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Gnat
(See Mosquito)
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Resignation
(See Justice)
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Marjoram
( bot. Mint; Sweet marjoram; Wild marjoram) Smelling a marjoram
plant in a dream means recovering from an illness and enjoying a good health
for that year. Planting a marjoram in a dream means begetting a healthy and
a beautiful child who will grow to possess a good character. Marjoram in a
dream also could mean marriage, or something that will not last. (Also see Mint)
Marketplace: Going to the marketplace in a dream means seeking knowledge, or
looking for work. A marketplace in a dream also represents a mosque, or
winning a war. In fact, the merchants and the customers bargain with one
another, some win and some lose. If a knowledge seeking student sees himself
in a marketplace that he does not recognize, then if he walks away from it in
the dream, it means that he will cease schooling or interrupt his studies and
fail to acquire his degree, or it could mean that he has missed his Friday
congregational prayers. It also could mean that the knowledge he is seeking is
not intended to please God Almighty. If one sees himself shoplifting in a dream,
it means that he steals, or holds contempt and conceit in his heart, or if he is
a man of knowledge, it means that he will foster falsehood or become affected.
If one sees a common marketplace on fire, or filled with people, or with a stream
of fresh water running in the middle of it, or if it is fragrant with perfumes in
the dream, then it represents good business for everyone and increase in their
profits, though hypocrisy will later on spread among the people. Otherwise, if
one finds the shops closed, the merchants drowsing and spiders webs spreading
in every corner and covering the merchandise in the dream, it means stagnation
of business or suffering major losses. Seeing the marketplace in a dream is also
interpreted to represent the world. Whatever affects it will show in people’s
lives, in their mosques, churches, or temples including their profits, losses,
clothing, recovering from illness, lies, stress, sorrows or adversities. If the
market is quiet in the dream, then it represents the laziness of its salespeople.
(Also see Entering a house)
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Justice
(Abstention; Decency; Fairness; Honesty; Impartiality; Resignation)
Witnessing injustice practiced by the authority in a dream represents the
opposite. In fact, seeing an unjust ruler in a dream could signify comfort, peace,
tranquility, protection of the society, or it could mean urban developments.
Being just in a dream may imply the necessity to do justice regarding members
of one’s family. If a heedless person, or a sinner, or a tyrant, or an oppressor sees
himself beingjust in a dream, it means that he will repent to God Almighty from
his sins. (Also see Injustice; Judge; Unjust ruler)
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Masjid
(arb. God’s House; Mosque; Place of worship) In Arabic, the word masjid
means a place of prostration, while the word Jami means a place of gathering.
A masjid or a mosque in a dream represents a scholar and its gates represent
men of knowledge and the guardians, or the attendants of God’s House. Building
a masjid in a dream means emulating the traditions of God’s Prophet, upon
whom be peace, fostering the unity of one’s family, or becoming a judge, should
one qualify for such an office. A masjid filled with people in a dream represents
a gnostic, a man of knowledge and wisdom, or a preacher who invites people
to his house, advises them, brings their hearts together, teaches them the
precepts of their religion and explains the wisdom behind the divine revelations.
Seeing a masjid being demolished in a dream means that such a gnostic, or
religious scholar and devout believer will die in that locality. In a dream, if the
roof of a masjid caves in, it means that one will indulge in an abominable action.
If one sees a stranger performing his prayers in a masjid in a dream, it means
that the Imam of that masjid will dies from a terminal illness. If one enters a
masjid in the company of a group of people, and if they dig a small hole for him
inside the masjid in the dream, it means that he will get married. If one’s house
becomes a masjid in a dream, it means that he will attain piety, purity of heart,
escetic detachment and an honor he will receive from his brethren. He will also
call upon them to follow what is true and to abstain from what is false. If a masjid
is transformed into a bathhouse in a dream, it means that a chaste person will
turn corrupt or become heedless. A masjid in a dream also represents a
marketplace or a business. If one has to climb up a staircase to reach the masjid
in a dream, then the masjid represents a thrifty person who does not like to
share what he has. If one has to climb down a staircase to reach the masjid in
a dream, it means that his needs will be satisfied. If a masjid in the city is moved
to a remote village in a dream, it means stagnation of one’s business, being
ostracized from one’s community, or it could mean legal complications related
to one’s inheritance. If a ruler builds a house for God Almighty or a masjid in
a dream, it means that he will be a just ruler and he will govern his subject by
the divine laws. If a religious scholar builds a masjid in a dream, it means that
he will author a book that will benefit others, or delivers a commentary on a
complex religious issue, or if he is wealthy, it means that he will pay the alms
tax due on his assets. Building a masjid in a dream also means getting married,
or conceiving a child who will grow to become a righteous and a knowledgeable
scholar, or if one is poor, it means that he will become rich. Otherwise, it means
that one will serve God’s House and fill it with invocations, supplications,
serving the interest of the community, leading the people to unity and love, and
teaching them to value obedience to God’s commands. Building a masjid in a
dream also could mean becoming a real estate agent, or repenting from one’s
sins, or receiving guidance on God’s path, or to die as a martyr, hence, what one
builds for God Almighty in a dream, represents his house in paradise. Such
interpretation applies if one builds a masjid following the proper procedures
and with lawfully earned money, and using proper materials. Otherwise,
building it with what is unlawful of money or materials in the dream, or
changing the direction of the prayer niche, etcetera, then one’s dream will carry
the opposite meaning. If one builds a masjid or a fellowship house in a dream,
it means that he will seek the path of knowledge and wisdom, or that he will
attend a pilgrimage during that same year, or establish a permanent business,
such as a hotel, a bathhouse or a shop, etcetera. Building the roof of a masjid
in a dream means taking care of orphans, or sponsoring homeless children.
Expanding a masjid in a dream means increase in one’s good deeds, repentance
from a sin, adopting good conduct, or being just. Seeing oneself inside a new
masjid one does not recognize in a dream means attending the pilgrimage to
God’s House in Mecca during that same year, or joining religious circles to learn
about one’s religion. If one’s shop becomes a masjid, or if the masjid becomes a
shop in the dream, it denotes lawful earnings, or it could mean mixing lawful
and unlawful earnings. A forsaken masjid or mosque in a dream means
intentionally ignoring the value of gnostics and religious scholars, or denying
the necessity to command what is good and to eschew what is evil. A forsaken
masjid in a dream also denotes the presence of ascetics who have renounced the
world and its people and care less about their material possessions. A known
mosque in a dream represents the city where it is erected. For instance, the Aqsa
mosque in a dream represents Jerusalem, the Sacred mosque represents Mecca,
the Prophet’s Mosque (uwbp) represents Medina, the Omayyad mosque represents
Damascus, Al-Azhar mosque represents Cairo and the Blue mosque represents
Istanbul, etcetera. A known mosque in a dream also could represent the
renowned scholars who live in that place, or the ruler of that country, or any
of his ministers. If one enters a mosque and immediately after crossing the
entrance gate, he prostrates himself to God Almighty in the dream, it means
that he will be given the opportunity to repent for his sins. If one comes to a
masjid and finds its doors locked, then if someone opens the door to him in a
dream, it means that he will help someone in paying his debt, then extol his good
virtues in public. If one enters a mosque riding on an animal in a dream, it means
that he will cut off his connection with his relatives, leave them behind and
forbid them to follow him. If one dies in a masjid in a dream, it means that he
will die as a true penitent. If the carpet or the straw mat of a mosque becomes
a shredded rag in the dream, it means that the community of that masjid is
divided and corrupt. Building a masjid in a dream also means overcoming one’s
enemy. Entering the Sacred Mosque in Mecca in a dream means arriving with
one’s bride to their new home and it could mean fulfillment of a promise, being
truthful, dispelling one’s fear and reaching the shore of safety. (Also see Minaret;
Minbar; Mosque)
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Anus
(Backside) In a dream, it represents the husband or money. If one sees his
anus blocked in a dream, it means that he will die shortly. The anus in a dream
also represents a lowly person, a cheap musician, a drummer, someone who
holds secrets, a kin or a relative with whom it is not lawful to be married. Seeing
the backside of a young person in a dream means separation between the two.
If it is an older person in the dream, it means a fight between them. Causing
cuts in one’s anus means severing family ties. Seeing the anus of one’s mother
in a dream means nullification of one’s devotion, cancellation of one’s due
interests or the stagnation of one’s business. Seeing someone’s anus in a dream
means meeting with a frowning person. If one’s anus bleeds in the dream, it
means money. If one sees himself excreting in a dream, it means spending
money with a clear intent of benefiting from it. Seeing the anus of an unknown
woman in a dream means material losses, or it could mean difficulties in ac¬
quiring the necessary money for one’s livelihood. Seeing worms coming from
one’s anus means departing from one’s children or loss of one’s children. If a
cloth comes out of one’s anus in a dream, it means severing relations with
strangers who took advantage of one’s children and abused their rights. Having
sexual intercourse with a woman through the anus in a dream means asking for
something in the wrong way. If one sees a peacock coming out of his anus in a
dream, it means that he will beget a beautiful daughter. If he sees a fish coming
out of his anus in a dream, it means that his wife will beget an ugly looking
daughter. (Also see Pederasty; Sexual intercourse; Sodomy)
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Ship
(Boat; Human being; Might; Mother; Prison; Star; Salvation; Stress) Seeing
a ship in a dream means escape from danger, overcoming adversities, recovering
from an illness, or it could represent rain after a severe drought. If one who is
experiencing adversities sees a ship or a boat anchored in a harbor in his dream,
it means that his adversities will be lifted shortly. If one sees himself pulling
it, or driving it on dry land in a dream, it means that he is a hypocrite or a pimp.
If he rides a ship along with righteous people in a dream, it means that he is
guided on the straight path and that his sins will be forgiven. If one reaches the
shore and leaves the boat in a dream, it means that he will live in safety and
happiness, and he will escape from the danger of his enemies. If one who is
dismissed from his work sees himself on a boat in a dream, it means that he will
be rehired to occupy the same office and regain his authority, or that he may take
a dangerous trip during which he may either die or escape from death. If one
thinks that the ship does not befit his class or rank in the dream, it means that
he will face danger. If one’s ship is drowning, and if another ship comes to its
rescue in the dream, it means that one will escape from a great danger to fall
into the hands of a strong person, or that he will escape from a danger, though
should he disobey its captain and abandon the second ship in his dream, it
means that he may disobey his leader and go astray. Recovering one’s ship from
the deep in a dream means regaining power. If the ship in one’s dream is
interpreted as power, it means that he will lose his power or authority. If the
ship is interpreted as burdens and difficulties, it means that he will overcome
them through prayers or giving charity, or taking a medicine if he is ill. If one’s
ship drown, and if he sees himself floating in the water holding to a panel or
debris from the ship in the dream, it means that he will face the wrath of
someone in authority. If he is holdings leadership position, it means that he may
lose it. If he is a merchant, it means that he may go bankrupt. If he still dies
from his trial in the dream, it means that he may be killed, and his death will
still be an escape from something he feared most. An empty ship in a dream
means business profits. Seeing a passenger ship transporting people in a dream
means safety. If the ship is floating still in the dream, it means imprisonment.
To hold to the rope of a ship in a dream represents a religious person who joins
the company a pious teacher. Even if one sees himself dropping the ropes, or
lowering the anchor in his dream, it means that he will remain in the company
of such a person. Riding a ship along with one’s family, relatives and friends in
a dream means honor, prosperity and escape from one’s enemies. If one sees
himself crossing the sea with a small boat in the dream, it represents a danger
he will face. Seeing a ship floatingnicely in a dream means happiness. Standing
on the shore and watching a ship in the sea in a dream means receiving glad
tidings. If one sees the ship ascending in the skies in a dream, it represents slow
coming benefits, and if the ship is descending from the sky, it denotes fast
coming benefits. The beams of a ship represent religious men, faith, holding fast
to one’s religion, or they could mean complications. The sails of a ship in a dream
represent its captain. The crew represents servants. The rowing oars, the
rudders, or the propellers in a dream represent the movement of the ship, or the
children of its owner. The condition of a ship represents the state of the person
seeing the dream or his living condition. If one rescues a drowned ship in a
dream, it means that he will discover a treasure, or it could mean marriage if
one is unwed, or a financial gift for one who works for a governor. If one sees
himself as a ship ebbing and stretching as the tide fall in the sea, then if the sea
calms in the dream, it means that he will receive a high ranking appointment,
leadership, authority and honor. If one sees a ship floating over a sea of blood
in a dream, it means adultery. If the ship sinks, and if some of its debris and
boards remain afloat in the dream, it may mean the death of one’s mother, for
one’s mother was once his ship. Buying a ship in a dream means getting married.
Carrying oars in a dream means knowledge. A flying ship in a dream means the
death of its rider. A flying ship in a dream also may represent another type of
vehicle, or it could mean a coffin or a funeral. If one dies inside a ship that has
sunk in a dream, it means that he will be saved from suffering in the hereafter,
and he will also escape from what he fears most in this world. If he finds a hole
in the ship in his dream, it means that he may escape from drowning. A ship in
a dream also represents a heavy built woman. In a dream, a ship also represents
the Bridge of Judgement {Sirat) that will be stretched on the Day of Resurrection
for the creation to cross into the land of the Grand Gathering. A ship in a dream
also represents salvation, avoiding ignorance, or overcoming temptation. If a
sick person sees himself riding in the morgue of a ship with dead people in a
dream, it means that he will escape from the trials of this world. If a healthy
person who is seeking knowledge does so in a dream, it means that he may meet
with a spiritual teacher to benefit from his knowledge and wisdom, and to escape
from ignorance. If an indebted person does so in his dream, it means that he will
repay his debts, while for a deprived person, he too will find plenitude and
acquire wealth from unexpected sources. If one sees his ship sailing to the shore,
then if it becomes amphibious, driving him on dry land in the dream, it means
that he will waiver in his faith and deviate from the path of truth to follow
innovations, hypocrisy and insolence. If he is not seeking knowledge, it means
that he will divorce his wife, then proceed to live with her in sin. If he is a
merchant, it means that his business will stagnate and he will seek unlawful
methods to market his merchandise. In a dream, a ship also represents good
deeds, righteous companions, associating with a wise man, a good fellowship,
praiseworthy deeds, a handcraft, stagnation of one’s business, fear, hope,
salvation, a mosque, a marketplace, one’s father, one’s mother, master, teacher,
educator, wealth, a house, an adulteress, a vehicle, one’s wife, or his servant.
A ship in a dream also represents a tavern in the sense that one enters it sober
and leaves it light headed. A ship in a dream also represents the human form
and its body represents his body. Its oars represent his hands. Its front
represents his head. Its contents represent his brain. Its boards represent his
ribs, and its ropes represent his veins, etcetera. If one sees a ship sitting on top
of a mountain in a dream, it means safety, or escape from a danger, or protection
from one’s enemy. If it sinks in the sea in the dream, it also means that he is
one of the dwellers of hell-fire. If the ship turns into iron in the dream, it means
longevity. Eating the wood of a ship in a dream means receiving a sizeable
inheritance, or it could mean eating forbidden meat. If one sees a ship talking
to him and soothing his understanding in a dream, it means that he will listen
to the admonition of a wise man. Seeing Noah’s arc in a dream means happiness,
joy, festivities, salvation, relief from stress and worries, protection from drown¬
ing, marriage and a presiding position, or victory over one’s enemy. (Also see
Boat; Helm)
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Stream
(Brook; Creek; Irrigation; Rivulet; Watering) In a dream, a stream
represents the course of one’s livelihood, his source of income, his shop, his
trade, travels and the like interests. A stream in a dream also could mean
festering wounds, waterskin, watering irrigation, the resting area on the
highway, one’s throat which is the watering access of his body, or it could
represent life if it is public property. If it is a private property, then it represents
the life of the person who digs out such a stream. A stream in a dream also
represents a good life, or the comfort of its owner. If its water flows over its banks
in the dream, then it represents sorrows, crying, or sadness. If one sees a stream
flowing through people’s homes in a dream, then such a stream represents a
happy life and particularly when its water is colorless and sweet tasting. If one
sees himself as the owner of a stream, a spring, or a watercourse which he
establishes as a charity in a dream, it means that he will become a leader, a
president, or happily serve his community. If one cleans a rivulet then finds it
filthy again, or finds it filled with trash in his dream, it represents diarrhea. If
he sees water flowing under his feet in a dream, then it means dropsy. If one sees
a stream of water running through a town where people are filling their jars,
drinking its water and thanking God for His blessings in a dream, it means that
a calamity is removed and is replaced with peace, safety and tranquility. If the
people are inflicted with adversities or a drought, then it means prosperity and
rains, food, or money and their merchandise will not stagnate. If the water in
the stream is murky, or salty, or running outside its canal, then it represents
a coming calamity that will cause mass sufferings, or a sickness such as cold in
the winter and fever in the summer, or it could mean that they will hear bad
news about some travellers, or it could represent a richness which is acquired
from an unlawful source, or it could mean that he will receive tainted money.
If one sees a watercourse flowing only in the direction of his house, then such
adversities will be his lot. If one sees a stream flowing in the direction of his
house, or garden in a dream, it means a marriage or conceiving a child. A stream
of flowing blood rather than water in a dream represents the deviation of one’s wife.
If one sees a stream running off its course, or damaging people’s crops in
a dream, it means bad news. Blocking the path of a stream in a dream means
separation between a husband and a wife, or avoiding a sinful action between
unmarried relatives. If one sees himself standing behind a rivulet in a dream,
it means that his wife will inherit him. If one sees the water of a stream flowing
toward his own home or garden, and if he finds that its water has turned into
blood in the dream, it means that someone will marry his wife after him.
Drinking fresh water from a rivulet, a stream, or a river in a dream represents
the joy of living or longevity. A murky water of a rivulet or a stream in a dream
means a fright, difficulties, or a sickness. Streams in a dream also represent the
veins and the blood that flows through the human body. (Also see Fountainhead;
Meadow; Spring)
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Five times prayers
(Communication; Communion; Invocations; Prayers; arb. Salat)
To see oneself performing one’s obligatory prayers (arb. Fardh ) in a dream means
receiving a high ranking appointment, spiritual advancement, leadership,
presiding over people, delivering a message, performing a duty, paying dues,
turning over one’s trust or satisfying obligatory deeds and enjoying peace. If one
sees himself in a dream performing one of the five obligatory prayers on time,
having performed the proper ablution and correctly completed its obeisance of
the proper standing, bowing and prostrating postures, standing with reverence
and piety and facing the Ka‘aba, it means that he will perform a religious duty
or attend the annual pilgrimage in Mecca. It also means that he will extricate
himself from an unjust deed he fell into and repent, or it could mean eschewing
evil. Performing the divinely ordained prayers in dream also means loyalty to
one’s promise, employment for a person who could not find a job, or reconcili¬
ation with a long forsaken friend or relative. If one leads the prayers in his
dream, it means that he will guarantee something to someone, or it could means
that he will borrow money for a term. If one prays behind an Imam in the dream,
it means that he will become a burden to others. The midday prayers known in
Arabic as Zuhur signify a manifestation, a proclamation or exposing what is
hidden. Praying Zuhur in a dream means attaining one’s goal, satisfying every
need, obtaining everything one has asked for from earthly gains in this world,
or it could mean spiritual benefits in the hereafter and particularly if one sees
himself completing his prayers in the dream. Completing one’s prayers means
achieving one’s goal. If one is incarcerated because of a debt and sees himself
completing his Zuhur prayers in a dream, it means that someone will pay his
debt for him and gets him released from prison and he will then prosper. If one
sees himself performing his Zuhur prayers in a clear day and feels happy about
it in his dream, it means that he will engage in some work that will make him
famous and that he will enjoy the fruits of his work as much as he did in that
clear and beautiful day in his dream. If one performs his midday Zuhur prayers
in a cloudy day in a dream, it means that his work will be distressful. As for the
mid-afternoon prayers, known in Arabic as Asr, performing it in a dream means
taking a vow or making a promise. This prayer in a dream also represents one’s
liability. If one sees himself performing the ‘Asr prayers in a dream, it means
that what he is asking for will materialize, though after some hardships and
adversities. If one does not complete his ‘Asr prayers in a dream, it means that
what he is asking for may not take place. If one sees himself performing the
sunset prayers, known in Arabic as Maghrib in a dream, it means that what he
is seeking has reachd its term. If one completes his Maghrib prayers in the
dream, it means that he will get what his heart desires. As for the night prayer,
known in Arabic as ‘Isha. If one sees himself performing his ‘Isha prayers in a
dream, it means that he will complete his work and get what he wants, or it could
mean the end of his life, following which, one u su ally attends to his resting time,
which is similar to death. If one sees himself performing the daybreak prayers
before dawn in a dream, it means that the morning has come and it will be soon
before he hears either good or bad news. On another level, if one sees himself
praying the evening ‘Isha prayers in a dream, it means that he is committed to
attend to his family’s needs as commanded by God Almighty, such as providing
for their food, clothing, shelter and teachings. If one sees himself praying in the
middle of the night (arb. Witter) in a dream, it means that he does attend to his
family’s needs and perhaps they feel comfort in his presence. If one sees himself
performing the dawn Fajr prayers in a dream, it means that he will start with
the inevitable, such as working to provide for his family. If one sees himself
performing the midday Zuhur prayers at the time of the mid-afternoon prayers
in a dream, it means that he will repay his debts. If one’s midday Zuhur prayers
or his mid-afternoon ‘Asr prayers are interrupted in the dream, it means that
he will pay half of what he owes. If one sees himself performing the mid¬
afternoon prayers in a dream, it means that his job will shortly be completed and
only little work is left for him to finish. Praying the sunset Maghrib prayers in
a dream means finishing one’s duties and it is time for him to take a rest. The
night ‘Isha prayers in a dream means veiling things or entering the privacy of
one’s home. On a third level, the midday guhur prayers mean repentance, dis¬
missal or abrogation of laws. The midday Zuhur prayers also could mean
struggling against Satan and one’s enemies, which struggle takes place usually
at the time of one’s midday nap. The mid-afternoon ‘Asr prayers in a dream also
represents victory in one’s life, or it could mean guidance, blessings and
observing God’s laws. The sunset Maghrib prayers in a dream means losing a
parent, the passing away of one’s guardian, the death of a close friend or the
impeachment of the person the dream indicate. Seeing oneself praying the night
‘Isha prayers in a dream means preparing for a journey, or it could mean
marriage, moving from one place into another, or it could mean suffering from
cataract, weakness of one’s vision, or it could denote the vastness of what is to
come, for ‘Isha prayers are distant from the dawn Fajr prayers. Performing the
dawn Fajr prayers in a dream indicates a vow one pledges. Praying the mid¬
afternoon ‘Asr prayers in a dream means attaining ease after suffering from
hardships. Performing the sunset Maghrib prayers in a dream means having
crossed something that will come back later, and performing the night ‘Isha prayers
in a dream means deception and a tricks. If one sees himself performing the
Friday congregational prayers in a dream, it means that he will attain what he
is hoping for. If one sees himself praying inside a garden in a dream, it means
that he is beseeching God Almighty for His forgiveness. If one sees himself
praying in a farmland in a dream, it means repayment of his debts. If he prays
inside a slaughter house in a dream, it means that he will commit the loathsome
act of sodomy. If one sees himself praying seated without an excuse in a dream,
it means that he will perform a deed which is not acceptable by his Lord. If he
prays lying on his side in bed in a dream, it means that he will be bed stricken.
If one performs his prayers in a mosque, then leaves it to attend to other duties
in a dream, it means that whatever he attends to will be blessed, and he will
profit from it. If one sees himself praying while riding in a dream, it means that
he is struck with fear, or that he may face a fight. If one sees himself performing
the obligatory (arb. Fardh) prayers shortened to two groupings of prostrations
(arb. Rakat) in a dream, it means travels. If one sees himself praying while
eating honey in a dream, it means that he may engage in sexual intercourse with
his wife during the fasting hours. If a woman sees herself performing the
obligatory (arb. Fardh) prayers shortened to two grouping of prostrations in a
dream, it means that she will have her monthly menstrual period on that day.
If one discovers that he has missed the time of the prescribed prayer and could
not find a place or time to perform it in his dream, it means that he will face
difficulties finishing something or paying a debt or satisfy a worldly goal. If one
intentionally neglects to do an obligatory prayer, or if he plans to do the m la ter
(arb. Qada’) in the dream, it means that he takes his religious commitment
lightly and hopes to correct his attitude at a later time. Performing the Friday
congregational prayers in a dream is a sign of happiness, joy, festivities,
celebrations, the pilgrimage season, abstaining from borrowing money for one’s
accessories or luxuries. Performing the festival prayers (arb. Eid) at the end of
the month of Ramadan in a dream means paying one’s debts, recovering from
an illness, dispelling difficulties and dissipating one’s worries. Performing the
prayers ofthe festival of sacrifice (arb. Eid-ul Adha. See Immolation; Manumission)
in a dream means controlling one’s business, respecting one’s promises or
fulfilling one’s vows. Performing the mid-morning prayers (arb. Dhuha) in a
dream means amnesty, innocence, makings true oath, happiness and being free
from polytheism. If one performs the prayer of a sick person in a dream, it means
lack of luck and doubt about one’s faith. Grouping two prayers at one time or
shortening them in a dream, means travels or temptation. Performing one’s
prayers directly on a filthy, wet and impure ground without a prayer mat means
poverty, humiliation and needs. If one sees himself praying without properly
covering his or her modesty as required in a dream, it means committing wrong
while fasting or giving charity from unlawful earnings, following innovation,
falling victim to passions or professing that one is right however he does his
prayers. If one performs the prayers of fearing something in a dream, it means
creating a business partnership, business activities or suffering the pangs of
death. Talking during prayers in a dream means asking to get back a gift one
has offered, or failure to focus one’s intention, or talking about one’s charities
in public. In a dream, when performing one’s prayers, if one reads loud when
he should read inwardly, or if he reads inwardly when he is supposed to invoke
outwardly, and if he is called upon to judge between people, it means that his
judgment will be wrong or that he may follow his own mind, or it could mean
affectation, falsehood, hypocrisy, hiding the truth or unjustly confiscating
someone’s money. If one changes the order of the ritual prayers in a dream, it
means that he disobeys his parents or objects to someone he is supposed to hear
and obey, or perhaps he will be afflicted with forgetfulness or staying-up
sleepless nights, or it could mean that he lacks intelligence, or that he is unable
to memorise or remember things. Performing the late night prayers, (arb.
Tarawih) in a dream means toiling, exhaustion, repayment of one’s debts and
receiving guidance. Performing a special prayer for rain (arb. Istisqa) in a dream
denotes fears, languid, rising prices, dullness of the market, trouble, unhappi¬
ness, attachment and stagnation of the construction business. Performing the
solar or the lunar eclipse prayers in a dream means striving to deliver comfort
or to appease someone or perhaps it could denote repentance of a sinner,
returning to the path of God Almighty, fearing the authorities, difficulties, or
manifestation of major signs of the fast approaching Hour of Reckoning.
Performing a special prayer of fear (arb. Khawf) in a dream represents unity,
concord, common consent, peace and tranquility. Performingthe funeral prayers
(arb. Janaza) in a dream means interceding on behalf of the deceased. If the
deceased is unknown, then performing the funeral prayers means giving
employment to a jobless person, profits from a partnership, or it could denote
failure to adequately perform one’s regular obligatory prayers, or being forgetful
or oft-distracted during prayers. If one sees himself leading the funeral prayers
in a dream, and then after completinghis prayers intercedes exaggeratedly with
special invocations on behalf of the deceased in a dream, it means that he will
be appointed by a ruler who is a hypocrite to manage a sector of his business.
If one sees himself then invoking blessings upon the deceased in the dream, it
means that God Almighty has forgiven him his sins. If one sees himself sitting
in a gathering of people praying for departed souls in a dream, it means that he
will pray in a funeral. Seeing oneself in a dream performing a funeral prayer,
means that one will intercede on behalf of a sinner. If one sees himself
performingthe Friday congregational prayers {arb. Jumua) in a dream, it means
that relief is coming his way, or it could mean a reunion with a beloved, or
satisfying a need one is asking for it to be fulfilled. If one sees himself praying
the Friday prayers alone in the dream, it means that such help is exclusive to
him. If one loses something and sees himself in a dream celebrating one of the
two Islamic festivals, it means that he will find his lost object. If one sees himself
performingthe festival prayers (arb. ‘Eid) of the end of the month of Ramadan
in the dream, it means perosperity, and if it is the festival of sacrifice in the
dream, it means repayment of his debts, dispelling stress, advancement in one’s
life or job or release from prison. Performing either the solar or the lunar eclipse
prayers {arb. Kusiif or Khusuf) in a dream means that a calamity will befall the
leaders of the country or its renowned people, or it could mean the death of a
great person of knowledge, whereby everyone will attend his funeral. As for the
special prayer for rain {arb. Istisqa), performing it in a dream may represent an
accident, or it could mean political unrest. If the people offer this prayer from
its inception to its completion in the dream, it means that their adversity will
be lifted. Praying any supererogatory prayers {arb. Nafl) in a dream represents
piety and devotion to the leading example {arb. Sunnah) practiced by God’s
Messenger, upon whom be peace. If a woman sees herself leading men in prayers
in the dream, it means that she will shortly die. Performing supplementary
prayers {arb. Sunnah) following the leading example of God’s messenger, upon
whom be peace, in a dream means serving one’s community wit sincerity, purity
and good qualities. If one sees himself performing extra supererogatory prayers
in a dream, it means that he cares about the success of his life in the hereafter,
and that he shall enjoy the fruit of his devotion both in this world and in the
hereafter. Performing one’s obligatory prayers {arb. Fardh) in a dream means
providing the necessary care for one’s family, while performing the supplementary
prayers {arb. Sunnah) means working to provide extra comforts for one’s family.
The same interpretation is provided for performing the congregational night
prayers of the month of Ramadan known in Arabic as Tarawih. Seeing that in
a dream means taking care of the family needs and bringing comfort to their
hearts. During a congregational prayer, if the rows are straight in the dream,
it means that such people are in a constant state of celebrating God’s praises.
Supererogatory prayers in a dream also mean striving for unity with one’s
community, love for one’s brethren and constantly trying to serve and please
them with deeds, money, moral and financial support. If the person seeing the
dream is unmarried, it means that he will get married. If he is married, it means
that he will beget two children. If a poor person sees himself performing
voluntary prayers in a dream, it means that he will earn enough to satisfy his
needs. If one performs the middle of the night prayers known in Arabic as
Tahajjud in a dream, it means that he will rise in station. Performing special
prayers for the fulfillment of certain wishes in a dream means attending official
ceremonies, or being punctual at one’s appointments. To perform one’s prayers
after the due time {arb. Qada’) in a dream means paying one’s debts, repentance
from sins or fulfilling one’s vows. Performing one’s prayers sitting in a dream
means an illness, failures, contentment, or a warning about an affliction that
will befall one’s father, teacher, or a beloved. Performing a special prayer for
forgiveness {arb. Istighfar) in a dream means forgiveness for one’s sins and
acceptance of his repentance. If this prayer is performed in congregation in one’s
dream, it means rain, prosperity, begetting children for a barren person, a good
harvest, or the purchase of a new property. Performing the special prayers of
celebrating God’s praises, known in Arabic as Tasabih in a dream means a
receiving a gift, an endowment of divine grace, blessings and prosperity.
Performing a special prayer of soliciting guidance for a specific need or cir-
cumstance in a dream ( arb. Istikharah) means dispelling doubt or confusion,
receiving guidance for one’s problem, or it could denote the success of a project.
If the one performing such a special prayer is known to follow the guidance of
a spiritual teacher or shaikh, then his dream means lowering of his spiritual
status, for a true seeker has no questions. Performing a special prayer for the
safe return of a traveller in a dream (arb. Ghaib) means asking for suitable
weather conditions for one’s own needs or for people’s needs. Performing a
special prayer over the grave of a deceased in a dream means offering special
gifts that warrant no reward, or it could mean distributing charity to needy
people. Performing a special prayer of greeting the mosque in a dream means
spending one’s money to help his relatives and the needy people among his
friends. Performing a sudden and an unexpected prayer in a dream means
givingcharities in secret, or asking for employment from unjust people. Performing
any supererogatory prayer, whether during the day or the night in a dream
means performing a good deed that brings someone closer to his Lord, or
reconciling adversaries, or fostering love between people. If one sees himself
laughing during his prayers in a dream, it means that he oft-forgets his prayers
and that he is delinquent about performing them properly and on time. If one
sees himself praying while drunk in a dream, it means that he will give a false
testimony in court. If one sees himself praying without the required ablution in
a dream, it means that his religious performance is worthless and that his
adherence is despicable. If one sees himself standing in prayers toward the
wrong direction in a dream, it means that he does the opposite of what he is
required to do, or that he acts the opposite of what God Almighty has ordained.
If one sees himself turning his back toward God’s House in a dream, it means
that he is an apostate who rejects God’s religion or that he does not care about
it. If one sees the people in the mosque facing another direction in his dream,
it means that their leader or judge will be dismissed from his office, or that he
neglects to follow the prescribed rules of his religion, or that he follows his own
mind and desire in making religious interpretations. However, performing one’s
prayers and turning with helplessness toward any direction and crying for help
in a dream means seeking God’s nearness, or asking to be accepted by other
believers for an unacceptable indulgence or a non-permissible opinion, or it
could mean travelling in the direction he faced in his dream. If one sees himself
praying eastward or westward and beyond the point of God’s House in Mecca
in a dream, it means that he is a despicable person who is full of arrogance, who
backbites and slanders others and who is daring to indulge in sin and disobedience
to his Lord. If one could not find the direction of the Ka‘aba in his dream, it means
that he has doubt about his faith. However, if one sees himself facing the holy
Ka‘aba in the dream, it means that he is walking on the straight path. If one sees
himself wearing a white garb and reading the Quran in the dream, it means that
he will join the caravan of pilgrims to Mecca. God knows best. (Also see Death;
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Night
(Darkness; Heedlessness; Ignorance) In a dream, a moonless night represents
lack of work, stagnation, or losing one’s job. If one sees the whole world in the
dark and the moon is still radiant in the skies in a dream, it means that the
governor will temporarily relinquish his entire duties to his chief minister or
secretary, and that thieves and robbers will cluster around them for business.
If one then sees the daylight in his dream, it means that such an adversity will
pass. If people are under siege in the dream and the daylight dawns after a long
dark night in a dream, it means that their siege will be lifted. If people are
suffering from high prices and someone sees that dream, it means that prices
will go back to normal. If they are suffering from tyranny, it too will pass. The
night in a dream also means marital relations, while the day means separation
between them. In a dream, the darkness of night also represents heedlessness
and particularly if one witnesses thunder and lightning in his dream. Seeing a
complete darkness inside one’s house in a dream means taking a long journey.
The night and the day in a dream represent two adverse rulers, or two
competitors or adversaries. The night in a dream also represents an atheist,
while the day in a dream represents a believer. The night in a dream also
signifies comfort and rest, while the day means toiling and hardships. In a
dream, the night also means sexual pleasures, while the day means divorce or
separation. The night in a dream signifies economic stagnation, while the day
means business, travels and hypocrisy. If the night in a dream is interpreted to
represent the ocean, then the day means land. The night in a dream also means
death, while the day represents life and resurrection. The night and the day
together may represent the two guardian angels who record each person’s deeds
and who are God’s witnesses. If a sick person sees the dawn in a dream, it means
that he will recover from his illness, or die from it. If he is imprisoned, it means
that he will be released. If he is a sinner, it means that he will repent for his
sins. If he is a merchant and his business is not moving, it means that his
merchandise will be finally sold. The nightfall at the end of the day in a dream
also could mean the opposite. Seeing the night in a dream also denotes constant
changes in one’s life, poverty, hunger, starvation, or death. The night and the
day in a dream also represent wisdom and protocols, or indulging in something
one will regret. The nightfall in a dream also may denote changing times, or
changing trends. The night in a dream also could represent an African woman,
while the day may represent a Caucasian woman, or a pregnant woman. The
night in a dream also represents the evening gown, while the day represents
work. The night in a dream also means veiling one’s difficulties and taking
refuge in a safe place, except if the one seeing the dream is a traveller, then the
night in his dream means injustice and ignorance. The night in a dream also
denotes devotion, holding a night vigil, attaining one’s goal, or meeting with
one’s beloveds. (Also see Darkness; Evening; Moon; Night of power)
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Depression
(Dejection; Melancholy; Sadness) In a dream, depression signifies
the opposite. That is to sayjoy, happiness and celebrations. However, if one sees
his friends depressed in a dream, it means suffering the same in wakefulness.
Depression in a dream also denotes an illness or sufferings caused by one’s own
family, or it could mean imposition, forfeiture of business, cancellation of
interest receivable, or perhaps it could mean business stagnation. Should any
of that be true in wakefulness, then witnessing such a depression in a dream
could mean relief. Depression in a dream could mean either happiness or
distress.
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Dryness
(Desire; Thirst) Body dryness or lack of humidity whether it affects the
human being or even tree leaves in a dream means discomfort, poverty or living
a wretched life. In a dream, feeling dry means stagnation of businesses, dullness
of the real estate markets and unsalableness of farm products. Dryness in a
dream also means poverty, slump, recession or yearning for a beloved, desiring
and missing him.
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Indigence
(Destitution; Poverty) To express one’s need to God Almighty and to
receive an answer for one’s prayers in a dream means satisfying one’s needs.
Indignation: (See Anger)
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Anger
(Fury; Indignation; Rage) Leaving one’s home angry in a dream means
entering a prison. If one gets angry for material gains in a dream, it means that
he has disdain and contempt toward God’s religion. However, should he get
angry in his dream to defend God’s rights, then it means gaining strength and
power. Becoming angry for someone else’s sake in a dream signifies a corrupt
contract, a tainted agreement, a marriage consent with a hidden intent of a
divorce to follow, fighting for unlawful earnings, or it could mean accumulating
money from usury. In a dream, usury and anger mean falsehood in wakefulness.
(See Foam; Frothing at the mouth; Sneezing; Suppressing one’s anger)
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Mosquito
(Gnat) In a dream, a mosquito represents an enemy who will cause
bloodshed and mutilation. A mosquitoes in a dream also represents a confidant,
an associate or a strong person. A mosquito’s bite in a dream means receiving
money in compensation, or as blood reparation.
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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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Interlocking one’s hands
(Intertwine) In a dream, interlocking one’s hands
means a partnership, a contract, marriage, stagnation, stillness of business,
delinquency in one’s prayers, negligence of one’s duties, difficulties with one’s
family, or a meeting that purports evil.
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Fortuneteller
(Magic practice; Medium; Prophecies) If a fortuneteller sees himself
gathering white sand in his dream, it means profiting from his trade. A
fortuneteller in a dream represents someone who can explain the meaning of
things, a man of knowledge, an emissary, a dream interpreter, a treasurer or
a supply controller. Seeing a fortuneteller in a dream also signifies stagnation
of businesses, a recession and a slump. Coming before a fortuneteller to ask
about some understanding in a dream denotes distress, burdens or dismay. If
the fortuneteller replies with a truthful answer in the dream, one should accept
his answer. If the fortuneteller maintains silence and declines to answer in the
dream, it means abolition of one’s intent or dismissal of any benefits. (Also see
Astrologer; Divination; Dream interpreter; Seer)
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Flesh
(Meat) Human flesh in a dream represents one’s health, strength, earnings,
sickness or one’s shop, piety, religious attendance, fear of wrongdoing, scruti¬
nizing the difference between the lawful and the unlawful, patience, forbear¬
ance, anger, distress, sexual desires, suffering from adversities and punishment
for sins. If one’s flesh grows bigger than what one actually has in a dream, it
means prosperity, and if one is sick, it means recovering from his illness. If one
sees himself having less flesh than what he actually has in a dream, it means
stagnation of his business or loss of his money and property. If a devoted
worshiper sees growth in his physical fitness in a dream, it means slackening
in his devotion and occupying himself more in material gains and worldly
pleasures. If one sees himself emaciated in a dream, then it means the opposite.
Buying a piece of human flesh in a dream means having a stagnant merchandise.
If a judge or a ruler finds that his flesh has grown in a dream, it means that he
will become famous for his verdicts, rulings or that he will become rich, or
perhaps he might grow in fury or develop anger. Growth in one’s fitness in a
dream also denotes happiness, joy and celebrations, while emaciation in a
dream represents distress and adversities. If one sees his flesh black or blue, or
if his skin is cracking in a dream, it denotes suffering from adversities, an illness
or a punishment for his sins. Eating the growth of one’s own flesh in a dream
means usury, or living on income from usury and saving one’s capital. Eating
from one’s own flesh in a dream also means using one’s own capital, or doing
something that will be followed by regret and sorrow. (Also see Meat)
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Mire
(Mud) To sink, stick, or walk in mire in a dream means fear, distress,
difficulties and adversities. The same interpretation is given for muddling in the
rainwaters, or walking in the rain. If a sick person sees mire in his dream, it
means suffering from a prolonged illness. Walking out of mire in a dream means
recovering from an illness. Walking in mire in a dream also means imprison¬
ment, poverty, or sufferings caused by one’s sinfulness and lack of attending to
his religious duties. If a woman sees mire in her dream, it may mean that she
may shortly conceive a child. In a dream, mire also means stagnation, disrupting
communications, the past, pride about one’s wealth, or it could mean apostasy.
If the color of mud turns from black into red in a dream, it means moving from
one’s country to another, or from one wife to another. During a drought, if one
sees mire or mud in his dream, it means rain. Mire inside a well in a dream
means an inheritance, or the surfacing of blessings, or any related interpre¬
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Roadless terrain
(Rugged terrain) Walking a rugged terrain, then suddenly
seeing oneself walking through plains in a dream means overcoming one’s
difficulties. Walking through roadless terrain in a dream also means stress,
adversities, toiling, stagnation of one’s business, or it could mean looking into
the ample opportunities of one’s life. A roadless terrain in a dream also means
fear of wrongdoing, straying from the path of righteousness, or walking the
avenues of innovation. A roadless terrain in a dream also means dullness or
stupidity, while a plain in a dream signifies intelligence and keenness. (Also see
Road)
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Thinning
(Skin inflammation) If one sees his skin thinned or inflamed between
his legs in a dream, it means that he may marry a rich woman who will give him
her wealth. If one sees himself shedding his skin or skinning himself in a dream,
it represents money he will part with, and if he is sick, it means his death.
Thirst: (Desire; Dryness) In a dream, thirst represents stagnation of businesses,
dullness of the real estate market and unsalability of farm products. Thirst in
a dream also means poverty, slump, recession, or yearning for a beloved,
desiring to be with him and missing him. Thirst in a dream also could represent
religious corruption. If a thirsty person sees himself searching for water but
could not find it in a dream, it means that he will escape from a misfortune. If
one sees himself standing thirsty before a source of water or a well but cannot
drink from it or reach it in a dream, it means that he will fail to reach his goal.
Thirst in a dream also means being corrupt, or it could represent one’s need to
get married to preserve his chastity.
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Izrail
(The angle of death; Bone-breaker; Death; Longevity) The archangel of
death. Seeing him in a dream means martyrdom if one is inspired by it. If one
sees the archangel ‘Izrail angry with him in a dream, it means that one will die
unrepented. If one sees ‘Izrail standing above him, or battling him in a dream,
it means that he will recover from a severe illness. Seeing the archangel ‘Izrail
in a dream also means longevity, or going through unavoidable circumstances,
or experiencing extreme fear. If one sees himself being ‘Izrail in a dream, it
means rising in status to govern and to oppress others, or he might become an
executioner, or perhaps that some major events may take place at his hand.
Kissing ‘Izrail in a dream means receiving an inheritance. Seeing ‘Izrail in a
dream also means separations, death of sick people, losses, destruction, fire, bad
news, forfeiture of properties, stagnation of the economy, losing one’s source of
livelihood, imprisonment, breach of promise, forgetting one’s knowledge, ne¬
glecting one’s prayers, obstruction of charities, hindrance of alms distribution,
negating the rights of others, retreating to one’s privacy, rising prices, bad crop,
a tyrant ruler, glass blowing, or bankruptcy. As for one who loves to meet his
Lord, seeing the archangel ‘Izrail in a dream means attainment of one’s goal,
fulfillment of a promise, freedom from prison, good news and glad tidings. If an
unknown or a common person approaches someone in the street and whispers
something in his ear in confidence, the commoner here represents the angel of
death. It is said that each human being will see the archangel ‘Izrail three times
during his lifetime, and it is the third time that ‘Izrail, upon whom be peace, will
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Chin
A chin in a dream represents one’s beauty, wealth, a supporting father, a
helping son, a servant, an honorable position or a respected status designated
uniquely for such a person. Seeing one’s chin in a dream also means properly
satisfying one’s ritual ablution or perhaps it could represent the foundation of
one’s house. (Also see Jaws)
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Allah
God Almighty, Lord, Creator and Cherisher of the universes. There is
nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearing, the Al-Seeing Lord. Seeing
Him in a dream can be interpreted according to one’s state of being. If one sees
Him in His glory and majesty, without descriptive designation, without ascrip¬
tion of human characteristics to Him and without depiction or portrayal in the
dream, it is an indication of glad tidings for both this world and the hereafter.These blessings also may continue to affect the lives of one’s progeny. If one sees
Him otherwise in a dream, it means confusion, and particularly if the Almighty
Lord does not address him. If an ailing person sees Him in a dream, it means
that he will soon die and come to meet Him. If a straying soul sees God Almighty
in a dream, it will find guidance. If an oppressed person sees Him, it means that
justice will prevail and he will triumph over his oppressors. Hearing God’s words
without designation represents the imagination of the person in the dream.
Perhaps hearing His words in a dream appeases one’s heart and increases the
person’s drive for success. Hearing God’s words without seeing Him represents
the rising of one’s station. If one receives revelations from behind a veil in a
dream, it means mental confusion and innovation. This is most true if a
messenger comes in one’s dream and describes the one who spoke as God. In this
case, the dream is a nightmare, because God Almighty cannot be depicted
according to human descriptions. If one sees a picture of God in his dream, it
means that he is a liar who ascribes images to God Almighty that do not befit
His Majesty and Glory. If one hears God Almighty talking to him directly and
if he can focus at Him in the dream, it means that he will be encompassed with
God’s mercy and blessings. If one sees God Almighty in a dream, it means that
he will look at His Divine countenance in the hereafter. Seeing God Almighty
seated on the Divine Throne in a dream means elevation of one’s rank,
knowledge and increase in his wealth. If one sees himself running away to hide
from God Almighty in a dream, it means that he will change the course of his
devotion into heedlessness. Seeing a veil separating between the servant and
his Lord in a dream means that one will commit major sins and abominable
actions. If one sees his Lord frowning at him, whereby he could not bear the
effulgence of God’s light, or if he is seized by a shock and immediately commences
to repent and pray for forgiveness in the dream, it means that such a person is
indulging in abominable actions, and that he is a despicable sinner who follows
his own mind and desires, and that he is an innovator of religious thoughts who
misleads the people. If one hears God Almighty talking to him in a dream, it
represents an admonition and a warning to abstain from sin. If one hears God
Almighty talking to him in a dream, it also means that one is more assiduous
in his recital of the Quran. If one hears God Almighty talking to him with words
he cannot understand, then if He anoints him and blesses him in the dream, it
means that God Almighty will bring him nigh unto Himself and exalt his station.
If one sees God Almighty in a form resembling one’s father, a brother or a
relative and showing His kindness or blessing him in a dream, it means that he
will be afflicted with a calamity and a major illness. If a righteous person sees
himself standing before God Almighty in reverence and filled with awe in a
dream, it means that mercy will encompass him and help him to further his
growth. The same interpretation applies if one sees himself prostrating before
Him. If God Almighty speaks to someone from behind a veil in a dream, it can
also represent a good worshipper, but if the Divine address takes place without
a veil in the dream, it means falling into sin. If God Almighty names someone
in his dream with his birth name, then adds another title to it, it means rising
in station and rank. If one sees God Almighty angry with him in a dream, it
means that his parents are displeased with him. This description includes
seeing oneself falling from the skies or from the top of a mountain. If a devoted
servant sees God Almighty kissing him in a dream, it applies to his growing
devotion and reward. Fearing God Almighty in a dream reflects eminence,
peacefulness, quiescence, wealth of being and disregard for material needs.
(Also see Carriers of the Divine Throne; Divine Throne; Educator; God’s will;
King)
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Cistern
In a dream, a water cistern represents a pouch, a safe, a box, a coffer, a
partner, one’s wife, a son, or knowing people’s personal secrets. If the oil cistern
is filled with water in the dream, it means stagnation of any of the above. If one
sees a water cistern filled with oil in a dream, then it means prosperity. The
cistern of a fellowship house, a khanakah or a mosque in a dream represents its
Imam or its supervising spiritual teacher or the caretaker and guard of the
property. If one sees the water cistern of the house sitting in an unsuitable place
in that house in a dream, it represents the spirit of a jinni who pursues such a
person or who may haunt his house. If one sees a well being used as a cistern
in his house in a dream, it denotes that the dwellers of that house are of the
middle class, or it could mean that the water of that house is salty or non-
potable. If one sees the cistern filled with butter or honey or milk in a dream,
it means that one’s wife is pregnant, or it could mean prosperity for that family.
If the family of such a house is thirsty in the dream, and if the cistern is filled
with other than water, then it means that they owe alms tax and must pay the
necessary charity on their assets, or it could mean that such a family has turned
its back to God’s path and preferred worldly gains instead, or that they have a
knowledge that they do not practice, or it could mean shortage of rain in that
locality that necessitates spending money on God’s path. A cistern in a dream
also could represent a protective shield or a pocket, one’s dignity, blessings or
attaining a respectable rank or dispelling difficulties. However, this interpre¬
tation can only apply for those who use a cistern or a similar water container
or a water dispenser and in their case, it also could mean peace and protection
from any fears. (See Urn)
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Death
In a dream, death signifies religious failure, corruption and rising in status
in the world. This interpretation applies if one is carried on a bier or on a litter
and his funeral is accompanied with crying and lamentation except if he is
buried in the dream. If one witnesses his own burial in the dream, then it means
that his case is hopeless and that he will be seized by the world. One's followers
or assisting entourage will be as many as those who walk in his funeral in the
dream. However, he will conquer people and ride over their shoulders. If one dies
in his dream but does not have the look of dead people and there is no crying
over his death or a funeral in the dream, it means that one of his properties will
be torn down, or that a room in his house will collapse, or that a wall will cave
in, or it could mean that a pillar will breakdown. Such a dream also may signify
weakness in one's religious standing or blindness of his heart. Despite that, he
will live a long life. If one dies in a dream and finds himself looking like a dead
person, and if his body is washed and wrapped in a shroud, it also means
weakness in his religion. All the sorrow and crying one sees in this case,
represents his rising in rank and promotion in the world. Death in a dream also
signifies travels, or it could mean poverty. One's death and burial in his dream
also means that he will die short of repentance. If one comes out of his grave after
his burial in the dream, it means that he will repent for his sins before dying.
Death in a dream also signifies marriage, for a deceased person is washed and
perfumed, and a bridegroom also takes a bath and anoints himself with
perfumes on his wedding day. If one dies and is carried over people's shoulders,
though they do not bury him in the dream, it means that he will conquer his
enemy and should he qualify for leadership, he will attain it. To come back to
life after dying in a dream means that one will become rich and dispense with
poverty, or it could mean that he will repent for his sins. This dream also means
the safe home coming of a traveller. The death of an unknown woman in a dream
means absence of rain or dearth, and if she comes back to life in the dream, it
means rain. In general, the death of a woman in a dream means the death of a
child in wakefulness and vice-versa. If a deceased person tells someone in a
dream that he did not die, it means that he is blessed in the hereafter. Carrying
a deceased person in a dream means carrying the provisions or food supplies of
an irreligious and an ungodly person. Carrying a dead person in a different way
than one carries a deceased person to bury him in a dream means acquiring
unlawful money. Carrying a deceased person to bury him in a dream means
working for the governor.If one sees a deceased person sick in a dream, it means
that he is being questioned about forsaking his religious attendance during his
lifetime. If one sees the dwellers of the graveyards coming out of their grave to
eat people's harvest or food supplies in a dream, it means rising of food prices.
If he sees them drinking from the wells in a dream, it means that a great plague
will befall that town. If one sees a deceased person die, then if he walks in his
funeral in the dream, it means that someone among his children or in the family of that person will shortly die. If no crying or sorrow follows his death, then it
means that someone in his progeny will get married. What a deceased person
says about himself in a dream is true, for he has reached the abode of truth and
he can exercise no falsehood in that abode. If a deceased person tells something
in a dream, and if it does not take place, then it means that one is experiencing
confused dreams. If one sees a deceased person well dressed in a white or a green
garment, smiling and happy in a dream, it means that he is in that state one
witnessed in his dream. Otherwise, if one sees him disheveled, dirty, frowning
or crying in a dream, this also denotes his condition in the hereafter. If one sees
a deceased person sick in a dream, it means that his condition is contingent upon
the satisfaction of his debts and that he is awaiting the Divine justice to take
its course. Performing a funeral prayer for deceased people in a dream means
asking for forgiveness on their behalf or visiting their graves, or it could mean
admonishing someone with a dead heart, or it could mean bidding farewell to
traveling people or taking care of needy people. If one's wife dies and returns
back to life in a dream, it means making profits from a plantation or a farm.
Discovering a body of a deceased in a dream means finding money. Walking
behind a deceased person in a dream means following his footsteps or emulating
his trade or traditions, whether they be material or spiritual. If the Imam of the
country dies in a dream, it means destruction of that city by war. On the other
hand, if one sees a city in ruins in a dream, it means that the Imam has died.
If one sees that he is immortal in a dream, it means the nearing of his death.
Death in a dream also signifies being recalled to account for a major sin or a
crime. To die in a dream with no apparent reason or illness and to exhibit no
features of a dead person means longevity. To suffer from death-pangs in a
dream means being unjust to oneself or to others. To sees oneself dead and naked
in a dream means poverty. To see oneself dead and lying on a straw-mat or a
carpet in a dream means prosperity and success in the world. Ifone sees himself
dead lying on a litter in a dream, it means rising in rank. Ifhe is lying on a bed
in the dream, it means benefits from one's family. If one hears about the death
of an unknown person in a dream, it means a warning about his success in the
world at the expense of his religious compromises. If one's son dies in a dream,
it means that he will escape from an enemy. If one's daughter dies in a dream,
it means despair from relief. If one dies and gets buried in a dream, it means
his freedom. Otherwise, if he is entrusted with something, it means that he will
be required to deliver it back to its rightful owner. If one dies and gets buried
in a dream, it means that he will get married. If a sick person gets married in
a dream, it means that he will shortly die. If a married person dies and gets
buried in a dream, it means that he will divorce his wife or break a business
partnership or separates from his brothers, sisters and friends, or it could mean
that he may emigrate to another country. Otherwise, if he has already migrated
from his homeland, it means that he will return to it. Death in a dream has
positive connotation for someone in fear of something or a sad person or a sick
person. The death of one's brothers in a dream means the death of one's enemies,
or it could mean saving one's capital. Walking amidst dead people in a dream
means befriending some hypocrites. Walking in the company of a deceased
person in a dream means undertaking a long journey, or it could mean profits
from one's travels. Eating the flesh of a dead person in a dream means enjoying
a long life. If one discovers that he died suddenly in a dream, it means that he
will rejoice. If a deceased person eats something in a dream, it means that such
a commodity will become expensive. If one sees himself laying on a washing
table in a funeral home in a dream, it means that his sins will be washed away
and that his debts will be paid. If a deceased person asks someone to wash his
cloth in a dream, it means that he needs the prayers and forgiveness of the
person who saw him in his dream, or it could mean that one needs him to pay a debt he left behind or to ask people to forgive him his sins or to fulfill his will.
If one washes the deceased person's clothes in the dream, it means that the
deceased person will become free from his burdens in the hereafter. Transport-
ing dead people to the cemetery in a dream means that one is doing something
right. If he transports them to the marketplace in a dream, it means that he
needs something, or that his merchandise will be sold quickly. If one sees that
a deceased person has returned to life in a dream, it means that one will
recuperate something he considered it dead, or if he happens to be going through
difficulties, it means that his adversities will dissipate. If a deceased person
comes back to life in a dream, it also means that his progeny will benefit from
something he left. If he looks beautiful, happy and well dressed in the dream,
it means that such happiness will become the inheritance of his descendants.
If one sees a deceased person busy, worried and ill dressed in a dream, it means
that he is engaged in a struggle that can only subside by the will of God
Almighty. If he is sick in the dream, it means that he is answerable to God
Almighty for his religious negligence. If the deceased person's face looks dark
or opaque in the dream, it means that he died as an unbeliever. If one sees a
deceased person sprightly, pleasant and casual in a dream, it means that one's
dream is mere hallucination, or that he is experiencing disturbed dreams, for
dead people do not joke and have their own duties to respond to. If one's deceased
father or mother come back to life in a dream, it means relief from distress and
abolishing of his fears. This is particularly stronger when one's deceased mother
is seen in the dream. Resurrecting a deceased person in a dream means giving
guidance to an unbeliever or admonishing an innovator. This also could mean
admonishing heedless people who will repent for their sins. If one sees a
deceased person die again in a dream, it means that someone by the same name
will shortly die. If a deceased person complains about a migraine headache in
a dream, it means that he is being questioned about his religious negligence or
his injustices or his abominable attitude toward his father or mother. If the
deceased person complains about his eyes in the dream, it means that he is being
questioned about what he owes to his wife or about her dower or about a will
or a trust he wasted. If he complains about his left arm, it means that he is being
questioned about the rights of his brother, sister, son or business partner or a
false oath he made. If the deceased person complains about his side in a dream,
it means that he is being questioned about cutting off his relations or clan or
failing to fulfill his obligations toward his household. If he complains about his
legs in a dream, it means that he is being questioned about wasting his life in
corruption and falsehood. If he complains about his feet in the dream, it means
that he is being questioned about a wealth he spends in falsehood and on the
path of heedlessness he walked. A woman and a man in such dreams are the
same. Like that, each limb provides for a specific stand one took during his
lifetime in this world. (See Body'). If a living person gives a deceased person
something to eat or drink in a dream, it means loss of money. If he gives a
deceased person a garment in the dream, it means adversity or an illness. If a
deceased person gives the person seeing the dream his own shroud to wear in
a dream, it means his death. If a deceased person gives the person seeing the
dream a cloak or an adorned shirt in a dream, it means gaining what the
deceased person acquired of knowledge, wealth, blessings or status during his
lifetime. The shirt means livelihood and the cloak means dignity and honor. If
the deceased person gives him some food to eat in the dream, it means receiving
lawful earnings from an unexpected source. If the deceased person gives him
honey in the dream, it means acquiring a booty. Anything one receives from a
deceased person in a dream means good news and a blessed gift in general. If
a deceased person takes one by the hand and walks with him in a dream, it
means receiving money from an unexpected source. Talking with deceased
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people in a dream means longevity. Kissing a renowned person who had passed
away in a dream means acquiring something from his knowledge, wisdom or
inheritance, or it could mean receiving benefits from his descendants. Talking
to dead people in a dream means having ingratitude toward one's family or
friends. If a sick person sees himself kissing a deceased person in a dream, it
means that he will shortly die. If a healthy person sees that same dream, it
means that what he says is false. Having sexual intercourse with a deceased
person in his grave in a dream means committing adultery or mixing with an
evil person or losing money to a deceitful and a hypocritical person. If one sees
that a deceased woman has come back to life, and if he engages in sexual
intercourse with her, then finds his body spattered with her ova and semen in
a dream, it means that he has committed something which he regrets. Consequently he will suffer losses because of it. To have a wedding with a deceased
person and to move to his or her house in the dream means one's own death.
Walking behind a deceased person and entering an unknown house from which
one does not come out again in the dream means death. If one follows the
deceased person and does not enter such a house in the dream, it means that
he will near his death, then recuperate from his illness. If a deceased person
beats the person seeing the dream, it means that one has displeased his Lord
and has committed an abominable act from which he should repent, for in the
abode of truth, a deceased person accepts only what pleases God Almighty and
dislikes what He dislikes. If one sees a living person beating a deceased person
who is willingly submitting to his fate in a dream, it represents the spiritual and
religious strength and the rank of the living person, his charities, prayers,
devotion, piety, or it could mean that he is fulfilling the deceased person's will.
If one sees a deceased person asleep in a dream, it means that the hereafter is
the abode of rest and comfort for the believers. Sleeping in one bed with a
deceased person in a dream means longevity. If dead people come out of their
graves to sell merchandise in a dream, it means stagnation of the markets. A
dead mouse in one's food in a dream means tampering with that product. If one
sees a deceased person doing something good in a dream, it means that he is
ordering him to do the same. If it is a bad thing he is doing in the dream, it means
that he is ordering him not to do it. If a deceased person comes in one's dream
and tells him about the time of his death, then the day may be one month and
the month may be one year and the year ten years. If one sees his mother dying
in a dream, it means that he will lose his worldly attainments, comfort and that
he may become heedless. If he is a seeker on the path, then it means that he will
lose the benefits of his work or fail to perform his obligatory prayers. If a sick
person sees his brother die in a dream, it means his own death. Otherwise, it
could mean someone in his family. If one is poor in the dream, it means that may
lose one of his eyes. If one's wife dies in a dream, it means bankruptcy and loss
of one's source of livelihood. Performing the funeral prayer in a dream means
interceding on his behalf and praying for his salvation. If one answers the call
of a deceased person in a dream, it means that he will shortly follow him. If one
sees a deceased person drowning in a dream, it means that one is plunged in
abominable sins. If one sees dead people coming out of their graves and going
to their homes in a dream, it means a mass release of prisoners during a general
amnesty. This dream also may mean that God Almighty will give life to a barren
land. Death for a believer in a dream means honor, dignity, aloofness and ascetic
detachment. The death of a prophet in a dream means weakness in people's
religious life, while their coming back to life in a dream means a flourishing
spiritual life in that place. The death of a ruler in a dream means the weakness
of his army or government. The death of a religious scholar in a dream means
the birth of innovation or invalidation of one's proof. The death of a pious
worshiper in a dream means failure to attend one's religious obligations. The death of a craftsman mean the end of his craft. The death of one's parents in a
dream means tightening of his financial means. The death of one's wife in a
dream means the end of a prosperous life. The death of one's son in a dream
means the obscurity of one's name after his death. If one sees a deceased person
performing the funeral prayer over another deceased person in a dream, it
means that one's actions are false, for performing a funeral prayer is a deed and
dead people have no more deeds to offer. Ifa married woman marries a deceased
person in a dream, it means her divorce from her husband, while if an unmarried
woman marries a deceased person in a dream means that she will get married.
In a dream, death also means being inflamed with love or separation from one's
beloved, whereby life after death would represent reunion with one's beloved or
suffering from separation in a hell-fire. (Also seeAgony of death; Funeral prayers;
Giving up the ghost; Izrail; Relaxation; Robbery)
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Distance
In a dream, distance signifies injustice or being deprived from some¬
thing. The distance between two people in a dream means a fight, resignation
or death. Distance in a dream also means closeness, since it is the opposite.
Walking a long distance in a dream means hardships or taking a difficult
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Sleep
Sleeping in a dream means heedlessness or joblessness. In general,
sleeping or feeling sleepy in a dream has negative connotations except for
someone who is scared, or who expects an adversities or sufferings he may
experience otherwise. This is because sleep abates all fears, annihilates them
and clams one’s distress. Sleeping in a graveyard in a dream means a sickness.
Sleeping over a grave in a dream means death for a sick person and joblessness
for a healthy person. Sleeping in a dream also means stagnation, heedlessness,
or infringingupon God’s commands, or discrediting or denyingtheconsequences
of negating them. Sleeping in a dream also could represent a blessed journey,
such as seeking knowledge or doing good deeds. It also means disregard for
worldly attractions, or despite for its glitters. Sleeping people in a dream also
represent mass annihilation, death, murders, rising prices, or it could denote
things which people are unaware of. If in fact the people are unaware or
uncertain about something, and if one sees them in such a state of slumber in
a dream, it means that God Almighty will remove that blind, and they will see
things clearly. If one sees himself sleeping or laying on his back in a dream, it
means that he will gain power and financial success in the world. Sleeping with
the face down in a dream means losing one’s job, or it could mean poverty.
Sleeping on the floor in a dream means owning a land, being a rich person, or
having children. Sleeping for an unmarried woman in a dream means that she
will get married shortly. The sleeping of an unjust ruler in a dream means a
temporary relief for the people. Sleeping in a dream also means intoxication of
the mind, ecstasy, a sickness, neglecting one’s duties, disunity, humiliation, or
death. Sleeping under a tree in a dream means having a large progeny. (Also see
Doze; Sleeping on the stomach: Slumber; Turning in one’s sleep)
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