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Wool
Wearing a woolen garment in the winter in a dream means profits and
benefits. Wearing it during the summertime represents strain, distress and
adversities. Wearing a woolen garment in a dream also means lawful money and
prosperity. Sleeping over a sheepskin in a dream means becoming rich from
associating with a rich woman, or from a marriage to a rich woman. Burning
wool in a dream means religious contempt, or loss of capital. If a man of
knowledge sees himself wearing a woolen garb in a dream, it means that he is
leaning toward an ascetic life, or that he will become a caller to God’s path, teach
people to love the eternal comfort of the hereafter and to despise the temporary
pleasures of this world. Wearing a woolen cloak with nothing under it in a dream
means receiving money from a noble and a well respected person. A dog wearing
sheepskin in a dream represents a lowly person who subsidizes his business
through a well known and a respected person. If one sees a lion wearing a
sheepskin in a dream, the lion here represents a tyrant who confiscates people’s
money and property. Wool in a dream also represents purity, clarity and
asceticism, except if the wool is coarse or unsuitable to wear, then it means
poverty or humiliation. (Also see Spinning)
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Mattress
(Bed; Sleeping pad) In a dream, a mattress represents comfort or a
woman. Selling one’s mattress in a dream means divorcing one’s wife. If one’s
wife is sick, then selling one’s mattress means that she may die from her illness.
If one sees a dog or a pig sleeping on his mattress in a dream, it means that an
insolent person is having a secret affair with one’s wife. If the mattress is stuffed
with wool, cotton, or down in the dream, it represents a wealthy woman. If the
mattress is made of brocade or silk in the dream, it represents a Hindu woman.
If the color of the mattress is white in the dream, it represents a religious and
a pious wife. A green mattress in a dream represents a pious and a religious
wife. A black mattress in the dream represents a woman who is engaged in
doing something for other than God’s pleasure. Buying a new and a beautiful-
looking mattress in a dream means marriage to a chaste and a beautiful woman.
If the new mattress is torn or damaged in the dream, it means living with an
impious woman. Changing the place of one’s bed in a dream means divorce. If
one finds himself unable to sleep on his bed in a dream, it means that he cannot
have marital relationship with his wife, or perhaps he could be suffering from
impotence. If one tears his mattress in pieces in a dream, it means that he will
commit adultery. If he sees his mattress placed in front of the city hall in a
dream, it means that he may assume an important political appointment. An
unknown mattress in an unknown place in a dream means buying, receiving,
or inheriting a farmland. A mattress in a dream also means bearing a son.
Changing one’s mattress in a dream means leaving one’s wife for the sake of
another woman. If one does not like to sleep on his mattress in a dream and
prefers to find another place to rest, it means that he will renounce his conjugal
life. Folding one’s mattress and placing it aside in a dream means leaving one’s
home for a long journey, divorcing one’s wife, or avoiding to sleep with her for
one reason or another, or it could mean the death of either the husband or the
wife. Sitting over one’s bed in a dream means gaining authority, or managing
someone’s business. Sleeping in a dream means heedlessness, or it could mean
peace and tranquility. (Also see Bed)
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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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Rope
(Cable; Hawser) In a dream, a rope represents an agreement, a promise, or
a covenant. A rope which is extended down from the heavens in a dream
represents God’s Book. However, a rope in a dream also represents rank, respect
and prosperity, or it could mean deception, misleading others, or sorcery.
Holding to a rope in one’s dream represents one’s strict adherence to God’s path.
If the rope is made from fibers in the dream, it means that the one holding it
is a rough person. If it is made from leather in the dream, then it represents a
bloody person. If the rope is made from wool in the dream, then it represents
a religious person. Twisting a rope in a dream means going on a trip. Twisting
it around one’s own neck in the dream means getting married. Throwing it over
one’s shoulders in the dream means an important appointment resulting from
a business trip. Twisting one’s beard to make a rope out of it in a dream means
perjury, receiving a bribe and giving a false testimony. Twisting a rope, making
one, or measuring it in a dream means travels. Attaching a rope to a wooden
stick or a staff in a dream means indulging in an evil act, or engaging in sorcery.
(Also see Cable)
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Turban
(Crown; Headgear; Tiara) In a dream, one’s turban represents his family
tree, his paternal uncle, or his paternal aunt. In a dream, one’s turban also
represents his crown, strength, integrity, state, or wife. If one’s turban is taken
away from him in a dream, it means that he may lose his job, divorce his wife,
or lose his wealth. The same interpretation is given for one who sees himself
wearing a golden turban in a dream. If a prophet of God Almighty, or a ruler
crowns someone with a turban in a dream, it means that he will receive an
important appointment, or that he may marry a pious woman. Putting on a
turban in a dream means increase in one’s strength, expansion of one’s control,
growth in one’s business, or it could mean becoming wealthy. If the turban is
made of wool in the dream, it means a spiritual appointment, and if it is made
of silk in the dream, then it means living a corrupt state of mind, or earning
unlawful money. Wearing a second turban on top of the first one in a dream
means increase in one’s power. Fixing a turban for oneself in a dream means
taking a journey. A yellow turban means sickness. A black turban means
happiness and unity. Wearing a turban in a dream also could mean that one may
lose his sight. If a bewildered person sees himself wearing a turban in a dream,
it means that his fears will dissipate. (Also see Crown; Headgear)
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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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Sheepskin
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Spinning
(Yarn) If a woman sees herself workingon a spinning wheel and quickly
trying to finish her work in a dream, it means that a traveller will soon come
home, or that an expected visitor will arrive. If she sees herself taking her time
in spinning her wool in a dream, it means that either she or her husband will
undertake a journey. If the thread breaks inside the bobbin in her dream, it
means cancellation of her plans to travel. If she sees herself in a dream spinning
cotton threads, it means separation from her husband. During such a separation,
she will cease asking her husband for her bridal dower, and later on she will
return to him. If she sees herself spinning linen in a dream, it means that she
will seek the company of righteous people to acquire wisdom and knowledge. If
a man sees himself spinning cotton, or linen in a dream, it means that he will
suffer humiliation, or he may engage in a job which he cannot do properly. If the
threads he is spinning turn thin in the dream, it means that he toils hard
through his work but fails to do it properly. If the threads turn too thick in the
dream, it means that he will undertake a business trip and reap success from
it. If a man sees a woman spinning cotton in her house in a dream, it means that
she will betray her husband with someone else. If one sees himself spinning
wool, fur, or hair in his dream, it means that he will undertake a profitable
business trip. To undo a spun thread in a dream means renouncing one’s
allegiance, or breaking one’s promise, or denying one’s commitment. (Also see
Ball of thread; Pledge of allegiance; Spindle)
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Sheep
A herd of sheep in a dream represents a good flock, obedient subjects, or
good citizens. Sheep in a dream also signify joy, happiness, festivities, a wife,
children, a farmland, properties, prosperity or wealth, and particularly when
one pays the due alms tax on his money making ventures and liquid assets.
Owning a herd of sheep in a dream represents a growing wealth. Passing by a
herd of sheep in a dream means passing a gathering of men who have no brain.
If a herd of sheep faces someone in a dream, they represent a group of people
who will welcome him with a fight which one will eventually win. Receiving a
herd of sheep as a gift in a dream means a political appointment, knighthood,
knowledge, the seat of justice, or a blessing in one’s life. Shearing off the wool
of a sheep in a dream is a warning that one should remain aloof for three days.
Both the white sheep and the black sheep in a dream mean profit, though the
benefits one draws from a white sheep are greater. Seeing a herd of sheep in a
dream means continuous happiness. Walking by a slaughter house or a tripe
shop and witnessing the heads and trotters of sheep in a dream mean longevity.
To find oneself transformed into a sheep in a dream means a booty or winning
something. Seeing a sheep in one’s dream also represents an obedient son. If
one’s wife is pregnant, and if he is presented with a sheep as a gift in a dream,
it means that she will deliver a boy. Otherwise, the remaining little domesti¬
cated animals represent headache, because of the responsibility involved in
caring for and in upbringing the boys, except for the girls, for they represent
worldly success and profits. If one sees himself slaughtering a sheep in a dream,
it means that one of his boys will shortly die, or perhaps it could be the son of
someone he knows. A sheep trader in a dream represents a good man who is
intuitive and who spends his money on the path of seeking knowledge, or to
propagate the same. If one sees himself having a fat tail like that of a sheep in
a dream, it means that his livelihood will depend on the revenues of his
offspring. In a dream, a sheep also represents a righteous man. (Also see
Counting sheep; Ewe; Ram; Trader)
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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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Ram
In a dream, a ram represents a noble person. Holding a ram by its wool in
a dream means taking money from a noble person. Holding a ram from its horn
in a dream means being restrained by a noble man from engaging in something.
Holding a ram from its buttock in a dream means controlling or managing the
interests of a noble man, or it could mean inheriting him, or marrying his
daughter. Holding a ram from its belly in a dream means taking money from a
noble person. Killing a ram for other than food in a dream means killing a noble
person. If one kills a ram during a wartime in a dream, then it represents his
enemy. A slaughtered ram in a dream represents a murder. Buying a ram from
a butcher in a dream means that a noble and a great person will come to need
the person seeing the dream who will save him from a foreseeable danger, or
help him to recover from an illness. Slaughtering a ram in a dream means
recovering from an illness. Carrying a ram over one’s head in a dream means
caring or managing the business or accounts of a noble and a rich person. Riding
a ram and driving it at will in a dream means conquering a great person. If one
sees a ram riding him in a dream, then it means that such a great and powerful
person will rise above him and control his life. Breaking the horns of a ram in
a dream means weakening a powerful person. Fighting with a ram in a dream
also means fighting with a powerful person. Whoever wins the fight in the
dream, will eventually win it in wakefulness. Seeing a dead ram in a dream
means the death of such a great person. Dividing the meat of a ram in a dream
means dividing the wealth of a great person after his death. Sacrificing a ram
to eat and to distribute from its meat as a charity to poor and needy people in
the dream means the release of a prisoner, his escape from capture, dispelling
distress and worries, payment of one’s debts, attending the annual pilgrimage
to God’s House in Mecca, or recovering from an illness. Slaughtering and
skinning a ram then hanging it in a dream means stripping one’s enemy from
his money and wealth. Seeing a skinned ram inside one’s house in a dream
means the death of a relative. If it is the leg of a ram, then it means the death
of the closest relative. Broiling a ram in a dream means governing for one year
after which period one may be imprisoned. The number of rams in a dream
represents the number of years. Thus, seeing them also represents the number
of years one will serve in his job. The wool of a ram in a dream means money.
A ram in a dream also represents the muezzin in a mosque, a general in the
army, a deposed ruler, or a humiliated person. If a ram attacks someone in a
dream, it signifies an attack by one’s enemy. If a ewe becomes a ram in a dream,
it means that one’s wife will no longer bear children. If one is not married, then
it means winning victory in his life. (Also see Ewe; Sacrifice; Sheep)
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Street vendor
In a dream, if a street vendor is selling woolen garments or golden
jewelry, then one’s dream denotes benefits. If he is selling silk merchandise in
the dream, then it denotes harm.
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Silk
Seeing loose silk in a dream means being enamored, or falling in love. If a
person in authority wears silk in a dream, it represents his arrogance. Wearing
yellow or red silk in a dream means a sickness. If a warrior wears one of these
two colors in his dream, it means that he will be decorated for his chivalry. If
a man of knowledge is adorned with silk in a dream, it means that he is desirous
of worldly status, or that he will lead people astray through innovation. As for
the rest of people, wearing silken garments in a dream means that one’s deeds
are worthy of paradise, though such a person may attain leading ranks and
success in the world as well. Wearing a silken garment in a dream also means
marriage to a woman from a noble lineage. Wearing a silken shawl without
patterns in a dream is better than a cotton or a woolen shawl and particularly
a patterned one. (Also see Silk merchant)
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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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