Islamic Interpretation
Bread in dreams symbolizes sustenance, faith, wealth, longevity, knowledge, a supportive woman, or essential provisions. Bread prepared from refined white flour signifies lawful income and an easeful existence. Bread from unrefined flour points to turmoil or difficulties in one's affairs. Traditionally, every loaf can denote forty years of life, or amounts of money in tens, hundreds, or thousands according to the dreamer's status and occupation. Whole grain bread, barley bread, or sweetened bread with honey indicates escalating costs. Consuming bread along with its crust resembles partaking of honey together with its wax. Freshly baked bread tasted in a dream is most beneficial. Bread also stands for feminine purity. Bread from refined flour reflects pure living, genuine wisdom, or a virtuous spouse. A student sharing bread with the needy foretells achievement in learning and fulfillment of aspirations. For a speaker, it suggests his guidance is welcomed. People gathering around him for bread implies others will pursue his resources, yet his standing remains superior, as giving surpasses receiving. A departed person handing bread promises unforeseen wealth from an unexpected place. Bread suspended in the sky, on rooftops, or from branches signals inflation affecting goods. Bread strewn on the earth with people treading upon it shows abundance fostering arrogance. An attractive loaf indicates firm devotion, while an unappealing one suggests the reverse. Baking bread represents earning one's living. Encountering wasted loaves without partaking signifies reuniting with long-absent kin. A loaf from roughly milled grains means comfortable circumstances despite minor spiritual neglect. Barley bread implies demanding yet organized life. Breads from corn, chickpeas, or millet denote financial constraints and higher prices. Receiving dried bread hints at approaching life's end. For the unmarried, a loaf signifies wedlock; for an artisan, advancement in craft. For leaders, a properly baked loaf embodies fairness. Smaller loaves suggest brief lifespan, larger ones prolonged years. Consuming freshly hot bread indicates insincerity due to lingering oven warmth. Bread without accompaniment portends illness or solitary passing. A needy person tasting sweetened bread or cake warns of ailment or disappointment in hoped gains. Thin oven-baked bread means rising income. A slender loaf also implies limited years. Grasping two loaves suggests wedding two sisters sequentially. Partaking from two loaves simultaneously similarly points to marrying sisters. Pretzels reflect embracing wholesome habits. Old bread signifies low or inferior costs. Dough represents obligations or borrowings. A winged flying loaf indicates elevated prices. Consuming flat or pita bread means straightforward prosperity. A bun denotes stable modest finances. A loaf further represents minor income or limited wages. (Also see Dough)