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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Skies
(Castle; Child; Firmament; Heavens; House; Mother; Oath; Ocean; Prison;
Teacher; Town; Wife; Wonders) In a dream, the sky represents itself. Whatever
descends from it or comes from that direction in a dream will materialize. If fire
falls from the sky over people’s homes in a dream, it means plagues, illness,
pleurisy, smallpox, or death and destruction. If fire falls over the marketplace
in the dream, it means higher prices. If it falls over the fields and farmlands in
the dream, it means that the crops could either burn, freeze, or be struck by a
swarm of locusts or by other harmful insects. If what falls from the sky indicates
prosperity, such as honey, oil, figs, barley, or money, etcetera, in the dream, it
means a good rain and a good harvest for that year. Whatever falls from the sky
of good or bad may represent the government and the hardships it inflicts upon
the people, or the benefits it may bring them. Climbing to the sky with a rope,
a ladder, or using a staircase in a dream means exaltation, rising in station, good
luck and support. If one climbs without a common medium in a dream, it means
fear and arrogance. If his intention in climbing is to spy on others in the dream,
it means that he may work as a spy. If one descends safely from the sky in the
dream, it means that he will escape and be spared the consequences of his sin.
If he falls and breaks or fractures a bone or so in the dream, it means that he
may suffer such accident in wakefulness. If a sick person sees himself climbing
to the sky, and if he does not return to earth in the dream, it means that he may
die from his illness. If he comes back in the dream, it means that his illness will
increase and his difficulties will reach their peak, though God willing, he will
recover from his illness, unless he falls into a hole in a dream. In that case the
hole represents his grave. If one sees the sky shooting arrows causing people
wounds, injuries and bleeding in a dream, it means taxes and confiscation of
properties by the government. If the arrows hit people’s ears and eyes only in
the dream, it means that major trials and temptations will strike at everyone.
If the arrows fall without causing harm to anyone, and if people rush to collect
them in the dream, they represent a booty that people will come to win, or a
divine gifts people will enjoy. To rise close to the sky in a dream means nearness
to one’s Lord. This is particularly true for pious people and for true believers.
Nearing the sky in a dream also represents a supplication needing an immediate
answer, and God willing such prayers will be answered. Nearing the sky in a
dream also could mean going before the governor of one’s town, or any person
from whom one may need something, i.e., a teacher, a man of knowledge, a
father, or a wife. If one sees the sky falling over his head in a dream, it means
that the roof of his house may cave in, or that he will die from an illness he
already suffers. If one sees himself climbing and entering the sky in a dream,
it means that he will die as a martyr. If one sees himself standing in the sky in
a dream, it means that he will command or admonish others. If one sees himself
in the sky looking down at something on earth in a dream, it means that he will
rise in station, then he will regret something he missed. If one sees the sky green
in a dream, it means prosperity and a good harvest. If one sees the sky turned
into iron in a dream, it means drought or scarcity of rain. If one falls from the
sky in a dream, it means that he may abandon his faith, become a reprobate,
or that he may be struck with a major calamity that will be driven by an unjust
person. If the iron sky splits open, and if an old man appears from behind it in
the dream, such an old person represents the grandfather of the people of that
town or tribe. Consequently, people will enjoy a good harvest, prosperity and
happiness. If it is a young man that appears in the dream, then he represents
an enemy and an evil that may befall the people following such dream. If a sheep
appears from the sky in a dream, then it means profits. If camels appear, then
they represent rain. If a lion appears in the dream, it represents an unjust ruler.
If the sky becomes one solid piece in the dream, it means drought. If it rips apart
and its doors become wide open in the dream, then it means rain or an answer
to people’s prayers. If one sees himself reaching out and touching the sky in a
dream, it means that he is seeking an important goal, and that he will fail to
attain it. If one sees himself rising near the lower heavens in a dream, it means
worldly gains, or profits and status in either material or spiritual realms. If one
looks toward the sky, whether to the East or to the West in a dream, it means
travels. If one sees himself stealing the sky and hiding it in ajar in a dream, it
means that he may steal a copy of the holy Quran and hides it with his wife.
If one sees the sky wide open in a dream, it means blessings and benefits. If one
sees himself rising toward the sky in a fiat posture in a dream, it means that
he will become emaciated, or suffer losses in his business. On the other hand,
if one sees himself rising without difficulty and without being laid on his back
in a dream, it means exaltation, success and safety from any harm that could
be driven by one’s enemies. If one bites the sky in a dream, it means that a
calamity will strike at him, or it could mean business losses, failure to attain
one’s goals, or an argument with one’s superior at work. If one sees himself
touring the sky then returning to earth in a dream, it means that he may become
an astronomer, or an astrologer and gain fame in his field. If one sees himself
leaning his back to the sky in a dream, it means that he may win a leadership
position, or win victory over his opponents. If one sees himself in the sky having
a form different than that of human beings in a dream, it means that he may
leave this world unblessed. If one sees himself hanging down with a rope from
the sky in a dream, it means that he will govern after someone else’s, or inherit
his post. However, if the rope breaks in the dream, it means that he may lose
such an opportunity. If one sees a lighted candle in the sky which luster and
brightness dims the light of the sun in a dream, it represents a solar eclipse. If
one sees the sky being build in his presence in a dream, it means that he lies
in his testimonies. Falling from the sky in a dream also could be a warning
against falling into sin. Falling from the sky in a dream with one’s head down
means longevity. If one sees himself in the sky but could not remember when
did he enter it in a dream, it means that God willing he is already in paradise.
If one sees radiance, or scintillating rays of light coming through the sky in a
dream, it means guidance. If he sees dark clouds coming through the sky in a
dream, it means that he could stray from God’s path. If he sees a scourge
descending from the sky in a dream, it means that plagues and adversities will
befall the people as a chastisement for their sins, or for crimes they have
committed. As for gnostics and people of knowledge, seeing the sky in a dream
means clarity, vision, placing one’s interests in heavenly matters, or travelling
to distant lands, or engaging in importing and exporting goods. Climbing into
the sky in a dream also means falsehood, false beliefs, lies, or talking about God
Almighty without the proper knowledge or guidance. Climbing into the sky in
a dream also could mean seeking one’s livelihood, satisfying one’s needs, or
fulfilling a promise. Skies in a dream also represent the ocean because of their
vastness and the countless number of creation living therein, or they could
represent the ripening of fruits, or the conclusion of one’s work, or they could
represent one’s helmet, armor, wife, money, religion, death, or they could
indicate slander and falsehood against someone who descends from them after
being raised, and they could mean making peace with one’s enemies, or they
could represent the shares allotted for each one of God’s creation, the good and
the bad, people’s sustenance and that of beasts, gains, losses, blessings or
afflictions. (Also see Ascending in the skies; Celestial spheres; Heavens; Star)
Skin inflammation: (Thinning; Shedding one’s skin) If one sees his skin thinned
or inflamed between his legs in a dream, it means that he will marry a rich
woman who will give him her wealth. If one sees himself shedding his skin or
skinning himself in a dream, it means money he will part with, and if he is sick,
it means his death. (Also see Dry skin; Skin)
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Shelf
(Secretary) In a dream, shelves represent one’s confidant, the keeper of his
secrets, one’s secretary, one who veils noble women’s personal pitfalls, or one
who creates a facade for some charitable women. To see a shelf that carries some
unique or precious collectibles in one’s house or shop in a dream means that one
may beget an intelligent son who is diversified and capable, and who will grow
to become a renowned man of knowledge. A shelf supported with rods in a dream
represents a chaste woman who protect her husband’s secrets. A shelf in a
dream also represents a trustworthy business partner who labors hard for the
success of the business, and who respects and guards his partner’s interests.
Shell: (Husk; Peel; Rind; Shuck; Skin) Almond, walnuts or the like nutshell in a
dream signify clothing or sustenance. If a pregnant woman sees nutshells in her
dream, they mean a miscarriage. A shell or a husk in a dream represents
hypocrisy, affectation, ostentatiousness and a swelled head. (Also see Skin)
Shelling: (Bombing; Shooting) Shelling someone or a place in a dream represents
an excuse or a stratagem. Shelling in a dream also means defaming the people
of knowledge, slandering them, or exploiting a religious subject for fame and
profits. Shelling someone or a place in a dream also may mean adversities and
trials. Shelling the castle of one’s enemy in a dream means speaking the truth,
or invoking a strong prayer. (Also see Shooting arrows)
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Bow
In a dream, a bow means travels, a brother, a wife, a son or closeness to
someone. A covered bow in a dream means that, one’s wife is pregnant. If a
pregnant woman hands a man a bow in a dream, it means that she will conceive
a girl from him. If a pregnant woman hands her husband a bow in a dream, it
means that she will deliver a boy. Stretching the strings of a bow in a dream
means longevity. Stretching it without an arrow in a dream means planning! to
travel. A broken bow in a dream signifies the death of a brother, a business
partner, or a son. A bow is broken bow in a dream means that an accident may
cause the hand of a brother or a business partner to fracture. Holding a broken
bow in a dream means losing one’s job or closing one’s business. Seeing a young
man attaching a string to a bow in a dream represents one’s enemy. Attaching
a string to a bow in a dream also means marriage, while detaching the string
of a bow in a dream means divorce. Seeing oneself standing before a ruler with
two bows length between them mean receiving an appointment. The two bows
in a dream also represent one’s eye-brows. Shooting arrows with a bow in a
dream means speaking wrong about something or backbiting someone. Carving
a bow in a dream means preparing to get married or begetting a son. Shooting
an arrow and hitting one’s target in a dream means fulfilling one’s needs, or
attaining one’s goal. Selling one’s bow and arrows in a dream means giving
priority to one’s religious life over that of his mundane one. Shooting hazelnuts
in a town in a dream means backbiting people, while shooting hazelnuts in the
forest means earning lawful money from hunting. Shooting arrows in front of
the city hall in a dream means backbiting or slandering others. Shooting a
pigeon in a dream means slandering one’s own wife. Bending an arch in a dream
means preparing for war. (Also see Eye-brow)
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Arrows
In a dream, arrows mean messages, a messenger, writings, victory over
one’s enemy. If a woman sees her husband’s arrows in their quiver in a dream,
it means that her husband has turned away from her. Arrows in a dream also
are an indicator or a guide. Seeing an arrow outside its quiver, means failure
to perform one's duty or inability to deliver one’s message. Shooting arrows in
a dream means writing letters. If one shoots an arrow but fails to hit his target
in the dream, it means that he will send a messenger to do something and his
messenger will fail to deliver. If one sees a woman shooting him with an arrow
in a dream, it means that she is showing kindness toward him and consequently
he may fall in love with her, or he may marry her. If one shoots an arrow and
hits his target in a dream, it means that he will reach his goal, or if he wishes
to have a child, it means that he will bear a son. An arrow in a dream also
represents a messenger, profits, a son, longevity or new clothing. If the arrows
are made from reeds in one’s dream, they mean falsehood and prattle. If they
have arrowheads in the dream, then they represent a talkative person who if
he hits his target, it means that he does what he says. If the arrowhead breaks
in the dream, it means that he speaks only to protect himself from others’
arrows. If the arrow is made from gold in the dream, it means that he is sending
a message to a woman because of another woman. The arrowhead in a dream
represents strength, power or disturbance. The arrows themselves in a dream
also mean the fear of an emissary for his life. Throwing arrows in a dream means
backbiting others and slandering them. (Also see Archer; Shooting arrows)
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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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