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Bond
(Band; Chain; Fetters; Shackle; Strap; Ties) In a dream, a bond signifies
assiduity, piety, a pretext, an illness, an ongoing debt, cognizance of the one who puts the chain, or a rope around one's hands. A silver band in a dream means
a lasting marriage. Ifit is a brass band in the dream, then it means decisiveness
but with trickery and regarding something loathsome. Ifthe bond is made from
lead in the dream, then it means having determination about something weak
or unworthy of such attention. A bond made with a rope in the dream signifies
piety and religiousness. If it is mad of wood in the dream, then it means
persistence in hypocrisy. If it is a bond made of a piece of cloth, or a thread in
the dream, then it means attachment to something that will not last. In a dream,
a bond also means delays when one is intending to travel, and for a merchant
it means salability of his merchandise, and as for someone suffering from
depression, it means perseverance of his sorrows. To see oneselftied-up in God's
cause in a dream means caring for one's family. Seeing oneself tied-up or
fettered in a city or a village in a dream means living there. Being bound inside
a house in a dream means living with a difficult wife. Adding extra shackles to
an already bound and bed stricken person in a dream means his death and for
a prisoner, it means extension of his sentence. Wearing a green garment and
seeing one's hands tied-up in a dream means spiritual growth. If one sees
himself wearing a white garment, then it means knowledge, understanding,
beauty and honor. Ifone sees himself wearing a red garment, it means that he
is a musician, or that he is fascinated by music and a night life of distractions.
Wearing a yellow garment in a dream means sickness. Ifone sees himself tied-
up with a golden bond in a dream, it means that he is awaiting to recover money
that he lost in an investment. If one sees himself in a dream tied-up inside a
palace which is built from glass, it means that he will befriend a noble woman,
though their friendship will not last. Seeing oneself being tied-up with another
person in the dream means committing a sin and being afraid of its conse-
quences. In general, a bond in a dream signifies distress and poverty. (Also see
Band; Chain; Fetter; Yoke; Contract; Knot; Friendship; Kinship; Relationships)
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Bondage
(See Yoke)
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Bondman
(See Slave)
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Vagabond
(See Destitute)
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Band
(Bond; Tie) To tie or band one's hair in a dream mean amassing huge sums
of money and to disband one's hair means to squander one's wealth. (Also see
Bond 1)
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Bracelet
(Band; Bangle) In a dream, bracelets represent pride or women's
ornaments, and for men they represent the support of one's brother. If the bracelet is made of gold in the dream, then it represents chastisement. If it fits
tight in the dream, it means difficulties. If each wrist carries a silver bracelet
or a bangle in a dream, it means disappointment or losses caused by one's
friends. If a man sees himself wearing a bracelet in a dream, it means tight
financial circumstances. Wearing a gold bracelet in a dream could represent a
righteous person who strives with all his heart to do good. Should one have
enemies, then God Almighty will support and strengthen him against them.
Wearing a golden bracelet in a dream could mean either that he will be exploited
or restrained, or it could mean that he will be handcuffed. If a ruler or someone
in authority sees himself wearing a bracelet in a dream, it means that he will
hold that job for sometime to come, that he will be just toward his subjects, and
they will live happily and enjoy good earnings during his regency. If one sees
his arms fitted with armlets in a dream, it means expansion or spreading of his
authority along with fame. A bracelet also represents a son, a servant, or a close
employee. If a woman sees herself wearing a bracelet in a dream, it means
blessings, favors and joy. A silver bracelet in a dream means increase in one's
profits. In general men wearing bracelets in a dream means distress, and for
women it means ornaments. If one sees a deceased person wearing a bracelet
in a dream, it means that he is in paradise. Wearing a golden bracelet is also
interpreted as receiving an inheritance, a marriage, or bearing a child. Silver
bracelets in a dream also could be interpreted as piety and observing one's
religious duties. Bracelets in a dream also represent the noble people of a town,
money, or beauty. If the bracelets are made from bones, ivory or cast iron, then
they represent the despicable people of that town. Bracelets in a dream also can
be interpreted as sorrows, imitations, the coming events of a town, or events it
exports. (Also see Armlet; Bond)
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Yoke
(Bond; Bondage; Harness; Shackles; Yoke of matrimony) In a dream, a yoke
means benefits for most people except for people in bondage.
In their case, seeing a yoke in a dream means harsher subjugation to their masters. If someone is
suffering from bondage, or if a prisonor of war, or a political prisoner sees a
broken yoke in a dream, it means that he will be set free. The wooden frame
which is attached to the plough-iron or the colter in a dream means marriage,
bearing children, or work. A yoke in a dream also represents the turning of
circumstances against one’s liking, or meeting with obliging conditions.
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Knot
(Bond; Bridge; Contract; Liaison; Tie) To make a knot in one’s shirt in a
dream means engaging in business. Tying a knot with a rope in a dream
represents one’s religious commitment. Tying a knot with a handkerchief in a
dream means giving fringe benefits to a servant or to an employee. Tying a belt
over a pair of pants in a dream means marriage. Tying a knot with a thread in
a dream means asserting one’s intention, or stipulating one’s plan, or it could
mean sorcery and an evil spell. Ifone sees himself tying a rope or a thread around
a pouch or a bag and could not open it again, and if an unknown person comes-
by and unties the knot in the dream, it means distress, stress, uptightness, or
suffering from political persecution, or financial adversities that will be lifted
unexpectedly by God’s leave. (Also see Contract; Thread; Tie; Untying something)
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Tie
(Bond; Knot) A tie in a dream represents longevity, old age and the possible
bending of one’s back. (Also see Band; Bond; Captivated; Contract; Fond; Knot;
Untying something)
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Fetter
(Bond; Shackle) To see one’s feet put in irons or fettered in a dream
represents evil people, or it could mean travels or leaving one’s homeland. (Also
see Bond)
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Slave
(Bondman; Servant; Submission) If a free man sees himself as a slave, and
if he recognizes the person who enslaved him in the dream, it means that he will
serve such a person, or perhaps he may blackmail him. Becoming a slave in a
dream also means excessive borrowing of money until one becomes a slave to his
lenders, or that the compounded interest of his loans weigh heavy on his family,
or it could mean reorganization of one’s business, or that he may work for his
lender to repay his debts, or it could mean that he may develop heart problems,
or any debilitating illness. If one is sold as a slave in a dream, it means that he
will regain honor and dignity, or perhaps fall in a trap, for selling a free person
in a dream means humiliating him. Selling a human being in a dream also
connotes a good end, such as that in the story of God’s prophet Joseph, upon
whom be peace. If a bondman sees himself free in a dream, it means that he will
experience ease after he was subjugated to difficulties and hardships, or it could
mean paying his debts, recovering from an illness, attaining one’s goals, or
perhaps he may become a true servant of God Almighty, who commands good
and forbids evil, establishes regular prayers, pays his charities and fears
wrongdoing. Being a slave in a dream also means distress. Being sold in a dream
also means worries, unless if the buyer is a woman, then it means that he will
be honored and well treated. His value and comfort then will depend on the price
he is sold for in the dream. If an unmarried woman is sold as a slave in a dream,
it means that she will marry the one who bought her. If a man sells his wife in
a dream, it means that he will divorce her. If one is captured and turned into
a slave by his enemy in a dream, it means that he will learn something about
humiliation and submissiveness.
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Maroon
(Color; Bay-colored; Reddish-brown) In a dream, the color maroon means
dignity, nobility, power, or it could represent a wealthy woman. (Also see Colors)
Marriage bond: To rescind one's bond of marriage in a dream means either death
or dismissal from work. To revoke the bond of marriage in a dream also may
mean selling a product for a term, requiring its return, or it may mean apostasy.
(Also see Marriage; Yoke)
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Chain
(Complications; Longevity; Marriage; Richness; Sin) In a dream, a chain
represents an old or a rich woman whose earnings are lawful. A chain in one's
hand or around one's neck in a dream may mean threats, menaces, sin or
disobedience. Seeing a chain around one's neck in a dream also means marriage
to a woman of bad character. A chain in a dream also denotes complications.
Seeing oneself chained means sorrow and distress. (Also see Bond)
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Ignorance
(Demanding person; Obtrusive person) It is common among the people
of knowledge to describe an ignorant person as a stone. (Also see Darkness)
Illness: Having an illness in a dream represents a sickening character, or a
hypocrite. Finding oneself ill in a dream means enjoying a good health for that
year, or it could mean loss of devotion and lack of piety. If a warrior finds himself
sick in a dream, it means that he will be wounded. If one sees his wife sick in
a dream, it means that she is negligent of her religious obligations. If a sick
person sees himself riding an ox, or a swine in a dream, it means his death. A
feverish illness in a dream means pressure caused by a ruler. Feeling sick, or
feeling down with an undiagnosed illness in a dream means spending money,
or wasting it in ways other than on God’s path. In a dream, illness mostly
denotes religious disobedience and religious disdain. If one’s sick child recovers
from an illness in a dream, it means his death. If one sees the entire city
suffering from an illness in a dream, it means a war, or a siege. If one sees
himself ill in a dream, it also means victory over his enemy and enjoying a happy
life. Otherwise, seeing anyone suffering from an illness in a dream means lack
of work, and for a rich person it means becoming needy. If a business traveller
sees himself ill and desiring something in his dream, it means that his business
deal will not fall through, for physicians mostly do not grant their patients their
wishes. If a bedridden person sees himself freeing a slave from bondage in a
dream, it means his death, for a dead person has no property. Seeing a friend
sick in a dream means that one will suffer from the same illness. Illness in a
dream also signifies spending money, repentance, prayers, supplications, im¬
ploring, while falling in love in a dream means a sickness. Seeing two of one’s
children sick in a dream means that one may suffer from trachoma or ophthalmia,
for one’s eyes in a dream represent his children. Illness in a dream means that
one has lost something to his adversary. Seeing one’s father ill in a dream means
having a migraine headache, for one’s father in a dreams also represents his
head. An illness in a dream also signifies falsehood and corruption. If one sees
himself suffering from a terminal illness in a dream, it means that his sins will
be forgiven, and he will die with God Almighty pleased with him. An illness in
a dream also signifies a calamity, distress, fear of something, desiring something,
or trouble. The illnessofa woman in adream represents her stepdaughters from
her husband. Man’s sickness in a dream also could signify abstaining from
sexual course with his wife during her menstrual period. The illness of scholars
means weakness in their religious adherence. The sickness of a ruler means
religious failure, or that he may die in that same year. The illness of a teacher
in a dream means separation from his students. The illness of a child in a dream
means distress and worries for his parents. The death of a suffering old person,
or someone with a terminal illness in a dream means relief. The death of an
animal in a dream means lack of benefits. A plague in a dream means drought,
or prosperity for physicians as well as for undertakers. Complaining about some
pain in a dream means distress, unless if the one complaining in the dream is
an opponent, then it means victory andjoy for the person seeing the dream. (Also
see Thief)
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Handcuff
(Fettered; Marriage; Shackled; Tied-up) If one sees his hand tied to his
neck in a dream, it means that he does not pay God’s rights upon what he earns.
If one’s hand is tied around his neck in a dream, it also could mean that he will
desist from wrongdoing. If both hands are tied-up in the dream, it denotes his
stinginess. If one is captured and handcuffed by the authorities in a dream, it
means that he will be thrown into jail or fall into difficulties. Seeing oneself
handcuffed in a dream also means marriage, wrongdoing, or hypocrisy. (Also see
Bond; Rancor)
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Destitute
(Loafing; Loitering; Tramp; Vagabond) Seeing a destitute or seeing
oneself as a destitute in a dream connotes a painful poverty, a self-damaging
condition, ingratitude or disbelief.
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Link
(Ring; Bond; Door knocker) In a dream, a link represents the religion of
Islam. Holding to the like of a chain in a dream means steadfastness in one’s
religion. In general, a door knocker in a dream represents the door attendant,
an announcer, a messenger, a warning post, or a guard dog. If the knocker is
made of gold or silver in the dream, it means honor and prosperity of the people
of the house. If one pulls off the door knocker, and if it brakes in the dream, it
means that he follows a path of innovation.
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Strap
(See Bond)
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Rescind
(See Marriage bond; Reconciliation)
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Friendship
Fostering a friendship or seeking the fellowship of the righteous ones
or the men of knowledge in a dream represents one’s sincerity and love for
others, devotion to family ties and serving their interests. It also indicates one’s
true sincerity in his or her religious duties. (Also see Bond; Companionship;
Fellowship; Kinship; Spiritual gathering)
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Contract
In a dream, a contract represents a necklace of pearls, a marriage
contract, a prenuptial agreement or a business agreement. Acontract in a dream
also could signify a covenant or making a bond with the other signing party.
(Also see Knot; Pledge of allegiance)
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Reject
In a dream, rejecting something means ingratitude or disbelief.
Relationships: (Bond; Connection; Liaison) To have important connections in a
dream means compelling one’s enemy to retreat or to accept one’s conditions. To
have strong relationships in a dream cools the divine wrath, as does giving
charity in secret. This is true unless one’s connections or circle gathers a group
of evil companions, or if one is mingling with a band of conspirators.
Relaxation: (Ease; Leisure; Repose; Rest) To see oneself relaxing after toiling in
a dream means wealth after poverty, or a happy marriage after a miserable one.
If a sick person sees himself relaxed in a dream, it means the nearing of his
death, and taking a rest from the adversities and toiling of this world. On the
other hand, relaxing in a dream may mean misery, worries and unhappiness.
Relief: (See Death; Freedom; Manumission; Slaughter)
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