means that he will not complete
his schooling. It is also said that when one’s tongue is cut off in a dream, it means
that he is a forbearing person. If the wife’s tongue is cut off in a dream it means
that she is a chaste and a pious woman. If a wife cuts off the tongue of her
husband in a dream, it means that she will flirt with him and show him
tenderness and love. Cutting off the tongue of a poor person in a dream means
giving something to an impudent person to shun off his evil. If a poor person cuts
off the tongue of another poor person in a dream, it means a fight between them.
If one’s tongue sticks to his palate in a dream, it means that he will deny or reject
someone’s right, refute the truth, or lie about a trust he received to keep for a
time. Eating one’s tongue or biting on it in a dream represents an act one will
regret. If a governor sees that in a dream, it means that he swindles people’s
money and receives bribes. Biting on one’s tongue in a dream also means
remaining mostly silent, withholding one’s advice, or controlling one’s fury and
anger. Biting one’s tongue in a dream also could denote gluttony. Cutting off
one’s tongue in a dream means invalidating one’s argument or proof, or
preventing him from asking for anything. The cutting off of a poet’s tongue in
a dream means giving him money for his recitation. Seeing one’s tongue black
in a dream means that one may preside over his own people. If he is a wretched
person, it means that he is a liar. If someone who is scared of something sees
his tongue in a dream, it means that he will lose his battle and become subject
to defamation and humiliation. If a wretched person sees himself having many
tongues in a dream, it means that he will have a large family. Having many
tongues in a dream also means speaking many foreign languages. If one’s tongue
is split in half in a dream, it means that he is a liar. Having many tongues and
of many colors in a dream means telling different and contradictory stories, or
it could represent a music writer. If people touch one’s tongue or suck it in a
dream, it means that they are acquiring his knowledge. It also represents people
toadying or lobbying in official business. One's tongue in a dream also repre¬
sents a hidden treasure, a hidden knowledge, a toadying servant, an employee,
one’s house, a vehicle, a skilled enemy, a seedling of a fruit bearing tree, a bad
wife, a barren woman, one’s spoken and irretrievable words, earnings, collecting
garbage, following someone’s traces, a policeman, or a prisoner. An animal’s
tongue in a dream represents one’s life or death, because for an animal, his
tongue is like a hand through which he takes things. If a scholar’s tongue is cut
off in a dream, it means that he will lose his argument, or it could mean the death
of his assistant, student or son. Losing one’s tongue in a dream represents the
malicious joy of one’s enemy, family, or neighbors for one’s losses, or it could
mean the death of a beloved, severing a relationship, or a plant disease that will
affect one’s fruit bearing trees. Perhaps losing one’s tongue in a dream could
mean separation between husband and wife, divorce, losing one’s job, or moving
to a new town. Having two tongues in a dream also means backbiting others,
or having two faces with people, for people say that so-and so has two tongues
or two faces. If the second tongue does not impede the person from speaking in
the dream, then it denotes his truthfulness, love and affection toward others.
One’s tongue in a dream also may represent something one fears, such as the
collapsing of a roof over his head, or it could represent an enemy. It also means
isolating oneself from people of knowledge and wisdom, or it could mean
remaining mostly silent, minding one’s own business, or offering devotion and
being grateful to God Almighty for His gifts and blessings. One’s tongue in a
dream also represents a captured prisoner of war, or a snake hiding in its pit.
Looking at one’s tongue in a dream means controlling what comes out of it. (Also
see Body; Exhaustion from speaking; Language; Spell out)
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Reunion
(Reunification) To sit with one’s beloved, enjoying love, affection and
unity in a dream means marriage or prosperity. Sitting with one’s beloveds and
enjoying one’s financial accomplishments in the dream means loss of rank and
wealth. If a woman sees herself sitting with her beloved in a dream, it means
that they will get married. A visit of one’s beloved in a dream means valuing and
cherishing one’s happiness.
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Cotton
Cotton in a dream means money, but less than that of wool. Carding cotton
in a dream means scrutinizing one’s sins. Cotton in a dream also represents a
year, and the cotton plant in a dream represents a humble man. (Also see Carder)
Couch: (Canopy; Furniture; Love seat) A raised couch in a dream represents one’s
wife, midwife or a high ranking position. If it is made of wood in the dream, it
indicates respectability, and if it is not upholstered in the dream, it means
lowness or inferiority. A fabric stuffed couch in a dream signifies honor, welfare,
promotion, good words, new clothing, love, affection and unity. (Also see Bed;
Mattress)
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Lioness
In a dream, a lioness represents an evil woman, or a despot who is also
affectionate toward her cubs, or she could represent the daughter of a king or
a ruler. Sleeping with a lioness in a dream means conquering one’s enemy.
Eating the flesh of a lioness in a dream means that one may become wealthy.
(Also see Lion)
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Cheeks
In a dream, one’s cheeks represent his beauty and a display of his
character. In a dream, cheeks are a symbol of love and affection. They denote
both good or bad, harm or benefits, health or sickness and increase or decrease.
Whatever affects them in a dream will show in one’s life. One’s cheeks also
represent his type of work. If they look rosy in a dream, they denote a good health
and a good luck in one’s life. Yellow or opaque cheeks in a dream mean fear,
sorrow and loss of status. One’s cheek in a dream also means humiliation or
meekness if seen soiled with dust, soot or dirt in the dream. However, if a
religious person sees his cheeks covered with dust in a dream, it means the rise
of his spiritual rank, and that he will become exalted in God’s sight. (Also see
Face)
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Carriers of The Divine Throne
Seeing the carriers of the Divine Throne of God
Almighty in a dream represents glory, integrity, might, unity, affection, concord
and the company of the good ones. Seeing them in a dream confirms one’s true
faith, belief and his nearness from the King’s intimate ones.
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Shaving
Shaving one’s hair in a dream relates to one’s personal customs. If he
is used to have short hair and sees himself shavinghis head in a dream, it means
that he will pay a fine as an atonement. If he sees his head shaved in the
summertime, and if he is used to doing so, it means benefits, comfort, or
recovering from a migraine headache. If one sees his hair shaved during the
winter in a dream, it means difficulties, adversities, penalties, or a sickness.
Shaving one’s head in a dream also means paying one’s dues, appeasement of
one’s fears, and success in one’s life. Shortening one’s hair in a dream also means
appeasing his fears. If one is suffering from depression and he sees his head
shaved in a dream, it means an end to his trouble, or payment of his debts. It
also means abasement, disgrace, deception, or death. If a soldier sees his head
shaved in a dream, it means that he will lose his strength and esteem. If one sees
himself chipping his hair in bits in a dream, it means that he will lose people’s
respect. Shaving one’s head in a dream for someone who does not usually shave
it also may mean an affliction or an illness. If a woman sees her head shaved
in a dream, it means divorce, or the death of her husband. If she sees her hair
sheared in a dream, it means confinement to her house. If she sees her husband
giving her a beautiful haircut and talking to her affectionately in a dream, it
means spiritual growth, delivering a trust, or paying one’s debts. Trimming
women’s hair in a dream means inability to conceive children. Cutting one’s hair
in a dream means losing one’s strength. Shaving half of one’s beard in a dream
means losing one’s source of income and dignity. Plucking out one’s facial hair
in a dream is worst than shaving it, and particularly when hair louses up one’s
face or attractiveness. Nevertheless, plucking out one’s facial hair in a dream
also could depict amelioration of one’s condition or look. Shaving one’s backside
or abdomen in a dream means paying one’s debts. Shaving, clipping, or adjusting
one’s moustache in a dream means lighteningone’s burdens, though it also could
represent a mishap. If a rich person sees himself shaving his pubic hair or using
a depilatory agent for that purpose in a dream, it means the loss of his wealth,
or it could mean that he has overpaid for a property he has just purchased. If
a poor person sees that, it means that he will become financially solvent. If one
sees himself shaving it with a razor blade, it represents benefits from one’s
spouse. (Also see Beard)
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Purple
The color purple in a dream represents a brilliant and a skillful house¬
maid. If one sees himself lifting something of purple color in a dream, it means
that he will hire or kiss a housemaid. Purple in a dream is also interpreted to
mean a beautiful woman. In general, the sweet aroma of a purple plant among
other fragrant plants represent a woman who has little care for stability, or it
may represent a short lived child, or it could mean health problems. If the color
purple is mixed in a bouquet of flowers in a dream, it means love, affection and
harmony. (Also see Colors)
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Building
The element of a good building in a dream represents love, affection,
unity, progeny, prosperity, a garment of honor, and girls in one’s family. A
strong edifice means strength and firmness. It also means support, help and a
long life. Raising a new edifice in a dream represents either personal or
collective material benefits in this world. If one sees himself building an edifice
in a dream, it means having intercourse with his spouse. If one builds a church,
it defines him as Christian. If he builds a mosque, it defines him as Muslim. If
a man of knowledge sees himself building a mosque as an offering to please God
Almighty in a dream, it means that he will compile a study from which others
will benefit or that people will seek his advice in religious matters or inter¬
pretations. If a king, or a ruler sees himself building a mosque as an offering for
God’s pleasure in a dream, it means that he will rule his subjects with justice,
command what is lawful and forbid what is unlawful. If he builds a school, it
shows him to be a man of knowledge. If he builds a hospice in a dream, it means
that he is an ascetic. If a sick person sees himself building a house in a dream,
it means that he will recover from his illness and enjoy good health. Seeing
buildings in a dream explains one’s determination, it also means one’s wants for
himself when he rejoices at finding something suitable for status. If one sees his
house bigger than it is in reality in a dream, it means expansion in one’s material
resources. If it grows beyond the normal norms in a dream, it means anxiety,
or a delegation that hastens to enter that house without permission, announcing
a calamity, or it could mean that a wedding will take place in that house.
Building a house in a dream also means extending one’s connections, strengthening
one’s relationship with his kin, friends, or if the person in question is a general
in the army, or a leader, then it means building a strong army. Building a house
in a dream also means regaining power, rejoicing or success in one’s business,
all of which are relative to the thickness of its walls. On the other hand,
demolishing one’s house in a dream means disagreement, disintegration or
separation of one’s family, relatives, friends, associates or dissolution of one’s
army. If one sees himself working for some people to renovate an old building
in a dream, it means correcting the norms of conduct in that community or
reviving old traditions. For example if one sees himself reconstructing the house
of Pharaoh in a dream, it means that he is reviving or reestablishing Pharaoh’s
system of government, or adopting its principals. Erecting a foundation for a
building, then completing its structure in a dream means seeking knowledge,
wisdom or leadership. Building a house in a different county, town or locality
in a dream means a marriage with a woman from that neighborhood. Building
an edifice from ceramic in a dream means decorating oneself. If the building is
from clay in the dream, it means lawful earnings. If one engraves pictures or
forms thereon in the dream, it means acquiring knowledge, learning a new craft,
a leading position in the government which involves partying, alcohol and
mingling with what is unlawful. Building an edifice from plaster or backed
bricks encrusted with pictures or forms in a dream means engaging in an
unlawful or a deceitful act. Building a house in a dream and strengthening its
walls, means to complete the father’s traditions, and to continue working in his
trade. (Also see Builder)
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Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Sources:The dream interpretations presented on this website are primarily based on the renowned works of Imam Ibn Sirin (رحمه الله). Additional insights are derived from authentic Islamic sources, including references to the Qur'an, Sunnah, and scholarly consensus among early Islamic dream interpreters.While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of the content, we encourage readers to consult qualified Islamic scholars for deeper understanding or in matters requiring religious rulings.
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