Search Key: Honor
Defending someone's honor
In a dream, it means commanding good and for¬
bidding evil, protecting one’s family and giving a good advice to the assailant.
Deferment: (Delay; Postponement; Procrastination) Deferment or postponement
of fulfilling one’s obligations in a dream means separation and annulment of a
contract. If a woman defers or postpones her marriage in a dream, it means
separation from her husband or losing the opportunity to be married or showing
preference to remaining unmarried.
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Honor
(Laurel) To honor someone in a dream means rising in rank. (Also see Help;
Laurel)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Friday
( arb. Jumua, the sixth day of the week.) Recognizing Friday, the sixth day
of the week in which the believers gather for their congregational prayers in a
dream means receiving God’s blessings, recuperating a lost property, receiving
compensation for one’s losses, and changes in his financial conditions from
tightness to ease. If one sees people gathered to pray the congregational Friday
prayers at the grand mosque while he is still in his house or shop, and if he hears
the call and segments of their prayers, or if he suspects people to be leaving the
mosque to return to their homes in the dream, it means loss of his status in that
town. If one joins the congregational prayers in the dream, it means that he will
receive protection and honor in that town. If one thinks it is Friday in his dream,
then the meaning will be more pejorative than laudatory. Joining the congre¬
gational Friday prayers in a dream also may connote a pleasant journey with
anticipation of a financial reward one may receive. Joining the Friday con¬
gregational prayers in a dream is a sign of joy and living to join one of the two
festive congregational prayers of the end of Ramadan or that of the pilgrimage
season. The Friday congregational prayers in a dream also represents the
pilgrimage of the poor people, or satisfying one’s debts. It also means anticipating
a relaxed financial conditions, or meeting with an old friend or a beloved after
a long separation. (Also see Pilgrimage; Preachr)
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Minbar
( arb. Pulpit; Sermon) A pulpit in a dream represents the Imam, the
spiritual guide and commander of all the Muslims who also represents God’s
Messenger (uwbp) on earth. A minbar in a dream also represents a blessed abode
in the hereafter, and an exalted station through which God’s Name is glorified.
Standing one a pulpit and delivering a poised sermon in a dream means
attaining an honorable station. If one does not qualify for such a position, then
it means that he will acquire good fame. If a ruler or a governor is forced to come
down from the pulpit in a dream, it means loss of his status, or it could mean
his death. If one is seen standing on a pulpit and if he does not speak or deliver
a sermon, or if what he says denotes evil in the dream, it means that he will be
unjustly executed, or it could mean that God Almighty will protect him against
such injustice. The pulpit in a dream also means rulership and subduing one’s
enemy. Rising on a pulpit in a dream also could mean a betrothal or proposing
a marriage. Otherwise, it could mean a scandal. If a ruler stands on a pulpit in
a dream, it represents the continuity of his reign. Standing on a pulpit with one’s
hands tied in a dream means carrying out an execution which is brought about
by one’s own crimes.
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Station of Abraham
( Maqam Ibrahim, arb.) One who stands at the Station of
Abraham at the Sacred Mosque in Mecca and offers his prayers in a dream is
a pious person who observes the divine laws and who may be invited to perform
a pilgrimage. If a terrified person sees himself entering inside the Station of
Abraham in a dream, it means that all his fears will be dispelled and that he
will reach the abode of safety. Entering the station of God’s prophet Abraham,
upon whom be peace, in a dream also means receiving honors, seeking knowledge,
or receiving an inheritance from one’s father or mother.
Standing up or sitting at the Station of Abraham in a dream also may signify living by the divine laws
until one’s soul returns to its Lord. (Also see Abraham)
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Camphor
(A gummy compound with a volatile fragrance from the camphor tree.
Camphor tree; Evergreen tree) In a dream, camphor represents a commenda¬
tion, honor or giving charity in secret, conceiving a child, or it could mean good
deeds. (Also see Shrouding; Mummification)
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Khimar
(A piece of fabric worn by some women as part of their headdress; To
conceal one’s face; Attire; Cap; Garb; Mantle; Mantilla; Veil) In a dream, a
khimar represents a husband, protection or an ornament. The extent of its size
shows the man’s prosperity. Its finesse connotes clarity and the color white
represents honor and dignity. If a woman sees herself wearing a mantilla in a
dream, it means maliciousness, a bad omen, or rancor and falsehood of female
companions that might cause difficulties, or separate between a husband and
a wife. If the khimar is made of black torn fabric in the dream, it means poverty
of one’s husband, or his being natural, or unsophisticated. Damage to one’s veil
in a dream means difficulties affecting one’s marriage, loss of business or a
calamity caused by a guardian, a father or a brother. If a man sees himself
wearing a mask in a dream, it means that he will commit adultery with his
servant. If a woman sees herself removing her veil in public in a dream, it means
that she will be tried with a calamity that will take away her sense of shame.
If she loses her khimar in the dream, it means that she may lose her husband.
If she finds it again in the dream, it means that her husband will return to her.
In a dream, a khimar also represents one’s religion. (Also see Veil; Yashmak)
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Body 1
(Abdomen; Anus; Aorta; Back; Bones; Brain; Breasts; Buttocks; Chest;
Earlock; Ears; Eyes; Eyebrows; Face; Feet; Fingers; Fingernails; Forehead;
Hand; Head; Heart; Heels; Intestines; Jugular vein; Kidney; Knee; Legs; Limb;
Lip; Livers; Loins; Lungs; Marrow; Mouth; Nails; Navel; Neck; Nerves; Nose;
Rear end; Ribs; Penis; Sexual organs; Shoulders; Skin; Spinal column; Spleen;
Stomach; Temple; Testicles; Thighs; Throat; Tongue; Umbilicus; Veins) In a
dream, the head and the brain represent man's controller, strength, benefits,
longevity, wisdom or power. One's ears in a dream represent his wife, daughter,
sister or aunt. The eyes represent one's faith, religion or children. The right eye
represents his son and the left eye represents his daughter. The forehead in
a dream represents one's beauty, son, power, honor, wealth, leadership or the
point of prostration in one's prayers. A wide forehead in a dream means
prosperity, while a narrow forehead means tightness. The eyebrows represent
one's protection or spiritual guardianship. As for the human nose in a dream,
it represents honor, longevity and respect. Whatever comes out of one's nose in
a dream is good and whatever goes into it in a dream may not be beneficial. A
bleeding nose in a dream means receiving or giving money. If one's nose is cut
off in a dream, it means circumcision, falling in rank, or it could mean his death.
Inhaling water and clearing one's nose in a dream represents someone who
deceives his wife. If a bird or an animal comes out of one's nose in a dream, it
means that a cattle, a pet, or a domesticated animal will give birth to its babies
in such a house. A large nose in a dream represents honor and respect. Smelling
a nice fragrance in a dream means begetting a son, or it could mean relief from
difficulties. One's face in a dream represents his happiness or his sorrow.
Seeing the forehead and the face in a dream means money, honor and a beautiful
woman. The earlock and the temples represent two noble and blessed daughters. A bright face in a dream means glad tidings, while a yellowish face in a
dream means bad news or miseries. Frowning in a dream means a misfortune.
If a woman sees herself frowning in a dream, it means the death of her husband.
The two lips in a dream represent one's helpers. The lower lip is stronger in
meaning than the upper lip. It is also said that lips in a dream represent one's
relatives. The upper lip represents the male relatives and the lower lip represents
the female relatives. Sealed lips in a dream mean difficulties or adversities. The
mouth in a dream represents a key, one's livelihood, the conclusion of one's life,
death, illness, strength, a coffer, a marketplace, a door attendant, a chief
minister, or a door. If one's mouth is sealed in a dream, it means a scandal. One's
tongue in a dream represents his or her translator. A long tongued person in
a dream may mean winning an argument, or it could mean innocence from
allegation. An elongated tongue of a judge in a dream means clarity and justice.
A tied-up tongue in a dream means poverty, sickness, depression, a calamity,
or it could represent an unworthy person. Having two tongues in a dream means
praiseworthiness and acquiring two types of knowledge. Seeing what is inside
one's mouth in a dream means exposing one's ills. Biting on one's tongue in a
dream means regret. Watching one's tongue in a dream means protecting
oneself from pitfalls. Carrying one's tongue by hand in a dream means receiving indemnity for bodily injury or receiving blood money. If one sees his throat
blocked in such a way that he could not speak in a dream, it denotes his
stinginess toward his own family. Ifone sees one of his limbs speaking against
him in a dream, it means that someone will report him to the authorities or
become a witness against him in court. If one sees himself in a dream riding over
the shoulders of his enemy, it means that he will commit a wrongdoing or a
shameful act. If there is no enmity between them, and if he sees himself riding
over the shoulders of a friend in a dream, it means earning something from him.
Carrying something over one's shoulders in a dream means debts. If one sees
himself carrying a hypocrite over his shoulders in a dream, it means that he may
work in a lumberyard or carry wood to earn a living. One's shoulders in a dream
also represent his parents, brothers, partners, station, or beauty. Anything that
affects them in a dream will manifest in any of the above. In a dream, one's neck
represents an embrace, a donation with terms, a legal will, or a conditional
endowment. The neck and the shoulders in a dream represent one's trust or
trustworthiness. A healthy and strong neck in a dream means trustworthiness
and ability to meet one's obligations. Wounds, festering or purulence in one's
neck in a dream mean betraying God's trust. If one sees a nice bird sitting over
his neck in a dream it means benefits or an alibi. If it is not a gentle bird, then
it becomes a bad omen, or a rebuke. If one sees a necklace, a rope, a wire, or a
thread around his neck in a dream, it means fulfilling one's promise, acquiring
knowledge and honor. A long neck in a dream could mean four things, that is:
justice, leadership, attainment of one's goals or calling people to prayers. The
left hand represents one's helper, friend, savings, or a compassionate relative.
Longhands in a dream represent a charitable person, or a capable one, and short
hands mean the opposite. Long hands also could mean longevity, wealth,
helpers, borrowing money, governing, fulfilling one's commands, profits from
one's business or having business sense. If one's hand is cut off in a dream, it
means the death of his brother, his father, his partner, or a close friend or his
assistant. If the right hand is cut off in a dream, it means a vow one takes to
deprive someone from his rights. It also means loss of one's job or cutting off one's
blood ties, or it could mean that he has committed a theft. If a righteous person
sees his hand cut off in a dream, it means abstaining from wrongdoing or
eschewing evil. If one's left hand is cut off in a dream, it means reestablishing
his relationship with his family and rediscovering the benefits of good qualities.
If one's hand is broken in a dream, it means an adversity, illness, loss of
business, or loss of a dear person. The cracking skin of one's hands in a dream
means loss of wealth. Stretched hands in a dream means ill caused by a close
friend. Stretching one's hands in a dream also could mean generosity. If one's
hands are cut off without causing him any pain in a dream, it means that he may
fall in love. If one sees his hands joined together in a dream, it means having
a family reunion, or a wedding. If one's hands are trembling in a dream, it means
weakness, illness, old age or longevity. If one's hands feel dry in a dream" it
means that such a person does little good in his life. If one enters his hand under
his arm's pit in a dream, then brings it out bright and radiant in a dream, it
means that he will acquire knowledge and may develop wisdom. Otherwise, it
could mean profits. If he brings forth his hand from under his arm's pit in the
dream, and if it reveal a flame in his dream, it represents a manifestation of
divine power and a blessed victory. If one pulls his hand from under his arm's
pit and it brings forth water in the dream, it means that he will receive great
benefits and growth in his life, or perhaps that a long awaited traveller will
shortly arrive to his doorsteps. If a right-handed person sees himself being left-
handed in a dream, it means hardships. If one sees himself walking with his
hands in a dream, it represents his dependence on a relative to provide for his
needs. If one's hands say something nice to him in a dream, it means financial comfort. If one's hand is cut-off in a dream as punishment for a sin, it could mean
marriage, a bad wife, or lack of trustworthiness. If one washes his hands with
soap in a dream, it means that he will abandon something he initiated, or that
his intention will not be fulfilled. If a form of life or a good spirit comes out from
one's hands in a dream, it indicates benefits. If such a life is a malignant one,
then it means the opposite. If one takes someone by the hand in a dream, it
means that he will help him and save his life. If something sprouts in one's hands
or if one's hands turn into iron, or a vegetable in a dream, it means negative
repercussions in wakefulness. Hands in a dream are interpreted in twelve ways:
that is a brother, a sister, a partner, a son, a compassionate friend, one's
strength, wealth, leadership, money, proof, a craft, or work. The condition in
which the palm of one's hand looks in a dream indicates the state of one's health
and fitness. Clapping one's hands in a dream could either mean joy and
happiness, or it could mean nothing. Wearing a glove in one's hand in a dream
means ceasing the course of wrongdoing. Slapping one's own face with both
hands means sorrow, sadness or calamities. Hitting the back of one's hand into
the palm of the other hand in a dream means separation. In a dream, the fingers
of the right hand represent the daily five time prayers. The thumb represents
the pre-dawn prayer, the index represents the midday prayer, the middle finger
represents the mid-afternoon prayer, the ring finger represents the sunset
prayer, and the little finger represents the evening prayer. As for the fingers of
the left hand in a dream, they are interpreted to represent one's nephews. To
cross or intertwine one's fingers in a dream means difficulties and poverty. One's
toes in a dream represent the beauty of his character and denote his straight-
forwardness. Any defect or crookedness in them in a dream will mirror in
wakefulness. If a toe or a finger is bitten or crushed in a dream, it denotes evil
or perhaps an accident. If one sees milk coming forth from his thumb and blood
coming forth from his index finger in a dream, it means that he will marry a
mother, then will he marry her daughter, or it could mean that he will rape the
mother, then her daughter. Cracking one's fingers in a dream means exchanging
bad words between relatives or being sarcastic or making fun of other people.
If one's fingers are paralyzed in a dream, it means that he has committed an
awful sin. If one sees his right hand paralyzed in a dream, it means injustice
toward a weak person or inflicting losses upon an innocent person. If one's left
hand is paralyzed in a dream, it means the death of his brother or sister. As for
the fingernails in a dream, they denote beauty, courage, strength, a religious
covenant, or money. If one's fingernails are chipped, extracted, or broken in a
dream, they means loss of money and strength. If they look nicely clipped in a
dream, they mean both spiritual and material benefits. Long nails at the point
of a near breaking in a dream mean distress, sorrow, fears and depression. If
one's nail becomes a claw in a dream, it means rising against one's enemy and
opposition. If one does not have fingernails in a dream, it means bankruptcy.
If one's fingernails turn yellow, green or blue or if they are broken in the dream,
it means death. Clipping them in a dream means dispelling calamities or
distress. If a thorn or a chip of wooden enters under one's fingernails in a dream,
it means loss of power or money. If one sees himself in a dream knocking his
fingernails against his teeth in a dream, it means committing a despicable and
a loathsome act. As for seeing one's chest in a dream, if one sees himself having
a broad and a nice looking chest (See Chest), it means repentance of a sinner,
or being eager and willing to follow the truth and to comply with it, or to make
easy what was earlier difficult. One's breasts in a dream (See Breast) represent
his daughter. Man's breast in a dream means a woman, and woman's breasts
in a dream represents a man. Breasts in a dream mean five things: a little boy,
a little girl, a servant, a friend, or a brother. One's abdomen in a dream means
money, children, relatives or prosperity. If one sees his abdomen being cut open and washed, then stitched back to normal in the dream, it means blessings from
God Almighty, forgiveness for one's sins, and it could mean that one will receive
spiritual guidance. One's abdomen in a dream also denotes his good conduct,
amiable character, blessed enterprises and protection from the evil of the
accursed Satan. If one sees a newborn son or daughter coming out of his
abdomen in a dream, it means that such a child will be born and will grow to
govern that household. As for one's livers in a dream, they represent knowledge, money or children. If a man of knowledge sees his livers flying away from
his body like birds in a dream, it means that he will forget his knowledge, or if
one has children, they may die, or perhaps the government may seize his
property even if he has nothing. If one sees himself eating his own livers in a
dream, it means earning his livelihood. If they are cooked in the dream, then
they represent a lawful income, or they could mean gobbling the property of
one's own children. Ifa liver is removed in a dream, it means the death of a child.
Removing a liver in a dream also could mean injustice. One's kidney in a dream
means having a good business connection, dispelling adversities, distress,
trouble, safety from danger, a husband and a wife, one's parents, or it could
represent two lovers. One's kidneys in a dream also represent a strong,
courageous and a hard working man who serves someone in authority, or he may
become a personal guard, or an assistant to the governor. As for one's lungs in
a dream, they represent joy, happiness, or sorrow. Donating a lung to someone
known or unknown in a dream means receiving happiness in return. Eating a
broiled lung of a domesticated animal in a dream means profits. Otherwise, it
could mean acquiring unlawful money. Seeing one's lung torn in a dream means
nearing one's death. One's spleen in a dream (See Spleen) represents money.
As for seeing one's intestines in a dream, they represent earnings, leadership,
a child, unlawful money, intercession, hatred, livelihood, work or they could
mean changing one's mind about doing something which could cause a disaster.
One's stomach in a dream represents longevity, livelihood or children. A
healthy stomach in a dream means enjoying strength and a long life. The same
interpretation is given to the intestines or the umbilicus or the navel and the
three of them represent one's relationship with his wife. As for the ribs (See Ribs)
in a dream, they represent women. The loins or the spinal column in a dream
represent one's progeny. One's back in a dream (See Back) represents his strength,
wealth, glory, fame, master, destruction, end, poverty, old age and burdens. If
one sees himself carrying a heavy load in a dream, it means that he is carrying
his sins. If he carries merchandise in the dream, it means debt. If he carries
woods in the dream, it means backbiting others. If one sees himself carrying a
dead person on his back in a dream, it means that he takes care of orphans. As
for one's heart (See Heart) in a dream, it means intelligence, vigilance, aware-
ness, guidance, clarity and piety. One's buttocks and the rear end in a dream
represent his earnings, job and profits. If one sees himself licking someone's rear
end or buttocks in the dream, it means giving high praises to an unworthy and
an impious person or commending him. The male and female sexual organs
in a dream represent a good father or one's profession. What comes or goes into
the male organ or woman's vagina in a dream of good or bad will reflect in their
lives. Seeing one's penis in a dream means children, money, pride, state, or
authority. The testicles represent one's livelihood, one's daughters, protection
and maintenance. The meaning of the penis and the testicles may be transposed
in the dream interpretation. One's anus in a dream means a pouch, a store, a
resting place, or a coffer. The knee represents one's capital or one's attendance
to his work and earning his livelihood. As for the legs, they too represent one's
capital, paying attention to one's work and conduct. Man's leg represents a
woman, and a woman's leg represents a man. If one's leg turns into wood or iron in a dream, it means that he will fail to earn his livelihood.
One's feet represent his parents, his livelihood, a journey or his wealth. (See Feet; Foot).
If one foot is broken or cut off in a dream, it means either the death of a parent or loss of half of one's capital. If one's feet turn into iron or copper in a dream, it means
longevity. If they turn into glass in the dream, they denote his short life. The
human bones represent his livelihood, religion, glory or money. Collecting
bones in a dream means saving money. The bone marrow in a dream repre-
sents hidden money, good awareness, patience and gratitude. The veins and
nerves in a dream represent one's clan, modesty and progeny. As for seeing the
human skin in a dream, it means ornaments, presiding over others, a veil,
blessings, livelihood, provisions, life and a garment. (Also see Aorta; Face;
Finger; Five fingers; Gall bladder; Heel; Jugular vein; Marrow; Nails; Palm;
Pluck; Spleen; Teeth; Tongue; Tooth)
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Spiritual gathering
(Admonition; Fellowship; Gathering; Meeting; Religious
meeting) If one who does not qualify to be a spiritual leader or a scholar sees
himself holding a religious gathering and admonishing people to do good and to
forbid evil in a dream, it means distress and an illness which he is praying hard
for it to be lifted by God’s leave. However, if he does speak wisdom during such
a spiritual gathering in his dream, it means praying hard to have one’s distress
and illness lifted by God’s leave. Consequently, and God willing, he will recover
from his illness and be able to dispel his adversities. His condition will change
from tightness to abundance. He will repay his debts and overcome his oppressors.
If one sees a spiritual gathering where God’s Name is glorified, the holy Quran
is read and wisdom is spoken in his dream, it means that such a place will be
established as a spiritual center or as a mosque. Such a place will also become
a center where spiritual leaders and governors will gather and speak. If love
songs of light nature are played during such a gathering in a dream, it means
that falsehood will overtake such a place. If one sees himself sitting in the center
stage, in the middle of learned people and religious scholars in a dream, it means
that he will receive a greater knowledge and honor in his life. A gathering that
involves a court case, or a marriage in a dream represents an unknown adversity
that will safely pass. Admonishing people in a public gathering in a dream
means that one’s command will be obeyed. Sitting in the center stage in a
spiritual gathering in a dream represents one’s station or rank, or it could
represent one’s wife, child, property, or personal secretary. Anything that
happens to such a gathering in the dream may reflect on any of them. (Also see
Fellowship; Gathering; Mosque)
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Insulting
(Affront; Dishonor) Insulting someone in a dream means a murder. To
insult ignorant people in a dream also means commanding them to follow the
path of righteousness. To insult one’s parents in a dream means disobedience
to God’s command. (Also see Insult)
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Intoxicants
(Alcohol; Beer; Brewery; Cocaine; Drugs; Hashish; Injection; Inebriant;
Marijuana; Opium; Sedatives; Spirits; Wine) In a dream, all intoxicants signify
suspicions, apprehension and doubt about one’s resources, or the lawfulness of
his earnings, the legitimacy of his children, or the religious legality of his
marriage. Drinking alcohol in a dream means losing a fight. Using drugs or
intoxicants in a contemptible way in a dream signifies apostasy, loss of honor,
negation of the truth, corruption of one’s wife, or it could mean profanity. This
is because the raw material and herbs used in the preparation of such drugs and
herbs are sacred in their intrinsic state. Once mixed and taken to induce
inebriety in a dream, they will produce the reverse effects. (Also see Drunk¬
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Endowment
(Alms; Charity; Contribution; Donation; Fulfilling needs; Gift;
Offering; Profits; Religious endowment) Making a religious endowment in a
dream represents good deeds that are done for God’s pleasure, seeking to be in
His nearness and asking for His blessings. Making a religious endowment in a
dream also means rising in station, both in this world and in the hereafter. If
what one donates for this purpose is a house or a book or money in the dream,
it means repentance from one’s sins and guidance on the straight path, or it
could mean begetting a son. Offering a swine or wine as an endowment in a
dream means rising in rank in the world, injustice, and causing harm to others.
Enemy: (Adversary; Boy; Foe; Hidden treasure; Opponent; Power; Snake; Unjust
ruler; Woman) To meet an enemy in a dream signifies honor, signing a treaty,
rising above differences, receiving God’s help and victory. Facing one’s enemy
in a dream also means befriending him. If one is threatened by his enemy in a
dream, it means that he will win the upper hand. If one is promised good things
by his enemy in a dream, it means that he will fall into his trap and lose his fight
to him. If one’s enemy advises him in a dream, it means that he will betray him.
If one sees an enemy invading a land in a dream, it means that a destructive
flood will devastate that place. If one’s enemy confides to him or pleases him in
a dream, it means that he will suffer distress and adversities. If one is captured
for a ransom by his enemy in a dream, it means that he indulges in sins and that
he is a hostage of his own sins. (Also see Blessings; Enmity; Introduction p. xxvi)
Engagement: (Betrothal; Marriage. See Book)
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Ishaq
(Also known as John in Western traditions. God’s prophet Ishaq, son of the
prophet Jacob, upon both of them be peace.) In a dream, seeing him indicates
adversities and hardships. If one has a son who ran away in disobedience to his
father, and if he sees God’s prophet Ishaq in a dream, it means that he will
return to his home and be obedient again. This dream also indicates a surge of
glad tidings, peace and tranquility. Seeing Ishaq (uwbp) in a dream also means
suffering from persecution by the senators of one’s town, or from some of his
relatives, and finally God Almighty will come to his help, and grant him back
his integrity and honor. If one sees him in his best form and radiant beauty, it
becomes a sign of glad tidings, whereby one’s progeny will engender leaders,
governors and righteous people. Seeing him in a dream also may mean coming
out of tight circumstances into a more relaxed ones, changing from heedlessness
into guidance, poverty into richness, and from disobedience to one’s parents to
obeying them again. If one sees himself transformed into Isliaq (uwbp) or to wear
his robe in a dream means that he may near his death then be saved from it.
Islam: (Religion of Islam; Surrender to God’s will; Submission) To see oneself as
a Muslim, praising God Almighty, thanking Him, facing the Ka‘aba in one’s
prayers, or to see oneself embracing Islam in a dream means straightening one’s
life, or repentance from one’s sins. If one sees himself renewing his Islam in a
dream, it means safety from plagues, sickness, or adversities. To proclaim the
two testimonies: ‘There is no god other than Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger
of Allah,” in one’s dream means relief from distress, or guidance after heedlessness.
Saying these testimonies in a dream also may mean returning to one’s parents
after having abandoned them. It also means returning to a place one has earlier
deserted, or to using earlier criterions in one’s life. If a Muslim recites these
proclamations in a dream, it means that he will testify to the truth in a court
of justice, or become known for his truthfulness. (Also see Exalting God’s one¬
ness; Exclamation of God’s sovereignty; Imam; Meadow; mosque; Quran; Pil¬
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Games
(Amusement; Cynicism; Playing games; Playing) To play games or to act
sprightly in a dream means pride, arrogance, being cynical, profanity or defiling
what is sacred in one’s religion and lacking reverence for it. Playing backgam¬
mon in a dream means exaltation, gaining power, honor and rank, or it could
denote one’s pride, arrogance and cynicism. Playing with a wedding ring in a
dream means concealing secrets, except if someone else appears in one’s dream,
then it could mean looking for a missing person. Sitting and playing with one’s
heels in a dream means governing. Playing football in a dream means recon¬
ciliation or making peace with one’s enemy. If a sick person sees himself playing
a game in a dream, it means recovering from his illness and returning to a
normal healthy life. Playing cricket ball in a dream means a fight followed by
reconciliation andpeace. (Also see Backgammon; Cock fighting; Gambling; Ball;
Bullfight)
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Worms
(An organism living on another; Children; Insects; Parasites; Silkworm)
In a dream, worms represent daughters or children living under their father.
The same goes for all worms, annelids, intestinal worms, or parasites that live
on cadavers. Seeing tapeworms coming out of one’s backside in a dream
represents one’s grandchildren. If one sees worms coming out of his mouth in
a dream, it means that some members of his family are plotting against him,
though he knows about it, and he will finally escape from their danger, but at
his own expense. If one sees worms coming out of his stomach in a dream, it
means that he will distance himself from evil companions. Consequently, he will
regain honor and purity. Worms leaving one’s body in a dream mean overcoming
distress, or paying alms tax. Worms in a dream also represent one’s enemies.
A silkworm in a dream means a customer in one’s shop, or it could represent
one’s profession. Silkworms in a dream usually mean financial benefits, though
in some circles they represent illegal money, or guesswork. (Also see Earth¬
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Osprey
(Angel of death; Bone-breaker; Eagle) In a dream, an osprey represents a
powerful and a mighty warrior, and a merciless man whom no one trusts. If one
sees an osprey over his roof, or inside his house, or standing over his head in a
dream, it represents the angel of death. Catching an osprey in a dream means
frequenting a ruler and remaining constantly wary of him whether one obeys him,
or opposes him in opinion. If an osprey scratches someone with his claws in a
dream, it means depression and financial losses. Eating the flesh of an osprey in
a dream represents a demanding person. An osprey in a dream also represents
a ruler about whom people speak very scarcely, but who is the direct cause of the
falling of many neighboring rulers. Seeing an osprey in a tree means profits,
favors and blessings. A flying osprey in a dream means victory in one’s life. An
osprey standing on top of a mountain or a rock, or on a cliff in a dream means
success for the one who is starting a new job or a new business. However, it also
could mean bad news if one is afraid of something, or if he is travelling. As for rich
and noble people, riding an osprey in a dream means death, while for poor people
it means profits and success that will benefit their families and neighbors. An
osprey in a dream also means returning from a journey. It is also glad tidings of
success and profits if an osprey comes near someone in a dream and talks to him.
If a pregnant woman begets an osprey in her dream, it means that she will give
birth to a son who will grow to be a courageous soldier or a leader in his
community. A dead osprey in a dream means death. If thieves or robbers see an
osprey in a dream, it means that they will suffer the consequences of their
evildoing. If an osprey caries someone in the air in a dream, it means rising in
station and honor. Fighting an osprey in a dream means fighting people in
authority. Carrying the emblem of an osprey in a dream means winning victory
over one’s enemy. A female osprey in a dream represents homeless women who
are driven into prostitution, while osprey chicks in a dream represent children
born from adultery.
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Ride
(Animal; Carrier; Mount; Vehicle) A vehicle in a dream represents care,
concern, attaining one’s purpose, or it could mean reaching one’s destination
through striving and hard work. To ride an animal in a dream means following
one’s desires and passions. However, to be carried by any animal, or by any type
of vehicle in a dream is a sign of honor and authority. Riding a horse one cannot
control in a dream means following one’s passions and wantonness. If one is able
to adequately tame his horse and control it in the dream, it means that he will
be saved from adversities. Riding an elaborately dressed horse for a parade,
being surrounded by servants and an entourage in the dream means receiving
an inheritance, or it could mean becoming the guardian of an estate one will
inherit in a short while. Riding over the shoulder of another man and forcing
him to accept it in a dream represents one’s funeral, and it means that the other
person will have no choice but to carry the coffin. If the person carrying him in
the dream is willingly doing so, then it means that he will care for his needs and
bear his encumbrance. Riding over someone’s shoulders in a dream also means
facing an major adversity. Should he meanwhile fall down in the dream, it
means that such a trial will not take place. If one sees himself riding over
someone’s shoulder backward in a dream, it means that he does not accept any
advice or excuse, or it may mean that he turns to the other side if he is asked
for help, or it may mean that he engages in the forbidden sexual intercourse
during women’s menstrual period, or that he engages in sodomy. To see a
horseman leading a procession or a caravan of travellers in a dream means
taking a distant journey, or it could represent business activities, or recovering
from an illness.
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Attic window
(Aperture; Peephole; Window) If one’s attic window towers over a
large and a beautiful property in the dream, it means owning or acquiring a new
property, earning respect, honor and fulfillingone’s aspirations. If the view from
one’s attic window is depressing in the dream, then it means relief from
difficulties, or if one is sick, then it means recovering from his illness, or if he
is unmarried, then it means that he will get married. If a woman looks at an attic
window in a dream, it means that she will get married. Discovering an attic
window in a house that does not have one in a dream means the spread of one’s
authority, or the success of one’s business. (Also see Window)
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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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Donkey
(Ass; Obstinate person; Steadfastness) In a dream, a donkey means a boy,
a child, a wife, livelihood, a man of knowledge without work, or it could mean
travels. Riding a donkey in a dream also may mean easing of one’s difficulties.
Riding any animal without the required saddling in a dream means imposition
upon oneself or others or unnecessary and inadequate going out of one’s way.
Riding a donkey or a mule in a dream also represents one’s ornaments, children,
a rich wife, wealth or a profitable business. The braying of a donkey, a mule or
a mare in a dream may mean evil, excruciating trouble, an illegitimate child
born from adultery or evil spirits. Riding a big donkey in a dream connotes a
respectable rank. An upright walking donkey represents worldly benefits. A
beautiful looking donkey or a white donkey in a dream means adornment. An
emaciated donkey in a dream represents poverty, while a fat donkey means
money. A black donkey means happiness, honor and prosperity and a green
donkey means fear of wrongdoing. A donkey fit with a saddle in a dream
represents a respected son. A donkey with a long tail in a dream represents
lasting dynasty. His hoofs represent one’s money. The death of a donkey
represents the death of its owner, or rupture and breaking of one’s relationship
with his friends or family, the death of one’s supporter, selling a dear property,
divorce, travel or death of a husband. A lost donkey with an unknown master
in a dream represents an ignorant, obtrusive and a demanding person. To own
donkeys in a dream means mixing with a group of ignorant people. If one’s
donkey becomes obstinate and does not move forward except with beating in a
dream, it means that one’s sustenance and earnings come only through super¬
erogatory prayers and increased devotion. An obedient donkey in a dream
represents the vigilance of its owner. Driving a donkey inside one’s house in a
dream means bringing new income. Only the braying of a donkey is disliked in
a dream, though the rest is generally beneficial. A donkey in a dream represents
honesty in seeking one’s livelihood and earning clean money. If it indicates the
person who is seeing the dream, then it means that he buys and sells impure
merchandise, pigs, monkeys, toys or games. (Also see Zebra)
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Astrolabe
(Astrology) In a dream, it represents the assistant or the servant of a
governor or ruler. An astrolabe in a dream also represents someone connected
with the leadership of a land. Accompanying such a person in a dream then
means benefits equal to what one sees in his dream. Seeing an astrolabe in a
dream also may connote someone with uncertainty, or an ever changing person
who lacks determination, loyalty, or honor. (Also see Astrologer)
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Car
(Automobile; Carriage; Carrier; Coach; Lift; Litter; Transport; Vehicle;
Wheels) In a dream, a car represents someone who properly manages his life,
for a car is made from many well coordinated parts, and carries many things and
transports them from one location to another. If one sees himself riding a litter
that is carried by people in a dream, it means that he will preside over people
or beget a son who will be elevated in rank. If a traveller sees a car in his dream,
it means that his trip will take a slow turn and he will be delayed. A car in a
dream also signifies dignity, honor, advancement and attainment. If one sees
himself holding to a car or running after it in a dream, it means that he will lobby
someone in authority and profit from him as much as his nearness to such a car.
If one sees himself riding on a cargo vehicle in a dream, it means suffering from
distress and sorrow. (Also see Carrier; Racing)
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Call to prayers
(Azan; Muezzin) Hearing the call to prayers in a dream denotes
the pilgrimage season or announces its holy months. It also may indicate
backbiting, a theft, announcing a major move or blowing the trumpets of war,
or it could denote rank and honor or obeyed commands of the one seeing the
dream, or perhaps announcing a wife for an unmarried man, and it could mean
telling the truth. Hearing the call to prayers in a language other than the Arabic
in which it was revealed in a dream means lies and backbiting. If one sees a
woman calling to prayers, standing on the top of a minaret in a dream, it means
innovation and trials. If children give the call to prayers in a dream, it means
that people filled with ignorance will rule the land. This is particularly true
when the call is made outside the proper time. If a suitable person sees himself
adequately calling to prayers in a dream, it means that he will be appointed to
govern a land which is as vast as his voice can reach in the dream. If one does
not fit the conditions of ruling, then it means that his enemies will increase in
number. If he is a merchant, it means that his business will grow. Hearing the
call to prayers in a dream also may represent invocations, supplications and
good prayers. If one sees himself calling to prayers from inside a well in a dream,
it means that he will call people from another land to walk the path of God
Almighty, to follow the jurisprudence He made obligatory upon humanity, and
to adopt the divine laws as their way of life and religion. If calling from inside
a well is done from within a Muslim country in the dream, it means that he is
a spy or an innovator who is introducing changes to God’s laws. If one sees
himself calling to prayers from the top of the Scared House of Kaaba in a dream,
it means that he is an innovator. If he calls to prayers while laying down in his
bed in a dream, it means that his wife is backbiting and slandering the
neighbors. If he makes the call at the door of a king in a dream, it means that
he will testify to the truth in a court of justice. If one’s call is made while
travelling in a caravan or in a marketplace in a dream, it means that he will
expose a band of thieves. If he makes the call to prayers from inside a ruin in
a dream, it means that such a place will be rebuilt and people will live in it. If
one sees himself calling to prayer from inside a bathhouse or while under the
shower in a dream, it means that he will suffer from a fever. If he sees himself
calling and no one is answering his call in a dream, it means that he belongs to
the company of unjust people. If he calls with a beautiful voice and the people
hearken to his call in the dream, it means that he is seeking the approval of
people in authority. If he sees himself calling to prayer while being naked, it
represents his recklessness and contempt about his own religion. Calling to
prayer standing on a pile of trash in a dream means calling a stupid person to
make peace but to no avail. Hearing the call to prayers given inside a marketplace
means the death of one of the merchants.
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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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Flag
(Banner; Woman) In general, flags in a dream represent leaders, governors,
judges and scholars. Carrying a flag in a dream means signing a marriage
contract. A flag in a dream also means avoiding a dispute. Carrying a flag and
a spear in a dream represents one’s death or the sudden death of his son. A
hoisted banner inside one’s house in a dream means a funeral. Carrying a flag
in a dream also connotes a woman. Carrying a red flag in a dream also could
represent an evil woman. If it is a white flag, then it represents a pious and a
chaste woman. Carrying a flag of many colors in a dream represents a corrupt
woman. If one is given a flag to carry, and if he leads a parade of colorful flags
in his dream, it means that he will rise in station and receive honor. To take
a flag away from someone in a dream means removing him from office. If one
sees a black flag in a dream, it could represent an ominous woman. A black flag
in a dream also represents a man of knowledge. A white flag in a dream
represents jealousy. A yellow flag represents an epidemic disease and a green
flag means a journey by land. (Also see Banner; Colors; Honor; Laurel)
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Light
(Beam; Gleam; Radiance; Shine) Light in a dream means guidance. Walking
from a dark place into the light in a dream means receiving guidance, divine
acceptance and protection in this world and in the hereafter, and it represents
richness after poverty, honor after humiliation, repentance following sin, sight
after blindness and the opposite is also true should one see himself walking from
light into darkness in a dream. Light in a dream also means Islam, or submission
to God Almighty. Seeing light in a dream denotes good deeds, knowledge, the
Holy Quran, or a righteous son. In a dream, light also may mean trials and
tribulations. Wearing a raiment of light in a dream means receiving knowledge,
or it could represent one’s growing devotion. If one sees light beaming from his
body in a dream, it means that he will be gifted with a son who will grow to be
a man of great knowledge, spiritual rank, and whose prayers are accepted. Thus,
whatever he ask, God Almighty will grant. Light in a dream also represents a
messenger, knowledge, or it could mean accomplishing one’s needs in the light.
Light in a dream also represents the sun, the moon, the daylight, sunshine,
moonlight, the crescent moon, or the Arabic proper name Shams. (Also see Earth;
Lantern)
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Back
(Behind; Posterior; Rear side) In a dream, the back of a human being
represents what people hold for him of praises or blame, acceptance or rejection,
honor or humiliation, or it could represents one’s debts. Seeing the back of a
human being in a dream also means following his tracks or practices. If a
positive look manifests therein, such as a sweet fragrance or the emergence of
a radiant light, or if it turns into iron in the dream, it signifies one’s gratitude
regarding his own condition. In a dream, the rear side of the human being
represents his outward appearance or what renders the human being accept¬
able, or it could represent his garment, an ostentatious person, a show of
grandeur, pride about one’s social class, a show of being wealthy, the surround¬
ings of one’s house, the outskirts of a town, the outer display of one’s religion
or his school of thought. A broken back in a dream means fear, distress and
sorrow. If one sees his rear side dark in color, black or red in a dream, it means
that he may suffer from physical abuse and beating during a fight. Seeing one’s
own back in a dream also could mean buying new clothing, or it could mean
feeling strong because of one’s knowledge, his son, power, political connections,
wealth or property. Seeing one’s back in a dream also could mean to repudiate
one’s wife. If one’s back is seared or cauterized in a dream, it denotes stinginess,
or it could mean that he fails to comply with God’s rights upon him. If one sees
his back bent in a dream, it means a misfortune. If one sees the back of his friend
in a dream, it means that his friend will turn his back to him at times when he
needs him most. If one sees the back of his enemy in a dream, it means that he
will be guarded against his threats. If one sees the back of an old woman in a
dream, it means that the world is turning its back to him. If she is in her middle
age in the dream, it means that he is seeking something hard to obtain. If she
is a young woman in the dream, it means that he is expecting something and
must be patient to acquire it. One’s back also represents old age. Back pain in
a dream means poverty, sickness, debility, imprisonment of one’s boss or the
death of a brother. One’s back in a dream also represents one’s dependence on
a strong person. If one sees himself carrying a heavy load on his back in a dream,
it means debts, or a vicious neighbor. A broken back in a dream means losing
one’s strength and power, or it could mean one’s death. If a sick person sees his
back broken in a dream, it means that the person who is taking care of him may
die shortly, or it could mean that he will suffer from poverty. Carrying burdens
over one’s back in a dream means sins. Carrying a coffin or a load of merchandise
over one’s back in a dream means carrying forgotten debts that will surface at
awkward times. Carrying wood over one’s back in a dream means backbiting,
slandering people and reporting lies. Carrying a heavy load over one’s back in
a dream also means having many children with little money to sustain them.
Seeing a hunchbacked person in a dream means prosperity, longevity or having
a large family. ( Also see Backbone; Backside; Body’)
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Beak
(Bill) In a dream, a beak represents wealth, prosperity, honor and power.
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Dog
(Bitch; Canine; Desire; Greyhound; Japanese spaniel; Pekingese; Lust;
Puppy; Shepherds’ dog; Tyke) In a dream, a dog represents an insolent man who
dares to indulge in sinful actions. If he barks in the dream, it means that such
a man is impudent and has a repulsive and an abominable character. A dog bite
or his scratch in a dream means harm caused by one’s enemy and its effects will
depend on the amount of pain one suffers in the dream. It could also mean falling
sick or suffering from great affliction or harm caused by a close companion or
a servant. If a dog tears off one’s clothing in a dream, it means that a vile person
is slandering and backbiting him. If one does not hear the barking of the dog in
the dream, it signifies that one’s enemy has left him inflected with a small loss.
A dog in a dream also could represent a vile and an insolent woman who belong
to a group of evildoing people and who are persistent in their enmity. A puppy
in a dream represents a loved child. If it is a white puppy in the dream, it means
that such a son will grow to be a believer. If it is a black puppy in the dream,
it means that he will grow to govern the household and to presides over its
people. A puppy in a dream also represents a child of adultery, a foundling who
is left in the street, wrapped in a swaddle and who isbrought home by an insolent
person to rear him. A shepherd’s dog in a dream represents profits and benefits.
A pet dog in a dream represents an astringent and a bitter enemy. Seeing a
greyhound in a dream means gaining authority, control and wealth. A greyhound
in a dream also represents the backbone of an army general or his best helper
or it could represent a good strategist, though he lacks principals and moral
integrity. A Japanese spaniel or a Pekingese in a dream signifies mixing with,
or doing business with a foreign counterpart. Bringing-up a dog for companion¬
ship in a dream means befriending a servant for whom one has great love and
affection. Hunting with a dog in a dream means satisfying one’s lust or desire.
Killing a dog in a dream signifies vanquishing one’s enemy. Seeing an expedition
of hounds leaving a town for a chase or a hunt in a dream means blessings and
prosperity for everyone, or it could mean taking action. Seeing the expedition
of hounds returning from a hunt or a chase in a dream means dispelling people’s
fears, or it could mean lack of work. If one sees such expedition entering a town
in his dream, it also means a high rate of unemployment. Seeing a sick house
dog in a dream means illness and financial losses or loss of appetite or losing
the pleasure of living. A barking bitch in a dream signifies harm and deceit
which is caused by abominable people. A dog in a dream also means suffering
from extremely high fever and in relation to Dog star or the stars Procyon and
Sirius of the constellations Canis Minor and Canis Major. In a dream, all breeds
of dogs represent lowly, obsequious and despicable people. Seeing dogs that are
reared for bantering or dallying with in a dream signify fun and enjoying one’s
life. In the dream, anything that happens to such a breed of dogs means suffering
from distress, sorrow or loss of one’s pleasure of living. If one is transformed into
a dog in a dream, it means that God Almighty has taught him great knowledge
which he abused and discarded, then God Almighty stripped him from such a
knowledge. A dog in a dream also represents a police informer or a police dog.
A dog in a dream also represents a weak enemy or a niggardly person. If a dog
barks at someone in a dream, it means that one will hear something he despises
or hates to make public from someone who lacks any sense of honor or virtue.
Eating a dog’s meat in a dream means cracking down at one’s enemy. A dog in
a dream also represents a guard or an innovator. Drinking dog’s milk in a dream
means a scare. Laying one’s head on a dog or relaxing with a dog or using the
dog for a pillow in a dream, the dog then represents a friend or a good companion.
A dog in a dream also represents a street boy, a beggar or an obsequious, lowly
and a despicable person who maintains affection toward his master and
jealously guards him, his children and property. A dog in a dream also means
greed, love for the worldly pleasures, committing a dogfight to win them and
failing to have any reserve or savings. In a dream, all types of dogs also represent
people. A hunting dog in a dream represents honor and profits. A shepherd’s dog
represents a good neighbor who cares more about his neighbors than about his
own household. Adopting a dog as a pet in a dream means wavering, or paying
financial damages, or it could mean unemployment. Taking a dog for a companion
on a journey in a dream means disappearing. A dog in a dream also means
disbelief, ingratitude or losing hope, belying, fear, imprisonment, or becoming
a fugitive. Seeing a dog in a city in a dream also means renewal of one’s business
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Magpie
(Blabber; Hodgepodge) In a dream, a magpie represents a man who keeps
no promise, who has neither honor nor does he feel comfortable with anyone.
Such a man is rich, accursed and opportunistic. If a magpie speaks to someone
in a dream, it means that he will receive news concerning a distant person.
Catching a magpie in a dream means overcoming a corrupt and a perfidious
person. Fightingwith a magpie in adream means engaging in a futile adventure
and gaining nothing from it.
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Colors
(Black; Blond; Bluish-black; Green; Maroon; Purple; Red; Reddish-brown;
White; Yellow) The color black in a dream means prosperity, happiness or
sickness. The color blond in a dream means war, sickness, piety, honor or a
religious person. In a dream, the color blond also means contemptibleness,
vileness, meanness or depravity. Black colored eyes in a dream represent a
religious person. A bluish-black colored eyes in a dream connote opposing one’s
religion. Blue eyes in a dream entail religious innovations. Green eyes in a
dream represent a religion that is different from all religions. The color green
in a dream also represents a good harvest or prosperity. Green in a dream also
means youth or fear of wrongdoing. In a dream, the color blue represents
distress, depression, enmity, or it could mean a calamity. The color red in a
dream denotes joy, celebration, spirituality or dominion. Red means the world
or material gains. In a dream, the color maroon or a reddish-brown color
signifies dignity, nobility, power or it could represent a wealthy woman. The
color purple in a dream represents a brilliant, skillful and a beautiful woman,
or it could mean fragrance, instability, sickness, love and harmony. White in a
dream also means beauty or it could represent elderly people. A black flag in a
dream means a man of knowledge, a white one represents jealousy, a yellow flag
represents an epidemic disease and a green flag means a journey by land. A
black cloud in a dream represents a just judge while a white cloud represents
a blessed, noble and true justice. A white thread in a dream represents the dawn
and a black thread in a dream represents the night. If one sees his cheeks
radiant white in a dream, it means honor, bounty, or it could mean achieving
a high rank in one’s community. Unknown white or green tents in a camp in a
dream represent the graves of martyrs. Yellow represents strain, sickness,
repentance, a son, or it could mean chivalry. (Also see Flag; Garment)
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Fuller
(Bleacher; Tinner; Whitewasher) A fuller in a dream represent a wool
bleacher. A whitewasher in a dream implies covering people’s faults or giving
someone a new dress or he could represent a tailor. A fuller or a whitewasher
in a dream both signify dignity, honor, richness, praises and correcting the
course of one’s life or managing one’s life in a useful way. A tinner in a dream
represents a righteous man who endeavors to do good privately as well as in
public.
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Rose(s)
(Blossoms; Kiss) In a dream, a rose represents a noble person, a woman,
a newborn son, or it could represent the homecoming of a long awaited traveler.
Plucking roses from a rosebush in a dream means harvesting honor, love,
prosperity and blessings. Kissing a white rose in a dream means kissing a God¬
fearing woman. Plucking a red rose in a dream means kissing a fun loving
woman. Smelling the fragrance of a yellow rose in a dream means kissing a sick
woman. A bouquet of roses in a dream means kisses, one after the other. A
rosebud in a dream means a miscarriage. A rose in a dream also represents an
estranged wife, or it could mean a dying woman, a losing business, a short lived
happiness, or a promise that does not last. Receiving a rose from a young man
in a dream means receiving a promise that will not hold too. Seeing a crown of
roses over one’s head in a dream means getting married. Roses on a tray in a
dream signify the pleasure of youth that does not last, or they could denote the
temporary joy of this world. Roses in a dream also signify praiseworthiness, or
enjoying a good reputation. Rose oil or attar which is made from the petals of
damask roses in a dream means intelligence, clarity of mind, a friendly and a
gentle person. If a sick person sees himself laying on a bed of flowers in a dream,
it means that he might die within forty days, because forty days represent the
life span of a rose blossom. Cutting off a rosebush in a dream means distress.
Harvesting roses in a dream means joy.
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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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Kettle
(Boiler) Seeing a kettle in a dream means sitting in the seat of honor, or
it could represent a public roast.
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Sieve
(Bolter; Colander; Filter; Separate; Sift; Sort; Strainer) In a dream, a sieve
represents knowledge, discerning, honor, rank and discriminating between
truth and false. A sieve in a dream is like a detector of true banknotes from
counterfeit, a person who chooses his words, a choosy person of the type of work
he does, or a discriminating buyer, a pious person, or it could represent a comb.
If a sieve is given as a collateral, or as a promissory note in a dream, it means
that the depositor will flunk his promise, for a sieve does not retain water. (Also
see Bolter; Strainer)
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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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Fart
(Breaking wind; Passing gas; Foolishness; Wind) Passing gas in a dream
means hearing or speaking vile words, or suffering from adversities, or it could
mean dispersing a group of people, telling a shocking news, stupidity, belittling
people, lies, using insulting words, or it could represent the sound that could
emanate from beating someone. If one breaks wind with a loud sound in a dream,
it means that he will address someone with harsh words. If one sees himself
sitting with people and unwillingly passes gas or breaks wind in a dream, it
means that his difficulties, sorrows or stress will be dispelled, though with
horridness and repulsiveness. If one breaks wind intentionally in such a
gathering in a dream, then it means committing an evil act and suffering from
its consequences. If one passes gas without noise in his dream, it means that he
will receive a sarcastic commendation that matches the smell of his fart. If one
breaks wind in a dream while sitting with a group of people who are experiencing
difficulties, it means that their difficulties will be dispelled, and their suffering
will ease. If they are merchants, it means that their merchandise will move
faster. If one forces himself to break wind in a dream, it means that he will carry
a burden greater than he can bear. If one breaks wind along with passing gas
in his dream, it means that he will attain success in his life, and he will receive
honor and profits from an important business trip. However, it is possible that
his interests will become diverse, or that he could lose his focus, then he will
return home free from such burdens. To fart from the mouth in a dream means
faltering or a slip of a tongue, an accident, suffering from gum irritation, a stroke
that will affect one’s speech, or it could mean developing ill habits that will cause
him to feel ashamed of himself in public.
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Teacher
(Bucket; Grammar teacher; Language teacher) In a dream, a teacher
represents a strong person who does people favors and particularly those who
learn at his hand unless if he takes monetary compensation for his work in the
dream. An elementary school teacher in a dream represents a commander, a
judge, a scholar, or a trainer. A grammar teacher and a language teacher in a
dream represents honor, dignity, exalted rank, helping others, having impor¬
tant connections with people in authority, scholars, or he could represent
understanding, clarity of speech, easy life, profits, marriage, children, or
parents. A teacher in a dream also represents a bird hunter who presides over
the affairs of ignorant people. (Also see Educator; Engraver; Grammarian;
Language; Writer)
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Button
(Buttonhole; Fastener; Man) A button in a dream represents protection,
guarding one’s honor, a just contract, money, or profits particularly if the button
is made of silver or gold. A button and a buttonhole in a dream also represents
a man and a woman. If an unwed person sees himself buttoning a shirt in a
dream, it means that he will get married, or that he will play an important role
in uniting two people, or to bring peace between two partners, or that he will
revive an old and a forsaken project. Tying one’s buttons in a dream means
getting married, or going through difficult financial circumstances. Wearing a
buttoned shirt in a dream means experiencing tight circumstances, or reuniting
with a traveller returning home, or marriage of an unmarried person. (Also see
Clothing)
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Sugar cane
(Cane; Juice; Reeds) In a dream, sugar cane means toiling and
suffering, rabbling, or clamor in the area in which it is seen in a dream. Sugar
cane in a dream also could represent a noble lineage, acquiring an honorable
knowledge, or earning a spiritual advancement. Sugar cane in a dream also
represents chaste and noble women or pious men. If one sees a field of sugar cane
planted in inadequate terrain, then means destruction, ruin, or archaeological
excavations that will lead to exposing the past and exhuming the dead, or it
could mean a wailing party of women showing their grief and sorrow. A field of
sugar cane in a dream also represents the ability to hide something, or to redo
something, or to declare a war, or it could mean signing a business agreement,
a marriage contract, celebrating old times and events, freedom from imprison¬
ment, releasing prisoners, recovering from an illness, or exhuming the dead.
Chewing or sucking on a stick of sugar cane in a dream means becoming
talkative or repetitive. If one sees himself making juice out of sugar cane in a
dream, it means prosperity and wealth. Sugar cane in a dream also represents
money that one earns from a stingy person. (Also see Juice; Reed)
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Couch
(Canopy; Furniture; Love seat) A raised couch in a dream represents one's
wife, midwife or a high ranking position. If it is made of wood in the dream, it
indicates respectability, and if it is not upholstered in the dream, it means
lowness or inferiority. A fabric stuffed couch in a dream signifies honor, welfare,
promotion, good words, new clothing, love, affection and unity. (Also see Bed;
Mattress)
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Sails
(Captain; Manager; Ship) In a dream, the sails of a ship represent its
captain, or they could represent a good manager, or they could mean gaining
power. If one sees sails being raised to honor him in a dream, it means that he
will attain power, leadership, honor and exaltation. If a ruler or a general of an
army sees such a dream, it means that he will remain strong and secured from
enemy attacks.
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Crow
(Carrion crow; Cheat; Hooded crow; Jackdow; Raven; Swindle) A crow in
a dream means adultery, narrow-mindedness or concealing one’s evil actions or
intentions. In a dream, a crow also represents a stingy, proud, ostentatious and
an arguing person. Hunting crows in a dream means earning unlawful money
through deceitful actions and corruption. Seeing a crow in a dream also means
a bad omen and particularly if seen in the fields. Seeing a crow standing over
the roof of one’s house in a dream means that one’s wife is having a secret affair
with one of his friends. If a crow speaks to someone in his dream, it means that
he will beget a son who will grow to be a corrupt person. If one sees a crow
speaking to him in a dream, it could mean suffering from depression, then
feeling better thereafter. A crow in a dream also could signify migration, or
separation between beloveds. Eating the flesh of a crow in a dream means
receiving money from thieves. Seeing a crow standing before the courthouse in
a dream means committing an offense and paying the price for one’s crime, or
it could mean killing one’s brother, then regretting it. If one sees a crow digging
the earth in a dream, then it becomes a stronger indication of such a crime. If
a crow scratches someone’s face in a dream, it means dying from an illness or
freezing to death from being lost in a forest during the winter. Receiving a crow
as a gift in a dream means happiness. A hooded crow in a dream represents
longevity, a wealthy person, elderly people or it could represent wonderment
about something when awakened. A crow in a dream is also the messenger of
winter, cold weather and adversities. Seeing a crow descending upon a noble
house means that a corrupt person will marry a noble woman from that house.
Seeing a piebald crow in a dream means an affliction that will befall one’s son.
Owning such a piebald crow in a dream means having a bad son. Slaughtering
such a crow in a dream means receiving news from a distant place. In that sense,
if a piebald crow speaks to someone in a dream, it means begetting a son who
will grow to be a despicable and a corrupt person. Seeing a flock of crows inside
one’s house in a dream means gaining wealth and honor up to the end of one’s
life. It also could represent people who speak ill of others or backbite them. A
crow in a dream also represents a vicious fighter who fights just for himself and
who is keen at acquiring what he wants, or it could represent a grave digger or
bad news, a bad omen, mismanagement of one’s life or business, a longjourney,
trouble, adversities or calling a curse upon someone, adultery or it could
represent someone who mixes good with bad qualities. Seeing a jackdaw in a
dream means a bad crop. Fighting a crow in a dream means fighting someone
of such character. Holding a crow in one’s hand in a dream means self-deception
and pride. A crow inside one’s shop in a dream means a corrupt person in that
company. Hunting crows in a dream means gains from unlawful sources. Seeing
a crow standing over a grave in a dream means that one will die in that place,
or that one will discover something about which he had no knowledge. (Also see
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Horse
(Castle; Chivalry; Generosity; Goodness; Merchant; Nobility; Partner;
Son; Travels; Wife) Owning horses in a dream means prosperity, or victory over
one’s enemy. Riding a horse in a dream means dignity, honor and wealth.
Perhaps it could mean that one will befriend a noble person, or meet a good
companion on the road. Owning a mare in a dream means begetting a beautiful
son. If it is a nag or a workhorse in the dream, it means that he will live satisfied,
or that he may marry a rich and a noble woman who will bear his children.
Seeing a horse in a dream also may connote owning a good house. If it is a blond
horse in the dream, it means knowledge, devotion, piety and fear of wrongdoing.
A nag in a dream represents a wife or a husband. A saddled horse in a dream
means a woman in her menstrual period, during which time it is not permissible
for the husband to engage in marital intercourse with her. A gathering of horses
in a dream represents a gathering of women for a funeral or a wedding. Owning
a herd of horses, or taking care of their feed in a dream means presiding over
people, or it could mean managing a business. If a horse dies in one’s presence
in a dream, it means loss of his house or business. The fit of a horse in the dream
represent man’s own state. Descending from a horse in a dream means committing
a sin that will force one to resign from his position, or be dismissed from his work.
A hairy horse in a dream represents a large family. If the tail of one’s horse is
cut off at its end in a dream, it means that one may come to see the death of his
children and clan before his own eyes. If the tail of one’s horse is simply clipped
in the dream, it connotes his own death and that his name will be quickly
forgotten. If one is attacked by a horse in a dream, it means that a noble person,
or a young boy will stand to him and require a just retribution from him. A flying
horse with two wings in a dream means that one may be tried with affections
toward a perverted boy or a woman who will tempt him then follow him. If a
descendent of the family of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, sees himself
flying on a winged horse in a dream, it means that he will rise in station and
preside over people. If one sees horsemen coming through the skies in a dream,
it means that a war may take place in that land. Riding a horse and holding a
spear in one’s hand in a dream means forcing people to do something, or forcing
them to pay what they owe. If one sees his horse drowning in a dream, it means
that he may die from an illness. Buying a horse and tending the money to the
seller in the dream means profits in one’s business, or earning money from
teaching. Selling one’s horse in a dream means doing good and being grateful
for it. If one’s horse bites him in a dream, it means that he will lead an army
in a war. If one kills a horse in his dream, it means that he will be awarded
status, rank and money. Slaughtering a horse for other than food in a dream
means spoiling one’s livelihood. If one sees a horse whose owner is not known
entering a town in a dream, it means that a noble person will enter that town
and people of his trade will fear his competition or his becoming a danger to their
business. If such a horse reverts his course and leaves that town in the dream,
it means that a great, though unknown person from that locality will die shortly.
Horses running across the streets in a dream represent a destructive rain or
devastating floods. A feeble horse in a dream represents the weakness of his
owner. (Also see Dung; Horse fright; Nag)
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Civet
(Castor; Civet cat; A fatty substance with a musklike scent which is secreted
by a gland near the genitals of a civet, a deer or a beaver. This substance is also
used in making perfumes.) In a dream, a civet represents honorable profits or
valuable properties, botanical gardens, a school from which one can acquire
knowledge and draw benefits, or a business from which one can make profits,
or it could mean a profitable leather trade. If one prepares the civet on fire in
the dream, it means that he is preparing amber perfume, musk or aloe perfume
that is extracted from an aromatic heartwood of the mezereum tree family.
Clamor: (Noise; Roaring; Hubbub) In adream, it means witnessingsocial disorder,
a public outcry or participating in a religious festival or an important public
event that will attract the interest ofpeople from all walks of life. (Also see Shout)
Clapping hands: In a dream, clapping hands represents pagan customs. If one
hears hands clapping, or if he claps his hands in a dream, it may indicate an
illness or it could represent a vacant house or a ghost town.
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Angels
(Celestial beings; Heavenly beings) If one sees the heavenly angels (arb.
Mala’ika) coming before him to congratulate him in a dream, it means that God
Almighty has forgiven that person his sins and endowed him with patience,
through which he will attain success in this life and in the hereafter. If one sees
the heavenly angels greeting him or giving him something in the dream, it
means that his insight will grow, or that he maybe martyrized. If one sees angels
descending upon a locality that is raging with a war in a dream, it means that
the dwellers of that place will win victory. If the people are suffering from
adversities, it means that their calamities will be lifted. Flying with angels or
visiting the heavens in their company in a dream may mean that one will die
in the station of a martyr and receive God’s utmost blessings. If one feels scared
of the angels in his dream, it means that a fight, an argument or awesome trials
will befall that locality. In general, to see the angels descending from the
heavens to the earth in a dream means enfeeblement of those who have doubt,
and strength for those who have faith and certitude. If one sees the angels
prostrating to him in a dream, it means that all his needs will be satisfied and
he will be endowed with good conduct, good behavior and a blessed fame. If one
sees them looking like women in the dream, it means that he lies before God
Almighty. If a pious person sees an angel telling him in a dream: “Read God’s
Book.” It means that one will attain happiness in his life. If an impious person
sees an angel in a dream telling him: “Read your own records.” It means that
he may go astray. If one sees the angels giving him glad tidings and congratulating
him in a dream, it means that he will beget a blessed son who will grow to be
righteous and an example to be followed. If one sees a gathering of angels in a
town in his dream, it means that a pious man, or an ascetic, or a great scholar
will die in that locality. If one sees himself looking at the angels in the skies in
a dream, it means that he may suffer the loss of a son or his wealth. Seeing the
celestial angels (arb. Ruhaniyyeen ) in a dream means gaining honor, dignity,
blessings in one’s life, profits and a good fame, developing spiritual inner
insight, or becoming a business manager. Near the end of one’s life, one who sees
such a dream also will suffer from people’s slander and backbiting. He will also
lose his good reputation to people’s envy and evil qualities and he will live in
tight financial conditions. If one becomes an angel in a dream, it means tat he
will receive honor, power, overcome his adversities, dispel his distress and win
his freedom, or it could mean that he will rise in station. If one sees the angels
greeting him and shaking hands with him in a dream, it means that God
Almighty will endow him with wisdom, clarity and insight. Angels in a dream
also represent one’s closest witnesses, guardians, police officers or the emissar¬
ies of a ruler. Wrestling with an angel in a dream means loss of status. Wrestling
with an angel in a dream also means suffering from distress, trouble, humili¬
ation and falling in rank. Seeing angels entering one’s house in a dream means
that a thief will burglarize such a house. If angels disarm someone in a dream,
it means that he will lose his wealth and strength, or that he may divorce his
wife. If angels offer the person a tray of fruits in the dream, it means that he
will depart from this world as a martyr. If angels curse someone in a dream, it
means that he has little care for his religion. If one sees a gathering of heavenly
angels together with the angels of hell-fire in a dream, it means enmity and
divisiveness. If a sick person sees himself struggling with an angel in a dream,
it is a sign of his death. If one sees an angel taking the form of a child in a dream,
it represents one’s future. If he sees an angel as a youth, the youth then
represents the present time and whatever events that will take place during it.
If the angel appears in the form of an old man in the dream, he represents the
past. If one sees the angels praying and asking for God’s forgiveness on his
behalf in a dream, it means that one’s spiritual and religious life will grow for
the better, and that he will become wealthy. If one sees angels descending upon
a cemetery in a dream, it signifies the presence of blessed and righteous souls
in that place. If one sees angels walking in the markets in a dream, it means that
the merchants are trifling with prices and playing with the measures. If the
angels who are in charge of punishing the sinner in hell walk before a dying
person and he does not fear them in the dream, it means peace and tranquility.
If one sees the angels teaching a dying person how to recite his final rites in a
dream, it means glad tidings and attainment of what his heart desires, a
guarantee of his safety, happiness, joy and of having a blessed and a good heart.
If he sees them angry with him or beating him or subduing and taming him in
a dream, it means that he may revert to sin, earn the displeasure of his parents,
disdain from complying with God’s commands, or he could even come to deny
the necessity of God’s religion. Such angels in a dream also represent the
emissaries of a governor or his deputies. If a dying person is told in the dream
that no angels have come to see him, then it is a testimony of his good character
and piety, or it could mean payment of one’s debts or recovering from an illness.
Angels in a dream also could represent scholars, gnostics or translators who
understand people’s languages and speak in many tongues. As for Munkar and
Nakir, the angels who come to one’s grave upon his burial to question him,
seeing them in a dream means prosperity for a poor person, and finding work
for a jobless person. (Also see Castration)
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Breakfast food
(Cereal; Grits; Kasha; Oatmeal; Porridge) Having a tasty break¬
fast in a dream means honor, promotion or dispelling distress, adversities and
illness. (Also see Porridge)
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Banquet
(Ceremonial dinner) Attending a banquet or giving a banquet in a dream
means dispelling distress and overcoming adversities. A banquet in a dream
also means celebrating a new appointment or receiving honorary guests.
However, a banquet in a dream also denotes distress, sorrow or grief. (Also see
Colors; Food fare; Food)
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Rank
(Ceremony; Religious rank) Awarding a meek person a ceremonial rank or
a station of honor in a dream represents a wedding, a job, or a good deed through
which God Almighty will raise such a person in station. (Also see Rising in station)
Ransom: (See Enemy; Enmity)
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Shade
(Changes; Cover; Shelter) Witnessing a shade in the summertime in a
dream means comfort, profits, honor, or becoming the protege of a great person.
If one sees a shade in the winter in a dream then it means trouble, distress,
adversities, or soliciting the company of people who foster innovation. Shade in
a dream also represents the governor of one’s town, a man of knowledge, a pious
person, an ascetic, or a religious student on the path. Seeking refuge in the shade
away from the heat of the sun in a dream means comfort, profits, or escaping
from harm. As for a woman, shade in her dream represents her husband. If an
unmarried woman sees herself seeking the shade in a dream, it means her
marriage and that she will marry a rich and a powerful person. If one finds it
cold to sit in the shade in his dream, then if he seeks to sit under the sun to worm
himself up, it means that his poverty will be dispelled, for cold in a dream also
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Transformation
(Changing form) Transformation by substitution in a dream
where one thing is converted into something else. If a withered tree is trans¬
formed into a blossoming one in a dream, it means political changes, changes
in worldly conditions, or reversal of conditions from good to bad, or from bad to
good. This element includes the transformation of inner substances or physical
ones. For example, if sees himself as an old person in a dream, when in real life
he is young, it means progress in his spiritual life and gaining honor. If he is an
old person and sees himself as a young boy in a dream, it means indulging in
wrongdoing. If one sees a known old person regaining his youth, it means that
the material conditions of the person seeing the dream will turn around to one’s
advantage or otherwise, i.e., richness into poverty and vice-versa, or if he is sick,
he will recover from his illness. If one is transformed into a beautiful shoot of
green or a blossoming branch of a tree in a dream, it means that he may die
within a short time. Becoming taller in a dream means longevity, prosperity, or
begetting a son. If one finds himself missing partial mental keenness or physical
abilities or a limb in a dream, it means that he may suffer losses relating to his
worldly interests. If a man sees himself transformed into a woman, and wears
her apparels, ornaments and make-up in a dream, it means that he may suffer
humiliation, adversities and abuse. If a woman sees herself transformed into a
man, or if she grows a beard in a dream, it means that she will reestablish her
connection with a missing child. As a man in the dream, and if she is pregnant,
it means that she will beget a son who may die in his early youth, but if she is
not pregnant, it means that she is no longer fertile. If one sees himself flying with
wings in a dream, it means travels. If one sees himself transformed into a
wooden staff in a dream, it represents his insolence. If one sees himself
transformed into an iron rod in a dream, it means longevity. If one sees himself
transformed into a bridge in a dream, it means that he may become a ruler, a
wise man, or a man of knowledge whom people will seek to benefit from his
wisdom. If a person sees his sick child turn into a bird in a dream, it means the
death of the child. If one sees himself turned into a beast in a dream, it means
that he will be segregated from the believers to live alone because of his evil
qualities. If one sees himself turned into a deer, a gazelle or an antelope in a
dream, it means that he will become obsessed with his sexual life, or that he will
become mentally deranged to the degree of indulging in bisexual practices. If he
turns into a pig in a dream, it means prosperity surrounded with absence of
human dignity. If one sees a steer transformed into a wolf in a dream, it
represents a government employee who will turn unjust. However, according to
Islamic interpretations of the human transformation into a lower category of
creatures phenomena, if such transformation takes place in real life, it connotes
a curse and a punishment, and it does not last for more than three days, and
it will culminate in death. (Also see Changing form)
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Poet
(Charmer; Poet; Reciting) A poet reciting his verses in a dream represents
a man who brings peace to people’s hearts, entertains them and dispels anger
from their hearts if God’s name is mentioned in his poem. If he does not mention
the name of God Almighty in the dream, then his words may be baseless and
false. A poet in a dream also represents someone who pieces together a
conversation, or who embellishes his words with lies, or who deceives people by
giving them bad advice, encourages them to do wrong and to abstain from what
is right, or misleads them with deceptive words. In general, seeing a poet in a
dream means concoctions, lies, adultery, alcoholism, greed, or someone who
writes poems for money and fame. If the person seeing the dream memorizes
poetic verses containing words of wisdom, or verses glorifying God Almighty, or
praising His Messenger upon whom be peace, or if one becomes a poet who
recites such poems in the dream, it means that he will acquire knowledge,
status, honor and receive guidance. In a dream, a poet also represents a seducer
who says something and does something else. (Also see Poem; Snake charmer)
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Belt
(Cincture; Cummerbund; Fastening; Sash; Waist belt) In a dream, a belt
depicts the carrier of burdens. It also implies travels, money, savings or
stinginess. It also could mean serious endeavors and assiduity in seeking
knowledge. A belt or a waistband in a dream could represent one’s wife or his
property. If a woman sees herself wearing a waistband, then it represents her
brother, brother in-law, or father in-law. If she is pregnant, it means that she
will beget a daughter. If a man sees himself wearing a waistband in a dream,
it represents a woman in his family to whom it is unlawful for him to marry. A
broken belt in a dream means a fight with one’s wife. If one’s waistband becomes
a snake in the dream, it means enmity with his brother in-law. If his waistband
is drenched in blood in the dream, it means that he may get killed because of
his wife, or that he may conspire to kill his wife. Wearing a belt in a dream also
represents bundles of money one carries, or an unanticipated misfortune he may
attract. Buying a new belt in a dream means protecting one’s property, money
or knowledge. (Also see Cincture; Cummerbund; Waistband; Waist belt)
Bench: (Outdoor bench) If one sees a cement bench in front of his door in a dream,
it means that one’swife is having a secret affair. If one sees himself sitting on
a bench in a dream, it means that he will gain status, honor, rank, money or
should he qualify for it, he could sit on the judges bench.
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Eloquence of speech
(Clarity of speech; Fluency) To have fluency and eloquence
of speech in a dream means being honored, dignified, becoming a knight or being
endowed with immeasurable wealth, or it could mean extension of one’s powers
and control, prosperity from one’s business, fame, or it could mean attaining
excellence in one’s craft or trade. In general, eloquence of speech in a dream
signifies honor and deputyship.
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Hammer
(Claw hammer; Mallet; Sledge; Stone hammer) A hammer in a dream
represents the one who has the upper hand, advantage, or influence. Holding
a hammer in a dream means receiving honor and great benefits. A hammer in
a dream also represents one’s helper and it could mean money for one who uses
it to earn a living. A hammer in a dream also connotes evildoing, or expressing
oneself loud with clamor.
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coat
(Cloak; Garment; Faith; Overcoat; Religion; Spirituality) Wearing a coat in
a dream means honor and respect if new. If it is a shabby or a light coat in the
dream, then it means failure in one's proper attendance to his religious duties.
A winter coat in a dream represents a poor but vainglorious and boastful person.
A coat in a dream is also interpreted as a mean and a profane woman. Ifa man
sees himself wearing a coat, and if it is interpreted to mean a woman in the
dream, then it means that one may have committed a size able capital to support
something that will bring limited benefits. If one loses his coat in a dream, it
means that he will be shielded from poverty and boasts about his status in
public. A coat in a dream also represents man's trust, because it is placed over
his shoulders and around his neck. If a woman sees a coat in her dream, it means
suffering from unkindness on the part of her husband. (Also see Cap; Overcoat; Dip)
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Linen
(Clothing) Wearing a linen shirt in a dream means living an honorable life,
earning lawful money and savings. (Also see Clothing)
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Brazier
(Coal stove; Charcoal grill; Grill; Fireplace) In a dream, a brazier or a coal
holder represents one’s wife, a housekeeper, or a well mannered child. One who
befriends them will be honored and well treated.
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Neckband
(Collar; Necklace) In a dream, a neckband represents stinginess. A
neckband in a dream also could represent woman’s kindness, gentleness,
softness, protection and respect for her husband. Thus, for a woman, a neckband
in her dream represents her husband. If her neckband is made of silver, and if
it is wide, comfortable and well strapped to her neck in a dream, it denotes her
husband’s generosity, richness and forbearance. If the neckband is thin, then
it implies difficulties. If it is made of iron in the dream, it represents a strong
person. If it is made from wood in the dream, it represents a hypocrite. If a man
wears a neckband over a white or a green collar in a dream, it represents victory
in his life and comfort he will receive from an unexpected source. If he is a
merchant, it means profits, fame, honor and dignity. If he is a common person,
then the neckband means earning respect and fame. If a tight neckband is
strapped around one’s neck in a dream, it represents a stingy person no one can
benefit from. If he is a learned person, it means that no one benefits from his
knowledge. If he commands authority, it means that he disdains from giving
true judgment. To hire a servant who wears a silver neckband in a dream means
establishing a profitable business. A neckband in a dream also means impiety,
or it could be a sign of trustworthiness. If a man sees himself wearing a neckband
that is made of gold, silver, iron, copper or lead in a dream, it means that he has
abandoned his religious trust, forsaken his covenant and has become a profligate.
(Also see Necklace)
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Duel
(Combat; Competition; Contest; Marriage) In a dream, a duel signifies
strength or a dispute with someone or disruption, dispersion or a fight. A duel
with weapons in a dream means marriage to someone whose character is similar
in interpretations to the weapon one is carrying in his dream. Wearing armature
during a duel in a dream means marriage to a rich but deceiving person, for part
of the human body is covered during the combat. A duel with swords in a dream
means honor. Waving a sword during a duel in a dream means becoming known
in one’s field. (Also see Marriage; Sword)
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Army general
(Commander; Military) In a dream, an army general or a com¬
mander represents someone famous who is self assured and dauntless. If one
sees himself as an army general in a dream, and should he qualify for such a
position, it means prosperity, honor and blessings. If one does not qualify for
such a position, then it may mean his death. If a poor person sees himself as an
army general in a dream, it means disturbances and that he will raise his voice.
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Celestial spheres
(Constellations; Firmaments; Heavens) Seeing oneself at the
first celestial sphere in a dream means associating with a tyrant or a liar or
befriending a mail carrier. The second celestial sphere represents the scribes of
a king. The third celestial sphere represents a marriage to a woman from a noble
lineage. The fourth celestial sphere represents leadership, prosperity and
reverence. The fifth celestial sphere represents marriage to a most beautiful
woman. Travelling in its orbit together with its stars in that galaxy in a dream
means travelling to meet a ruler, a warrior, a pious man, or a perfect man. The
sixth celestial sphere represents knowledge, blessings and steadfastness. The
seventh celestial sphere represents the inner circles of a ruler. The eight
celestial sphere represents the company of a great ruler. The ninth celestial
sphere represents the company of a revered man. Seeing the tenth celestial
sphere or the all-encompassing sphere in a dream means meeting the greatest
ruler. Orbiting a celestial sphere or a galaxy or seeing them in a dream means
rising in station and honor, attaining one’s goals, or increase in one’s power. If
one sees the all-encompassing sphere in a dream, it means that he will meet the
Almighty Lord, the Master of the universes, God Almighty Himself or become
the intimate friend of the greatest ruler in the world. If one sees himself in a
dream changing the order of stars, galaxies or constellations, it means being
unjust or trying to obscure the truth. If a woman sees herself under the first
celestial sphere in a dream, it means that she will marry someone from the
ruling class. (Also see Constellations, Dog; Moon; Skies; Star)
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Pledge of allegiance
(Contract; Homage) Making a pledge of allegiance to the
blessed family of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, or to their descendents,
or true gnostics and leaders among his followers in a dream means following
true guidance, walking on the straight path and truly observing the divine laws
and abiding by them. Making a pledge of allegiance to the governor of a seaport
city in a dream means winning victory over one’s enemy, glad tidings, honoring
piety, being grateful to one’s Lord and oft-praying for salvation and forgiveness.
Making a pledge of allegiance to an impious person or to an evil companion in
a dream means helping evil people. Making a pledge to someone under a tree
in a dream means receiving blessings from God Almighty.
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Pot
(Cooking pot; Vessel) In a dream, a cooking pot represents one’s wife, his
livelihood and home, while the lid represents the husband. If the pot looks in
a good condition and of value in one’s dream, then it represents his nobility and
honor. A pottery cookware salesman in a dream represents comfort and one does
not need to travel to earn his livelihood, while a copper cookware or other types
of cookware salesman in a dream represent a livelihood based on travelling from
door to door. A cooking pot in a dream also represents a scholar or a man of
knowledge who is sitting in the teacher’s chair, while the meat, vegetables and
spices inside the pot represent his knowledge, wisdom and their benefits for the
seeker. A pot on fire with water boiling inside it in a dream represents a divorced
woman. A pot in a dream also represents a handsome looking man who cares
about his neighbors’ opinions. A pot in a dream also could represent a house¬
keeper . Whatever happens to it in a dream could affect the housekeeper. If there
is a sick person in a family, and if one sees a cooking pot he does not know what’s
inside it in a dream, the stove here represents his bed, the fire represents his
depression and the boiling water represents his worries. If the boiling stops, and
if the contents start to cool down, and if the fire is put off in one’s dream, it means
that he will recover from his illness. Putting a pot with meat and vegetables on
the stove in a dream means imposing oneself on someone to receive a favor. If
the meat is cooked in his dream, it means that one will greatly benefit from such
a person, and his earnings will be lawful. If the meat does not cook, it means that
whatever he earns through the other person will be unlawful. Stirring a pot in
a dream means backbiting someone. If one eats directly from the pot in a dream,
it represents money one could save otherwise beside other benefits. If the pot
one is stirring in his dream does not contain any meat or food, it means that he
will ask a poor person to do something beyond his means, and consequently he
will not benefit from his doing. A cooking pot in a dream also represents one’s
relentlessness toward his enemy. A pot in a dream also denotes one’s content¬
ment and his acceptance of his destiny and of the divine providence. A pot in a
dream also represents a woman or money. The sauce represents lawful earnings
that are accompanied with some hassles. (Also see Earthenware pot; Jar)
Potter: In a dream, a potter represents someone who handles pots and pitchers,
or he could represent a servant, a housekeeper, women, girls or daughters.
Seeing a potter in a dream also means pride about one’s lineage, wealth, or
beauty.
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Bed
(Couch; Mattress; Sleeping pad) Abed without covers in a dream represents
travels, a wife, honor or a high rank. Sitting on abed in a dream means regaining
power or authority over something one had lost control. If the bed has it covers
on, then it means ruling over a group of hypocrites who live in heedlessness. If
it is not covered, then it means a journey. If one sees himself wearing his shoes
and sitting on his bed in a dream, it means that he will undertake a trip in the
company of an ostentatious person. Sitting on a bed in a pleasant surrounding
in a dream means honor and power. The covers of one’s bed in a dream represent
his wife, his livelihood, or his mistress. Whatever stands on top of a bed
represents one’s male children and whatever is hidden under it represents one’s
female children. A bed in a dream also represents happiness, joy and dignity.
It may also represent a wife, a ship, or a coffin. If one’s bed falls apart or breaks
into pieces in a dream, it means loss of authority, dismissal from one’s job,
divorcing one’s wife, or it could mean her death. If one sees himself sitting over
an unknown bed in a dream, it means marriage or conceiving a child. Sitting
over a bed without a mattress means death, or a business trip. If a woman sees
herself bringing a bed into her house in a dream, it means that she will get
married. If a sick person sees himself sitting up in his bed in a dream, it means
that he will recover from his illness. (Also see Couch; Mattress)
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Drapes
(Cover; Happiness; Fears; Veil) In a dream, drapes means veiling one’s
private life. Drapes in a dream also represent a confidant or a trustworthy friend
or a wife who covers the pitfalls of her husband, protects his business and guards
him from looking at other women. If a man of knowledge sees such a dream, then
drapes represent his integrity, his honorable wife and children. Unidentified
drapes in a dream represent worries or distress. If the drapes are hanging over
one’s front door in the dream, it means that such difficulties will come from the
world. Old drapes in a dream represent adversities which will not last. Torn
drapes in a dream mean happiness and joy. If they are torn vertically in the
dream, they represent a quick joy. If they are torn horizontally in the dream,
they mean slander against one’s family. Black drapes in a dream mean worries
because of money, a child, or the authorities. White or green drapes mean good
results. Drapes hanging over the door of a mosque in a dream represent spiritual
problems or religious failure. Seeing drapes out of their place in a dream mean
adversities, and seeing them hanging over one’s windows has no interpretation.
In a dream, seeing drapes hanging over a strange environment means fears
which will culminate in satisfaction. Drapes adorned with gold means hallu¬
cination or dispelling one’s worries. If an unmarried person sees drapes in his
dream, it means that he will get married and protect his chastity, or it could
mean a business that will shelter him from poverty. If a fugitive or a scared
person sees himself covered with drapes in a dream, it means a shelter from
what scares him. Falling through a hole while hanging to a drape in a dream
means taking a long, frustrating, toiling and a distant journey. The bigger the
drapes are in a dream, the more difficult is one’s adversity.
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Bull
(Cow; Ox; Steer) A bull in a dream represents the chief of the council or the
mayor of the town or village. Seeing a bull in a dream also means winning the
mayoral seat for a term or losing it after one year. If one sees himself owning
a herd of steers in a dream, it means receiving a governmental office and a vast
authority should he qualify for it. His employees’ support depends on how
manageable is his herd. If a man sees himself riding a steer in a dream, it means
dealing with a government employee. It also means that he will acquire what
he intends. Seeing a bull in a dream also means fame. If one sees himself eating
the head of a steer or a bull in a dream, it also means winning a leadership seat
in the government, except if the bull is red. If one is a merchant, then it means
profit and prosperity for that year. If a steer is transformed into a wolf in a
dream, it means that a government’s employee will turn corrupt. A white bull
in a dream means glad tidings and profits. If a steer or a cow butts against
someone in the dream, it means that God is displeased with him. Eating bull’s
meat in a dream means financial comfort. If a bull bites someone in a dream,
it means suffering from an illness or begetting children who will grow to be
honorable and righteous people. If one sees an ox mooing at him in the dream,
it means undertaking a distant or a long journey. If a farmer sees an ox plowing
his fields in a dream, it means a good harvest for that year.
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Helmet
(Crash helmet; Face mask; Hard hat; Warrior’s helmet) In a dream, a
helmet means safety, money, a wife, employment, travel, or one’s head. A white
helmet in a dream means relaxing, or peace in one’s life, or it could mean
recovering from a migraine headache. Wearing a warrior’s helmet in a dream
also means safety of one’s property and protection from an accident. Wearing
a rounded expensive helmet in a dream means betrothing a beautiful and a rich
woman. A helmet made of iron in a dream represents a leader who defends
people, or it could mean trust, status, rank, a wife, or might. Wearing a white
helmet in a dream means honor and protection of one’s property.
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Resurrection
(Day of Reckoning; Day of Resurrection; Last Day; Reckoning;
Rising of the dead; Trumpet of Resurrection) Seeing the Day of Resurrection,
or Doomsday in a dream is a serious warning for a sinner, or it could represent
a warning for someone who is contemplating a sinful act. Seeing the Day of
Resurrection in a dream also denotes justice. Beingthe only person resurrected
on such a day means one’s death. Standing up awaiting one’s judgement on the
Day of Resurrection in a dream means travels. If one sees himself and his wife
being the only people who are brought for judgement of the grand Day of
Gathering in a dream, it means that he is being unjust. If a warrior sees the Day
of Resurrection in a dream, it means that by God’s decree, the aggressor shall
be defeated. The land of the grand gathering in a dream represents a chaste
woman or a noble man. The blowing of the Trumpet of Resurrection in a dream
represents the salvation of the righteous ones. Seeing any of the great ex¬
traordinary events or signs that shall precede the Day of resurrection in a dream
means glad tidings for a believer who does good, and a warning for a disbeliever
to correct himself and repent for his sins before its coming. Seeing the Day of
Resurrection in a dream also denotes that some of the major signs are actually
taking place, such as blood shedding, spread of evil, belligerence of atheism,
pride about wealth, ruling of the working class, building high rises, the end of
the era of kings on earth, or it could remind the person of the prophesied signs,
such as the rising of the sun from the West, the emergence of a beast that will
speak with a human tongue, the rising of the Imposter (arb. Dajjal. Antichrist),
etcetera. Seeing the Day of Resurrection in a dream also represents the spread
of evil, the presence of an extended police force, and the ruling of large armies
and dictatorships around the world. Thus, seeing the Day of Resurrection in a
dream is a reminder and a warning to the one who sees it. If one sees the graves
splitting open, dead people resurrected back to life and are walking out of them
accompanied with their angels in a dream, it means that justice will prevail in
that land. If one experiences the resurrection in a dream, then discovers that
the world went back to continue its prior course , it means that justice will
dominate that land for a while, then it will be followed by a tyranny that will
be carried by people who are not even suspected to be of such character. Such
a dream also could be interpreted to suit a person who is seeking the impossible,
or one who is adamant at pursuing the path of wrongdoing, falsehood and lies.
Recognizing the eminent final signs of the Day of Reckoning in a dream means
that one is unaware of his heedlessness and such dream constitutes a warning.
If one’s reckoning is easy in a dream, it denotes his wife’s piety, compassion and
love for him. If one’s reckoning is detailed and painful in a dream, then it
represents major losses. If one’s good deeds weigh heavier than his bad deeds
in the dream, it means that his devotion is true and that his reward will be
greater. If one sees himself carrying the scale to weigh his own deeds in a dream,
it denotes his righteousness and correctness. If one sees an angel handing him
his records and telling him to read his own book in the dream, it also means that
he is on the right path. Walking on the bridge of the Day of Judgment, carrying
one’s own records and crying in a dream means that one is praying for God’s
forgiveness and to ease his reckoning. If one sees the Doomsday in a dream, it
means that he will escape from dangerous enemies, or that perhaps a major trial
will befall the dwellers of that place. If one crosses the Bridge of Judgement in
a dream, it means that he will escape a major trial, or perhaps it could represent
a major hurdle one may have to cross in this life. If one sees himself carrying
his book of records in his right hand in a dream, it means that he will win
righteousness, wealth and honor. If one sees himself carrying his book of records
in his left hand in a dream, it means that he will fall into sin and the consequent
poverty and need of others, for wealth and adultery do not mix. If one witnesses
the emergence of the Imposter ( Antichrist ) in a dream, it signifies new trends,
innovations and masses straying from the straight path. (Also see Intercession;
Reckoning; Rising of the dead; Trumpet of Resurrection)
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Necklace
(Decoration; Medal; Pendant) In a dream, woman’s necklace or earrings
if they are made of pearls represent a gift from her husband. If they are made
of silver in the dream, they mean a physical ailment, and if they are made from
beads in the dream, they mean being let down by one’s friends. A necklace in
a dream also represents women’s adornment. If a man wears a necklace that is
incrusted with gold, precious gems or sapphire in a dream, it represents a high
ranking appointment, carrying a great responsibility, or fulfilling an important
duty. If one’s decoration also carries some silver coins in the dream, it means
marriage to a beautiful woman. Wearing a decoration necklace that is made
from silver and adorned with precious gems in a dream represents a political
appointment which will be coupled with honor and wealth. If the necklace is
made from iron, it represents a political appointment that will expand one’s
power. If an ornate necklace is made of copper, then it represents mundane
profits. Wearing a necklace that is made from beads in the dream represents an
appointment with no authority. Woman’s necklace in a dream represents money
entrusted to her by her husband. As for a pregnant woman, wearing a necklace
in a dream means giving birth to a son. A broken necklace in a dream means
the impeachment of the governor of one’s town. As for a woman, a red necklace
in a dream represents a mask. A necklace for an unmarried woman in a dream
represents a husband. Wearing a heavy necklace in a dream means carrying
heavy burdens, or it could mean failure to perform one’s duties at work. Any
defects or perfection a necklace shows when worn by a woman in a dream
represent the condition or the state of her husband or guardian, or it could mean
a trust she carries. (Also see Gold; Neckband; Ornaments; Pearl necklace)
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Book
(Decree; Flyer; Letter; Publication; Public announcement; Record; Scroll;
Write; Writing) Holding a book or a letter in one’s hand in a dream signifies
power. A book or a letter in a dream also signifies fame or public knowledge. If
one sees himself carrying a sealed letter in a dream, then it means that he will
receive confidential news or a report. If a book or a letter is carried by a child
in a dream, it means glad tidings. If it is carried by a servant or a housekeeper,
then it means glad tidings and good news. If a letter is carried by a woman, then
one could expect a quick relief from his trouble. If the letter which the woman
is carrying in the dream is an open letter, and if the woman is wearing a veil,
it means that the news she is bringing must be treated carefully. If the woman
is wearing perfume, then one could expect good news and a commendation for
his work. If one sees himself holding a closed book in a dream, it means the end
of his life in this world. If one sees a flyer or a public announcement in display
by the authorities in a dream, it means that he will gain leadership, happiness
and income. If one sends a sealed letter to someone, which is returned to him
unopened in the dream, it means losing a war to one’s enemy. If he is a merchant,
it means that he will suffer losses in his business. If he is seeking marriage, it
means the denial of his request. If one sees himself carrying a book, a record,
or a letter in his right hand in a dream, and if he had an argument, or a confusing
deal, or doubt about something, it means that he will bring clarity to that
problem. If he is incarcerated or if he is suffering from persecution, it means that
he will bring proof of his innocence and escape from his difficulties. If he is
depressed, it means that he will be able to dispel his worries. If he is travelling
in a foreign country, it means that he will find a way back to his mother land,
where he will find happiness again. Carrying a book ora letter in one’s left hand
in a dream means that he has done something bad, or something which he will
regret. Carrying a book in the right hand denotes a prosperous year. If a
stranger takes one’s book away from him in the dream, it means that someone
will take away from him his most precious and endeared thing. Tearing a book
into pieces in a dream means getting rid of one’s trouble or becoming free from
trials or evil encounters and receiving benefits. Holding to a sealed book, decree,
or a letter in a dream also signifies abidingby the rules of one’s superior. Holding
a sealed book in one’s dream also signifies success, leadership and honor. If one
is seeking marriage and sees a sealed book in his hand in a dream, it means that
his betrothal to someone will end in marriage. Seeing or receiving a blank letter
or a book from someone in a dream means absence of his news, or not knowing
where he lives. If one sees a book descending to him from the heavens and if he
thinks in the dream that he understood the contents, then whatever good or bad
news it brings, it will be the same in wakefulness. A book in a dream also
represents one’s companion, or an intimate friend. Seeing a book in a dream also
could signify recovering from an illness. A hardcover book if the content is
unknown represents dishonesty, deceit, a cheap product or selling a sealed
package with undisclosed contents, or it could represent an old woman. Bringing
books into one’s home in a dream signify hearing news about an honest and a
pious person, learning happy stories from a reporter or becoming acquainted
with religious thoughts. (Also see Encyclopedia; Letter; Write; Writer)
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Exhibition
(Display; Hearing; Honor guards; Inspection of troops; Military re¬
view; Portrayal; Presentation; Review officer; Show) If one sees himself standing
before a high-ranking officer during a ceremony of reviewing the guards of honor
or in a military barrack in a dream, and if the officer is displeased with him in
the dream, it means that he will commit a major sin. If one thinks that the officer
is pleased with him in the dream, then it implies God’s blessings. The high-
ranking officer or the review officer in such a dream also represents a com¬
passionate person who cares, and who frequently asks about his friends, helps
them solve their problems, and assists them in every possible way. (Also see
Hearing board; Inquisitional court)
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Clothing
(Dwellings; Face; Look; State; Transient) One’s garment in a dream
represents his innermost thoughts that will eventually show in his attitude in
life. If one’s thoughts are good, then it will show, and if they are evil, they will
also manifest. If one wears a slipper over his head and a turban in his foot in
a dream, it means that he is carrying trouble. Depending on its type and name,
a garment in a dream could represent a man or a woman. Wearing a new
garment in a dream is better than seeing an old one. If a man sees himself
wearing a woman’s apparel in a dream, it means that he is a bachelor. If a woman
sees herself wearing a man’s garment in a dream, it means that she is
unmarried. Wearing a tightly buttoned shirt in a dream means experiencing
tight circumstances or reuniting with a traveller returning home, or it could
mean marriage for an unwed person. Wearing a stately apparel in a dream
means honor and dignity. Wearing a soldier’s uniform in a dream means war.
Wearing a scholar’s robe or a teacher’s vest in a dream means studying to become
a learned person. Wearing an ascetic’s woolen wrap in a dream means becoming
a renunciate. Wearing a salesman’s suit in a dream means hard work or looking
for work if the suit looks expensive in the dream, for people mostly wear
expensive looking suits when they are still searching for work. Wearing a white
garment in a dream means pride, honor and dignity. Wearing silk in a dream
means strength and occupying a high rank in a business or government. If one
sees a deceased person wearing a silken garment in a dream, it means that he
is dwelling in the heavenly paradise. Wearing a garment that is adorned with
gold in a dream means victory over one’s enemy. A black garment means honor,
reign and having mastery over people. Wearing a green garment in a dream
means martyrdom. Wearing a cotton garment in a dream means following the
Prophet’s tradition (uwbp). Wearing a woolen garment in a dream means
clarity, unless if it is coarse or unfitting and in that case, it means poverty and
humiliation. Wearing a linen garment in a dream means enjoying a blessing or
a favor. Wearing a brocaded garment in a dream means receiving an important
and a revered message, rising in station, enjoying wealth or it could represent
the blessing of having a child. Wearing a robe that is trailing behind one’s feet
in a dream means rebellion and disobedience, while wearing a moderately short
coat in a dream means purity, virtues and chastity. Wearing any type of garment
in a dream means emulating the character of such people or becoming a prisoner
of war. Wearing a kufi or a headdress for prayers in a dream means atonement
for one’s sins. Wearing a jubbah or a long cloak in a dream means longevity.
Wearing an open sports jacket in a dream means ease in one’s life or financial
success. Wearing a special costume for a festival or a celebration in a dream
means prosperity and a wealth that is saved for one’s children, or it could mean
buying new merchandise for one’s shop. Wearing a military uniform in a dream
means distress, trouble or a scientific dispute. Wearing one’s traditional cos¬
tumes in a dream, or that of another community means to befriend them and
to celebrate their festivities with joy. (Also see Filth; Linen; Used clothing)
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Vineyard
(Espalier; Grapevine; Trellis; Woman) A vineyard in a dream represents
honor and strength, and the same goes for all fruit trees. A vineyard in a dream
is also interpreted to represent a wealthy woman. Cutting branches from a
grapevine in a dream means receiving money from a noble woman. Thus, an
espalier in a dream represents a generous woman. A grapevine in the wintertime
in a dream represents a woman who has lost her wealth, though one still thinks
that she is rich. Plucking a bunch of grapes from an espalier in a dream means
spending one’s money on a woman. If one sees it but does not pluck any grapes
from it in the dream, it means that he will be spared unnecessary expenses. A
grapevine in a dream also represents marriage. A trellis for grapevines in a
dream represents a beautiful, a noble and a rich woman. The same interpretation
is given for the garden surrounding it. To see a close-up view of a vineyard
with its clusters of grapes and leaves in a dream means gaining financial
benefits from associating with a community of believers. (Also see Wine press)
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Oak tree
(Evergreen) An oak tree in a dream represents profits, prosperity, honor,
or associating with heedless people who live in the mountains, or perhaps it could
mean visiting righteous people, ascetics and renunciates who live in the wilderness
or in uninhabited ruins. An oak tree in a dream also may mean homosexuality
or sodomy. An evergreen tree in a dream represents the element of longevity and
strength, but it could also imply slavery because of its needles. (Also see Oak; Tree)
Oak: Oak in a dream represents a difficult person who loves to hoard money, or it
could represent a great shaikh, or a rich person. (Also see Oak tree; Tree)
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Flattery
(Excessive admiration or adulation of someone in a dream.) Ingratiating
oneself to someone for worldly profits, or to gain access to knowledge, or to find
a job to help him better apply his religious obligations in a dream means honor,
correcting one’s religious practices or attaining one’s spiritual goals. It also
means evil consequences if one does not usually strive after such needs, or if he
presents his needs too favorably, or if he does so in a dream soliciting favors from
a woman he knows. It also means escaping from the dangers of his enemy.
However, flaterry and ingratiating oneself to others in a dream also could mean
giving preference to others’ needs over one’s own, trueness and being charitable.
(Also see Adulation)
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Flint stone
(Fire stone; Hard; Siliceous rock; Steel) In a dream, a flint stone means
searching for something that could bring profits or hoping for something to
happen, and both will take place. If one sees himself striking a flint stone with
a piece of steel to produce fire for cooking or for light, and if he sees the sparks
coming from them in a dream, it means that he will take advantage of his
friendship with someone in authority who is rock hearted to help him overcome
his poverty and to make his life more manageable. The flint stone in a dream
also represents the rock hearted man, and the steel represents his might. On
the other hand, if one strikes a flint stone with a piece of steel and produces
sparks from them in his dream, it means that he will witness an awesome fight
between two rock hearted and cruel people. Striking a flint stone in a dream also
means marriage of an unwed person. If a woman sees herself striking a flint
stone with a piece of steel, and if she can produce sparks in the dream, it means
that she will beget a son. If a spark starts a fire in the dream, it means that one’s
wife will become pregnant or perhaps it could represent a fight between the
husband and the wife, or a fight between two partners. If the sparks burn one’s
gown in the dream, it means that harm will affect that house and such harm will
bring about losses in money, family honor or bodily injury. If the sparks burn
a notebook in the dream, it means deviation from God’s path.
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Bird
(Fowl; Man; Woman) An unknown bird in a dream represents the angel of
death. If one sees a bird diving to the ground to pick a pebble, a paper, or a worm,
then if he soars away from a house that hosts a sick person in a dream, it means
that the sick person will shortly die from his illness. If one sees a bird diving
toward him in a dream, it means a journey. If one sees him standing over his
head, or over his shoulders, or sitting in his lap in a dream, it denotes one’s work
or profession. If the bird is white in the dream, it means that one’s work is clean,
If his color is tanned in the dream, it means that one’s work is tainted. If a male
bird sits in the lap of a pregnant woman in a dream, it means that she will beget
a boy. If a female bird sits in her lap in a dream, it means that she will beget
a girl. Large or predatory birds in a dream represent kings, presidents, leaders,
tyrants, men of knowledge or merchants. Water birds, sea gulls, etcetera,
represent honorable people who rose in rank in two spheres, the sphere of water
and that of the air. They also could mean a journey. If they quack in the dream,
they represent lamentingor crying. Singingbirds in a dream represent musicians
and singers. To see a flock of birds in a dream means money and power and
particularly for someone who tends them or cares for them. Seeing birds flying
over one’s head means gaining authority and power. If one sees birds flying
inside his house or shop in a dream, it means angels. If a bird flies into one’s hand
in a dream, it means glad tidings. A bird in a dream also means work. An
unknown bird in a dream means a warning, an advice or an admonition. If one’s
bird looks beautiful in a dream, it denotes the quality of his work. If one sees
himself in a dream carrying an ugly looking bird, it also denotes the quality of
his actions or that a messenger may bring him good news. An unknown bird
means profits. To see black colored birds in a dream denote bad deeds, while
white colored birds represent good deeds. Colored birds in a dream represent
mixed actions. Seeing a bird in a dream also could mean honor, power, authority
ornament or profits. A bird in a dream also represents a fun and a most
entertaining companion. A bird in a dream also represents a boy. If one
slaughters a bird in his dream, it means that he will beget a child who will live
in sickness during his childhood and that his father will fear for his death. It
is said that a bird in a dream also represents a rich and a tricky leader who
constantly fights for his earnings and to insure his success or superiority. A bird
in a dream also represents a beautiful woman. The singing of birds in a dream
means hearing good words or receiving a valuable knowledge. A flock of birds
in a dream represents easy earned wealth. A bird in a dream also represents a
boy. Capturing a bird in a dream means having control over a powerful person.
Killing a bird in a dream means fulfilling one’s goal. Plucking the feathers,
cleaning and eating a bird in a dream means earnings, prosperity, or a woman.
Slaughtering a bird in a dream means raping one’s servant. Holding a bird in
one’s hand or having it inside a cage in a dream means a sickness that will befall
one’s son. If the bird flies away from one’s hand or from its cage in a dream, then
it means one’s death. A flock of birds in a dream also represents gatherings of
love, unity, family reunions and celebrations. However, the gathering of birds
in a dream also could mean banding to commit wrong or the dispersal of one’s
family or friends, or it could mean business losses. (Also see Blackbird; Bustard;
Nest; Osprey; Roller)
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Sanitation
(Garbage; Refuse; Sweeping) Sanitation in a dream means profits for
its professionals, a street sweeper, or a garbage collector. If a poor person sees
himself engaged in such a profession in his dream, it means easing of his
difficulties, and making money from a new employment. If a rich person sees
himself managing such a business in his dream, it means profits, leadership,
honor and earning everyone’s respect. (Also see Garbage; Sweeping the floor;
Trash collector)
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Quran
(Garden; Holy Book; The Last Revelation) In a dream, the holy Quran
represents a garden because when one looks at it, it looks like a beautiful garden
and its verses are the fruit of knowledge and wisdom the reader can pluck.
Learning a Quranic verse, a saying of God’s Prophet (uwbp), a prophetic
tradition, or a craft in a dream means richness after poverty, or guidance after
heedlessness. If one sees himself in a dream reading from the pages the holy
Quran, it signifies honor, command, happiness and victory. Reciting the Quran
by heart and without reading the pages of the holy Book in a dream means
proving to be true, or having a true claim, being pious, commanding what is good
and forbidding what is evil. If one is told a verse from the holy Quran in a dream,
he should understand it, memorize it and comply with the same. If the verse
reads about mercy or glad tidings or other admonitions in the dream, the
interpretation of one’s dream should be the same. If the Quranic verses recited
in the dream connote an advice, one should act upon it in order for him to reap
its benefits. If one hears a Quranic verse containing a warning, promising
punishment for the disbelievers, or announcing a swift retribution for their sins,
then one should immediately repent for his sins, even if the verses relate to
previous nations or times. If one sees himself reciting the Quran and under¬
standing what it says in a dream, it denotes his vigilance, intelligence, faith and
spiritual awareness. If a Quranic verse is recited to someone, and if he does not
agree with the divine judgement in the dream, it means that he will suffer harm
from someone in authority, or that a punishment from God Almighty will soon
befall him. If an unlettered person sees himself reading the holy Quran in a
dream, it could also mean his death, or his reading of his own records. If one sees
himself reading the holy Quran without true interest in it in a dream, it means
that he follows his own mind, personal interpretations and innovations. If one
sees himself eating the pages of the holy Quran in a dream, it means that he
earns his livelihood from his knowledge of it. If one sees himself completing the
reading of the entire Quran in a dream, it means that a splendid reward from
his Lord is awaiting him, and that he will get whatever he asks for. If a
disbeliever sees himself reading the holy Quran in a dream, the verses of
admonition will help him in his life, the verses of punishment will be his warning
from God Almighty and the parables will denote his need to contemplate the
meaning. If one sees himself writing the verses of the holy Quran on slabs of
a mother of pearl, or on a piece of cloth in a dream, it means that he interprets
it according to his own liking. If one sees himself inscribing a Quranic verse on
the ground in a dream, it means that he is an atheist. It is also said that reading
the Quran in a dream means fulfillment of one’s needs, clearing of one’s heart
and establishment of one’s success in his life. If one discovers that he has
memorized the Quran in a dream, though in wakefulness he has not memorized
it, it means that he will own a large property. Hearing the verses of the holy
Quran in a dream means the strengthening of one’s power, reaching a praiseworthy
end to his life, and that one will be protected from the envy and jealousy of
evildoing people. If a sick person sees himself reciting a verse from the holy
Quran, but could not remember to what chapter it belongs in the dream, it
means that he will recover from his illness. Licking the holy Quran in a dream
means that one has committed a major sin. Reciting the holy Quran in a dream
means increase in one’s good deeds and rising in his station. (Also see Holy Book;
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Childbirth
(Giving birth) Seeing one’s wife giving birth to a son in a dream when
in fact she is not pregnant means wealth. If a pregnant woman sees herself
giving birth to a girl in a dream, it means a boy, and if she gives birth to a boy
in the dream, it means a girl. Giving birth to a girl means relief from distress,
while giving birth to a boy in the dream means distress and worries. If a sick
person sees his mother giving birth to him in a dream, it means the approach
of his death, for a deceased person is wrapped in a shroud, while a newborn is
wrapped with a receiving cloth. If the person in question is poor, it means that
his financial conditions will change for the better, but if he is rich, it means
restriction of his earnings, for a child is dependent on others while his move¬
ments are restricted. If a traveler sees his wife giving birth to a new child in a
dream, it means obstruction of his travels and changes in his plans. If a woman
gives birth to a child from her mouth in a dream, it means her death. If a man
gives birth to a son in a dream it means illness, escape from danger or separation
from a bad wife. If a man gives birth to a daughter in a dream, it means relief
from distress, happiness or the birth of a child from his posterity who will grow
to become a renowned leader. If a woman gives birth to a cat in a dream, it means
that her child will grow to be a thief. Childbirth in a dream means relief from
hardships, recovering from illness or departure from one’s home or neighbor¬
hood. Childbirth in a dream also means comfort, relaxation, payment of one’s
debts and repentance from sin. If a woman gives birth to a son in a dream, it
denotes the conclusion of her sufferings, glad tidings, payment of her debts or
repentance from sin. If she gives birth to a daughter in the dream, then it means
honor, prosperity and ease. If a poor man gives birth to a child in a dream, it
means prosperity. If he is rich, then it means distress. If he is unmarried, it
means a forthcoming marriage, so that his future wife will give the birth he saw
in his dream. In general, if a man sees himself giving birth in a dream, it means
his death or the death of a relative, or it could mean experiencing poverty. As
for a needy person, it means relief or an escape. As for a merchant, giving birth
in a dream means loss of his investment. (Also see Dragon)
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King
(God Almighty; Governor; Mayor; President; Royalty; Sultan) The true King
is God Almighty. If the king is pleased with someone in a dream, it means that
God Almighty is pleased with him, and if the king is angry with him in the
dream, it means that God Almighty is displeased with him. If one sees the king
frowning in a dream, it means that he fails to properly perform his prayers or
show true religious devotion. If one sees him smiling in a dream, it means profits
in one’s material as well as spiritual life. If one sees that God Almighty has
appointed him as a king over a land, it means that he will receive such a regency,
should he qualify. Later on, unrest will bring tyrants, or dictators to justice,
while people of knowledge and piety will survive and regain their authority. If
one sees himself as a calif or as an Imam in a dream and should he qualify, it
means that he will receive such an honor, rank, trust and fame in the land,
though his vice-regency will not become hereditary. However, it is a bad omen
if he becomes a calif in the dream and does not qualify for such an appointment.
In such a case, and by contrast, he will be humiliated and dispersed, and his own
helpers will become his superiors, while his enemies will rejoice at his misfortune.
If one sees himself as a king in a dream, though in reality he does not qualify,
it means that he may die quickly, and the same is true if a sick person sees
himself turned into a king. If he is healthy, it means that someone in his family
may die shortly. Seeing a king in a dream also denotes exposing hidden secrets.
If a philosopher or a fortuneteller sees himself transformed into a king in a
dream, then it denotes glad tidings should he not complain about it in his dream.
If a slave sees himself becoming a king in a dream, it means that he will be set
free. If one sees himself becoming one of the great kings of this world in a dream,
it means that he will attain worldly success in his life, though it will be
accompanied with religious failure. If the person is a natural con artist, it means
that he will be captured and imprisoned. If a man sees himself awarded a
knighthood that is suitable only for woman, then it means his death. If one sees
the kingreprimandinghim in a dream, it means peace between them. If one sees
himself arguing a case with knowledge and wisdom before a king in a dream,
it means that he will win his case and receive what he came for. If one sees
himself complaisant with the king about his case in the dream, it means that
he will lose his case and the judgment will go the king’s way. If one sees himself
walking with a king and rubbing shoulders with him in the dream, it means that
he will oppose the king or disobey him. If he sees himself following the king in
a dream, it means that he will pursue the king’s traditions during his lifetime
or after his death. If one enters the king’s palace prostrating in a dream, it means
that he will be appointed in a leadership position and receive the king’s pardon.
If one sees himself mixing with the king’s harem, or sleeping with them and
should there be signs of comfort, trueness, or wisdom in his act in the dream,
it means that he will enter the king’s inner circles. Otherwise, should he in the
dream fear the consequences of what is happening, or if he lacks trueness, or
if he slanders them, or indulges in what is unlawful for him to do, then should
he reach the king’s door, it means that he will triumph against his enemies
inside that palace, and they can cause no harm to him. If in his dream, the king
gives him a gift, it means that he will win victory and honor in his life to equal
the value of that gift. If the king gives him a brocaded silk garment in the dream,
it means that he will give him a wife from the royal family. If the king speaks
to someone in a dream, it means honor, fame, wealth after poverty, release from
jail, expansion of one’s business, or victory over one’s enemy. If an appointed
governor sees himself looking into a mirror in a dream, it means that he will be
dismissed from his post. If an appointed king sees someone who looks like him
sitting in his throne in a dream, it means that he will beget a son. If he divorces
his wife in a dream, it means that he will abdicate his throne. To see oneself
sleeping with the king in the same bed and without a curtain between them, and
if the king leaves the bed while one remains resting therein in the dream, it
means that his mixing with the king will incur jealousy, or that he will inherit
him. If one leaves the bed before the king, it means that he will escape from a
great danger. If one sees himself sleeping alone in the king’s bed in a dream, it
means that he will marry a woman from the governing family, or that he may
spend from his own money for the sake of a woman in that palace. If the bed is
in the palace though unknown in the dream, it means that he will become a
member of that government. If a king hears his subjects praising him in a dream,
it means that he will show good qualities. If his subjects shower him with money
in a dream, it means that they speak ill of him or cast blame at him. If they
shower him with sugar in the dream, it means they speak nicely of him, and if
they shower him with stones in the dream, it means that they will speak harshly
of him. If one sees the people paying obeisance and bowing to him in a dream,
it means that they will stand humbly before him. If they prostrate themselves
before him in a dream, it means that they truly praise him. If a king sees himself
following the opinion of a woman in a dream, it means that he will lose his
kingdom or fall victim to depression, or that he will be thrown into jail. If he
opposes her in the dream, it means that he will escape from a great danger. If
a king sees himself walking in a dream when a common subject comes near him
and whispers something in his ear, the commoner here represents the angel of
death ‘Izrail, and it means that the king may die a sudden death. Eating from
the hand of one’s servant in a dream represents the growing of one’s authority,
increase of his business, knowledge, or wisdom. If a king sees himself preparing
a banquet for guests in a dream, it means that his opponents will come to argue
their case, though he will win over them. If he sees himself placing food on the
table in a dream, it means that a messenger will come to see him concerning a
dispute. If the food is sweet, then the problem will end nicely. If the food is
greasy, then the problem will be a lasting one. Sour food then means steadfastness.
Eating on the table of a just and a righteous king in a dream means blessings
and honor. If the king is seen walking alone in the markets in a dream, it means
that he is a humble, just, and a strong ruler. A sick king in a dream represents
weakness in his faith and injustice toward his subjects. If the king is carried over
people’s shoulders in a dream, it means lack of faith and lack of attendance to
one’s religious obligations, or weakness in his ruling. If the king dies and does
not get buried in a dream, it means that the king and his subjects are deviates.
If he is buried and the people walk away from his grave in the dream, it means
that one will pursue something of no benefit, unless God Almighty decrees
otherwise. If one sees the king’s head transformed into a ram’s head in a dream,
it means that the king is a just and a kind ruler. If his head is transformed into
a dog’s head in the dream, then it represents his vile nature. If his chest turns
into a stone in the dream, it means that his heart will become like a rock. If one
sees his own hand turn into the king’s hand in a dream, it means that he will
receive a leadingjob. If one sees the king flying with wings in a dream, it means
that his authority will spread. If his fingers increase in shape or number in the
dream, it means that his greed and injustice will manifest. Any dream about a
deceased king will manifest in his successors or in his progeny.
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Muhammad
(God’s Prophet Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him; The
Seal of the prophets; The last Messenger) It is related that God’s Messenger,
upon whom be peace, has said: “One who sees me in a dream will see me in his
wakefulness, for Satan cannot impersonate me. ”He also has said: “One who sees
me in a dream, it is as if he has truly seen me, for Satan cannot impersonate me. ”
He also has said: “One who sees me in a dream will not enter the fire of hell. ”
Muslim theologians and scholars differ in opinion about the meaning of seeing
God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream. Imam Ibn Seerin used to ask someone who
tells of such a dream to describe the Prophet, upon whom be peace. If any of the
details did not fit his description, Ibn Seerin’s reply was: “You have not seen
him.” Asim Bin Kulayb once said: “I related to Ibn Abbas, God bless his soul and
that of his father, that I saw God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream. Ibn Abbas replied:
“Describe him to me.” Asim Bin Kulayb added: “I described him as resembling
Al-Hassan son of‘Ali, upon both of them be peace.” Ibn Abbas replied: “Indeed
you have seen him.” Ibn ‘Arabi once explained that the essence of seeing God’s
Prophet (uwbp) is cognizance of his presence and understanding the reality of
his character and example. Thus, recognizing the presence of the blessed being
is as affirmation of the truth, while seeing the physical form represents his
example and attributes, for being earthly does not change the essence of
prophethood. When God’s Prophet (uwbp) said: “He will see me in wakefulness,”
it means: ‘Expounding upon what he saw,’ for what one sees in such a dream is
the truth which resides in the realms of the unseen. In the second saying, when
God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, said: “It is as if he has truly seen me,” it
means that if one had seen him during the time of delivering God’s massage, the
example will be the same. Thus, the first saying signifies what is real and true
while the second saying implies the physical reality and its example. If one sees
God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, coming toward him in a dream, it means
blessings and benefits, and if one sees God’s prophet (uwbp) turning away from
him in a dream, it means the opposite. Al-Qadi ‘Iyad, God bless his soul, in¬
terpreted the words of God’s Prophet (uwbp) in his saying: “Has truly seen me,"
to mean: “has truly seen my physical form,” that the blessed companions knew,
while seeing him in another form in a dream means that one’s dream connotes
personal interpretations. Following the explanation of Al-Qadi ‘Iyad, Imam Al-
Nawawi commented by saying: “This is a weak explanation. A stronger inter¬
pretation is to say that one who sees God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream has seen
him in reality however his resemblance may appear. Whether the resemblance
in the dream is known or not.” In a separate commentary, Shaikh Al-Baqlani
added: “What Al-Qadi ‘Iyad has said does not contradict what Imam Al-Nawawi
has said.” This is because the first dream does not require interpretation,
according to Al-QadI ‘Iyad. In the second type of dream, that is discussed in
Imam Al-Nawawi’s comments, one’s dream does require interpretation or
analysis. This is to mean that since no Satan can impersonate God’s Prophet
(uwbp), then whatever appearance he displays in one’s dream is true. The
meaning of God’s prophet’s saying: “For Satan cannot impersonate me, ” implies
that since God’s guardianship (Isma ) is inviolable, and since God’s Prophet,
upon whom be peace, is sacrosanct, then as he was protected during the time
of delivering God’s message to humanity, he is still protected by the same
guardianship after God Almighty took him back to Himself. Thus, whoever sees
God’s Prophet (uwbp) in any appearance in a dream, it is as if has seen him in
reality, regardless whether one sees him as a young man, or at the time of
delivering his message, or as an old person. If one sees him looking old in a
dream, it means peace. If one sees him looking young in a dream, it means war.
If one sees him smiling in a dream, it means that one is truly emulating his
traditions. Seeing God’s Prophet (uwbp) in his known and recognized appear¬
ance in a dream means that the one seeing the dream is a pious person, that his
integrity is inviolable, and that his success is unquestionable. Seeing him
(uwbp) in a dream frowning represents the ill state of the one seeing the dream.
Ibn Abi Jumrah once said: “Seeing Him (uwbp) in a beautiful appearance
denotes the good religious standing of the person seeing the dream. Seeing him
with some disfeatures in a dream, a deficiency or distortion in one’s application
of his religious duties, for God’s Prophet (uwbp) is like a mirror that portrays
the one standing before it.” In this sense, the person seeing the dream can
recognize his own state. This interpretation is also given by Ibn Hajar Al-Hutaymi,
God bless his soul. Like that, in the book of ‘Sharh al-Shama-il’ of Imam Al-
Tirmithi, it is also stated that Satan cannot impersonate God Almighty, His
signs, prophets or angels. If someone suffering from distress sees God’s Prophet
(uwbp) in a dream, it means that his difficulties will be removed. If a prisoner
sees him in a dream, it means that he will be released form prison. If one is living
at a time of economic chaos, and if high prices are exploiting the people of the
land, or if injustice is tyrannizing everyone, then seeing God’s Prophet, upon
whom be peace, in a dream represents an end to such adversities. Seeing him
in his beautiful, radiant and impeccable appearance as best described by his
companions in a dream means glad tidings of attaining a successful conclusion
to one’s life in this world and in the hereafter. The state and clarity of one’s heart
and how well polished is his own mirror determines in what appearance he may
see him, upon whom be peace. If God’s Prophet (uwbp) comes toward someone
in a dream, or leads him in prayers, or if one sees himself accompanying him
on the road, or if one eats something sweet from his blessed hand, or receives
a cloak, or a suitable shirt, or if God’s Prophet promises him something, or prays
for him, then if the one seeing the dream qualifies for leadership, and if he is
a righteous and a just man who commands what is good and forbids what is evil,
and if he is learned and practices what he knows, and if he is a pious worshipper
and a devout Muslim, he will then attain the station and company of the blessed
ones. If the one who sees the dream is a disobedient servant of God Almighty,
it means that he will repent for his sins and return to his Lord. If he is living
in heedlessness, it means that he will be guided. Perhaps, he might attain his
goals in acquiring knowledge, or learn how to reconstruct his innermost being
to befit a human being who is grateful to his Lord. If one is fearing oppression,
persecution, or loss of his property and wealth sees him (uwbp) in a dream, it
means putting an end to such fears, for he is the best of intercessors to restore
anyone before God Almighty. If one who follows innovations sees God’s Prophet
(uwbp) in a dream, it means that he should fear God Almighty, heed to His
warnings and correct himself and particularly if he sees Him (uwbp) walking
away from him, or turning his back to him. Seeing God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a
dream also means receiving glad tidings and happy news, or it could signify
justice, establishing the truth, fulfillment of a promise, reaching a high rank
among the members of one’s family, or perhaps it could mean that one may suffer
from their envy and jealousy, or leave his homeland and migrate to another
country, or it could mean that he may lose his parents and become an orphan.
Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream also could mean seeing miraculous events
( Karamat ), for his companions witnessed and testified to a deer greeting him,
a camel who kissed his foot, the broiled leg of mutton talking to him, trees
moving to give him cover, pebbles glorifying God’s praises in his hand, among
countless miracles, including his Nocturnal Journey and ascension ( Miraj ) to
the heavens to meet his Lord. If an ophthalmologist sees him in a dream, it
means that he will acquire great expertise in his field and become renowned in
the land, for God’s prophet upon whom be peace, did return the eye of his
companion Qutadah to its place and made his sight sharper than it was by God’s
leave, after Qutadah had lost his eye during one of the battles with the
unbelievers. If a traveller in the desert sees God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream,
or if there is drought somewhere, it means that rain will fall and springs will
gush forth, as water gushed from between his blessed fingers when he placed
his blessed hand over a half filled cup to quench the thirst of an entire army.
If calamities, starvation and drought has befallen a land and someone sees Him
(uwbp) in a dream, it means that such calamities will be lifted and life will return
to normal in that place. If a woman sees him in a dream, it means that she will
reach a high spiritual station, honor, righteousness, chastity, trustworthiness
and perhaps be given a blessed progeny, or if she is wealthy, it means that she
will spend her wealth on God’s path. Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream also means
facing adversities, bearing patience and suffering from one’s enemy. If an
orphan sees him (uwbp) in a dream, it means that he will reach an exalted
station and the same goes if a foreigner sees him in his dream. If a physician
sees him (uwbp) in a dream, it means that people will benefit from his medicine.
Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream also means victory over one’s enemy, or consolidating
and paying one’s debts, or recovering from an illness, or attending a pilgrimage
to God’s House in Mecca, or triumphing over one’s trials, or cessation of one’s
adversities, or fertility of a barren land, or the pregnancy of a barren woman.
If a visitor to his mosque sees himself in a dream coming before God’s Prophet
(uwbp) and finds him standing up, it denotes one’s correct religious standing,
and it means that he will have commanding authority over the Imam of his time.
If one finds him (uwbp) deceased in the dream, it means that a noble person from
the family of the person seeing the dream will shortly die. If one sees the funeral
of God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream, it means that a calamity will befall that
country. Following his funeral procession up to his grave (uwbp) in a dream
means that the person seeing the dream will yield to innovations. Visiting his
grave (uwbp) in a dream means receiving a great treasure. If one sees himself
as the son of God’s Prophet (uwbp) in a dream, and even if one is not one of his
descendents, it denotes one’s sincerity, true faith and certitude. Seeing God’s
Prophet (uwbp) by one person does not exclude the remainder of the believers,
but the blessings encompass all of them. Receiving something from him (uwbp)
such as food or a drink in a dream means benefits and profits. If one receives
food which substance connotes negative circumstances, such as a melon or the
like elements in a dream, it means that one will escape from a great danger,
though he will toil and suffer from hardships during his trials. If one sees that
one of the limbs that belong to God’s Prophet (uwbp) has become his own in a
dream, it means that he is following innovation and making changes in the laws
God’s Prophet (uwbp) brought to humankind. If one sees himself in a dream
embodying the form of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, or wearing one of
his garments, or receives his ring, or sword, then if the person is seeking to
govern, he will attain that and the people will accept his leadership. If one is
suffering from persecution, or humiliation in the land, then seeing God’s
Prophet (uwbp) standing in a dream means that God Almighty will grant him
victory and make him rise above his enemies. If one is poor, his needs will be
satisfied, or if he is unmarried, he will get married. If one sees him (uwbp) in
a ruined place in a dream, it means that such a place will be rebuilt. If one enters
a room and finds him (uwbp) sitting there in a dream, it means that a miraculous
sign, or a major event will take place in such a locality. If one sees him (uwbp)
making the call to prayers in a dream, it means that prosperity will spread in
that place. If one sees him establishing the prayers ( Iqamah ) in a dream, it
means that the Muslims will reunite and dispel their differences. If one sees him
(uwbp) placing kohl over his eyelids in a dream, it means that he will find safety
and correct his religious stand, or it could mean that one will study and become
a scholar in the field of the prophetic sayings ( Ak&dith ). If a pregnant woman
sees him (uwbp) in a dream, it means that she will beget a son. If one sees him
(uwbp) having a black beard with no gray hair in it in a dream, it will bring
happiness, joy and prosperity to one’s life. If God’s Prophet (uwbp) is seen as an
old man in a dream, it means strength in one’s life and victory over one’s enemy.
Seeing him (uwbp) in his most exalted state in a dream means that the Imam,
or the ruler of the country will rise in station and that his authority will expand.
If one sees his blessed neck wide, it means that the Imam is holding firmly to
his trust. If one sees him (uwbp) having a large chest in a dream, it means that
the Imam or the ruler of the country is generous toward his subjects. If one sees
his blessed stomach (uwbp) empty in a dream, it means that the treasury of the
country is empty. If one sees his right hand closed in a dream, it means that the
Imam or the ruler of the country does not pay his employees, or distribute the
collected alms tax. If one sees his blessed right hand (uwbp) open in a dream,
it denotes the generosity of the ruler and his compliance with the distribution
of charities and alms tax as prescribed in God’s book. If his hands are locked
together in a dream, it means complications in the life of the Imam, or the ruler
of the country. The same will affect the life of the person seeing the dream,
including suffering from distress and adversities. If one sees his blessed leg
beautiful and hairy in a dream, it means that one’s clan will become stronger,
and his tribe will grow. If one sees the blessed thighs of God’s Prophet tall in
a dream, it denotes longevity of the Imam or the ruler of the country. If one sees
him (uwbp) standing in the midst of soldiers and everyone is laughing and joking
in a dream, it means that the Muslim army will be defeated and humiliated in
a war. If he is seen with a small army that is ill equipped and everyone is looking
down in the dream, it means that the Muslim army will triumph in that year.
If one sees him (uwbp) combing his blessed hair and beard in a dream, It means
that one’s distress and adversities will be dispelled. Seeing him (uwbp) in his
own mosque, or in any mosque, or in his usual place in a dream it means gaining
power and honor. If one sees him standing in the midst of his companions
delivering a revelation in a dream, it means that one will acquire a greater
knowledge, wisdom and spiritual understanding. Seeing the grave of God’s
Prophet (uwbp) in a dream means prosperity and profits for a merchant, or the
release of a prisoner from his jail. Seeingoneself in a dream as the father of God’s
Prophet (uwbp) means that one’s faith will diminish and his certitude will
weaken. If a woman sees herself in a dream as one of the wives of God’s Prophet
(uwbp), it represents her growing faith. If one sees him (uwbp) looking into one’s
affairs in a dream, it means that God’s Prophet (uwbp) is admonishing the one
seeing the dream and commanding him to render his wife her due rights. To
walk behind him (uwbp) in a dream means following his ( Sunnah ) traditions in
wakefulness. To eat with him (uwbp) in a dream means that one is commanded
to pay the annual alms tax ( Islamic law) due over one’s money making assets,
or liquid assets, gold, silver, jewelry, savings, etcetera, excepting one’s home or
vehicle. If one sees God’s Prophet (uwbp) eating alone in a dream, it means that
the one seeing the dream refuses to give charities and disdains to help those who
ask for his help. In this sense, it is as if God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, is
commanding the person to give charities and to help the needy. If one sees him
(uwbp) bare footed in a dream, it means that one has neglected to do his regular
prayers. To see him (uwbp) and to shake hands with him in a dream means that
one is truly his follower. If one sees his blood mixed with that of God’s Prophet
(uwbp) in a dream, it means that one will marry a woman from among his
descendents, or that one will marry the daughter of a great religious scholar.
If God’s Prophet (uwbp) gives someone some type of greens or herbs in a dream,
it means that one will escape from a great danger. If he (uwbp) gives him
something fresh or honey in the dream, it means that one will learn the Holy
Quran and acquire a great knowledge and wisdom according to the amount he
receives in his dream. If one returns the gift to God’s Prophet (uwbp) it means
that he will follow innovation. To see him (uwbp) delivering a sermon in a dream
means that he is commanding people to do good and to eschew evil. If one sees
the color of his skin (uwbp) tan in a dream, it means that one will think about
repenting from his sins and abstain from young people’s ignorance. If the color
of his skin is white in the dream, it means that one will repent for his sins and
turn to God Almighty for acceptance. If he (uwbp) reprimands someone in a
dream, it means that one must refrain from innovation and follow the prophetic
traditions. If one finds that God’s Prophet (uwbp) has died in a specific location
in a dream, it means that the person seeing the dream will die in that same place
and God knows best. (Also see Visiting holy sites)
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Handkerchief
(Head kerchief; Kerchief) In a dream, a handkerchief represents
money, benefits, honor, a wife, a son, or authority. Seeing an embroidered head
kerchief in a dream means learning a pleasant poetry, or it could mean favors,
sponsorship, or protection. A head kerchief in a dream also represents a prayer
mat, leadership, ora servant. Tying a knot on a handkerchief in a dream means
that one may marry a prostitute, or it could mean helping her out of sin. A
handkerchief in a dream also denotes either stinginess or generosity. Carrying
a handkerchief in a dream also means getting married to a beautiful woman.
Hands clapping: (See Clapping hands)
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Fat person
(Heavy weight) If one sees himself unusually fat in a dream, it means
increase in his wealth and richness. If he is wearing a yellow gown in the dream,
then his dream represents a light sickness that will not last. Being fat in a dream
represents respect, honor, strong religious convictions, being a special person,
or it could mean fame. (Also see Skin)
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Mecca
(Holy Mecca; Imam) In a dream, the Holy Mecca represents the Imam of
all the Muslims. Whatever happens to it in a dream will manifest in his life.
The city of Mecca in a dream also could represent the spiritual and religious
standing of the person seeing such a dream. If one sees himself living or owning
a house in Mecca in a dream, it means honor and knowledge. If one sees himself
living in Mecca in a dream, it also may mean that he will give his daughter in
marriage to a noble person. Walking away from Mecca in a dream means
separation from one’s superior. If one sees that Mecca is demolished in a dream,
it means that he does not perform his prayers. Entering Mecca in a dream also
could mean getting married to a girl everyone is hoping to marry. If a sinner
sees himself entering the city of Mecca in a dream, it means that he will repent
for his sins. If one has a dispute and sees himself entering Mecca in a dream,
it means that he will lose his argument. Entering Mecca in a dream also means
reaching safety and peace in one’s life. Leaving one’s homeland and travelling
to Mecca in a dream means that God willing, he will shortly join the pilgrimage
caravan and perform his Hajj. If a sick person sees such a dream, it means that
his illness will be long and that he may die from it, or he may join the company
of the dwellers of the heavenly paradise. Seeing oneself in Mecca and residing
in the lodge one usually uses in a dream means extension of one’s contract, or
reappointment at a previously held position. If Mecca becomes one’s home in
a dream, it means that he may move to live there. Seeing oneself in Mecca
mixing with departed souls in a dream means that one will die as a martyr.
Visiting the holy Ka‘aba in Mecca during a business trip in a dream means
concern and attachment to material gains and worldly profits. Walking on the
road to Mecca in a dream means going on a pilgrimage. If one sees Mecca fertile
in a dream, it means benefits, and if he sees it barren in a dream, it means the
opposite. (Also see Circumambulation; Masjid; Visiting holy sites)
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Laurel
(Honor) If one who qualifies to be honored for his achievements is crowned
and honored with the laurel of fame or a crown of victory in a dream, it means
blessings in one’s life. If one does not qualify for that, then it denotes his mere
passion, want, or desire. (Also see Flag; Honor)
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Help
(Honor) To help or honor poor people in a dream, or to give their needs
preference over one’s own means rising in station or rank, though working under
higher authorities.
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Stew
(Indian meal; Indian stew) Cooking a dish of boiled meat and vegetables in
a dream means profits and prosperity for a poor person. Cooking Indian stew
which is a meal consisting of corn and other vegetables in a dream means
poverty, worship, or devotion. Cooking unripened vegetables in a dream means
an illness. If one cooks a nice meal for himself in a dream, it means that he will
be honored, or it could mean a political appointment, or money. If someone else
cooks one’s meal in a dream, it may denote double-crossing, deception, or
perhaps it may mean receiving help from someone according to one’s own
intention or state. (Also see Boiled vegetables; Kitchen; Ladle)
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Sin
(Inequity; Wrongdoing) To see one’s movements hampered by sin in a dream
means debts. To confess one's sins in a dream means dignity and honor. To
commit a sin in a dream means borrowing money.
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Educator
(Instructor; Master; Mentor; Teacher) In a dream, an educator or a
teacher represents himself, or he could represent the principal of a school, or a
model, a pillar, a shaikh, a jailer, one’s son or one’s mother. An educator in a
dream also means a coach or an animal trainer. Seeing oneself as an educator
in a dream means advancing in one’s field. A math teacher in a dream represents
intellect and wisdom. Adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing in a dream
represents common benefits and losses one incurs during the course of his life.
A Quran teacher in a dream represents singing, honor or favors. An unknown
teacher in a dream represents the Almighty God Himself. (Also see Teacher)
Edible roots: (See Taro)
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Boiler
(Kettle; Roasting) In a dream, a boiler represents the seat of honor. (Also
see Hot water)
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Sun
(King; The Fourth heaven; Planet) In a dream, the sun represents a great
king, the vice-regent, a father, a prince, a commander, gold, or a beautiful
woman. If one sees himself turned into a sun in a dream, it means that he may
receive a dominion that will stretch as far as the radiance one sees in his dream.
If one sees himself holding the sun in a dream, it means that he will gain
strength and wealth that will come about through someone in the government.
If one receives the sun hanging as a necklace in a dream, it means that he will
win a seat in the senate. If he goes near the sun or sits inside it in a dream, it
means that he will acquire power, wealth and support. Should he qualify, the
stretch of his power will extend between the two horizons he sees in his dream,
or it may mean that he will acquire a knowledge coupled with fame. If one sees
that he owns the sun in a dream, it means that his words will be respected and
listened to by someone in authority. If someone in authority sees the sun looking
clear and brilliant in the dream, it means that his authority will grow, or that
he will assist someone in leadership. Otherwise, it means that he will live
happily and acquire lawful wealth. If a woman sees such a dream, it means that
she will enjoy her marriage and receive what pleases her from her husband. If
the sun rises inside one’s house in a dream, it means that he will receive an
important political appointment, or that he should be careful about his asso¬
ciation with someone in authority, or it may mean marriage. If the sun rises
inside one’s house and lights the entire house in the dream, it means that he will
receive honor, dignity, rank and fame. If a woman sees the sun rising inside her
house in a dream, it means that she will marry a wealthy person, and that her
horizon will expand. The radiance of the sun in a dream means reverence, might
and justice of the ruler of that land. If one sees the sun talking to him in a dream,
it means that he will be honored and commended by the governor. If one sees
the sun or the moon talking to him, and if he then strolls away with them in the
dream, it represents his death. If one sees the sun rising from an unusual
direction in a dream, it represents a beneficial knowledge he will acquire. If the
sun shines over one’s head and not the rest of his body in a dream, it means that
he will receive a prominent responsibility. If its rays rise to shine over his feet
and not the rest of his body in the dream, it means a farming project that brings
him prosperity and lawful earnings. If the sun discretely shines over one’s belly
and without people’s noticing it in the dream, it means that he will be struck
with leprosy. If it shines over his chest and not the balance of his body in the
dream, it means a sickness. If a woman sees that the sun has embraced her from
her neck down in a dream, it means that she will marry a person in authority
and for one night only. Should such a person divorce her the next morning, it
means that she may become a prostitute. If the sun rises from one’s open belly
in a dream, it means his death. If one sees the sun setting and himself walking
behind it, it also means death. If one sees himself walking behind the sun in a
dream, it means that he will be captured and imprisoned. If one sees the sun
turned into an old man in a dream, it means that the governor will become a
pious and God-fearing person. Otherwise, if the sun turns into a young man in
the dream, it represents his weakness. If one sees blazes of fire straying away
from the sun in a dream, it means the impeachment of some members of the
governor’s cabinet or someone from his counsel. If one sees the sun turned red
in a dream, it means corruption. If it turns yellow in the dream, it means an
illness. If it turns black in the dream, it means losses. If one seeks the sun after
it sets in a dream, it means that whatever is destined for him whether it be good
or bad has passed. If one sees the sun rising at times different than its usual
sun rising time in a dream, it means that an uprising against the government
will take place in different parts of the country. If one sees himself with the sun
in a dream and should he be working in the government, or the army, it means
that he will betray his superior, or the ruler of that land. Otherwise, it means
that his condition will deteriorate and life will turn against him. If the sun has
no rays in the dream, it means that the governor or the general of the army will lose respect.
If he is an administrator, it means that he will be dismissed from his function.
If he is a subject or an employee it means that he will lose his source
of income. If a woman sees a sun that has no rays in a dream, it means that her
husband will deprive her of her needs. If one sees the sun split in two in a dream,
it means losing one’s dominion. If one sees the sun falling down in a dream, it
means that a major calamity will befall the inhabitants of the earth. If it falls
over the earth in the dream, it means the death of one’s father. Gazing at the
sun in a dream means gaining authority and dominion, or presiding over the
people of one’s locality. If a traveller sees the sun too bright in a dream, it means
that he will return home safely. If one sees the sun rising from the East and
setting in the West with a clear brightness in a dream, it means blessings for
that land. If one swallows the sun in a dream, it means distress, sorrow or death.
If the sun rises from the West, then it means defamation, exposing the ills of the
person seeing it, or divulging a secret. The rising of the sun from the West also
means recovering from an illness, and for a businessman, it means profits from
that direction, but in general, it may mean revealing a secret, or it could mean
a scandal or death. The same interpretation is given if one sees the sun rising
from the South to set in the North. If the sun changes its nature in a dream, it
means trouble in that land. If one sits under the sun in a dream, it means that
he will receive honor and blessed profits. Grabbing some rays of the sun in a
dream means receiving undiminishing wealth. The sunrise in a dream also
means waking people up to go to work, seeking one’s livelihood, begetting a son,
or releasing a prisoner. If one is hiding something, then seeing the sun in his
dream means that his secret will be exposed. If one sees the rays of the sun
falling over his bed or threatening him in a dream, it means a painful sickness,
or inflammation of the skin. If the sun rays which are falling over his bed provide
him with good energy in the dream, it means a good harvest, or good health. If
travellers see many suns in the sky in a dream, it means profits and prosperity.
Running away from the sun in a dream means that one may leave his wife, or
he may run away from the governor of that land, or escape from an evil. If the
sun and the moon meet in one’s dream, it means a royal marriage, or a marriage
between a beautiful woman and a wealthy man. Clouds covering the rays of the
sun in a dream means an illness. If one carries the sun in a bag in a dream, it
means money. The sun in a dream also could represent a wise man, or a teacher
one whose company is sought. Otherwise, the sun in a dream could represent,
the governor, one’s husband, wife, child, mother, daughter, aunt, father, or
grandfather and the above interpretations will relate to such a person. Whatever
happens to the sun in the dream, will then affect such people. If one sees the sun
rising, then immediately setting in the same direction in a dream, it means a
newborn who may die shortly after his birth, returning an ex-prisoner to jail
shortly after his release, earning amazing amounts of money, or repenting from
sin, reverting to wrongdoing, the return of a bride to her parent’s house
immediately after her wedding night, or it could mean reconciliation between
husband and wife. If one sees the sun and the moon shinning on him in a dream,
it means that his parents are pleased with him. If one sees himself prostrating
to the sun or the moon in a dream, it means that he will commit an awful sin,
or a heinous crime. In a dream, the sun also represents one’s livelihood,
earnings, spiritual guidance, following the truth, new garments, or recovering
from a serious illness. Seeingmany suns in the sky in a dream means the spread
of religious innovations. If the brightness of the sun grows beyond normal to
become unbearable in the dream, it means adversities. Eating up the sun in a
dream means benefiting from its services and prospering from its rays, or that
one may become a man of knowledge, a scholar, an astrologer, or a fortuneteller.
If the rays of the sun cause burns to someone in a dream, it means that he will fall
in love with a beautiful face, or perhaps he will be hurt by someone he adores,
or it could mean loss of spiritual direction, or it could be a severe warning about
a woman he loves. If a woman sees herself carrying the sun in a dream, it means
that she will find a husband, or bear a son. If one sees the sun talking to him
in a dream, it means that he will discover a mystery or acquire knowledge about
spirits, or he could become a translator, an analyst, or a consultant. Seeing the
sun, the moon and the stars together in a dream denotes adversities, jealousy
on the part of one’s own family, or they could denote fear. If the rays of the sun
burns the crop in a dream, it means a devastation and a plague or rising prices.
(Also see Eclipse; Heavens)
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Ink
(Knowledge) In a dream, ink signifies honor, dignity and the rising of one’s
star. If one’s shirt or garment are stained with ink in a dream, it means disgrace,
though one will eventually overcome his adversities and regain his former
status. Seeing a spotted garment with ink in a dream could mean leprosy, or
perhaps that ink will soil one’s shirt as seen in one’s dream. Ink in a dream also
signifies power and dominion. Writing with ink in a dream means strength and
authority. Using ink or seeing someone using it in a dream means honor, rank,
assisting others, and it may represent a learned person, or a religious scholar.
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Tiger
(Leopard) In a dream, a tiger represents a tyrant, an unjust ruler, or an
avowed enemy. Killing a tiger in a dream means vanquishing such an enemy.
Eating the flesh of a tiger in a dream means money, profits and honor. Riding
on a tiger in a dream means power and sovereignty. A tiger inside one’s house
in a dream represents an insolent person who attacks one’s family. Seeing a
tiger or a leopard in one’s dream means receiving money from an insolent or an
artful person. A struggle with a tiger in a dream means fighting with an insolent
person. Tiger’s bite in a dream represents damage caused by such a person. A
tiger in a dream also represents either a man or a woman. It also represents
deceit, trickery, an illness, or eye irritation. Tigress milk in a dream represents
enmity. Seeing a tiger in a dream also could mean repenting from sin. (Also see
Fur; Milking a tiger)
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Jet
(Lignite; Velvet-black coal used for jewelry.)In a dream, jet denotes festivities,
celebrations, happiness, honor, or marriage. In a dream, jet also represents
suspicious money, tainted profits, or a friend for interest, and if one’s wife is
pregnant, it means that she will deliver a son.
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Child
(Little boy) In a dream, a child carried in one’s arms means responsibility,
distress and difficulties. A teenage child represents glad tidings or dispelling
one’s worries. If one sees a beautiful looking teenage child entering a town or
descending from the skies or appearing from beneath the ground in a dream, it
means that the glad tidings will take effect shortly. Seeing a mature child in a
dream means power and superiority. If one sees himself as a child learning in
school in a dream, it means that he will repent of a common sin he is used to
commit. If one sees one of the renowned people of knowledge sitting in a
kindergarten and learning along with other children in a dream, it means that
he will shift to ignorance, lose his rank, or that financial changes will affect his
living conditions. If one sees himself receiving instructions like a child in a
dream, it means that he will receive an inheritance from his mother. If one sees
himself as a newborn child in a dream, it means that he will become wealthy
and prosper. If a young boy sees himself in a dream as a child, it has a negative
meaning. If a sick person sees himself as a child in a dream, it means his death.
If one sees himself as a child being reprimanded in a dream, it means that he
will be conquered. In a dream, if one looks in a mirror and sees his face to be
that of a child, and if his wife is pregnant, it means that she will beget a son who
will look like his father. Carrying a baby child in a dream means distress and
burdens. A child in a dream represents a weak enemy who sometime shows
friendliness and at other times demonstrates his enmity. If one sees that his wife
has just delivered children who are playing around him in a dream, it means
distress or misfortune and the consequences could be either good or bad.
Carrying a child in a dream means managing an inheritance or a financial
investment. If an elderly person sees himself roaming as a little child in a dream,
it means that he will commit an act of ignorance or lose his dignity, ideals or
sense of honor. On the other hand, if such an elderly person who sees himself
in a dream as a little child is suffering from depression or financial difficulties
or health problems, then it means relief from distress and good health and that
he will become free from his sins, like the day his mother gave birth to him. If
one sees that he has a little child who disdains from coming near his father in
the dream, it means financial promotion and enjoyment of one’s life. If one sees
a little child screaming in his lap in a dream, it means that he plays a string
instrument. Children in a dream also could mean either sorrow and pain or
happiness and joy. If they are one’s own children in the dream, then they mean
temptation with money. Children in a dream also could mean contentment with
little or loss of one’s means to earn his livelihood or they could mean money or
marriage or a flourishing business. Bereavement of a child in a dream means
the opposite in real life. It also means rejoicing, reunions, pleasures and earning
respect. Bereavement of a child in a dream is sometimes interpreted to portray
an intention of one’s children or wife to separate from the family. A little male
child in a dream represents worries, responsibilities, hard work, catering to
ignorant people or dealing with trivial and time wasting people. If a prisoner
sees himself carrying a little girl in his dream, it means that he will be released
from his prison. If one who is going through hard times sees himself holding a
little girl in a dream, it means that his adversities will be lifted. If he is poor,
it means that he will thrive for success and the little girl then represents his glad
tidings.
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Arabic months
(Lunar months: 1- Muharram; 2- 3- Rabi-'uIAwal; 4- Rabi'u
Thani'; 5-Jamadul Awwal; 6- Jamadu Thani'; 7- Rajab; 8- Sha'ban; 9- Ramadan;
10- Shawwal; 11- Zul-Qi'dah; 12- Zul-Hiliah) Seeing a dream during the month of Muharram means that the dream is most true as it is seen. Thus, having a
dream during the month of Muharram could be even called a vision and it never
fails. Such a dream means success, relief from difficulties, release from a prison,
or recovering from an illness. If the person had retreated from his town, he will
return to it. This interpretation is based on the story of God's prophet Jonah,
upon whom be peace, after he emerged from the belly of the whale. Perhaps the
person in the dream may face a great spiritual challenge in his life, or it could
mean the death of a great man of knowledge or the emergence of such a gnostic
or wise man in that city. If the person seeing the dream is a sinner, it means that
he will repent of his sins, for God Almighty has accepted the repentance ofAdam,
upon whom be peace, during that month. If the person in the dream is one who
hopes for a station of honor, he will attain it, because God Almighty has raised
the prophet Enoch (Idrls) upon whom be peace, to a high station during that
month. If a traveller sees a dream during that month, it means that he will safely
return home from a long journey, because it is the month in which the prophet
Noah upon whom be peace, was saved with his people, and it is the month in
which the arc settle on top of Mount Judiyyi. If the seer desires a son, then he
will beget a righteous son, because it is the month in which God's prophets
Abraham and Jesus, upon both of them be peace, were born. If the person seeing
the dream is suffering from tight financial circumstances and if he desired a way
out, it means that he will see the light or escape from the danger of his enemy,
because this is the month in which God's prophet Abraham was saved from the
fire ofNimrod, or perhaps, ifhe had followed a path of innovation and falsehood,
he will turn back to God Almighty and repent of his sin, because it is also the
month in which God Almighty forgave the prophet David, upon whom be peace.
If the person in the dream is impeached from his leadership position or stripped
from his status, he will return to his office and regain honor, because it is also
the month in which God Almighty returned the prophet Solomon to his kingdom.
If one is bedridden, it means that he will recover from his illness, because it is
the month in which the prophet Job (uwbp) recovered from his illness, or
perhaps it could mean that one will be sent as an emissary with a mission, or
as an ambassador, because it is during this month that God Almighty spoke to
His prophet Moses upon whom be peace. As for the second lunar month, known
in Arabic as Safar, having a dream during it could be interpreted as follows: If
one is pessimistic about what he saw, then it could mean the opposite. If he is
sick, it means recovering from his illness. If one is needy, it means that his needs
will be satisfied. If one is suffering from stress and worries, it means that they
can cause him no harm. If one sees his dream during the third lunar month,
known in Arabic as Rabt-rul Awwal, and if he is a merchant, it means that his
business will grow, prosper and that his money will be blessed or perhaps he may
conceive a child during that month. If he is under stress and worries, they will
be dispelled. Ifhe is persecuted or treated unjustly, he will end in a triumph,
or it could mean that he will hear good news, or he may be appointed as a
governor, or he may admonish people to do good and discard evil, for it is the
month in which God's Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace, was born to
this world. If one's dream takes place during the fourth lunar month, known in
Arabic as Rabi'u Thiini, and if it suggests glad tidings, then one may have to
wait and exercise patience, but ifit suggests evil, then such happening will come
fast. During this month, seeing a dream also means victory over one's enemy,
or it could mean conceiving a blessed son who will grow to become a gnostic, or
a hero, for it is during this month that the Imam 'Ali, may God bless his
countenance and be forever pleased with him was born. As for the fifth lunar
month, known in Arabic as Jamiidul Awwal, seeing a dream during this month
means that one should slow down or scrutinize his buying and selling, or it could
mean that he may lose his daughter or wife, for it is in this month that the daughter of God's Messenger, upon whom be peace, Fatima died. May God. be
forever pleased with her. If the dream happens during the sixth lunar month,
known in Arabic as Jamadu Thaw, and if the dream carries a good meaning,
it will come, but slow and one should not contradict it. If one sees this dream
during the seventh lunar month, known in Arabic as Rajab, it means that he
will gain honor and status, for it is the month of the prophet's Ascension (Mi'raj)
and his night journey to the seventh heaven. A dream during the eighth lunar
month, known in Arabic as Sha'ban, represents honor and ranks, for during
this month, every good deed will be honored. As for the ninth lunar month,
known in Arabic as Ramadan, in it, all difficulties will be suspended, evil will
be shun and stinginess will be dispelled. During this month all what is good will
manifest and bad dream will dissipate to become null and void. During this
month, the dreams of a believer may be differently interpreted than the dream
of a disbeliever. If one sees the month of Ramadan in his dream, his dream
means blessings, profits, commanding good and forbidding evil. If the person is
seeking knowledge, then knowledge will be given to him, for it is during this
great month that the Holy Qur'an was revealed. If the person is inflicted with
epilepsy, he will recover from it, for the devils and all evil spirits are shackled
and are rendered powerless during this month. As for the tenth lunar month,
known in Arabic as Shawwal, if one's dream suggests a war or a conflict, it
means that he will come first in it, and that he will triumph. If one sees the
month of Shawwal in his dream, it means that he will come out of difficulties
and finds happiness and devotion, for it is the month during which that God's
House, known as the Ka'aba was built. As for the eleventh lunar month, known
in Arabic as Zul-Qi'dah, if one's dream suggests a trip, then the person should
refrain from taking that trip or perhaps he should delay it for the better. He also
should guard himself where he lives. If the dream denote stress or worries, then
he should avoid whatever may cause them. However, if one's dream takes place
during the twelfth lunar month, known inArabic as Zul-Hijjah indicates a journey
then one may take it, or if it denotes a good business, one should seek it, for it
is a most blessed month and it is the month of festivities and sacrifices. If one
sees this month in his dream or sees himself offering sacrifices in it, or if he sees
himself praying the festival of Sacrifice prayers in it, his dream means paying
one's debts or fulfilling one's vows, repentance from sin, guidance or perhaps his
dream may indicate the death of great people of knowledge, the impeachment
of governors, the changing of governments, or it could mean a sudden war.
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Arafat
(Mecca; Mount 'Arafa; Mount of mercy; Plain of 'Ararat; Reunion of
beloveds) If one sees himself standing in prayers in the Plain of 'Arafat during
the pilgrimage season on the 9th day of the Arabic month of Zul-Hiijah, it means
the return of a long awaited traveller to his home, a happy reunion, a family
reunion, reconciliation between friends or peace between two individuals.
Seeing Mount 'Arafa or the Plain of'Arafat in a dream also could represent the
pilgrimage season, or performing a pilgrimage, visiting Mecca on 'Umrah (See
'Umrah), or it could mean the Friday congregational prayers, the sixth day of
the week, a marketplace, or engaging in a profitable business. Seeing oneself
standing at 'Arafat in a dream also means rising in station, changing conditions,
reversal of one's state from good to bad or from bad to good, or perhaps it could
mean death of a beloved such as one's wife, or it could mean relocating to a
blessed place or finding a sanctuary. Seeing oneself at 'Arafat in a dream also
could mean losing a battle to one's adversary, though the results or consequences
of such a battle will bring him honor and exalted station, or it could mean
winning the battle against one's enemy. If a sinner sees himself praying and
repenting at Mount 'Arafa or near the Mount of Mercy in the Plain of'Arafat in
a dream, it means that his repentance will be accepted, or that a secret will be exposed, or it could mean that a reunion of beloveds will take place shortly after
one's dream. If one sees himself standing in 'Arafa during the night time in a
dream, it means that his goals will be attained and that he will satisfy his quest.
If one sees himself standing in 'Arafa after the sunrise, it means that his
question will find no answer. (Also see Circumambulation; Cradle ofIshmail;
Ka'aba; Muzdalifa; Pelting stones; Responding; Station ofAbraham; 'Umrah)
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Intercession
(Mediation) Interceding on behalf of someone in a dream represents
honor, a seat of authority, or influence. Intercession in a dream also means
cheating, or earning a wage for one’s work without humiliation. If one sees the
Day of Reckoning in a dream and people searching for an intercessor among the
prophets, upon all of them be peace, it means social unrest and privation of the
poor and needy from one's assistance. If one’s neighbor intercedes for him on
such a day in a dream, it means that one will benefit from his neighbor, or receive
his help, or find a helper in a friend in times of difficulty. If one sees his own son
interceding on his behalf in a dream, it means that he will benefit from him or
through his business connections, and the same is true if one intercedes on
behalf of someone else in a dream. (Also see Day of Reckoning)
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Minter
(Money) A minter in a dream represents a well spoken person who tricks
others with his fancy words. If he does not receive a wage for his work, a minter
in a dream represents a reliable and an honorable person of a pleasant character
and company. However, if he asks for wage in the dream, then he represents a
hypocrite, a slanderer, one who follows hearsay, or he could be a poet. Minting
in a dream connotes an appointment at a high ranking position for a qualified
person. A minter in a dream also represents the ruler, his chief minister, a
religious leader, a spiritual person, an artist, a scribe, a tax collector or an
employee of a collection agency. A minter in a dream also represents religious
jurisprudence, or one who observes his religious rites. A minter in a dream also
represents a srotyteller, a religious doctor, or a dream interpreter. Forging
money in a dream means speaking bad words, or speaking words without acting
upon them.
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Eve
(Mother of humankind, may God’s peace be with her.) In a dream, Eve
represents prosperity, blessings, a good harvest, a good yield, progeny, profits
from a business in textile, farming, smithcraft or similar industries. Seeing
Adam and Eve in a dream means being demoted from a station and a place of
honor to a lower rank to be raised again after repenting from one’s sin. Seeing
Eve in a dream also indicates pitfalls, sins, being subject to jealousy and
malicious fraud, or trouble with one’s neighbors. Seeing Adam and Eve in a
dream also means hardships caused by one’s wife or children, consent for sexual
intercourse, repentance or regret for one’s past. If a woman sees Eve in her
dream, it means that she will create hardships for her husband because of her
association with someone who is unsuitable for her friendship. It also means
that a major adversity will befall her, since Eve was the first to experience
female menstrual period and the pain of childbirth. It may also mean suffering
from the burden of pregnancy, labor and the pangs of giving birth. Seeing Eve
in a dream also could mean givingbirth to both righteous as well as evil children.
If the woman in the dream is separated from her husband, it may mean
re turning to her conjugal life or earning lawful income for her own needs. It also
could mean that someone from her progeny may commit murder or die as a
martyr. If a man sees Eve in a dream, it means that he may be deceived by a
woman or that he hearkens exclusively to the advice of his wife, or if he follows
a woman’s advice, it means that he will err and lose his leadership. If one sees
Eve with her beautiful countenance in a dream, then she represents his mother,
for Eve is the mother of humankind. Should he then be under the pangs of
adversities, it means that he will be saved.
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Dumbness
(Muteness; Silence) In a dream, dumbness means corruption in one’s
religious commitment or falsehood. If one sees himself dumb in a dream, it
means that he insults the companions of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace,
or backbites honorable people, or that he is a reprobate and an insolent person.
If one sees himself mute in a dream, it means that he is ignorant. Dumbness in
a dream means rescinding a court decision, or to remain silent when one is
supposed to speak. Dumbness in a dream also means dethroning or terminating
one’s employment. If one sees his tongue tied up in a dream, it means that he
will gain eloquence, mastery of words, clarity of speech, wisdom in his words and
prosperity, and it means that he will win victory over his enemy.
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Bench
(Outdoor bench) If one sees a cement bench in front of his door in a dream,
it means that one's wife is having a secret affair. If one sees himself sitting on
a bench in a dream, it means that he will gain status, honor, rank, money or
should he qualify for it, he could sit on the judges bench.
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Cap
(Overseas cap; Persian toga; Roman toga; Shawl) In a dream, a cap means
travels, a wife who is supporting her husband, or a husband who is supporting
his wife. A shawl-like attire that is worn over the head and shoulders in a dream
represents honor, valor, a new trade, travel, a brother or a father. Taking off a
cap in a dream means losing one’s authority or loss of his wealth. A torn cap in
a dream means the death of one’s brother or father. Wearing a cap in a dream
also means repayment of one’s debts. (Also see Coat; Overcoat)
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Mote
(Particle; Speck) In a dream, it means extensive wealth, an enemy who has
no honor, a weak opponent, a selfish person, or someone not worth mentioning.
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David
(Prophet David, upon whom be peace.) If one sees him in a dream, it means
that he will gain power, authority, commit a sin, become an ascetic, be tried and
oppressed by an unjust person, then he will be saved by God’s leave and regain
the upper hand over his enemy. He will also receive an exalted office or rank of
honor. It is also said, that if one sees the prophet David (uwbp) in a dream, that
his country or town will be governed by a just ruler, an honorable president or
a righteous judge. If in fact the ruler or the judge of that town, county or country
is an unjust person, then seeing God’s prophet David (uwbp) in a dream means
that God Almighty will surely replace him with a just and an honorable one. If
one becomes God’s prophet David (uwbp), or if he wears his robe in the dream
it means that he will be appointed as a judge, if he qualifies. If he does not
qualify, it means that he will prosper, or that he will grow in piety and become
righteous through much devotion, piety, sadness and crying in fear of his Lord
and love for Him. Seeing the prophet David (uwbp) in a dream also means
deputyship, trials with women, trouble caused by women, or it could mean
recitation of the Quran or being in a state of constant remembrance of God
Almighty, prayers, supererogatory prayers at night, understanding the meaning
of what one reads, repentance from sin, chanting songs of God’s love, returning
to God’s path after heedlessness, manufacturing and processing minerals, or it
could represent God’s acceptance of one’s repentance. Should one be in such a
manufacturing or processing business, it means that great wealth will come to
him, or that his adversities will be of little importance. Seeing the prophet David
(uwbp) in a dream also means reaching a successful conclusion to one’s life in
this world. If an unjust man of knowledge sees him frowning at him or warning
him, then one must be at his guard, fear any wrongdoing and correct himself.
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Rising in station
(Rank; Status) In a dream, rising in station means falling in
people’s esteem. Love to preside over others in a dream means the reversal of
one’s conditions for the worst. If one sees himself in a dream working hard at
winning a leadership position, and if he wins an election in the dream, it means
that he will grow in arrogance, then suffer from humiliation. Turning down an
offer for a high rankingposition or an elevated station in a dream means earning
respect, honor, status and happiness. (Also see Army’s flag; Rank)
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Moon
(Reverie; Satellite) The moon in a dream represents a just ruler, his chief
minister, a great scholar, a handsome lookingboy, a tyrant, or a liar. Seeingthe
moon as it is in the skies in a dream represents the chief minister of the land.
Seeing the moon sitting in one’s lap in a dream means getting married. Sitting
in the moonlight and talking to one’s friend in a dream means reverie and idle
talk. If a woman sees that the moon has fallen inside her house, then if she takes
it and wraps it in a swaddle in a dream, it means that she will beget a son who
will shortly die after his birth and she will suffer great sorrow from his loss.
Seeingthe moon turned to the dark side in a dream means dismissal of the chief
minister from his post. Seeing the moon advancing before the sun in a dream
means that the chief minister will rise against his master. If the moon disap¬
pears in the skies in a dream, it means that one’s business has come to a halt,
or that something he has asked for will not materialize, whether it be good or
evil. If the moon reappears in the dream, it means that one will receive what
he is seeking, and again, whether it is good or bad for him. Seeing a bright and
a radiant moon in the skies in a dream means justice and prosperity. Seeing the
moon inside one’s house in a dream means that a guest or a traveller will soon
arrive. Seeing the moon laying on the ground in a dream means the death of one’s
mother. Walking on the moon in a dream means endearment and love for one’s
mother. The sun and the moon in a dream represent one’s father and mother.
Seeing the reflection of one’s face in the moon in a dream means one’s death. If
one’s wife is pregnant, and if he sees his resemblance reflected in the moon in
a dream, it means glad tidings of a son. If one is looking into the skies and he
suddenly sees the moon in his dream, it means that his enemies will be
subjugated to him. Holding the moon in a dream means receiving a gift from a
ruler or a rich person. If a ruler sees the moon dimmed in a dream, it means that
his subjects will rise against him. If the moon turns into a sun in a dream, it
means receiving honor and wealth from either one’s father or wife. The moon
in a dream also represents one’s wife, sons, daughters, sister, properties,
business, craft, a vessel, a ship, or it could mean travels. As for a sick person
or a traveller, seeing the moon in a dream means one’s destruction or death. If
the moon is veiled by clouds in the dream, it means a short sickness. Seeing the
moon through the clouds in a dream means losing one’s job. If a rich person sees
clouds covering the moon in a dream, it means losing his wealth. If the moon
speaks to someone in his dream, it means that he will receive a high ranking
appointment. If a pregnant woman sees herself trying to reach the moon with
her hand but to no avail in a dream, it means that she is wishing to have a son.
Prostrating oneself to the sun or the moon in a dream means committing an
awesome sin. If one sees the sun and the moon prostrating themselves before
him in a dream, it means that his father and mother are pleased with him. If
the moon splits in two halves in a dream, it means that harm will befall a great
person, or that a major sign will manifest to show the divine power in that
locality. If one sees a lunar eclipse, or if the moon becomes opaque, or turns
reddish in a dream, it means that major changes will take place in one’s life. The
moon in a dream also represents one’s bosom friend, an unjust governor, his
chief minister, his assistant, a gambler, an oath, recovering from an illness or
suffering from eye irritation. Seeing a full moon during the early days of the
lunar month, when it is supposed to be only a crescent in a dream means benefits
while the opposite means harm. The moon in a dream also represents a scholar,
an astrologer, an astronomer or a guide. Seeing the moon at its highest point
in a dream means honor and blessings while seeing it at its lowest point in a
dream means the opposite. Seeing the moon in the position of Aries in a dream
means benefits for someone who desires to meet with high ranking people,
though it could also have a negative connotation for someone who works in
construction. Seeing the moon in the position of Taurus in a dream means losses
for a business traveler. As for seeing it in the position of Gemini in a dream,
then it means profits from a ranch and raising livestock. Seeing the moon in the
position of Cancer in a dream means good time to get married and conceive
children. Seeing it in the position of Leo in a dream means bad business for
partnerships, securities, or mixing capitals. Seeing it in the position of Virgo
in a dream is good for health and fitness oriented people. Seeing the moon in the
position of Libra in a dream means water loss for a pregnant woman. Seeing
the moon in the position of Scorpio in a dream means benefits for health
oriented people, or for buying new clothing, though it also could connote
negative results for travellers. Seeing the moon in the position of Sagittarius
in a dream means bad time for planting or seedling. Seeing it coupled with
Capricorn in a dream is a bad sign for construction or laying a foundation to
a structure, or for starting a business. Seeing the moon in the position of
Aquarius in a dream means bad time for sending messages or engaging in any
enterprise. Seeing the moon in the position of Pisces in a dream is good for
contracts and receiving a leadership position. If one sees the sun, the moon and
all the planets assembled before him, and together they all produced a radiant
and a magnificent light in a dream, it means that one’s words are respected by
people in authority. If the stars and the planets have no light in the dream, then
they mean a calamity. In a dream, seeing a sun and a moon on one’s right side
and the same on his left side, above him, in front of him and behind him means
a calamity and a defeat that will force one to retreat or to escape but to no avail.
(Also see Astrologer; Crescent; Eclipse; Night)
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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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Chair
(Seat) In a dream, a chair represents authority, rank or a woman. An iron
cast chair in a dream represents power and superiority. If it is a wooden chair,
then it means less than that beside added hypocrisy. Sitting on a chair in a
dream means becoming a guardian, deputy, attorney or proxy. If one qualifies
for governing or for managing a business, then sitting on a chair in a dream
means receiving such an appointment. If a traveller sees himself sitting on a
chair in a dream, it means that he will return to his homeland to be reunited
with his family and to attain his goals. For people in authority, a chair in their
dream represents an appointment, a promotion, fame, marriage, children or
buying an expensive property, a new vehicle or a new garment. If one finds a
chair and sits on it in a dream, it means that he will gain power or be married
to a woman whose prestige and sophistication correspond to those of the chair.
If one’s wife is pregnant, then seeing oneself sitting on a chair in a dream means
that she will beget a son. If one sees himself sitting on a chair and wearing a
stately garment in a dream, it means that he will occupy the seat of knowledge,
honor, reverence and that he will receive immediate benefits. If one’s chair
breaks in a dream, it may mean his death or that of his wife, or it could mean
their separation, or losing one’s authority at home or at work. A chair in a dream
also signifies happiness and promotion for the one who sits on it, or it could mean
spiritual success or winning God’s forgiveness in the hereafter and entering the
heavenly paradise. If a pregnant woman sees herself sitting on a chair in a
dream, the chair then represents her labor and her delivery day. If she is
wearing a crown in the dream, then it means that she will beget a son. Seeing
the Divine Throne ( Kursi ) of God Almighty in its most perfect condition which
is situated in the highest heaven and as it is without attribution of human
imagination or depictions of images in a dream means acquiring knowledge,
wisdom and rising in station. A chair in a dream also signifies delivering a babe,
travels, a vehicle, buying a house or initiating a good practice that people will
emulate and follow. As for a sick person, a chair in his dream means being on
his deathbed. (Also see Saddle; Seat; Throne)
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Planting a tree
(Seedling; Tree) Planting a tree in a dream means receiving honors
or befriending a noble person, depending on the value, quality and substance
of such a tree. Planting a seedling that does not grow in a dream means growing
pains, depression and sufferings. A tree that grows in the dream represents
one’s dealing with others. In this sense, it could either grow or die. The branches
of a tree represent one’s brethren and children. (Also see Tree)
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Calling someone
(Shouting) If one is called by name from a short distance in a
dream, it means that he will befriend lowly street people. If one’s name is called
from the horizon or from the furthest end of a valley in a dream, it means that
he will attain an honorable status and rank. If one’s name is called from a great
distance in a dream, it means that he has disobeyed God’s commands and is
suffering by being distanced from his Lord.
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Malik
(The archangel Malik; The guardian of hell-fire) Seeing the archangel Malik
in a dream means standing before a policeman or a police commissioner for
questioning. If he smiles in the dream, it means that one will be saved from
imprisonment. If a sick person sees such a dream, it means that he may die
shortly. If one becomes the archangel Malik, or eats something sweet from his
hand in a dream, it denotes that one is a true follower on the path of God
Almighty and His Prophet, upon whom be peace. It also means that one loves
his brethren on the path. It also means that one will be honored, gain power,
abstain from sin or from any act of disobeying God’s commands, and he will
become free from hypocrisy and heedlessness. It also could mean that one is
guided and that he loves God’s religion. Eating something that is given by Malik
in a dream also means abstinence and repentance from sin, or it could mean
submitting to guidance after having gone astray. If one sees the archangel Malik
walking toward him in a dream, it means peace and safety from hell-fire. It also
means salvation and restoration of one’s faith. However, if he sees the archangel
Malik walking away from him and showing displeasure in the dream, it means
that one will commit an act that will deliver him into the blaze of hell-fire. (Also
see Hell-fire)
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Omar
(The commander of the believers, Omar bin Al-Khattab. may God be pleased
with him.) Seeing him in a dream means longevity, trustworthiness and praise¬
worthy deeds. One who sees him in a dream will speak the truth, be just and call
people to the straight path. He also may be able to attend to the Sacred House
in Mecca in an auxiliary pilgrimage ( Umrah ). If one shakes hands with Omar bin
Al-Khattab in a dream, it means that he will prosper and live a pious life, and he
will be a vigilant and a strong believer, the value of whose deeds will surpass his
fame. If one sees him frowning in a dream, it means that Omar is calling for
justice, commanding what is good and forbidding what is evil. If there is a drought
in a town and one sees Omar in a dream, it means that rain will fall and be a
blessing for that land. If there is tyranny in that land and one sees Omar in his
dream, it means that justice will prevail. If Omar hits someone with a stick, or
warns him, or threatens him in a dream, it means that one must renounce the
course of his current actions or deviation from God’s path, or perhaps that
someone in authority or a scholar will persecute him. If one sees himself being
Omar in a dream, or if he wears one of his garments in a dream, it means that
he will be awarded honor, a dignified status, or die as a martyr. If one sees Omar
smiling in a dream, it means that he follows the correct precepts of God’s
Messenger, upon whom be peace, and emulates his practices. Seeing him in a
dream also means that justice and truth will prevail in his time, or that he is a
trustworthy person, or that the propagation of truth is prominent in his time.
Seeing him in a dream also could mean signing a peace treaty with one’s enemy,
annihilating hatred with love, good luck with one’s in-laws, renouncing one’s
attachment to worldly things, though being capable of winning it, or presiding
over people with justice, love and compassion.
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Seth
(The prophet Seth, upon whom be peace.) Seeing God’s prophet Seth, upon
whom be peace, in a dream means prosperity, contentment, blessings, joy,
children, honor and a happy life by God’s leave. Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream
also means becoming a guardian over a blessed and an important child, or it
could denote an important appointment one will manage with decency, integrity
and honor, for the prophet Seth, upon whom be peace, was the first appointed
guardian on earth.
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Language
(Tongue; Speaking; Speech) Speaking the language of another people
in a dream may represent their country or culture. Speaking Arabic in a dream
means honor and dignity. Speaking Persian in a dream means associating with
a higher class of people and benefiting from them in business. Speaking Hebrew
in a dream means receiving an inheritance. Speaking Turkish in a dream means
hearing pleasing words. Speaking Italian in a dram means eagerness to amass
money. Speaking French in a dream means drawing benefits from one’s profession.
Speaking English in a dream means love for the world. If one can speak in all
tongues in a dream, it means that he will acquire wealth, strength and fame.
(Also see Reading; Speaking)
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Trotter
(Tripes) In a dream, trotters represent an orphan’s property or money.
Eating trotters or licking up their marrow in a dream signifies swindling the
trusted inheritance of an orphan by his guardian. Eating tripes in a dream
means defrauding rich and honorable people from their monies, for a sheep is
the most noble animal, comparatively speaking, after the human being. (Also
see Sheep)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Archangel Gabriel
(Upon him be peace.) Seeinghim in a dream and feelinghappy
for his meeting brings glad tidings. If the archangel Gabriel in one’s dream
speaks to him, advises him, or admonishes him in the dream, it means receiving
a great honor, strength, victory in one’s life and glad tidings. If the person is
oppressed, it means that he will triumph at the end. If he is sick, it means that
he will recover from his illness. If he is in a state of depression or fear, it means
that he will overcome it and he shall sail into success. If he had not yet performed
his pilgrimage to Mecca, it means that he will fulfill it. Seeing the archangel
Gabriel in a dream also means glad tidings of martyrdom, even if the person
lives a long life. If one receives some food or fruits from him in the dream, it
means that he is one of the dwellers of paradise. However, if a disbeliever sees
him in a dream, it means that he will face tribulations and punishments in his
life. If he considers the archangel Gabriel and the archangel Michael as equals
in a dream, it means that he agrees with the people of Jewish faith. To his own
detriment, such a person might steer into an activity that is opposite to God’s
instructions and consequently earns himself God’s wrath. If the archangel
Gabriel (uwbp) greets someone in his dream, it means that such a person will
become a great man of knowledge and he will be recognized and distinguished
in his own field. The archangel Gabriel in a dream also represents the messenger
of the king, the confidant, the carrier of glad tidings or the person who
announces the birth of a son. Seeing him in a dream also indicates increase in
one’s devotion, learning and acquiring in-depth knowledge of mystical realities.
Seeing him (uwbp) in a dream also signifies the smooth rising of the soul after
death for someone who is dying. The archangel Gabriel in a dream also
represents a movement, struggle, triumph and understanding the meanings of
religious knowledge or learning the secrets of astrology. If one sees the arch¬
angel Gabriel distressed in a dream, it means that a calamity will befall the
person seeing the dream. If one becomes Gabriel in a dream, it means that he
will become generous, magnanimous and blessed in his actions and performances.
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Eagle
(Vulture) Eagle is the king of birds. Struggling with an eagle in a dream
means distress, fury of one’s superior or subjugation to an unjust person.
Owning an obedient, well tamed eagle in a dream means prosperity, honor and
power. Owning and flying an eagle in a dream means becoming a tyrant. The
scratch of an eagle in a dream means a sickness. A killed eagle in a dream means
the death of a ruler. If a pregnant woman sees an eagle in her dream, it means
seeing a midwife or a nurse. In a dream, an eagle also may be interpreted to
represent a great ruler, a prophet or a righteous person. Hearing the cry of an
eagle in a dream means a fight. Eating the flesh of an eagle or getting hold of
some of its feathers in a dream means receiving money from a ruler. If an eagle
catches someone and soars away with him horizontally in a dream, it means
travels. If he flies away with him vertically in the dream, it means death. In a
dream, an eagle also means longevity, prosperity, innovation or heedlessness.
(Also see Vulture)
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Desert
(Waterless plain) Seeing a desert in a dream means escaping from
difficulty to ease, or bidding farewell to adversities to meet with opportunities,
or it could mean repenting from sin, reversing the course of one’s business from
loss to profits, or it could mean recovering from an illness. If one sees himself
poor and walking into a desert land or a ruin in a dream, it means his death.
Walking through a barren land in a dream means engaging in a futile business
or a benign affair. Walking in a plain in a dream means reaching ease in one’s
life, receiving honor or engaging in good deeds depending on how far one walks
in that plain during his dream. A desert in a dream represents joy and
happiness, depending on how vast it seems and how green are its plants in one’s
dream.
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Breast
(Woman's milk producing glands) A woman's breast in a dream represent's
one's wife, progeny and a large property. They also represent honor and
prosperity. Their beauty is her beauty, and their ailment is her illness. If one
sees a woman hanging down from her breast in a dream, it means that she has
committed adultery and that she will give birth to a bastard son. If a man sees
milk coming from his breast, and if he is poor, it means that his poverty will end,
his life will be a long one, and he will even carry the financial responsibility of
caring for two of his brothers. If he is unmarried, it means that he argues about
his fertility and doubts his own ability to conceive children. If a young woman
sees her breasts in a dream, it means that she will bear a child. Otherwise, if
a single young girl sees her own breasts in a dream, it means that she will get
married. If a female child sees herself having matured breasts in a dream, it
means her death. If a man sees himself suckling milk from a woman he does not
recognize in a dream, it means a long sickness. Otherwise, if his wife is pregnant,
it means kissing his wife's breasts. Suckling milk from a woman's breast also
means imprisonment and deprivation, stress and sadness. If an old man sees
the breast of a woman in his dream, it means that he will hear bad news. If a
teenager sees that, it means that he is in love. If a man sees himself having a
female milk suckling breast in a dream, it means friends, children, or a wife who
are of no benefit to him. If such breasts look hanging tall in the dream, it means
either death of one's child, or it could mean that one will commit a sin. If one's
breasts are dripping milk in a dream, they represent a woman who cares about her home duty, or it could mean falling into debts. If one's breasts are trans-
formed into iron or copper in the dream, it means loss of a child. A growth in
children's bosom or breasts in a dream means an illness, festering wounds, or
it could mean an ulcer. The nipple of the female breast in a dream represents
one's personal wardrobe. Woman's breasts in a dream also may be interpreted
to mean one's father and mother. (Also see Body1)
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Hoopoe
(zool.) In a dream, a hoopoe represents a truthful messenger, an intimate
person, a spy, an arguing scholar, escape from adversities and sufferings, or
leveling a building. A hoopoe in a dream also represents one who knows God
Almighty and understands the value of the Divine Laws. If a thirsty person sees
a hoopoe in his dream, it means that he will find water. A hoopoe in a dream also
represents a great scholar who is constantly barraged with accusations and
blame because of the bird’s offensive smell. Seeing a hoopoe in a dream also
means profits, honor and wealth. Eating a hoopoe in a dream means receiving
news from the governor, or hosting a traveller. A hoopoe in a dream also
represents the king’s advisor, the court’s seer, an astrologer, a writer, a scribe,
or a critic. Holding a hoopoe in one’s hand in a dream means glad tidings, or
profits from a business in another market or town. Owning a hoopoe in a dream
means having influence over someone in authority, or it could represent a
writer, or a perspicacious person but who has no religious commitment. Slaugh¬
tering a hoopoe in a dream means getting hold of such person. Owning a female
hoopoe in a dream means getting married. Slaughtering a female hoopoe in a
dream means deflowering a young girl.
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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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Knocker
A door knocker in a dream represents the door attendant, the an¬
nouncer, a messenger, a warning guard, a security system or a guard dog. If the
knocker is made of gold or silver in the dream, it represents honor and prosperity
of the people of such ahouse. Ifone sees two door knockers athisdoor in adream,
it means a debt he owes to two people. If one pulls out the door knocker, and if
it brakes in his hand in the dream, it means that he follows a path of innovation.
(Also see Club)
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Laborer
A laborer in a dream represents an honorable worker who possesses
dignity, integrity, and whose earnings are blessed. (Also see Construction
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Mirror
A mirror in a dream means illusion, arrogance, pride, or a woman. If one
looks into a mirror and sees his beard black in a dream, it means honor, respect
and dignity. If one looks into a mirror and sees the reflections of someone who
looks like him in a dream, it means that he will beget a son who will look like
his father and carry his trade. Looking into a mirror in a dream also means loss
of one’s position, or getting married. If one is already married, then it means
the return of his wife from a journey. Looking at the back of a mirror in a dream
means loss of one’s crop, or entering one’s wife from the anus during sexual
intercourse. It is said that a mirror in a dream also represents manhood, virtues
and station, all of which are subject to the size of the mirror one sees in his
dream. Looking into a silver mirror in a dream means loss of one’s status, it also
means suffering from adversities, distress and fear. Looking into a golden
mirror in a dream represents the strength of one’s faith, religious commitment,
prosperity after poverty, redemption and regaining one’s position and status.
A broken mirror in a dream means the death of one’s wife, for a husband and
a wife are mirrors to one another. Looking into a mirror and seeing the
reflection of a youth means facing an adversary or a competitor. If one sees an
old person, then he has seen a good friend. Looking into a clean and a shiny
mirror in a dream means dispelling one’s distress. A corroded mirror in a dream
connotes a bad state or a trying situation. If the mirror is spurious, or not
genuine in one’s dream, then it represents a great distress or a calamity. Gazing
at a mirror and looking at oneself extensively in a dream means that God
Almighty is not pleased with him and that he is disobeying God’s commands
both in public and in private. Consequently, one will suffer from financial losses
or feel down. If a sick person looks into a mirror in his dream, it means his death.
A mirror in a dream also means travels or a pregnancy. If a woman looks into
a mirror in a dream, it means that she will beget a girl, and if a man looks into
a mirror in a dream, it means that he will beget a boy. Looking into a mirror and
seeing the reflection of someone else in a dream means hallucination, craziness,
or loss of money. If a man looks into a mirror and sees the reflection of a woman
in a dream, it means either begetting a daughter, or getting married. If a
prisoner looks into a mirror in his dream, it means that he will be released from
jail. If one becomes a mirror in a dream, it means that he will meet with people’s
wrath and despise. (Also see Basin)
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Padlock
A padlock in a dream represents an employee who is treated roughly and
unfavorably. A padlock made from wood in a dream represents deceit and
hypocrisy. Locking one’s door securely in a dream means managing and controlling
one’s business in accordance with the divine laws. If one’s door does not have
a lock in a dream, it means that one has no control over which way his life goes,
and that he cares little about its consequences. Attempting to lock one’s door,
but to no avail in a dream means one’s failure to complete an important project.
Breaking a lock and entering a house in a dream represents a conqueror or
benefits that will come through such a person. A padlock in a dream also
represents a bolt, a door latch, one’s son, a handicapped wife, taking shelter
away from one’s enemy, a hidden treasure, or a burial ground. A padlock in a
dream also may denotes sorcery, concealing secrets, or hindrances obstructing
one’s travel plans. Putting a padlock on one’s door in a dream means prosperity
after suffering from poverty, or receiving honors after being humiliated. A
padlock in a dream also could represent a bastard son, or a foundling. (Also see
Close; Lock)
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Wife
A wife in a dream represents a partner, an enemy, an unjust ruler, one’s
opponent, prosperity, a vehicle, earthly wealth, worldly pleasures, the combi¬
nation of comfort and toiling, or she could mean honor, class, or whatever
indication of personality or character the wife may stand for in the dream. (Also
see Climbing a mountain; Closet; Hide-out; Khimar: Marriage; Protection; Veil)
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Tree
An apple tree in a dream represents a good man who serves and cares about
his community. A crack in a tree in a dream represents members of one’s family
who will brace against him. A palmyra tree in a dream represents a wise man,
a poet, or an astronomer. Seeing one, or sitting under it in a dream means
meeting such a person. An oak tree in a dream means profits, prosperity, honor,
associating with heedless people who live in the mountains, or perhaps it could
mean visiting righteous people or a renunciate who lives in the wilderness or
in uninhabited ruins. A mimosa tree in a dream represents stinginess, evil, or
pursuing the actions of the dwellers of hell-fire. A buckthorn tree that grows
datelike fruit in a dream represents a noble and a generous woman, or it could
represent a noble and a generous man. The greener is its color, the greater is
the person. Seeing this tree in a dream means that one will rise in station,
acquire knowledge, and grow in piety. Eating its fruit in a dream means an
illness. Climbing this tree in a dream means stress and difficulties. If one
acknowledges the condition of a specific tree in wakefulness then sees the same
in his dream, it means that such condition will last. In general, trees in a dream
represent women or men of different tempers or personalities. Trees in a dream
also represent fights. Unknown trees mean distress, worries, adversities and
fears, particularly if one sees them in the dark in his dream. Sitting under the
shade of a tree in a dream means profits and money, or it could mean dependence
on people in authority, or befriending rich people for their money. As for one who
is pursuing the path of innovation, it means that he will repent and follow the
path of righteousness if it is a fruit-bearing tree. Taking shelter under a tree that
bears no fruit in the dream means pursuing something that will bear no comfort
or benefits. Fragrant trees, flowering trees, a Moringa tree, or a henna plant in
a dream represent people of knowledge, religious scholars, teachers or preach¬
ers who teach what they do not practice. As for citrus trees in a dream, they
represent righteous people, wise men and people of inner and outer awareness
who practice what they preach. Palm trees, walnut trees, or the like trees in a
dream represent people of the upper social class from whom no one can get
anything, or no one will even attempts to ask them for anything. As for the
poplar trees, the evergreen cypress trees, or the saint trees in a dream, they
represent stinginess and avariciousness. In a dream, any kind of maple or other
trees that renew their leaves annually represent poverty, richness, memorizing
things, forgetfulness, celebrations, or sadness. In a dream, any kind of large
trees that do not shed their leaves in the winter represent longevity, richness,
jealousy, or steadfastness in one’s religion. Climbing a tree in a dream means
escaping from danger, or carefully avoiding something worrisome. Seeing an
unknown tree inside one’s house in a dream means that fire may consume such
a house, or that a fight may break the family apart. Common types of trees and
city trees in a dream represent enemies, or men seeking lawful earnings.
Planting a seedling in a dream means getting married to a girl from a renowned
family and gaining rank. A plane tree, a sycamore, or the like trees in a dream
represent great, strong and famous men who have no wealth, nor do they benefit
anyone. A thorny tree in a dream represents a perplexed man. If one cuts a tree
in a dream, it may mean the death of his wife, or that he will infringe upon a
contract, or break a covenant. If a tree dries out in a dream, it means that a
traveller may die in an accident, or that a sick person may die from his illness.
If one sees a king or a man in authority carving some emblems on the trunk of
a tree in a dream, it means that he is designing a plan to destroy someone. If
he cuts it down with a scythe or a sickle in the dream, it means that he is
demanding something, the other party cannot deliver. If one takes money from
a tree in his dream, it means that he will earn lawful and blessed money from
people who deal with the same type of trees, or that he will live in their vicinity.
Planting trees in one’s garden in a dream means bearing children. A plane tree
represents longevity. Peach or plum trees in a dream represent a short life.
Seeing a group of trees surrounded with aromatic plants in a dream means that
a group of men will gather to mourn someone, or to lament a loss. Tree leaves
in a dream represent money. A tree outside one’s house in a dream represents
one’s clan or servants. A female tree inside a house represents a woman, and
a male tree represents a man. It is a bad omen to see the forbidden tree in a
dream. In a dream, to see the tree near which God Almighty spoke to Moses,
upon whom be peace, means nearness to God Almighty. A dead tree in a dream
represents guidance and wealth, for it is a source of fuel. Sittingunder the shade
of a tree along with a group of people, praising and glorifying God’s attributes
in a dream means receiving God’s blessings in this world and in the hereafter.
Seeing the heavenly Tuba tree in a dream means a good end, or living an ascetic
life, or it could mean helping others. Seeing mountain trees in a dream means
performing supererogatory devotion, work, or receiving unexpected profits. A
palm tree in a dream represents a good word and a true one. It also represents
Muslims’ testimony of faith: ‘There is no God except Allah, Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah.’ Seeing a garlic tree, or an onion plant, or a perennial vine
of the gourd family, or the colocynth tree (Citrullus colocynthis; bot.) in a dream
means hearing harsh words or evil talk. Plucking fruits other than what the
mother tree bears in a dream means carrying someone else’s money or property.
A tree bearing a fruit other than its own in a dream represents an adulterous
wife who bears a child from someone other than her husband. Cutting a tree in
a dream means killing someone, or it could mean an illness. Climbing a tree in
a dream means meeting a strong man. Coming down from a tree in a dream
means parting with someone. Falling down from a tree in a dream means death
resulting from fight. If one’s right hand breaks from such fall in the dream,
it means the death of his brother or his sister in a fight. If the leg breaks in the
dream, it means losing one’s money. If one sees blessed trees such as an olive
tree with thorns in a dream, it means that such thorns will prevent him from
wrongdoing or from falling into sin. A walnut tree in a dream represents hard
earned money. Trees in a dream also represent shops, businesses, tables,
festivities, servants, cattle, restaurants, money, hidden treasures, storage
houses, religions or sects. If a storm damages a tree, burns it, or causes it to falls
in a dream, it means the death or murder of a man or a woman. A date or a palm
tree in a dream also represents a famous person, a man of knowledge, the wife
of a king, or the mother of a president. If it is an olive tree, then it represents
a man of knowledge, a preacher, a passenger, a judge or a physician. Like that,
trees are interpreted according to their substance, value, or the harm or benefit
they bring, their roots, origin or age. Seeing a vineyard bearing grapes in the
winter in a dream means that one will be deceived by a woman or a man during
a business transaction, thinking that they are rich. A quince tree in a dream
represents an intelligent person who does not use his intelligence to benefit
himself or others. An almond tree in a dream represents a foreigner or a
passenger. Cane or reed plants in a dream represent opposition, punishment or
help. A pomegranate tree in a dream represents a pious and a religious person,
and its thorns represent the obstacles that could prevent him from falling into
sin. A lotus tree in a dream represents a noble and a gracious person. A colocynth
tree in a dream represents a good but cowardly and easily scared man who has
no real devotion and fails to practice his religious duties. An oak tree in a dream
represents a king, a gnostic, a poet or a fortuneteller. An indigo plant in a dream
represents a knowledgeable Arab. A dried out palm tree in a dream represents
a hypocrite. If a storm uproots a tree in a dream, it means a calamity or a plague.
A banana tree in a dream represents a rich person who correctly manages his
religious and his material life. A jujube tree in a dream represents a joyful and
a happy person, or it could represent power and leadership. A fig tree in a dream
represents someone who benefits his family, and who treats his enemy with
justice. A berry tree in a dream represents a generous person. A pistachio tree
in a dream represents a wealthy person who also possess a good humor, and who
is generous with his family and friends. A peach tree in a dream represents a
correct person, though few can benefit from him, or it could represent a hypocrite
or a handsome looking person, or perhaps a rich woman. If one pluck its fruits
in a dream, it means that he will marry her. An apple tree in a dream represents
a person with steadfastness and determination. A plum tree in a dream
represents a rich and a courageous man. A pear tree in a dream represents a
Persian who practices herbal medicine. A tamarisk tree in a dream represents
a hypocrite, or it could mean a thief who benefits poor people and harms the rich.
A bullace, a wild small plum tree, or a damson tree in a dream represent someone
who benefits everyone. A sycamore tree in a dream represents a good person who
is steadfast in his servitude to others, though who is also firm, equitable,
powerful and rich. A carob tree in a dream represents a man of little benefit to
others. A lemon tree in a dream represents a beneficial person, or a rich woman
who is known for her charities. (Also see Sycamore tree; Evergreen; Oak tree;
Palm tree; etcetera)
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Elderly person
An unknown elderly person in a dream represents one’s good luck,
happiness and one’s assiduity and diligence. If the unknown elderly person
looks strong in the dream, he represents one’s strength. Otherwise, if he looks
feeble, then he represents one’s weakness. Whatever physical conditions an
elderly person is seen with in the dream, such condition will reflect in one’s own
state. If an elderly person comes toward the person seeing the dream, it means
that someone will help him attain a praiseworthy rank. If one follows an elderly
person in a dream, it means that he follows a good path. If one sees an elderly
person and displeases him in the dream, it means that he will displease a close
friend or reject his advice. If he pleases him in the dream, it means that he will
consent with a close good friend and they will walk together on the path to reap
material as well as spiritual benefits. If one sees a gathering of friendly people
but could not determine whether they are young or elderly in a dream, it means
that he will discover new avenues in his life and he will draw material and
spiritual benefits from them. If he sees a gathering of young people he does not
recognize in the dream, it means that he will associate himself with rich people.
If he sees a gathering of elderly people he does not recognize in the dream, it
means that he will associate himself with good friends. If a woman sees an
elderly person she could not recognize in the dream, he represents the world.
If a young man sees himself turned into an elderly person in a dream, it means
that he will acquire knowledge and wisdom. Listening to a good looking elderly
person in a dream means receiving honor and rank. If an elderly person sees
himself turned young in a dream, it represents his strength, wealth, good living
and a healthy life, or it could mean material or religious losses, or it could mean
his death. If an elderly person sees himself beingborn again in a dream, it means
his death. If he is ill, it could represent his attachment to the world, and if he
is poor, it could denote his earning. If an elderly person sees himself as a youth
in a dream, it could also mean committing a childish act or an unwise act. A wise
elderly person in a dream represents honor, rank, dignity, wealth, blessings and
longevity. On the other hand, seeing an elderly person in a dream could
represents failure, weaknesses, defeat, disablement or inertness. (Also see Gray
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Cooking
Cooking on fire in a dream means attaining one’s goal or achieving one’s
purpose. If one sees himself preparing food on fire, and if his food is well cooked
in the dream, it means that he will attain success and become famous. Otherwise,
if his food is not well cooked in the dream, it means that he will fail to attain
his goal. Cooking in a dream also means provoking matters of interest. If the
food is well cooked in the dream, then it means money and profits. Cooking raw
meat in a dream and finding it hard to cook means getting involved in something
that will not mature. Otherwise, if it does cook, and if one can eat from it in the
dream, then it means success. Cooking mutton in a dream means living an
honorable life, being generous and earning lawful money. If one cooks beef in
his dream, it means living a comfortable life using the labor of tradesmen. If one
sees himself cooking lion’s meat in a dream, it means that he will rise to
leadership over unjust people, though one will have to maintain his vigilance
and live in constant fear. If one sees himself cooking dog’s meat in a dream, it
means that he will manage a lowly job. If he cooks the fat with it in a dream,
it means that he will earn unlawful money. Otherwise, without the fat, it means
that he will perform a lowly job and remains poor and deprived. If one sees
himself cooking a bird in a dream, it means governing or managing a business
or earning lawful money from associating with rich and noble people. If one
cooks his meal with vulture’s meat in a dream, it means governing or trading
with non-intelligent or heedless people and earning unlawful money. (Also see
Pot; Stew)
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Cotton
Cotton in a dream means money, but less than that of wool. Carding cotton
in a dream means scrutinizing one’s sins. Cotton in a dream also represents a
year, and the cotton plant in a dream represents a humble man. (Also see Carder)
Couch: (Canopy; Furniture; Love seat) A raised couch in a dream represents one’s
wife, midwife or a high ranking position. If it is made of wood in the dream, it
indicates respectability, and if it is not upholstered in the dream, it means
lowness or inferiority. A fabric stuffed couch in a dream signifies honor, welfare,
promotion, good words, new clothing, love, affection and unity. (Also see Bed;
Mattress)
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Amusement
Diversion or amusement in a dream is a sign of glad tidings, recovery
| for the sick, prosperity for the poor, honor after humiliation, scientific ad¬
vancement, higher position, or it could mean travel. (Also see Games)
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Adam
Father of humanity, upon whom be peace. In a dream, Adam represents
the elements of sin and repentance. He also represents one’s father or the
governor of the land. When seen standing in a noble fashion, Adam also
represents attainment and honor. If Adam addresses the person in question in
the dream it means that the latter will acquire knowledge. If one becomes Adam
or a companion of his and should he qualify for such promotion, it means that
he will attain it. Adam also represents the element of temporal existence. Seeing
him in a dream also implies understanding, for he was the first to see dreams
in this world and to interpret the name of things. Adam also represents reunion
with one’s family, concerns, forgetfulness and worries.
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Flying
Flying in a dream means travels. If one sees himself flying lying on his
back, then it means comfort. Flying for other than a traveller means joblessness.
Flying from one roof into another in a dream means changing from a man of
dignity into a man who has no moral standards. In a dream, a roof also
represents a woman or a wife. In this sense, flying bet ween two roofs could mean
having a mistress beside one’s wife. If a woman sees herself flying from her
house into the house of a man she knows in the dream, it means that she will
marry him. Flying from a known abode into a distant and unknown abode in a
dream means death. If a prisoner sees himself flying in a dream, it means that
he will be released from jail. Flying with wings in a dream also means travels,
and flying without wings means changes in one’s status or conditions. If a
foreigner sees himself flying in a dream, it means that he will return to his
homeland, or it could mean that he travels excessively. If one who has pride and
exaggerated hopes sees himself flying in a dream, then his dream represents
mere hallucination. If one sees himself in a dream flying in a race with someone
else, and if he wins the race, it means that he will conquer his opponent and rise
above him in station. Flying over a mountain in a dream means power and
sovereignty. If one who qualifies for leadership sees himself flying in a dream,
it means that he will attain a leadership position. If he falls over something in
the dream, it means that he will own or control whatever he falls into. If one does
not qualify for leadership and sees himself flying in a dream, it represents
pitfalls in his religious performances, or it could mean falling sick. If one does
attain his intended destination in the dream, then his dream connotes a
successful journey. If one flies in his dream and disappears beyond sight, it
means his death. If one flies from his own house into an unknown house in the
dream, the latter house represents his grave. Flying in a dream also represent
a sickness that could lead a person near his death before he could recover from
it. If one flies from a low elevation into a higher one and without wings in his
dream, it means fulfillment of his aspirations. If one soars in the air like a pigeon
in a dream and sees people below him, whereby he can benefit or harm
whomever he wants, it means that he will preside over people and reach a rank
of honor and dignity. If one becomes tired during his flight between tow cities
or places and finds himself incapable of benefiting or harming anyone, and if he
seeks nothing from his flight but is still happy about flying in the dream, it
means that he is trying to find money for his personal needs or business. If one
sees himself flying from one land into another in a dream, it means that he will
attain honor, power, comfort and satisfaction. If one sees himself flying hori¬
zontally in the dream, it means that his wife will straighten her act and without
much effort on his part. If one sees himself flying vertically with his head up and
his feet pointing to the ground in the dream, it means that he will receive
benefits. The more he rises, the greater are his benefits. If rich people or
craftsmen see that dream, it represents a leadership position they could occupy.
If a foreigner sees that in a dream, it means that he will return to his mother
land, or it could mean that he will never return to his homeland again. Flying
with wings in a dream means benefits in general. Soaring high in the air and
without wings in a dream means fears and hardships. Flying over people’s
homes and over the streets in a dream means difficulties and disturbances.
Flying near a flock of birds in a dream means associating, living or working with
unknown people. If an evil person sees that, it means a bad omen, and for a
fisherman it means sufferings or death. Flying in the air at a low altitude in a
dream means taking a short trip. If one sees himself flying at will and ceasing
to fly at will in a dream, it means easing of his burdens and expectation of great
benefits to come his way. Seeing oneself in a dream flying upside-down means
evil happening. If a sick person sees himself flying in the air in a dream, it means
that he will die from his illness. If one sees himself laying over his bed and flying
with it in a dream, it means a severe illness or an ailment that will strike at his
legs. Enjoying flying between the sky and the earth in a dream means having
exaggerated hopes. Flying in a dream also means seeking a destructive knowl¬
edge, or pursuing an evil idea, or associating with villainous and notorious
people, or it could mean being in a hurry, or that one takes lightly a serious
project, then fails to accomplish it because of his angry character. Flying in a
dream also denotes extreme happiness, or it could mean superstition. If one flies
from a bad place into a good place such as a farm or a mosque in his dream, it
means benefits and growth. (Also see Air; Wadi)
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Beard
For a man, a beard in a dream signifies wealth, honor and dignity. If it is
moderately long or well trimmed in the dream, it means earning respect, rising
in rank, prosperity, beauty and sovereignty. If only the sides of one’s beard are
long and not the middle section in the dream, it means that one will work to save
money for someone else. If one’s beard is too long and lacks proper trimming in
a dream, it means indebtedness, distress and suffering from depression. If it
becomes long to the extent of reaching the floor in the dream, it means death.
If one’s beard grows long and thick in a dream, it means longevity or increase
in one’s wealth. If it reaches his belly in the dream, it means that he does not
obey God’s commands. If it grows longer than one’s grip in the dream, it means
that one lives from the interest he earns from usury. If the hair of one’s beard
is black in the dream, it means prosperity and satisfaction in one’s life. If its color
is greenish-black in the dream, it means extended wealth, power and rulership,
unless if one is a tyrant, for the color of Pharaoh’s beard was greenish-black. If
the color of one’s beard yields to yellow in the dream, it means poverty and
illness. If its color is blondish in the dream, it means a scare. If one grabs his
own beard in the dream and if its hair falls into his hand, and if he keeps holding
to the hair, it means incurring financial losses then recovering them, unless one
discards the hair in the dream. Pulling someone’s from his beard in the dream
means inheriting him. If one sees a young boy who has not reached the age of
puberty having a beard in a dream, it means the child’s death. If the child’s beard
is just starting to grow in the dream, it means that he will grow to lead and
command people. If one’s beard is shallow and if it makes him look fatuous in
a dream, it means payment of one’s debts or easing of his trouble or dispelling
of his distress. If one’s beard looks childish or completely immature in the
dream, it means losing people’s respect. If the color of one’s beard is gold in the
dream, it means that he will lose some respect and perhaps half of his wealth.
Seeing one-half of one’s beard shaved in a dream means poverty. If an unknown
young person shaves one’s beard in a dream, it means loss of dignity and injury
caused by one’s enemy or competitor or someone who carries the same name. If
an old man shaves his beard in a dream, it means that he will lose his good
reputation at the hand of a profiteer and an overpowering enemy. If one’s beard
is cut off in a dream, it means financial losses valued at how far it is trimmed.
Clipping what is longer than man’s grip of one’s beard in a dream means paying
the due alms tax. Cutting off someone’s beard in a dream means swindling his
inheritance. A white beard in a dream means honor, dignity and good fame. If
one’s beard turns gray, leaving few black hairs in the dream, it means earning
respect. If all its hair becomes gray in the dream, it means poverty and loss of
integrity. Seeing one’s wife having a beard in a dream means increase in one’s
wealth or growth of the son’s business, or sickness of one’s wife, or it could mean
that she will no longer be able to conceive children, though if she had a son, it
means that he will control the entire family. If a woman sees herself having a
beard in a dream, it means losing her husband and if she is a widow, it means
that she will marry a hard-working man who is compatible with her. If a
pregnant woman sees that in a dream, it means that she will beget a son, and
if she has a quarrel with someone, it means that she will win the battle and stand
for herself with dignity and courage. Plucking one’s facial hair or beard in a
dream means wasting money. If one’s beard and head is shaved in a dream, it
means recovering from an illness, satisfying one’s debts or dispelling sorrow and
distress. Having an extraordinarily long beard that one can spin and weave as
a cloth, then sells it in his dream means that he will forge a testimony. Clipping
one’s beard in a dream also means losing money. One’s beard in a dream also
represents his job, business, clothing, gains and losses. Cutting off the hair of
one’s beard with one’s own teeth in a dream means sufferings, distress and
trouble. Swearing by the honor of one’s beard in a dream may denote either one’s
truthfulness or lies, his stinginess or generosity. One’s beard in a dream also
could represent his wife. If a farmer finds the hair of his beard black in a dream,
it means that he should start harvesting his crop. A white beard could denote
illness or frailty. If one’s beard in wakefulness is gray and he sees its color black
in a dream, it means strength, determination, firmness, certainty, having great
energy and exuberance. If one’s beard in his dream seems longer than the usual,
it means being a spendthrift, wasting money, engaging in gambling and
sportinggames, or suffering from depression, or beingtroubled by circumstances.
If a subversive and a sinful person sees himself having a beard in a dream, it
means that he will repent of his sins. If a misguided person sees himself having
a beard in his dream, it means that he will receive guidance. If a woman grows
a beard in her dream, it means that she is trying to be a man, or it could mean
insolence or engaging in wrongdoing. If a child sees himself having a beard in
a dream, it means longevity. Loving a beard and kissing it in a dream means
lacking determination or will, regardless if it is his own beard or if it is someone
else’s beard. If a straw or anything sticks to one’s beard in a dream, it means
hearing bad words. Shaving half of one’s beard in a dream means losing one’s
source of income or loss of one’s dignity. Holding the beard of one’s uncle in a
dream means unjustly inheriting him. If a woman sees herself having a beard
like a man in a dream, it means that she will never beget children, unless if she
has a reddish beard as the natural color of her hair. However, for a man, to have
a reddish beard in a dream means trials and temptation and particularly if some
gray hair is also mixed with it. (Also see Face; Scissors; Shaving; Twisting a rope)
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Gray hair
For young people, gray hair in a dream means dignity and it could mean
longevity, weakness or poverty. If gray hair grows in one’s beard and head in
the dream, it means poverty. Seeing half gray hair mixed with one’s beard in
a dream means strength, dignity and honor. If one’s wife is pregnant, and if he
sees his hair turned gray in the dream, it means that she will beget a son. If one
sees himself plucking out gray hair from his beard in a dream, it means that he
respects the elderly people and honor religious scholars. If a woman sees her
hair turned gray in a dream, it means the arrival of guests, or it could mean that
her husband is having a mistress. If a rich person sees his body covered with gray
hair in a dream, it means major business losses, while for a poor person it means
debts that he cannot repay. The gray hair of an unknown woman represents a
drying crop. If a soldier sees his hair gray in a dream, it means his weakness
or defeat in the battlefield. If a sick person sees his hair gray in a dream, it means
his death and shrouding. If a person is afraid of something then sees his hair
gray in a dream, it means appeasement of his fears, or amnesty given by a ruler
or a judge deciding in his favor. It is also said that woman’s gray hair in a dream
means that she will be insulted by her in-laws, or it could mean divorce. If one’s
gray hair increase, but still include some black hair in the dream, it means
dignity and reverence. If no black hair remains, then it means a rebuke or a
reprimand one will hear from his superior. If one’s black beard turns gray in a
dream, it means that he may fail in his religious life, or lose his wealth. If one
discovers two or three gray hairs in his black beard in a dream, it means that
he will beget a son or that someone he loves will return from a long journey. If
the hair of one’s chest turns gray in a dream, it means that his food will become
spoiled. Seeing one’s beard brilliantly gray and beautiful in a dream means
honor and fame throughout the lands. To pluck a gray hair in a dream also
means disrespect for the elderly. Gray hair in a dream also means poverty,
debts, pain, distance from others, being harsh with others, or imprisonment.
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Irrationality
If one acts irrationally in a dream, it means that he will act with
disgrace, stupidity or shamelessness in real life. Being irrational in a dream and
intentionally using violent or insulting words, and acting deliberately in an evil
way means despair of God’s mercy. It also means refuting or opposing some¬
thing. It is also interpreted to mean attending to one’s prayers without the ritual
ablution. Irrationality in a dream also may mean insolent behavior, or ill
speaking of peoples’ honor or chastity. (Also see Insanity; Mental derangement)
Irreligious: (Cover; Hide; Farmer; Infidel; Ingratitude; Profane; Unbeliever;
Ungodly) In a dream, seeing an irreligious person means meeting an enemy.
Seeing an elderly person who is irreligious in a dream means meeting an old
enemy whose hatred is clearly shown on hisface. Seeingan irreligious housekeeper,
or an old employee in a dream means suffering from the hidden evils of an
avowed enemy. Becoming irreligious in a dream means embracing innovation,
or whatever practices one considers and uses as his religion. Seeing an irreli¬
gious person sitting on a table with a plate of honey before him and refusing to
eat from it in the dream means that he is ungrateful to his Lord, and that he
does not confess to the innumerable favors which God Almighty has given him
during this life. A gathering of irreligious people in a dream represents one’s
children in their infancy. An irreligious person in a dream also represents a
farmer who plants a seed, then when it becomes a seedling, he covers it with
earth again. (Also see Disbelief)
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Acknowledging devotion
If one sees himself acknowledging devotion or worship
of another human being in a dream, it means enmity with that person. But, if
one sees himself confessing his wrongdoing in a dream, it means regaining
honor, dignity and true repentance. To confess a murder in a dream means that
one will attain peace, leadership or advancement to a supervisory job.
Acknowledgment: (See Fame)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Sale
If one sees himself as a prisoner being sold in a slave market in a dream, it
means honor if the buyer is a woman, and difficulties if the buyer is a man. The
higher the price he is auctioned for, the better or worse is his luck. In a dream,
the more loss the buyer incurs, the better it is for the traded subject and vice-
versa. There is also a difference between seeing oneself being auctioned and
being sold. Being auctioned in a dream means evil. To sell means to part with.
In a dream, the buyer is the seller and the seller is a buyer. Selling means giving
preference and value to the merchandise. If what is being sold is worldly, the
preference is then given to one’s benefits in the hereafter. Selling in a dream also
means exchanging one condition with another. However, bartering in a dream
means to exchange the benefit of things, or to share them. If for example one sees
himself in a dream trading something of no value for something precious, and
if he is a warrior, it means that he will die as a martyr. Selling a free man in
a dream means rotation of power and reaching a praiseworthy end. As it
happened in the story of Joseph son of Jacob, upon both of them be peace. (See
Introduction)
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Guest
If one’s wife is pregnant, receiving a guest in a dream means glad tiding
of a son. Otherwise, a guest in a dream means honor and fast coming money.
(Also see Food; Invitation; Hospitality; Table)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Beauty mark
In a dream, a beauty mark means honor and dignity for a woman,
and it means wealth for a man. (Also see Birthmark)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Duck
In a dream, a duck represent a woman or a maid. If one sees himself eating
ducks meat in a dream, it means money earned through the labor of one’s
workers. It also means that one may marry a rich woman. Ducks live in water
and do not get wet. Ducks in a dream also are interpreted as exalted men of piety,
purity and virtue who live in this world and are not affect by it. If a duck speaks
to someone in a dream, it means that he will be raised in honor by a woman. It
also represents comfort and satisfaction in one’s life which comes from eating
its flesh and the parable of its dependence on water is like that of sailors and
fishermen and because of its gentleness. However, if someone hears the quacking
of a duck inside his house in a dream, it means difficulties in that place, or an
announcement of someone’s death. (Also see Swan’s meat)
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Fountain
In a dream, a fountain placed in a suitable place or as a decorative item
in the middle of a yard or a park represents honor, dignity, dispelling worries
or adversities, hearing good news or listening to good music, squandering
money, dispersal of one’s interests, breaking a gathering, or adding and sub¬
tracting if seen near an accountant. A fountain in a dream also means avoiding
evil actions. If one is told that such a fountain is a blessed one in the dream, it
means the opposite, and should one wash himself with its water or drink from
it in a dream, it means depression and trouble. A fountain in a dream also could
represent a beautiful, rich and a noble woman. If no water is coming from the
fountainhead in the dream, then it represents a poor woman or a barren woman.
(Also see Fountainhead; Spring)
Fountainhead: A fountainhead in a dream represents blessings, grace, bounty and
attaining one’s goal. If one sees many springs gushing forth inside his own house
in a dream, and if he is not a discrete person, it represents a calamity that will
bringhim and his family to their knees with sorrow and tears. If one sees himself
taking a ritual ablution for prayers from a fountainhead in a dream, it means
that he will receive lawful money. Discovering a fountainhead in a dream means
prosperity. If the spring gushes forth inside one’s house or from the walls of one’s
house in the dream, then it means a calamity or a misfortune that will be caused
by a woman, a brother or a brother in-law. If the water flows into the street in
a dream, it means that such a calamity or adversity will leave that house and
peace will finally prevail. If the water is pure and clean in the dream, it means
depression along with a strong and a healthy body. What is disliked in such
dreams is the murky water. If one owns a stream in a dream, it represents one’s
livelihood, his shop, business, work, or one’s good deeds that remain beneficial
even after his death and until the Day of Judgment such as a blessed progeny,
a school or a mosque he builds, a road he opens, a book of knowledge he leaves
behind.oracharitableendowment. Seeingwaters overflowing from afountainhead
and flooding one’s property means sadness, crying and sorrow and the same
applies if one drinks from that water in his dream. If one sees several springs
gushing forth in a dream, it means prospering through dirty actions and
corruption. Seeing a spring in the valley in a dream means blessings for most
people and particularly for the sick and the needy. A dried well in a dream means
the opposite. If one who is suffering from depression sees a spring in his dream,
it means relief from his difficulties, repayment of his debts, recovering from his
illness, or repentance from his sins. A spring of sweet water in a dream also
means collecting one’s profits or rents. If one sees a rivulet carrying pure and
sweet water to his house in a dream, it means profits, easy life and blessings that
will be driven to him. (Also see Rivulet; Spring)
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House garden
In a dream, a house garden means protection of women’s chastity,
the honor of men’s abstinence, denial of suspicion regarding the lawfulness of
one’s earnings, or protection of children’s innocence. A private garden in a
dream may mean stinginess, or refusing to satisfy the needs of someone who
asks for help, whether his needs are financial or relating to acquiring knowl-
edge. A house garden in a dream also represents one’s private devotion, fasting,
asceticism, piety, fear of wrongdoing, celebrating God’s praises and exalting His
holiness. A house garden in a dream also could mean a marriage within the
family, insanity on the part of that house dwellers, paying a financial penalty,
or it could mean an imposition. (Also see Garden; Nursery)
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Lamb
In a dream, a Iamb represents one’s son. If one sees himself slaughtering
a lamb in a dream, it means that either his son or the son of one of his relatives
may shortly die from an illness or an accident. If one is offered a lamb as a gift
in a dream, it means that he will beget a noble and a blessed son. If one sees
himself eating lamb in a dream, it means that he will earn his money through
such a son. If one sees himself herding sheep in a dream, it means that he will
profit from a blessed money and acquire honor and fame thereafter. (Also see
Sacrifice)
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Lance
In a dream, a lance represents a branch of wood, stability based on one’s
strength, or stepping away from the wrong path. A lance in a dream also
represents a woman, a child, testifying to the truth, or going on a journey. A
lance in one’s hand in a dream represents a grand son or a blessed son who will
grow to preside over people and defend them with his own life. A broken lance
in a dream represents an incurable deficiency or a disease that will inflict one’s
child. Carrying a lance while riding a horse in a dream means authority with
honor. If someone denies his ownership of a lance in a dream, it means an
accident or a betrayal. If the lance belongs to a brother, then it means a calamity.
If one does repair a broken lance in a dream, it means recovering from an illness.
A lance without a spearhead in a dream means the death of one’s brother or
child. A lance in a dream also represents a brother or a friend who will part with
his brother or friend, or it could mean loss of one’s job. Walking with a lance in
one’s hand in the middle of a marketplace in a dream means walking or strolling
with one’s son. As for a pregnant woman, a metal lance means that she will
deliver a girl, and that she will receive a gift of money or a present after her birth
from other daughters. Cariying a lance with a flag raised on top of it in a dream
means attaining a position that will earn fame. If one is challenged by someone
holding a lance against him in a dream, it means that someone will hurt him
with his words, or slander his family. Owning an extra lance in a dream means
having a brother or a friend who will stand for one’s defence when needed. A long
spear means injustice, or it could mean good health. If one bleeds from a wound
caused by a lance in a dream, it means that he will be compensated for pain and
suffering, or that he will return home from a longjourney. Multiple wounds from
a lance in a dream mean financial compensation, though the source of money
is loathsome. Fighting one’s enemies with a lance means earning dirty money.
A person holding a lance in a dream also represents a teacher, an educator, or
someone who helps his brothers and friends. (Also see Javelin)
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Ring
In a dream, a ring represents peace, tranquility, authority, a wife, a child,
or a job, the reward of which will equal the value and size of the gemstone which
is placed on it. If one’s wife is pregnant, and if he sees himself wearing a golden
ring in a dream, it means that she will give birth to a son. The king’s ring in a
dream represents his kingdom. Cutting off a tight ring with a pair of pliers in
a dream means the end to one’s authority. Any incrustations on one’s ring in a
dream represent his goals. If the gemstone of one’s ring falls in a dream, it may
mean the death of his child, or the loss of his business. A broken ring in a dream
means divorce. Wearing a ring made of iron in a dream means that one will
receive benefits though with great strain on him. Wearing a golden ring carry ing
a precious stone in a dream means that such benefits will come with ease. If it
is a plain ring or a band with no stone, it means engaging in a strenuous project
and getting nothing out of it. Rings made of ivory or from an animal’s horn in
a dream represent glad tidings for a woman. Seeing someone in authority
stamping a document with his ring as a seal in a dream means that one will
receive an important political appointment. If one who is accustomed to wearing
a silver ring sees himself offering it as a gift to whoever he wishes in a dream,
it means that he will preside over an honorable post. Wearing the governor’s
ring in a dream means an appointment as a dignitary, or inheriting such a rank
from one’s father. If one’s father does not hold such a position, then it means the
opposite of one’s wishes. Finding a lost ring in a dream means earning money
from a foreign land, or having a new born son, or it could mean a marriage to
a righteous woman. If the stone of one’s ring seems unstable in the dream, it
means that one will be fired form his job. Removing one’s ring in a dream means
that one maybe removed from his job. If a woman sees herself removing her
wedding ring in a dream, it means the death of either her husband or of a close
relative. A ring in a dream also connotes a band, an encumbrance, or a shackle.
If one’s ring disappears and only the stone remains in the dream, it means that
once the responsibilities are gone, good memories of the person will remain. A
man wearing a golden ring in a dream represents innovation, and the results
will bring about afflictions, betrayal, or a revolt. Wearing a tight ring in the
dream means that one will be let off from a vicious woman, or that he will be
spared from a wicked duty. A borrowed wedding ring in a dream represents an
ownership that will not last. If one buys an engraved ring in a dream, it means
that he will own something he never owned before, such as a house, a vehicle,
or perhaps he may get married, or bear a child. If one sees rings being sold in
the open market in a dream, it means that the estates of the high society are
for sale or it could represent foreclosure. If one sees the skies raining rings in
a dream, it means that he will conceive a child during that year. If he is unwed,
it means that he will marry a rich and a virgin young woman during that same
year. If they are gold rings in the dream, it means that such a woman has lost
her wealth. If one places a ring in his little finger then removes it to place it on
his ring finger, then removes it again to place it on his middle finger in the
dream, it means that he solicits customers for a prostitute. If one notices his ring
sometime in his little finger, then in his middle finger, then in his ring finger
without his doing in the dream, it means that his wife will betray him with
another man. If he sells his ring for pennies or a handful of sesame, or for little
flour in a dream, it means that he will separate from his wife, though they will
have respect for one another, or it could mean that he will offer her a good
financial arrangement. Receiving a ring that is inlaid with a precious stone from
one’s son in a dream represents the good character and qualities of such a son.
A stone which is made from worthless glass beads in the dream denotes a weak
authority. A ring that is inlaid with a green sapphire in the dream means
begetting an intelligent son who will become a great man of knowledge. A
wooden ring in a dream represents a hypocritical woman. If a woman is offered
a ring in a dream, it means that she will get married, and for a married woman,
it means that she will give birth to a son. If the ring in one’s dream is interpreted
to mean money or clothing, then it represents one’s status and high esteem his
field. Receiving a ring as a gift in a dream also means happy news, or a marriage
to a beautiful woman. Seeing an atheist who publicly brags about his actions and
thoughts wearing a ring and turning its stone toward the palm of his hand in
a dream, it means that he engages in sodomy. If a believer turns his ring inside
during prayers in a dream, then it represents his modesty. Wearing a ring that
carries two gemstones, one to the outside and the other to the inside in a dream
means that one may chair two important appointments, material and a spiritual
ones, or inner and outer ones. Wearing a ring with a carnelian-red stone in a
dream means an end to one’s poverty. If a pious person, a religious person or an
ascetic receives a silver ring from God Almighty in a dream, it means his
salvation on the Day of Judgment. If he receives a silver ring from God’s
Messenger (uwbp) in a dream, it represents a gift of a greater knowledge. If it
is gold, iron, or copper, then it has negative consequences, because iron rings
represent the chains of the dwellers of hell-fire. Somehow, to wear a simple band
in one’s dream is better than wearing a heavy ring. Heavy rings in a dream also
may connote an assassination or deceit. On the other hand, large rings in a
dream also can be interpreted to mean something great, or something which
entails sizable benefits. Lead rings in a dream mean weak authority. If one
sends his ring to some people who returns it to him in the dream, it means that
he is asking to betroth someone from such a family, but his request will be
declined. If one sees his ring being forcefully pulled out from his finger in a
dream, it means that he will lose his rank or whatever the ring represents to
him. If one loses his ring in a dream, it means that he will experience something
he hates to see it happening to him. (Also see Games; Solomon’s ring)
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lious son, or a son who lies excessively, or a wife who lacks devotion and
tenderness, who is void of piety, who lies constantly, who possesses a difficult
character, or who consents only to her own opinion and interpretations of things.
A ringdove in a dream also represents a beautiful and an energetic woman who
likes to show off. (Also see Pigeon; Turtledove)
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Turtle
In a dream, a turtle represents a woman who likes to adorn herself and to
make herself noticeable to please men. A turtle in a dream is also interpreted
as a man of knowledge, or a chiefjustice, because she is most knowledgeable and
God fearing amongst the sea creatures. In a dream, a turtle therefor could
represent a devout worshipper who reads the scrolls of God’s prophet Abraham,
upon whom be peace, or any of the holy scriptures. Seeing a pet turtle in a house
or a town in a dream means that the people of knowledge in that locality are well
respected. Seeing a turtle living in a dump, then it represents a knowledgeable
person living in the midst of ignorant people who care little about learning
anythingfrom him. Eating a turtle in a dream means profits, benefits, or money.
If one sees a turtle inside his house, or if he owns one in a dream, it means that
he will benefit from the company of a learned person who is acquainted with
ancient manuscripts, or in interpreting ancient scrolls. Ifone sees a turtle lying
on its back in a dream, it means that there is a man of knowledge in that town
people do not recognize. If one sees a well kept and fed turtle sitting on a brocade
in the dream, it means that the people of that town honor their scholars.
However, a turtle in a dream also can be interpreted as deception, trickery,
spying, hiding, evil and acquisition of weapons.
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Veterinarian
In a dream, a veterinarian is a person who adorns and beautifies
distinguished and honored people, and who supports and assists them in
developing strength. Seeing a veterinarian in a dream also means performing
a marriage ceremony, travels, a pharmacist or a merchant. In a dream, a
veterinarian also means nursing the wounded soldiers in the battlefield. A
veterinarian in a dream also may be interpreted as one’s physician, one who
practices righteousness, a wise man, a specialist in setting broken bones,
cupping, or practicing bloodletting medicine.
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Inkwell
In a dream, an inkwell represents honor, governing power, exaltation,
wife, or money. An inkwell in a dream also represents marriage, business, or a
servant. If one is presented with an inkwell in a dream, it represents a fight with
a relatives or with a woman. If a respected witness is present when the inkwell
is handed to the person seeing the dream, then it means a marriage to a relative.
Licking an inkwell in a dream means engaging in sodomy or homosexuality. An
inkwell in a dream also could mean that one may seduce his servant for an
unlawful sexual intercourse and that she will no longer serve that house. To buy
an inkwell in a dream means that one’s marriage will see no happiness since
one’s writing pen comes out of it with ink only. An inkwell in a dream also means
ulcer. The pen represents iron ( See Iron), and the ink means time. If one sees
a section of his body transformed into an inkwell, whereby he can draw ink from
it and write in a notebook in the dream, it means that he will receive an
inheritance. An inkwell in a dream also means medicine. If one is sick, then
seeing an inkwell in a dream also means finding the right medicine and, God
willing, one will be cured from his illness. (Also see Pederasty; Sodomy)
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Anklets
In a dream, anklets represent one’s son. Wearing golden anklets in a
dream means a severe illness, or that one may commit a major sin. However,
if a woman sees herself wearing anklets in a dream, it means that she is safe
and protected. If she is unwed, it means that she will marry a gracious and a
generous person with whom she will live happily and content. If a man sees
himself wearing a pair of golden anklets in a dream, it means adversities,
distress or imprisonment. It is said that anklets in a dream represent shackles
in wakefulness, except for a wedding ring or a necklace. What a woman sees as
beauty or imperfect in her anklets in a dream will reflect upon her husband. If
she is unmarried, the anklet will then reflect on her adornment or makeup. In
a dream, anklets also represent honor, wealth, dignity and beauty.
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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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Prophet
In a dream, each one of God’s prophets, upon all of them be peace and
blessings, is like a compassionate father toward his son, who is trying to save
his child from the hell of this world and the hell-fire in the hereafter. In a dream,
a prophet also represents a teacher, a tutor, a shaikh, a warning, or glad tidings.
If one sees them standing in a stately form, or if one prays behind them, or
follows them on the road, or eats something from their delicious food, or drinks
from their drink, or if one is anointed with their perfume, or learns something
from them, or acquires a particular knowledge from them in a dream, it
demonstrates his trueness, faith in God’s oneness, following His Messenger and
being faithful to his traditions. Otherwise, if one walks before them, or leads
them into a narrow lane, or stones them, or mocks them, or argues with them
in a dream, it means that he is an innovator and a heedless person. This could
also mean that he will be persecuted by his superiors, for a prophet in a dream
also represents a ruler or a king, and God’s prophets are in truth the guardians
of the souls, and they are kings in this world and in the hereafter. A prophet in
a dream also represents a religious scholar, because religious scholars are the
heirs of the prophets, upon all of them be peace. Religious scholars also know
God’s prophets better than the common people. They understand their message
and follow their traditions of glorifying God’s Oneness, devotion, piety, prayers,
charity, acting upon what they know and admonishing others to follow the path
of truth and righteousness. A prophet in a dream also represents one’s superior,
a preacher, a righteous Imam, a conscientious teacher and a caller to God
Almighty. Seeing any of God’s prophets looking gracious, stately and courtly in
a dream also represents his people’s devotion, or that a major and a positive
change will take place among his followers. If such a prophet looks spurious,
unhappy in a dream, or if he appears in a state that does not befit God’s prophets,
it means that his followers in the world have deviated from his path and created
their own religion, opposing his commands, falsifying and interpreting his
message to their own liking and abusing his admonition. If one claims to be a
prophet in a dream, it means that he will become known in his field, or if he
qualifies, he may become a ruler, a judge, a teacher or a caller to God Almighty,
commanding what is good and forbidding what is evil. Otherwise, it means that
he will be inflicted with a great calamity because of a falsehood he fosters, or
innovations he practices. If one becomes a messenger in a dream or a caller to
God Almighty, and if someone hearkens to him and accepts his message in the
dream, it means that he will rise in rank. Otherwise, it means that he will
become a broker, a liar, a defrauder, a swagger, depending on his level of
knowledge, or it could mean that he will be struck with a major calamity in his
life. Such a calamity will be of the same caliber, degree and nature that a
messenger of God Almighty may have suffered from his own people. Seeing one
of God’s prophets in a dream also means living the experience of time, space and
condition in which he saw him in the dream. Wearing the cloak of one of God’s
prophets in a dream means attaining one’s goals, or presiding over people, or
acquiring true knowledge. Consequently, one will become renowned, revered
and his opinions will be respected by most people. If one becomes a prophet in
a dream, it means that he will die as a martyr, or become poor and be gifted with
patience and endurance. He will then be granted victory, and God willing, all
his needs will be satisfied. Emulating the devotion of a prophet in a dream
means trueness in one’s faith, compliance with God’s religion, certitude and
determination. Becoming one of God’s prophets, upon all of them be peace and
blessings, in a dream means commanding good and forbidding evil, suffering
from adversities and distress equal to those endured by such a prophet, then one
will escape from destruction or humiliation by God’s leave and through His
subtle kindness. If one sees a prophet suffering from poverty and asking for help
in a dream, it means that God Almighty will satisfy all the needs of the person
seeing such a dream for the sake of the blessings reserved for that prophet. If
one kills a prophet in a dream, it means that he will betray a trust, negate a
promise, or deny a covenant. Living in the time of one of God’s prophets on earth
in a dream means honor, dignity, success, piety and wealth if one is suited for
such gifts. Otherwise, it means that Satan is deceiving him. If a prophet of God
Almighty beats a righteous and a sincere believer in a dream, it means that he
will attain peace and salvation in his life in the hereafter. If a prophet talks to
someone in a dream, it means that he will receive blessings, honor, status,
knowledge, wisdom and fame in his life. (Also see Muhammad, upon whom be
peace.)
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Hair
In a dream, hair represents money and longevity. If a rich person ties a
strand of hair to a bun of his own in a dream, it means increase of his wealth
and growth of his business based on a business loan or a mortgage. If a poor
person sees that in a dream, it means that he will borrow money to pay for his
debts and still borrow more money to pay for his daily expenses. If one sees his
straight hair frizzed or curled in a dream, it means that he will be honored, and
if he sees his frizzed hair straight in a dream, it means that he will suffer from
humiliation or lose his rank. If one with a straight and lanky hair sees it longer
than usual in a dream, it means that money belonging to someone for whom he
works will be distributed, wasted, or lost. If one’s hair is soft and lanky but still
looks longer than usual in a dream, it means that his manager’s authority will
expand, and his interests will diversify. If a strong man or a warrior sees himself
having a bun of hair in a dream, it means protection and respect inspired by a
strong personality. Otherwise, if he is rich in the dream, a bun here means more
wealth, and if he is a poor, it represents his debts. If one’s hair looks curly in
a dream, it means that power, honor and praises will be the lot of his superior.
If a woman sees her hair straight in a dream, it denotes benefits and particularly
if she uses a hair pieces or a wig as part of her makeup. Women receive benefits
from braiding their hair in a dream and it means saving money or investing it.
Otherwise, if a poor person, or a blind person braids his or her hair in a dream,
then it means complications and difficulties, and particularly when they are
accustomed to doing so. If a sick woman sees herself braiding her hair in a
dream, it means that she will die from her illness. If one sees his hair long to
the extent that he could braid it together with his beard in a dream, it means
debts. Shaving one’s moustache, or under one’s armpit in a dream means paying
one’s debts, dispelling distress, or following good hygienes. Braiding one’s hair
in a dream also means mastering one’s craft. Shaving one’s head during the
pilgrimage season in a dream means safety and protection. Shortening one’s
hair, or removing unwanted hair during makeup in a dream means dispelling
stress, or being coerced to pay one’s debts. If a thief or a fugitive sees himself
grabbing to his own long and lanky horse like hair in a dream, it means that he
will be captured. If one sees himself having hair like that of a hog in a dream,
it connotes major calamities. If an unhappy person sees himself hairy in a
dream, it means aggravation of his depression and unhappiness, while if a
happy person sees himself hairy in a dream, it means increase of his happiness.
The black hair of a woman in a dream represents her husband’s love for her. If
a woman sees herself wearing a veil, or putting on a head piece in a dream, it
means a journey that will take her husband away from her from sometime, or
a journey from which he may never return. If she sees people looking at her hair
in a dream, it means that she will suffer slander and defamation. If a man sees
himself with horns formed from his own hair in a dream, it means might and
adroitness. If one sees the hair in the back of his head disheveled or rumpled
in a dream, it means that he will suffer humiliation. If he sees his hair on the
right side of his head tousled in a dream, it means that he will molest male
children from among his relatives. If he sees his hair on the left side of his head
tousled, or disheveled in a dream, it means that he will molest female children
from among his relatives. If one does not have relatives, it means that he will
suffer harm from his evil actions. If one sees long hair under his armpit in a
dream, it means he will attain his goal, or it could denote his generous character.
If he sees it thick in a dream, it denotes his thirst for knowledge, search for a
business, or profiting through patience and endurance. If one sees his hair
infested with lice in a dream, it means that he has a large family. If one sees
his hair longer or thicker, and if he wishes in the dream to have that in
wakefulness, it means that he will attain his goals, pay his debts, or prosper.
If the length or thickness of one’s hair is uncommon, and if one feels no offense
to walk with it in the streets in his dream, it means debts, distress and inability
to take care of one’s family. Long hair in a dream also means naughtiness and
adversities. Thick and long hair in a dream also can be interpreted as having
many children, or it could represent fear of wrongdoing, or thinking about an
important person, or it could represent common daily concerns. Having less hair
in a dream means diminishing difficulties. If one sees someone pulling out his
hair in a dream, it means that he may have to face a financial disaster. If a
woman sees a strand of her hair being cut in a dream, it means a fight between
her and her husband, or it could mean that someone is encouraging her husband
to seek another woman. If one sees himself grooming his hair with oily dressing
in a dream, it means adorning oneself for the world. If the oil runs over one’s
face in the dream, it means trouble. Discovering a bad odor emanating from
one’s hair in the dream means hearing praises. Delousing one’s hair in a dream
means discovering some of one’s own faults. If some lice fall during the combing
of one’s hair in a dream, it means that he will spend a portion of his inheritance
in charity, or that he will clean his act, or correct his attitude. If one sees his
hair growing anew in a dream, it means that he may lose most of his wealth. If
one sees hair growing on his face where hair does not usually grow in a dream,
it means debts. If one sees hair growing in the palm of his hand in a dream, it
means benefits from a business. A hairy chest, or hair growing over one’s tongue
in a dream means wisdom, clarity, or diligence, except if it grows beyond control,
then it becomes adversities, stress, sorrows, debts and so forth. If one sees the
hair on his forearm scattering, or falling in a dream, it means that he may lose
all his savings. Braiding the hair of one’s legs in a dream means earning money
through improper methods, or engaging in something which contradicts the
divine laws. Woman’s hair in a dream represents her protection, husband or
family. Hair in a dream also denotes farming, money, a wife, a husband or
marriage. If one’s hair looks ugly and smelly in a dream, it represents the living
condition or the state of the husband and wife. Nicely combing one’s hair in a
dream means loyalty and fulfilling a promise. As for a person who lacks loyalty,
shaving his hair or cutting it short in a dream means squandering money,
though in general shortening one’s hair means knowledge and guidance.
Combing the hair of one’s wife in a dream means divorce. Good looking hair in
a dream represents a person of good character. Hair in a dream also means
feeling apprehensive about something. If one’s hair turns into an animal’s hair
in a dream, it means toiling and difficulties. If a poor person sees that dream,
it means that his basic needs will be adequately satisfied. The eyebrows,
eyelashes, hairy arms, hairy legs and a hairy chest in a dream also represent
man’s virility, beauty, protection, or lasting wealth. Hair in one’s ears in a dream
means knowledge, or admonition. Seeing hair in one’s noses in a dream
represents a beneficial thing one breezes, though it may involve some hidden
trouble, or it could mean money. Hair covering woman’s body in a dream means
remaining celibate and for a married woman it means taking care of her parents
and children. A hairy child in a dream means longevity. If a beardless man sees
himself hairy in a dream, it means that his wife will soon be pregnant. If one’s
hair turns white in a dream, it means loss of money for a rich person, or paying
the debts of a poor person. (See Black hair; Dye; Shaving; Strand of hair)
Haircut: A short haircut in a dream means failure to properly fulfill one’s duties.
(Also see Hair; Shaving)
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Listening
In a dream, listening to the Quran, or to the teachings of God’s Prophet,
upon whom be peace, or to words of wisdom, or to an admonition, or a discourse
of knowledge in a dream means receiving guidance, and it means turning
repentantly to God Almighty. Otherwise, if one sees himself listening to
backbiting, slandering, defamation, or eavesdropping in a dream, then it means
that some harm will befall him. Listening to good advice and following its best
guidance in a dream means receiving good news. Eavesdropping in a dream
means that one intends to defame the other person. Listening, though pretending
not to hear what is being said in a dream means that one makes it a habit to
lie. The sound of a crowd in a dream means money beside other benefits. The
bleating of sheep in a dream means distress and fear. The neighing of horses in
a dream means might and honor. The barking of a dog in a dream means vein
talk and meddling in people’s business. The sound of a lynx in a dream means
pampering oneself, or wantonness. The cooing of pigeons in a dream means
crying, sorrows or marriage. The chirp of swallows in a dream means beneficial
words. The croaking of frogs in a dream means beatings. The sound of bells and
the hissing of snakes in a dream means a fight, an argument, a warning, or a
war. The braying of donkeys in a dream means cursing in the darkness. The
braying of mules in a dream means vein talk, or indulging in suspicious acts.
The mooing of a cow in a dream means temptation. The gurgling of camels in
a dream means travels and difficulties. The roaring of a lion in a dream means
threats. The yowling of a tomcat in a dream means uproar, backbiting, defamation
and insinuation. The yapping of foxes in a dream means a warning to escape,
or to move from one field into another. The howling of a wolf in a dream means
a robbery. The squeak of a mouse in a dream means profits, reunion, love and
peace. The crying of a female gazelle in a dream means longing for one’s
homeland. The barking of a jackal in a dream means a mission of good intent,
or a forthcoming evil. (Also see Eavesdropping; Sound of animals; Speaking)
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Sand
In a dream, sand represents money. Carrying a handful of sand in a dream
means pursuing a business. If one carries a heavy load of sand in a dream, it
means that he will suffer for his sins. Swallowing sand or gathering it in a dream
denotes savings. Walking on sand in a dream means pursuing either a spiritual
or a mundane interest, or it could represent a sad event, a fight, or committing
injustice toward one’s own soul or against others. Depending on the quantity
seen in one’s dream, gathering sand may mean shackles, a siege, life or death,
poverty or richness, and honor or humiliation. Sand in a dream also means
toiling or difficulties. If a woman sees herself walking on sand in a dream, it
means the death of her husband. If a man sees such a dream, it means the death
of his wife. Red sand in a dream represents a high ranking position. White sand
in a dream means profits for fortunetellers. Yellow sand in a dream means
repentance, recovering from an illness, or tightening of one’s livelihood. A pile
of sand collected at the feet of a tree in a dream represents a construction proj ect,
or urban expansion. (Also see Hourglass)
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Sesame oil
In a dream, sesame oil represents someone who enjoys a material and
a spiritual life. If burned, then its light means guidance, and if heated to fry
something, then it represents something valuable. Eating sesame oil or using
it as an ointment in a dream means profits, comfort, honor, rank, good deeds,
or having prior knowledge about something.
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Sound of animals
In a dream, the sound of a crowd means money beside other
benefits. The bleating of sheep in a dream means distress and fear. The neigh
of horses in a dream means might and honor. The barking of a dog in a dream
means vain talk andmeddlingin others’business. The sound of a lynx in a dream
means pampering oneself and wantonness. The cooing of pigeons in a dream
means crying, sorrows or marriage. The chirp of swallows in a dream means
beneficial words. The croaking of frogs in a dream means beatings or death. The
sound of bells and the hissing of snakes in a dream represents a fight, an
argument, a warning, or a war. The braying of donkeys in a dream means
cursing in the darkness. The braying of mules in a dream means vain talk, or
it could mean indulging in suspicious acts. The mooing of a cow in a dream
means temptation. The gurgling or braying of camels in a dream signifies
travels and difficulties. The roaring of a lion in a dream means threats. The
yowling of a tomcat in a dream means uproar, backbiting, defamation and
insinuation. The yapping of foxes in a dream means a warning for one to escape
from danger, or to move from one field into another. The howling of a wolf in a
dream means robbery. The squeak of a mouse in a dream means profits, reunion,
love and peace. The crying of a female gazelle in a dream means longing for one’s
homeland. The barking of a jackal in a dream means a mission of good intent,
or a forthcoming evil. (Also see Dog; Listening; Roaring; Speaking; Voice)
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Shooting arrows
In adream, shooting arrows is interpreted like shelling someone
or a place. Otherwise, they means backbiting people or slandering them.
Shooting arrows in a dream also could mean taking medicine, or giving an
injection to a patient. If the arrows do not have arrowheads in the dream, then
they mean disappointment. If one shoots arrows and finds himself also at the
receiving end in a dream, it means that he will attain his goal of meeting his
Lord. However, if he remains in this world, it means that he will rise in station
and receive honor. If one sees two rows of people shooting arrows at each other
in his dream, it means that the successful ones would be right and the losers
would be at fault. Shooting arrows at people in a dream then means backbiting
people, slandering them, or it could mean vain talking. If one constantly fails
his aim in his dream, it means that he has an evil speaking tongue. Hitting one’s
target in a dream means attaining one’s goals, or speaking the truth regarding
someone he knows. Wearing a white garment and standing on top of a mountain
and shooting arrows toward the East and the West in a dream means attaining
a vast control over people and lands, if one qualifies. One’s arrows in a dream
also represent his message or writings. (Also see Arrows; Hunting; Shelling)
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Seeds
Planting seeds in a dream represent the element of progeny and procreation.
Scattered seeds on the ground in a dream mean bearing a child for each seed.
As for the grains that are germinated for medicinal purpose, when seen in a
dream, they mean acquiring knowledge that helps the person in question to
increasehis or herpiety and ascetic detachment from worldly matters. Pumpkin,
cucumber, eggplant, sweet basil, chard, onion, cabbage, Indian corn and melon
seeds in a dream mean abating or ceasing of difficulties and disturbances, or
they could mean recovering from a terminal illness. If one sees himself trying
to plant something which is not a plant, or to place a seed in an unsuitable
ground in a dream, it means that he is wasting his money and squandering his
property. To plant seeds in a dream also could mean knowledge, wealth or
recognizing a noble trade. Sprouted seeds in a dream represent honor and
status. However planting seeds in a dream also represent mixing with evil
people. (Also see Earth; Extracting oils from seeds)
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Quranic recital
Reading the holy Quran or part of it in a dream means rising in
station, gaining power, repenting from sins, prosperity, paying one’s debts,
witnessing the truth, or delivering a trust to its rightful owner. Recitingthe holy
Quran with a beautiful voice in a dream means honor, dignity and good fame.
Reading the holy Quran and adding one’s own words to it in a dream means
wavering from the truth, or betraying one’s promise or covenant. If in the latter
case one does not understand the meaning of what he is saying in the dream,
it means that he will give a false testimony in a court of justice, or that he will
be involved in something evil the consequences of which cannot be foreseen. If
one sees people listening to his recital of the Quran in a dream, it means that
he will command a job, and that people will follow his instructions. Hearing, or
reading any Quranic chapter which is customarily read for a deceased person
in a dream, signifies the death of a sick person in that family. Professional
Quran readers in a dream represent the leading people of the society. To hear
a professional Quranic recital in a dream means that people in authority will
soon gather in the place where the recital is seen in one’s dream. If one sees
himself reading his book of records on the Day of Judgment in a dream, and if
he is an unlettered person in wakefulness, it means that he will become rich
after having suffered from poverty, and that he will answer all the questions
he will be asked on the Day of Reckoning, or that he will be protected by God
Almighty from what he fears most. This happens if one’s reading of his own
records is positive, but if it reads his sins and pitfalls in the dream, then it
denotes distress, trouble, or sufferings. (Also see Holy Book; Reading)
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Repel
Repelling someone in a dream means ingratitude, or disbelief.
Repentance: In a dream, repentance means release from prison. It also means
reversing the course of one’s life to attain success and to replace failure. If one
sees himself refraining from evil and sins in a dream, it means that he will be
tried with an adversity, then repents to regain honor after humiliation. If one
repents for a sin he is not even aware of in a dream, it may be feared that he
will fall into its trap, though the conclusion will turn positive. If a musician or
an adulterer repents from sin in a dream, it means that he may experience
poverty after richness. (Also see Prostration; Tithe collector)
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Satan
Seeing the accursed one in a dream means evil, sin, lying, stealing,
jealousy, sorcery, separation between husband and wife, disdain from performing
one’s prayers, or it could mean preaching falsehood. Seeing the accursed one in
a dream also means propagation of an invented world or ideas. If in a dream one
becomes Satan, it is interpreted as loosing one’s sight. If one kills Satan in a
dream, it means that he will deceive and conquer a deceiver and an evil person.
In a dream, the accursed Satan also represents an enemy of the body and the
soul. He deceives, cheats, disbelieves, as well as he is ungrateful, jealous,
capricious, arrogant, heedless, impetuous, or he could represent a leader, a
minister, a judge, a policeman, a man of knowledge, a preacher, a hypocrite, or
one’s own family and children. Seeing Satan in a dream also means villainy, dirt,
passion and sexual devilry. If one sees Satan attacking him in a dream, it means
that he earns his money from usury. If Satan touches him in a dream, it means
that someone is slandering or trying to deceive his wife. If one is sick or under
stress, and if he sees Satan touching him in a dream, it means that he will put
his hand on material wealth. If one is suffering from the consequences of devilry
while he recognizes his trials and remains steadfast in remembering God
Almighty and calling upon Him for help in a dream, it means that he has many
enemies tryingto deceive him or to destroy him, though they will eventually fail,
and in turn, they will be defeated by God’s leave. If one sees Satan following him
in a dream, it means that an enemy is pursuing him to deceive him, and
consequently one will lose his status, rank and the benefits of his knowledge.
If one sees himself inwardly talking with Satan in a dream, it means that he will
join hands with his own enemy, and his strike will be against the righteous
people, though he will ultimately fail. If one sees Satan teaching him something
in a dream, it means that he will fabricate a story, speak falsehood, or recite
poems filled with lies. If one sees that Satan has descended upon him in a dream,
it means that he engages in falsehood and sin. If one sees himself presiding over
a band of satans, controlling them, commanding them, and if they obey him in
the dream, it means that he will receive a seat of honor and he will be feared
by his friend and foes. If one ties Satan with chains in a dream, it means that
he will win victory in his life together with might and fame. If one sees himself
deceived by a group of satans in a dream, it means that he will suffer financial
losses or lose his job. If Satan strips someone from his clothing in a dream, it
means that the latter will lose a battle to an enemy. If one sees Satan whispering
something in his ear in dream, it means that he will be dismissed from his job.
If one sees himself defying and fighting Satan in a dream, it means that he is
a true and a strong believer who obeys his Lord and who holds fast to his
religious obligations. If Satan frightens him in a dream, it means that the latter
is a sincere deputy and a protege of God Almighty, and that God will safeguard
him from any fear of the accursed Satan or his army. If one sees a meteor or a
flame shooting at Satan in the skies in a dream, it means that there is an enemy
of God Almighty in that locality. If that person is a ruler, then his secrets will
be exposed, and if he is ajudge, it means that a just punishment will befall him
for his injustice. If one sees Satan happy in a dream, it means that he engages
in sensuality, passion and loathsome actions. In general, Satan is a weak enemy,
if one sees himself fighting him with resoluteness in a dream, it shows that he
is a religious and a pious person. If Satan swallows someone or penetrates inside
his body in dream, it means a fright, losses and sufferings. Satan in a dream also
represents builders or ocean divers who work as spies. Seeing them in a dream
also could mean backbiting or slandering. If one sees himself as a Satan in a
dream, it means that he constantly frowns with people and that he is quick to
harm them, or that he may work at cleaning sewers, or perhaps he may perish
in a fire, or die as a heedless person.
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Handshake
Shaking hands with someone in a dream means signing an agree¬
ment, receiving benefits, a pledge of allegiance, honoring one’s promise, making
a commitment, good intention, signing a contract, or cherishing a friendship.
Shaking hands with someone then embracing him in a dream means glad
tidings, good news, good words to which one’s reply will be the same, or it could
represent a knowledge he teaches to others. (Also see Greetings)
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Balcony
Sitting in a balcony during the summertime in a dream means comfort,
dispelling aggravations, recovering from an illness, or exposing one’s secrets. A
balcony in a dream also could mean honor, or if seen with the city walls, then
it represents the governor of the town, or it could mean the battlement. The
parapet on top of the walls represents his armies, his entourage or his ammunition
and the stored provisions of the city. If the walls are interpreted to be wealth,
then the balconies and the battlement represent its guards and servants.
Balconies in a dream also represent the front rows of one’s enemy. (Also see Walls
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Air
Standing in the air in a dream means being honored or acknowledged by a
governor, though it will not last. If one has exaggerated hopes, arrogance, pride,
or if he is a self-centered individual, then his floating in the air represents mere
disturbed dreams. Walking in the air without ascending or descending in a
dream means receiving dignity, honor and earning lawful money. If one does not
qualify for it, then walking in the air in his dream means travels. Hanging in
the air between the heavens and the earth in a dream represents a concerned
heart and uncertainty about what to do! Falling in the air in a dream means
despair or loss of status in wakefulness. Falling in a dream also means relief
from distress, wantonness, or satisfying one’s needs. Clear, fresh and pure air
in a dream represents a good time to take a trip for business or pleasure. Air
in a dream also represents one’s desire and passion. Thus, disobeying one’s
mind, desire and passion in a dream means entering the heavenly paradise.
Following one’s desires in a dream means negligence of once religious duties.
Standing up in the air and speaking loud in a dream means blessings, favors,
money, honor and fame. Sitting in the air in a dream means arrogance and self-
deception regarding religious opinions. Building a house up in the air or placing
a mat in the air or raising a tent in the air means death of a sick person, and
what is built in this case is one’s own coffin. If a governor sees that dream, it
means his dismissal from his office or his death. Seeing that dream after a
wedding or after having marital relations with one’s wife means mistrust and
loss. It also means involvement in an uncouth action, lacking knowledge of the
Holy Book and prophetic traditions, because what one has built lacks a foun- dation. Flying in the air in a dream may mean travels. Flying with wings in a
dream has stronger connotations and is safer. The wings here will represent
money or power. Swimming in the air means benefits or business travels. If the
air looks opaque in one’s eyes, so he cannot see the skies in his dream, it means
problems with one’s superior. If one does not have a boss, then it means that he
may lose his sight. If all the people witnessed the air opaque or red in the dr earn,
then it means a major calamity and a trying adversity. (Also see Ascending in
the Skies; Flying)
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Dung
Sweeping dung in a dream means collecting money. Horses’ droppings or
dung in a dream mean money earned from an honorable businessman. Sitting
on horse’s dung or sheep’s dung in a dream means earning money by doing
business with members of one’s own family. (Also see Manure)
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Tooth
Teeth in a dream represent one's identity, age, clan, a boy, a girl, his
family, money, servants, domestic animals, employees, weapons, life, death,
unity, separation, trusts, or savings. In a dream, male's or female's upper teeth
represent the male members of one's family from the father's side, and the teeth
ofthe lowerjaw represent the female members of one's family from the mother's
side. The closer the teeth are to the incisor, the closer is the relative. Divided
in two sections, the upper right incisor represents the father, and the upper left
incisor represents the paternal uncle, or it could represent one's sisters, sons,
or a close friend. The upper canines represent one's cousin. or two friends who
are as close as cousins. The bicuspids represent one's uncles from the mother's
side and their children, while the molars represent the grandparents and the
grand children. The lower right incisor represents the mother, and the lower left
incisor represents one's aunt from his father's side, or they could represent two
sisters, two daughters, or two close friends who have the same compassion,
concern and love. The lower canines represent one's female cousin from either the father or the mother's side. The lower canine tooth, or the eyetooth
represents the sire of the house, or the landlord. The upper and the lower molars
also represent the furthest members of one's family, including the grandmother
and her grand daughters. If a tooth moves in its place in the dream, it means
an illness. Ifit falls, or if it is lost, then it means death of the person to whom
it is attributed, or it could possibly mean that he will be separated from him and
can no longer see him. If one saves his lost tooth and does not bury it in the
dream, it means that someone will come forth and be to him as good as that
relative. Otherwise, ifhe does bury it, then it means the death of his relative.
(2)ln a dream, the human limbs also represent the members of his family, and
whatever condition they portray in one's dream may become visible in the
members of his family. Similarly, whatever may affect one's teeth in a dream
can be interpreted as affecting such family members. If one's incisors look
beautiful and bright in the dream, they denote the power, honor and prosperity
his father or uncle will gain. If extra incisors grow in one's mouth in a dream,
it means that one's family will grow by either a new born brother or a new son.
Ifone finds his teeth slightly deteriorating in a dream, it means a trial, or that
his family will engage in a disgraceful act that will bring him shame. If one
attempts to pull out his teeth in a dream, it means that he may spend his money
unwillingly, pay a fine, or separate from his parents, thus cutting off his blood
ties, or he may become untrue to his relatives. If one's teeth turn yellow or black
in a dream, such a dream also represents a disgraceful act that will bring shame
upon one'sfamily. Yellow teeth in a dream mean spendingmoney to restore one's
reputation, or it could mean being knowledgeable in one's own esteem. Developing
bad mouth odor in a dream represents bad connotations resulting from praises
one's family may receive. Deteriorating teeth in a dream represent weakness in
one's family. If one sees people biting him in a dream, it means that he could
have pretended something in public, though he fortunately restrained himself.
(31If one's mouth in a dream is interpreted to represent his household, then the
teeth of the right side represent the boys, and those on the left side represent
the girls. On the other hand, the teeth on the right side could represent the older
generation, and the teeth on the left side could represent the younger generation.
The incisors represent the young men in the family, and the canines represent
the young girls. As to the molars, they represent elderly people. If one loses a
molar tooth in a dream, it meansthe death of an elderly person in his household.
(4lHuman teeth in a dream also represent one's business and management of his
life. In that case, the molars represent one's private life, the eyetooth represents
what is semi-public, while the front incisors represent what is openly practiced,
one's public character, words and deeds. Ifone sees his teeth broken in a dream,
it means that he pays his debts slowly. Long teeth in a dream mean enmity or
a fight between members of one's household. If one sees his teeth curved and
deteriorating, and if one decides that it is better to pull them out in a dream,
it means that he will escape from great adversities and dangers. Ifone's teeth
turn gold in a dream, they represent benefits for a teacher or a preacher.
Otherwise, golden teeth for everyone else in a dream mean fire, illness, Candida,
or an illness that is caused by one's bile. Ifone's teeth become glass or wood in
a dream, it means his death. Ifthey turn silver in the dream, it means harm or
losses. If one's front teeth fall and new ones grow instead in the dream, they
represent major changes in one's life. Ifone sees himself forcefully pushing his
tongue against his teeth in a dream, it means that he speaks ill of his own family,
or it could mean problems in one's house. If the crown or the enamel of one's
eyetooth is damaged, or if it falls in a dream, it means the death of one's son.
(')Teeth in a dream represent one's clan, close relatives, or distant cousins. The
molar teeth represent the male members and the incisors represent the female
members. Unnecessarily pulling out one's teeth in a dream means paying a fine, losing one's capital, or severing relationship with members of one's family.
Discovering one or two cavities in one's teeth in a dream means that one may
beget one or two sons. Developing bad mouth odor in a dream means belittling
someone's ideas, or it could mean a family dispute. Fallen teeth in a dream may
denote that the husband and the wife sleep in separate beds, or it may mean
poverty, or that one may die in a foreign land, or that the term of one's life span
in this world may be extended. Ifone pulls out his teeth and buries them in the
dream, it means that his entire clan or family will die before him. Pulling out
one's teeth in a dream also means exposing one's secrets. Losing a tooth in a
dream may imply a punishment for a wrongdoing. Ifone finds the teeth of his
upperjaw and those ofthe lowerjaw intermixed in the dream, it means that the
women control the men in his or family. Flossing one's teeth in a dream means
dispersal of one's family, or loss of money and property. If after flossing one's
teeth some meat fiber remains stuck between the teeth in the dream, it means
that he backbites his family members. (8) Teeth in a dream also represent a pearl
necklace, a grinder, or an army formation. The right wing, the left wing and the
front assault formation, or they could mean severingblood ties. The incisors may
represent the heart of a human being. Teeth in one's pocket or in the palm of
one's hand in a dream represent one's brothers. If one has an incarcerated
relative, and ifhe sees his teeth pulled out in a dream, it means the release of
his relative from prison. Pulling out one's teeth in a dream could mean the
return of a traveller to his homeland. Tartar in a dream represents weaknesses
in the family. Black or broken teeth in a dream mean sorrow caused by one's
relatives. Wisdom teeth in a dream represent one's followers, while the incisors
and the canines represent his wealth, adornment, pride, or child. The changing
of their color into yellow or black in a dream mean changes in one's life. Ifone's
teeth turn into iron in a dream, they mean strength. Losing one's teeth in a
dream also could mean losingone'sjob. Pulling out one's teeth in a dream so that
no one can see them means infertility, or loss of one's business, loss of one's
savings, a bad relationship with one's family, an evil act toward one's family,
or it could mean that he will try to sustain his business through a loan, then
suffer from bankruptcy. Having a bad tooth in wakefulness and pulling it out
in a dream means trying to comfort or appease a difficult person whose
hurtfulness will eventually cease. Replacing a tooth with a bridge in a dream
means recovering losses, or balancing one's business. Having an extra tooth in
a dream means losing one in wakefulness. (Also see Body]; Pain; Teeth)
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White
The color white. If one sees his face white in the dream, it means sickness.
If he sees his cheeks radiant white in the dream, it means honor, bounty and
a high rank in his community. White in a dream also represents elderly people.
(Also see Colors)
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Building
The element of a good building in a dream represents love, affection,
unity, progeny, prosperity, a garment of honor, and girls in one’s family. A
strong edifice means strength and firmness. It also means support, help and a
long life. Raising a new edifice in a dream represents either personal or
collective material benefits in this world. If one sees himself building an edifice
in a dream, it means having intercourse with his spouse. If one builds a church,
it defines him as Christian. If he builds a mosque, it defines him as Muslim. If
a man of knowledge sees himself building a mosque as an offering to please God
Almighty in a dream, it means that he will compile a study from which others
will benefit or that people will seek his advice in religious matters or inter¬
pretations. If a king, or a ruler sees himself building a mosque as an offering for
God’s pleasure in a dream, it means that he will rule his subjects with justice,
command what is lawful and forbid what is unlawful. If he builds a school, it
shows him to be a man of knowledge. If he builds a hospice in a dream, it means
that he is an ascetic. If a sick person sees himself building a house in a dream,
it means that he will recover from his illness and enjoy good health. Seeing
buildings in a dream explains one’s determination, it also means one’s wants for
himself when he rejoices at finding something suitable for status. If one sees his
house bigger than it is in reality in a dream, it means expansion in one’s material
resources. If it grows beyond the normal norms in a dream, it means anxiety,
or a delegation that hastens to enter that house without permission, announcing
a calamity, or it could mean that a wedding will take place in that house.
Building a house in a dream also means extending one’s connections, strengthening
one’s relationship with his kin, friends, or if the person in question is a general
in the army, or a leader, then it means building a strong army. Building a house
in a dream also means regaining power, rejoicing or success in one’s business,
all of which are relative to the thickness of its walls. On the other hand,
demolishing one’s house in a dream means disagreement, disintegration or
separation of one’s family, relatives, friends, associates or dissolution of one’s
army. If one sees himself working for some people to renovate an old building
in a dream, it means correcting the norms of conduct in that community or
reviving old traditions. For example if one sees himself reconstructing the house
of Pharaoh in a dream, it means that he is reviving or reestablishing Pharaoh’s
system of government, or adopting its principals. Erecting a foundation for a
building, then completing its structure in a dream means seeking knowledge,
wisdom or leadership. Building a house in a different county, town or locality
in a dream means a marriage with a woman from that neighborhood. Building
an edifice from ceramic in a dream means decorating oneself. If the building is
from clay in the dream, it means lawful earnings. If one engraves pictures or
forms thereon in the dream, it means acquiring knowledge, learning a new craft,
a leading position in the government which involves partying, alcohol and
mingling with what is unlawful. Building an edifice from plaster or backed
bricks encrusted with pictures or forms in a dream means engaging in an
unlawful or a deceitful act. Building a house in a dream and strengthening its
walls, means to complete the father’s traditions, and to continue working in his
trade. (Also see Builder)
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Humiliation
To see oneself humiliated in a dream means that one will triumph
and rise in station. However, humiliation in a dream also may mean poverty,
frugality, lack of spiritual depth or religious attendance. Suffering from hu¬
miliation in a dream also means earning a rank of honor. (Also see Meekness)
Humorist: (Comedian; Storyteller) In a dream, a humorist represents frivolity,
prankishness, satire, falsehood, deceit, or sarcasm. (Also see Comedian)
Hump: A hump in a dream represents a condition that will make one a celebrity,
or it could represent a debt one is unable to pay. This is because one’s back is
the point that carries his burdens. A hump in a dream also may be interpreted
as a burden, longevity, or bearing children. (Also see Hunchback)
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Wrap
To see oneself wrapped in a blanket or a cloth in a dream means being
serious about one’s work and earning an honest livelihood. It also means
receiving a medal of honor, recognition, or an endowment for his noble virtues.
(Also see Shroud; Wrap up)
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Visiting holy sites
Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina in a dream means
seeking God’s nearness and his pleasure through good deeds. It also means
feeling safe, mixing with people of knowledge, associating with people of
religious ranks, joining the company of knowledge seekers, and developing
sincere love for the family of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace, serving and
loving those who love his progeny. Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in a dream also
means love, knowledge and guidance. Visiting Al-Aqsa Sacred Mosque in
Jerusalem in a dream means blessings, understanding the inner meaning of
important spiritual subjects and miraculous events, or reflecting upon the
Nocturnal Journey of God’s Messenger (uwbp), the night in which the eight
heavens were decorated to receive and honor him when he was called upon to
come before God Almighty. Visiting the grave of God’s Prophet Abraham, upon
whom be peace, in a dream means obedience to one’s parents, being true to them,
seeking their love, blessings and pleasure with sincerity and trueness with one’s
words and actions. Visiting holy sites in a dream also means seeking knowledge
and wisdom, having love for charitable people, associating with good people,
seeking to learn one’s religion at the hand of a pious teacher, to receive blessings
and benefits in this life and in the next. (Also see Muhammad, upon whom be
peace; Mecca; Medina)
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Garment
Wearing a good quality garment in a dream means prosperity in this
world and in the hereafter. Wearing a woolen garment in a dream means
renouncing the world and calling on people to do the same and to desire the
benefits of the hereafter. Wearing a green robe in a dream brings benefits and
no harm. If a living person sees himself or someone else wearing green in a
dream, it denotes his religious devotion. As for a deceased person, it means a
good state and acceptance before God Almighty. It is also said that wearing a
green garment in a dream means receiving an inheritance. Wearing a white
garment also means glad tidings. If a fabric merchant or a tailor sees himself
wearing a white garment in a dream, it means lack of work. Wearing a black
garment in a dream means a bad omen, but if one is used to wearing black
clothing, then it means honor, wealth and receiving a high ranking position.
Wearing a red garment in a dream means excess earnings that are not yet free
from due alms. Such a person then must immediately pay the proper share of
his earnings. A red garment in a dream means death, sickness and to a poor
person, it means increase in his difficulties. Wearing a red garment in a dream
can mean good only if the person wearing it is an unmarried woman. Otherwise,
wearing red during festivals or social gatherings in a dream has no meaning.
Wearing a yellow garment in a dream or any of its derivative colors in general
means ulcer or other internal festering illness. Wearing a silken garment in a
dream means loss and negligence of one’s religious life. Wearing a blue garment
in a dream means distress and difficulties. Wearing a patterned garment of
mixed colors in a dream means being reprimanded by one’s superior. It also
could represent a flower merchant. Wearing a double sided coat means duplicity
and affectation. A washed garment in a dream means poverty and indebtedness.
Wearing a brocaded garment in a dream means attending a pilgrimage. Oth¬
erwise, if the person qualifies, it means controlling interests in a farmland, or
it may represent a good harvest for that year. Wearing a garment which is
brilliant in colors for a man in a dream represents his pride and arrogance. If
one sees himself wearing a silken raiment and portraying a religious jurist in
a dream, it means that he is a seeker of worldly titles who may invent something
new. Announcing lost and found garments in a dream means attending a
pilgrimage to Mecca or a journey to an Arab country. A woman wearing a thin
garment in a dream represents her integrity, while if she is wearing a thick
garment, it represents her labor and hardships. If one sees himself putting on
a new garment after taking a ritual bath in a dream, it means prosperity or
repayment of his debts. If one’s new garment is torn and cannot be repaired in
the dream, it means inability to bear children. If the garment can be repaired
in the dream, it means that there is an evil spell over the person wearing it.
Wearing two torn garments in a dream means death. A torn garment in a dream
also means a shattered religious or spiritual life, or it could mean that one is
pursued by an evil person, or it could mean poverty or striving to satisfy one’s
basic material needs. If one is stripped of his clothing in a dream, it means loss
of his status. Destroying or wasting garments in a dream brings glad tidings,
unless if the person seeing the dream is incarcerated, or if he is a poor person,
or if he is in debt. If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s outfit in the dream,
and if in his consciousness he intended to act effeminately, it means that he will
face a calamity and carry a great burden. If he thinks in his dream that he is
a woman, then his humiliation will be greater. Receiving used garments but in
a good condition as a gift in a dream means money, though if they are in bad
condition, they mean trouble. A dog wearing a woolen cloak in a dream
represents a just ruler. If one sees a lion wearing a cotton or a linen cloak in a
dream, it represents a ruler who confiscates people’s properties and money.
Wearing linen cloak in a dream also means living a dignified life. Eating a clean
garment in a dream means receiving lawful earnings, and eating a dirty
garment in a dream means living from unlawful money. Burning one’s garment
in a dream means the end of his difficulties. Ironing off the creases of one’s
garment before wearing it in a dream means interest in beauty, glitters and
ornaments. (Also see Closet; Colors; Filth; Trader)
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