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Doorplate
(See Doorstep; Threshold)
Interpreted by Ibn Sirin
Plate
In a dream, a plate represents one’s beloved, or it could mean going through
hard times, or it could represent locusts or money. A plate in a woman’s dream
represents the best man in her circles. If a man sees a plate in his dream, it
represents the most respected woman in his circles. If one sees a covered plate
being taken out of the room of a sick person, the contents represent the cause
of his illness.
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Money
(Bones; Banana; Brass; Bread; Coin; Dirt; Dough; Pennies; Pie; Poison)
A plated coin in a dream means lies, falsehood, or triviality. To shower someone
with money in a dream means listening to a filthy conversation, or imperson¬
ating someone. Money in a dream also means vain talk, or missing one’s
prayers. If one sees himself swallowing a coin of money in a dream, it means
that he will betray his trust. Money in a dream is also interpreted as knowledge,
faith, guidance, or becoming a government employee. Giving money away in a
dream means dispelling agony, difficulties or burdens. If one receives money
in his dream, it means that he is entrusted with something. Handling one to
four coins in a dream is a lucky number. Money in a dream is also interpreted
as women’s talk. Having a lot of money in a dream means disputes. Receiving
money from a known source in a dream means stress. If the source is unknown
in the dream, it means a calamity. If one receives an engraved coin in a dream,
it means that he may be hurt by his own family, or for the sake of a protegd of
his. If one sees a deceased person giving him a coin of money in a dream, it
means that he will be spared from an unjust trial. If he refuses to take the
money from the deceased person in the dream, it means that he should beware
not to be unjust toward others or fall prey to their injustice. If one who has ten
coins finds that he only has five coins in the dream, it means that he will lose
accordingly. If he has five coins then sees them doubled in the dream, it means
that he will double his money. (Also see Banana; Banknote; Bones; Counting
money; Pastry; Voice)
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Cemetery
(Burial ground; Grave; Graveyard) Seeing a cemetery or a graveyard
in a dream means appeasement and comfort for a terrified person, and dismay
to a comfortable and a relaxed person. A graveyard represents the elements of
fear, hope and return to guidance after heedlessness. A cemetery represents the
hereafter, because it is its vehicle. A cemetery in a dream also represents the
prison of the body, but in a dream, it also means seclusion, devotion, abstinence,
asceticism or admonition. A cemetery also can be interpreted as the dead looking
drunkard in a bar, a man laying flat in a prostitution house, the home of a
heedless person who often sleeps rather than pray or a hypocrite whose deeds
are not subject to receiving a heavenly reward, etcetera. If a sick person walks
into a funeral procession in a dream, it means that his illness will culminate in
his death. If he is not sick and then during that procession he weeps or prays
for the deceased person in the dream, it means that he will repent of his sins,
join spiritual study circles and serves the people of knowledge. Such a person
also may attain a blessed spiritual station and benefit from what he hears and
sees. If one sees himself walking in a funeral procession and neglecting respect
and contemplation, and instead laughs and jokes, it means that he will befriend
evildoers and accept their evil conduct as a standard norm of behavior. If one
sees himself visiting a graveyard for seclusion, self-awakening and self-re¬
straint, then if he reflects about words of truth, wisdom and repentance in his
dream, it means that he will be asked to judge between two people, and that he
will rule with justice. If one does not contemplate thus in the dream, it means
that he will forget about something important or dear to his heart. If one enters
the graveyard calling to prayers in a dream, it means that he will admonish
people, commands what is good and forbids what is evil. If one sees himself
entering a graveyard and walking over the scattered bones of the dead people
in a dream, it means that he will die and be buried there. A cemetery in a dream
also represents admonition, reading the Quran, crying, reminiscence, piety,
surrender to one’s destiny and discarding worldly gains. A cemetery in a dream
also may represent the scholars, ascetics, governors, leaders, camps or a brothel.
The graves of saints or shrines in a dream signify innovation, heedlessness,
intoxication, adultery, corruption and fear. A stone tomb or a sarcophagus in a
dream signifies profits, war prisoners, a booty or exposing one’s personal
secrets. (Also see Burial; Grave; Shrine)
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Bowl
(Cup; Plate; Tray) In a dream, a bowl represents man’s money pouch or what
his wife would like to receive from him. If one sees himself receiving a bowl filled
with sweets in a dream, it means receiving abundance of love from one’s beloved.
If the bowl is filled with sour food or some green raw vegetables in the dream,
it means that animosity will develop on the part of his beloved, and it will
provoke despise and fighting between husband and wife. Seeing a bowl in a
dream also means increase in one’s earnings. A bowl also represents a servant,
a child, a daughter, a nanny, or a handmaiden. Licking a bowl in a dream
represents one’s earnings, and it could mean that he has consumed his lot in this
life, or that he has reached the term of his life in this world. If one sees a large
number of people gathering around a bowl to eat from it in a dream, it means
a reunion of his clan, or it could represent the place of his dwelling. If they are
people of true actions, it means that they will become friendly with him. If one
urinates in a bowl or in ajar in a dream, it means that he will sexually abuse
members of his own family. Abowl in a dream also represents one’s beloveds and
its contents represent one’s love. Holding a bowl in a dream means a reunion
with one’s beloved. (Also see Pot; Wooden bowl)
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Doorstep
(Door lintel; Doorplate; Threshold) In a dream, the doorstep of one’s
house represents one’s power, or it could mean marriage. If one sees himself
removing the doorstep of his house in a dream, it means losing his power. If he
removes the door lintels of his house in a dream, it means divorcing his wife. If
the door lintels are taken away and one could no longer see them in the dream,
it means his death. If he can still see them in the dream, then it means a sickness
from which he will recover. The door lintel in a dream also represents a woman
or the house bottler. If a governor sees the doorsteps of his house being removed
in a dream, it means that he will be impeached. Whatever happens to the
doorsteps in a dream should be interpreted as relating to one’s wife or a woman.
(Also see Threshold)
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Pear
(Fruit) A pear in a dream means money, blessings, or a sickness. Eating it
in season in a dream means benefits, income, or it could denote the arrival of
a long awaited person. Eating pears out of season in a dream means a sickness
or swelling, though if a sick person eats a pear in a dream, it means a cure for
his illness, or it could mean earning unlawful money. Receiving a basket, or a
plate of pears in a dream means receiving an inheritance. As for a pregnant
woman, pears in a dream represent a son, and for an unmarried woman, they
means marriage. Pears in a dream also signify the death of an ailing person and
his burial.
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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;
Pearl necklace; Reading)
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Pumpkin
(Gourd; Squash; Zucchini) In a dream, a pumpkin represents a scholar,
or a highly trained physician who cares about his patients and who is loved by
the people, who asks for little and who rarely asks for anything for himself. A
pumpkin in a dream could also denote medicine and particularly when cooked.
Eating pumpkin in a dream also means guidance, following good example, or it
could mean temptation. Eating a pumpkin in a dream also means recovering a
lost object, or reuniting with one’s beloved, or correcting one’s spiritual thoughts.
Eating raw pumpkin in a dream means becoming scared of roaming spirits (See
Jinn), or it could mean fighting with someone. Resting under the shade of a
pumpkin in a dream means soliciting peace and safety. It is also said that a
pumpkin plant in a dream represents a poor person. Finding a pumpkin in the
middle of a plantation of melons in a dream means recovering from a dangerous
illness. A pumpkin in a dream also could mean censure, reproof, or a scolding.
Eating a cooked pumpkin in a dream also means acquiring knowledge, or
memorizing some of it, or it could mean reestablishing broken ties. Pumpkin in
a dream also means distress, trouble, tight financial standing, sickness, or
imprisonment. A pumpkin in a dream also denotes vigilance and clarity of mind.
Serving plates or kitchen utensils that are made from dried pumpkin skin in a
dream represent beautiful, humorous and noble women. Eating a pumpkin
curry dish in a dream means distress, sadness and sorrow. Eating a steamed
pumpkin without spices in a dream may mean earnings. (Also see Food)
Punch: (Box; Fist fight; Strike) In a dream, punching someone means speaking
to him with roughness. Holding a fist in a dream means abstaining from
performing one’s obligatory prayers. Punching someone in a dream also means
using base and ignoble words in a fight between believers, or it could mean
revenge, indebtedness, a court appeal, a summon or a lawsuit. (Also see Spur)
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City
(Knowledge; Town; Village) Entering a city in a dream means appeasement
of one’s fears. Imam Ibn Seerin use to prefer entering the city in a dream rather
than leaving it. A city in a dream also represents a learned person, a wise man
and a scholar. If one enters a city and finds it in ruins in his dream, it means
that the learned people of that city no longer live there. It is said that seeing a
city in a dream means the death of its ruler or an unjust governor from that
place. Seeing a city being built in a dream signifies the growing number of its
learned people and represents children who will continue the path of their
fathers. Seeing a city with no governor in a dream means rising prices. An
unknown city in a dream represents the hereafter, while a known city represents
the world. Seeing oneself in an unknown city in a dream is also a sign of
righteousness. The best of cities in a dream are the large ones. One’s home town
in a dream represents his father, while one’s homeland in a dream represents
his mother. Seeing oneself in a northern city in a dream mean increase of one’s
cash flow. Seeing oneself in a southern city means increase in one’s trickery and
deception. Seeing oneself in a low plateau in a dream means difficulties and
trouble, while seeing oneself in a high plateau means trustworthiness and
truthfulness. Seeing oneself in Egypt in a dream means longevity and a
comfortable living. Seeing oneself in a farmland in a dream means pursuing
innovation. Seeing oneself in a bower in a dream signifies the coming of a
prosperous year. Seeing oneself in Jerusalem or at the feet of Mount Sinai in a
dream also means prosperity. Seeing oneself in Bethlehem in a dream means
increased religious devotion. Seeing oneself in Damascus in a dream means
blessings, prosperity and wealth, or it could mean corruption. A cold city in a
dream represents adversities. Seeing oneself in a shore city in a dream means
winning people’s acceptance. Standing on a sulfuric soil or a salinized soil in a
dream means an illness. Seeing oneself in a large and populated city in a dream
means prosperity and wealth. Entering a city in a dream also means making
peace between people. Driving through an unknown section of a city in a dream
means losses. Entering an old city that is rebuilt and restored in a dream means
that a great and a pious person will be born in that city and he will grow to guide
its people on the path of righteousness. A city in a dream also signifies an oath,
meeting with one’s beloveds, peace, tranquility and safety. Meeting with God¬
fearing people in a dream means attaining one’s goals and receiving glad
tidings. Seeing the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in a dream means adversities,
earthquake, fear and corruption. Seeing a city in a dream also could mean
repentance from sin. A province in a dream represents its governor or renowned
scholars. Governing a city in a dream means rising to a suitable position, getting
married, recovering from an illness, repenting from sin, or receiving guidance
at the hand of a learned shaikh. Seeing a deceased person walking alive in a city
in a dream perhaps means that he is in paradise enjoying its blessings. Seeing
a deceased person in a village in a dream means that he might be in hell laboring
with its people. A city in a dream also represents the entertainment it provides
for its dwellers. The name of a city one sees in a dream should reflect some of
the meanings of one’s dream. (See Introduction). The industry of a city also has
a share in the dream interpretation. Known cities in the world in a dream
represent their rulers. Entering a city one already knows in a dream means that
one will not die until he enters it again, or it could mean that he will receive news
from that city. The walls of a city represent a strong ruler. A demolished wall
of a city in a dream signifies the death of its ruler or his removal from office. If
one sees a flourishing city with its urban construction, factories and farms, his
dream will reflect the spiritual awareness and religious devotion of its people.
(Also see Village)
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Food
(Man’s food; Dinner; Digesting food; Invitation; Lunch) Food which is placed
on a ceramic plate or on a clay plate in a dream represents lawful earnings. If
food is served on a forbidden golden or silver platter in the dream, it represents
unlawful money, extensive debts, eating and chewing one’s food with desire and
gluttony. Swallowing what one is chewing means debts or collectors demanding
their money. Eating with the right hand in a dream means success. Eating with
the left hand in a dream means falling in the trap of one’s enemy and displeasing
one’s friends. Eating from someone else’s hand in a dream means good absti¬
nence and trusting in God Almighty as one’s sole sustainer. Eating from
someone else’s hand in a dream also can be interpreted as a sickness or inability
to eat with one’s own hand. Eating sweets in a dream means solving a problem
through kindness. If the food is greasy in the dream, it means that one’s problem
is a lasting one. Sour food in a dream means steadfastness. Sour food in one’s
mouth in a dream also means pain and sufferings. Yellow food in a dream means
sickness, except for fowl’s meat. Drinking food the way one drinks liquids in a
dream means increase in one’s earnings. Eating at a wedding in a dream means
glad tidings. Eating at a reception after a funeral in a dream means distress and
sorrow. Any food that has a long shelf life in a dream means profits and
continuous benefits. Meat, eggplant, squash or the like food in a dream represent
temporary benefit or seasonal earnings. Eating at the tables of royalties or rich
people in a dream means rising in rank, or renewing the mandate of one’s office.
Eating squash in a dream also means guidance, following the true religious
precepts, or it could mean vigilance. Eating food from the table of people of
knowledge in a dream means acquiring knowledge, guidance, wisdom and
blessings. Eating food from the plate of a policeman or a soldier in a dream
means committing adultery or receiving money from an unlawful source. Eating
the food of poor people or pious ones in a dream means repentance from sin or
receiving guidance. Eating the food of nomads or bedouins in a dream means
travels, rising in station or changes in one’s conditions. Eating a meal that is
cooked with meat in a dream means richness for a poor person. Eating a meal
that is cooked without meat in a dream also may mean poverty, or it could mean
devotion. If one’s meal turns into something better in the dream, it me ans
advancement in one’s spiritual life. If one’s food turns bitter or sour in the
dream, it means changing a spouse or a job. If one cookes a tasty meal in a dream,
it means attaining a high ranking job, or it could mean prospering after
suffering from a painful poverty. If someone else cooks one’s meal in the dream,
it means dealing with a treachrous person and in this case, it means that one
should fear for his life or about doing business with him, or it could mean that
he may receive a helping hand in doing his job. If one eats an unbearably hot
food in a dream, it means adversities. If one finds his mouth filled with food, and
if there is still a cavity for more food in the dream, it means confusion, or it could
represent the balance of his life in this world. If one manages to grind and
swallow the food in his mouth in a dream, it means that he will overcome his
difficulties. Receiving a sour or a bitter tasting food from someone in a dream
means hearing harsh words, and the same interpretation is given if one offers
someone sour or bitter food in a dream. If he eats it, then it means sorrow,
sadness and distress. If one finds himself eating it patiently and thanks God
Almighty for it in the dream, it means that he will escape from such dangers.
(Also see Chewing food; Guest; Hospitality; Swallowing; Table)
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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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Threshold
In a dream, a threshold represents one’s gown, garment, one’s
adornment, makeup, money, or it may denote closing a subject, spreading it, or
it could represent a beautiful woman who embodies all the attributes man
desires, including beauty, good character, intelligence, wealth and fertility.
Buying a new threshold or sitting on one in a dream means that either the
husband or the wife may suffer a bodily injury. If one sees himself sitting under
the threshold of his door in a dream, it represents an adversity or an illness. If
one sees himself being carried over the threshold of his door in a dream, it
represents his funeral. (Also see Doorstep; Door lintel; Doorplate)
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Gold
In a dream, gold is a disliked element which cause damages, anxiety and
losses. Wearing a golden bracelet in a dream means receiving an inheritance.
Wearing a golden ornament in a dream means marriage to an incompatible
person. Any wedding gift one receives from such a person means trouble.
Receiving a golden bar in a dream means losing money or business. If one sees
himself melting a bar of gold in a dream, it means that he will be persecuted for
committing a loathsome act and he will become the talk of the town. Seeing
broken chips of gold or a whole coin of gold in a dream means meeting with the
ruler of the country or with the governor of town. Minting gold in a dream
represents evil, death or destruction. Seeing one’s house turning gold in a dream
means that a fire will consume his house. If one’s hand turns gold in a dream,
it means that it may be paralyzed. Seeing one’s eyes turning gold in a dream
means that he may become blind. Wearing a golden necklace, or a silver
necklace, or a necklace studded with gems in a dream means that one will
become a leader, or that he could receive something in trust. Gold in a dream
also represents the elements of festivities, joy, profits, good deeds, dispelling
stress, marriage, children, knowledge, spiritual guidance, or literally the business
of goldsmithing. If one sees gold turning into silver in a dream, it means decrease
in value, or changing conditions in relation to women, children or properties.
The opposite is also true. If one sees silver turning into gold in a dream, it means
increase in value, the rising moon of one’s wife, children, business or clan. Any
gold embroidered garment or fabric in a dream means religious offerings. Any
gold plated ornaments in a dream means emulating mundane people, or
outwardly imitating spiritual people, or ostentatiously acting like them. Pure
gold or silver in a dream means purity and sincerity of one’s intentions, making
a true covenant or signing a peace treaty. Gold plated or silver plated ornaments
or gold leaf objects in a dream represent a short life, changing circumstances,
spending long and sleepless nights, or it could mean forgetfulness. Wearing any
manufactured or handmade piece of jewelry in a dream means perpetual
earnings. The same interpretation is given to gold foils. (Also see Goldsmith)
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Lick
Licking milk, water, honey or a dash of anything in a dream denotes
frugality, tight handedness, or meager earning. To dip one’s finger in a plate of
tasty food and lick it in a dream may denote a precious metal, a jewel, or a
pendant. To lick up one’s fingers or any element in a dream means money, or
benefits from the substance one is licking in his dream. (Also see Electuary)
Licking a bowl: (See Lick; Wooden bowl)
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Sources:The dream interpretations presented on this website are primarily based on the renowned works of Imam Ibn Sirin (رحمه الله). Additional insights are derived from authentic Islamic sources, including references to the Qur'an, Sunnah, and scholarly consensus among early Islamic dream interpreters.While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of the content, we encourage readers to consult qualified Islamic scholars for deeper understanding or in matters requiring religious rulings.
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