Dream Wisdom

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Discover 388 Islamic dream interpretations about Action. Each interpretation is grounded in authentic Islamic scholarship, drawing from classical sources including Ibn Sirin's renowned work on dream interpretation and Imam Al-Nabulsi's comprehensive dream dictionary. These interpretations consider the spiritual, psychological, and contextual dimensions of dreams according to Islamic tradition.

Why Dream Interpretation Matters in Islam

In Islamic tradition, dreams hold significant spiritual meaning. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stated that good dreams are from Allah and are a form of glad tidings. Understanding dream symbolism helps believers reflect on their spiritual state and seek guidance. Our interpretations combine classical scholarship with contextual understanding to provide meaningful insights.

All Action Dream Interpretations

Ablution

Performing ablution in a dream and completing it with careful attention to every detail signifies that one’s needs will be met and matters resolved. Taking a second ablution for prayer when no ritual requirement exists indicates an increase in spiritual illumination. Making ablution with milk or honey reflects debts or financial burdens. Ablution is regarded as a noble act in all revealed faiths, symbolizing protection, mercy, divine safeguarding, and immunity from harm. Taking ablution for prayer represents entering God’s care and being shielded from whatever one fears. It is mentioned in tradition that God Almighty said to Moses, peace be upon him: “When fear overtakes you, perform your ablution and instruct your family to do the same and stand in prayer.” Washing the body in a dream signifies preparing for worship or cleansing oneself from impurities. Taking ablution inside a tunnel or performing a full ritual bath suggests recovering something stolen. Completing ablution and then praying indicates relief from distress and gratitude for divine guidance and protection. If a merchant prays without ablution, it means entering a business venture without capital. For a laborer, it signifies lacking a proper home; for a ruler, it suggests having no supporting soldiers. If a sick person takes ablution while lying in bed, it means separation from a spouse or close companion. Taking ablution inside one’s home points to moving to a new residence. Performing ablution publicly in a street, marketplace, or bathhouse symbolizes scandal, loss, and disgrace. Taking ablution at the seashore or in an appropriate ablution area signifies the removal of fear, grief, or hardship. Making ablution while standing over a friend’s head denotes inheriting him, while seeing a friend perform ablution over one’s own head means suffering harm or scandal caused by that friend. Ablution in a dream also represents the disappearance of fear, recovery from illness, repayment of debts, or sincere repentance. Taking ablution with hot water indicates falling ill. Wanting to perform ablution but being unable to find water or suitable means in a dream signifies failure of a plan or encountering adversity. (Also see Tayammum; Enacting; Prayers; Ritual bath.)

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Adjuring

(To command solemnly, swear by God, or take an oath.) If one sees himself invoking God’s Name in an oath before another person, it indicates that the latter may deceive him. Swearing by stars, heavenly signs, or physical symbols signifies arrogance, hypocrisy, humiliation, delusion, or heedlessness. If the dreamer is truthful in his oath, it means he will prevail in argument, speak rightly, or do something pleasing to God. Swearing by God in matters that require expiation if broken represents following the truth and imitating the noble example of God’s Prophet, peace be upon him.

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Adultery

(Rape) Committing the forbidden and disgraceful act of adultery in a dream signifies betrayal. If one sees himself committing it, it indicates that he will be unfaithful to his wife. In such dreams, an unfamiliar woman is less harmful than a known one. Adultery may also symbolize theft. If an adulterous woman invites the dreamer to fornicate, it suggests being tempted toward unlawful earnings. Committing adultery with a young, attractive woman means placing one’s wealth in a securely protected place or a concealed chest. If a powerful person commits adultery and then faces divine punishment in the dream, it implies an expansion of his authority. If he is fit for leadership, such a vision means he will be granted it. Sleeping with the wife of a close friend indicates taking some of that friend’s money. Reading the divine ruling regarding punishment for adulterers signals that the dreamer is himself guilty of the act. If one deals with an adulteress or a woman known for adultery, she represents the world and those who pursue its temptations. If a seeker on God’s path—known for piety, good character, and the appearance of a believer—interacts with such a woman in a dream, it means he will join the company of a gnostic and gain wisdom from him. If a man sees a known couple sitting together intimately, it indicates that he desires some worldly benefit from the man. If a man sees himself raping a young woman, it means he hides his savings in an unknown location. If he is caught and punishment is enforced in the dream, it means he will follow the path of knowledge and gain understanding of religious law. Committing adultery with an adulteress signifies severe trials. Entering a brothel and finding oneself unable to leave suggests approaching death. Sleeping with another man’s wife while her husband shows no objection means the husband will entrust him with management of his household. Marrying an adulteress in a dream means that the dreamer himself engages in adultery. (Also see Sexual intercourse)

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Alms tax

(Tithe) Paying the obligatory alms tax in a dream signifies increased income or prosperity. If a wealthy person pays zakat on his cash assets in a dream, it indicates growth in wealth, spiritual elevation, and blessings that help him maintain his daily prayers properly. Paying one’s tithe also symbolizes protection from enemies. Giving alms in a dream may likewise represent performing voluntary night prayers, clearing debts, absolution, or paying a penalty. It may also signify the death of a loved one, the loss of a limb through illness or accident, giving charity on behalf of a departed soul, or settling outstanding debts. Thus, paying zakat may mean increasing wealth, recovery from illness, or freedom from debt—each bringing divine favor and exaltation. Giving zakat on silver symbolizes having a son or getting married. For the poor, giving alms means that God accepts their deeds. For a sinner, it signals repentance and lawful earnings; and for a disbeliever, it signifies embracing faith. (Also see Charity; Endowment; Tithe collector.)

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Alterations

(Couturier, Garment alterations, Hemming, Tailoring) Seeing a tailor adjusting a garment in a dream signifies removing worries, overcoming hardships, eradicating dishonesty, dispelling arrogance, or may symbolize music, joy, intimacy, or someone who tirelessly strives to assist others. A tailor performing alterations may also represent a preacher or teacher through whom many people repent and follow God’s path. Handling trims and finishing touches represents a generous person who brings joy to others by taking something from one person and giving it to another. (Also see Tailor.)

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Aqiqah rites

Dreaming of carrying out the Aqiqah ceremony—shaving a newborn’s hair on the seventh day and giving its weight in charity—suggests joyful news, the return of someone awaited, healing from illness, or the liberation of a captive. Taking part in these rites may also reflect strengthened faith, certainty, and adherence to prophetic tradition. If the dreamer offers a lawful sacrifice and completes its rituals properly, it points to good character and success in his pursuits. But presenting an unlawful sacrifice for people to eat in the dream denotes a defiant or unruly child.

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Ascending in the skies

Seeing oneself rising into the sky in a dream may signify a decline in rank or self-inflicted hardship. If one ascends until reaching the stars, blending with them and becoming a star, it indicates receiving distinction and authority. Climbing a mountain signals stress, sorrow, or travel. Rising generally reflects advancement in status, while descending indicates regression. Walking uphill on a difficult path means gaining higher standing through effort and strain. Climbing a mountain shows the pursuit of a specific goal, and one’s progress upward reflects how near he is to achieving it. In dream symbolism, any upward climb—of a hill, roof, trail, or mountain—suggests fulfilling needs or reaching one’s aims. Scaling upward while laying flat on one’s back, however, denotes needless or unwise hardship.

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Ascent

Climbing a steep incline in a dream signifies striving to achieve success in both worldly and spiritual pursuits, seeking benefits from both realms despite the heavy effort required. An ascent may symbolize a difficult woman or a stern man who can only be approached with gentleness and affection. It can also represent an unreliable associate or business partner unworthy of one’s trust. Likewise, an ascent may reflect the path to salvation, the hazards one must cross, and the deeds that protect against punishment. It can point to trials, hardship, and looming dangers. Ascending a steep slope indicates risk, while descending from it denotes safety. An ascent may further symbolize a bridge, an underpass, a wife, a woman, or even a scorpion. Passing through a steep incline can mean rising in rank through knowledge, good governance, noble conduct, responsible action, or wisdom. Falling down a steep area indicates loss of position, diminished respect, financial setbacks, rejecting truth, turning against religion, or falling into darkness. Climbing always implies reaching one’s aims, whereas climbing flat on one’s back carries unfavorable meaning. Descending from a hill, mountain, ship, or fortress can mean that one’s aspiration will not be fulfilled.

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Backbiting

(Belittlement, Defamation, Harm) Speaking ill of someone in a dream drives away one’s own blessings and cancels the value of one’s possessions. Slandering a poor man makes the dreamer poor. Gossiping about a scandal ensures the tale rebounds, so the dreamer himself is smeared and trapped in disgrace. Whatever the topic of the backbiting, its damage circles back to the speaker. Mocking another in sleep guarantees the dreamer will taste the same humiliation while awake.

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Basmallah

Invoking the Name of God Almighty in a dream heralds blessed news. Basmallah signifies achievement, understanding, direction, and wealth. Reciting “Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem” in a dream may mean living long enough to witness one’s children and grandchildren, or recovering something lost. It may also indicate a resolve to marry, good offspring, and receiving guidance after neglect. Writing “In the Name of God” beautifully signifies gaining wealth and esteem in one’s field. If a deceased person writes it, it shows that the departed is embraced by divine mercy. If a living person writes it and then erases it, or if a bird steals it, it foreshadows his approaching death and depletion of worldly provision. Reciting it during prayer when not customary suggests offering excess charity, or favouring one parent over the other, whichever applies.

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Beating

(Strike, Blow, Lash, Whip) Striking another with a rod in a dream signifies reviving something lost, probing the reason for a demise, or uncovering hidden matters. Using a wooden staff to strike someone indicates breaking a commitment or deceiving that person. When a superior strikes a subordinate, it foretells granting an increase in salary. Striking the back suggests settling an outstanding amount. Hitting the buttocks points to offering one's daughter in marriage. A blow to the head reveals a wish for the other's role or envy toward him. Striking between the eyes means desiring the person to depart. Generally, striking another may imply scolding, criticizing, or offending him, or serving as guidance. A strike over the skull allowing the struck to achieve eloquence and success. Hitting the earlobe until blood flows warns that the attacker may violate the victim's daughter. The interpretation of any strike depends on the body part involved. (See Body). Such acts also represent earnest pleas. Striking a donkey suggests one earns livelihood only through consistent prayer. Cursing accompanies a head blow one cannot retract. Hitting a relative indicates the spouse's unfaithfulness. It may also bring advantage to the struck or signify commercial setbacks. Receiving blows means gains unless delivered by an angel, a departed soul, or kin. Using a belt or cane foretells negative outcomes in reality. Striking the ground signals an upcoming journey. One hundred lashes on the back denote adultery committed or contemplated. Forty lashes indicate indulgence in wine or drugs. Eighty lashes mean defaming chaste women. Whipping by the deceased warns of erroneous pursuits and urges correction, as the dead reside in the realm of truth and obey only God Almighty. Yet beating a deceased person may reflect the dreamer's own firmness and power.

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Beheading

In a dream, to be beheaded signifies liberation from servitude, the dissipation of grief and distress, the settlement of debts, or the attainment of success. If one recognizes their executioner in the vision, it indicates receiving wealth from that individual. For a sick person, it foretells recovery from illness; for a healthy person, it suggests performing the pilgrimage. If the executioner is a young boy, it portends ease, gladness, and the removal of burdens through one's passing. For a person in good health, beheading denotes the termination of comfort or the loss of employment or authority. To be beheaded by a town's governor signifies that the Almighty will deliver one from sorrows and grant strength in worldly life. Witnessing a ruler beheading subjects means he will proclaim a pardon for all detainees. Being beheaded as a result of a judicial sentence or by thieves warns of the possible imminent death of a parent or child. A condemned prisoner seeing themselves beheaded predicts release from incarceration and the correction of their verdict. For an investor or money-changer, such a vision signals a loss of capital. For a traveler, it signifies a safe homecoming. For rivals, it indicates defeat in their conflict. (Also see Cutting off)

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Bite

In a dream, a bite represents betrayal, deep-seated bitterness, or an intense affection for the person who is bitten. Should one bite themselves and then spit out a fragment of their own flesh, it signifies speaking ill of others and disparaging them. Biting one's own fingers indicates remorse for an outburst of wrath or fury. If the fingers bleed from such a bite, it foretells trials arising from one's own failings. A bite can also symbolize severe anger. Being bitten by another person portends initial joy and prosperity in one's career, later followed by affliction such as sickness, inflammation of the eyes, or cardiac issues. Biting into an apple signifies the gratification of one's desires. (Also see Pinch, Tongue)

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Blowing

To blow upon a fire in a dream signifies igniting a dispute or making an existing conflict more severe. Blowing onto the ground means revealing a hidden matter or chastising someone who cannot keep a secret. Blowing into a woman's vagina indicates she will conceive. Blowing the trumpet of resurrection heralds the deliverance of the righteous. Hearing the first blast of this trumpet announces a truth or portends alarming and distressing news. Hearing its second blast signifies the uncovering of secrets, healing for the sick, liberation for captives, the reunion of loved ones, the loss of an investment, or an influx of wealth. (Also see Bellows, Trumpet of Resurrection)

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Boast

Boasting in a dream points to the way you handle money, pride and self-worth. Loud claims may reveal sudden wealth, generous spending, or a desire to impress; they can also warn of arrogance that invites envy, hidden debts that fund the show, or blessings being scattered through careless talk. If listeners cheer, prosperity and influence grow; if they frown, status and savings will slip. The scene invites you to check whether your riches are measured in coins or in character, and to remember that what is boasted of today may be tested tomorrow.

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Borrowing

(Lending, Loan) If the borrowed item is agreeable in the dream, it signifies a temporary good. If it is disagreeable, it is an ill omen. Borrowing a vehicle or taking a ride means unlawfully seizing another's property. Borrowing a valuable object means paying compensation, reparation, or a fine equal to its value. The borrowed item may also represent prosperity and success, or it could signify committing a disgraceful act, facing scandal, or a warning to avoid deceit or corruption. Borrowing or lending in a dream reflects the significance of, or need for, such an item, or one's fondness for it. The satisfaction derived from borrowing or lending to fulfill love, attachment, or need is often fleeting. Borrowing something bad, used for evil, unnecessary, or superfluous means suffering from it, though the suffering will not last. Borrowing a vehicle means assuming the lender's burdens or liabilities. (Also see Lending, Loan)

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Burial

Witnessing oneself interred following death in a dream suggests embarking on an extended voyage marked by financial scarcity. Being laid in the earth while still alive, and recognizing the person doing so, indicates that individual will wrong the dreamer through attack, tyranny, confinement, or unfair treatment. Perishing within the grave after interment foretells possibly succumbing to those afflictions. Enduring and emerging from them promises deliverance from similar threats, captivity, or wrongdoing. Observing another guiding one toward the grave's brink implies that person will steer the dreamer toward demise, yet praise may follow posthumously. Placement in a casket by another signifies relocating to a fresh residence. Heaping soil over the body points to accumulating wealth proportionate to the earth covering it. Burial while alive generally signifies decline in faith or devotion, unless the dreamer emerges unharmed. Stepping forth from the tomb soiled with earth, then brushing it away, reflects a dire condition or faint prospect for sincere atonement. Such live burial can denote incarceration, disdain from others, or harsh retribution serving as a warning to onlookers. A scholar or sage buried alive within his dwelling, or revived from it, means heirs will receive his learning, insight, and rank. Similarly, a prophet or pious figure rising alive from his tomb conveys inheritance of their spiritual legacy. Interment occurring after dawn, midday, or dusk serves as admonition to pursue righteousness and shun wrongdoing. Live burial is deemed erroneous, symbolizing disloyalty. It may alternatively represent union in marriage, affluence, or serenity following trials. A departed soul entombing the dreamer alive suggests unpaid obligations, detention to settle them, or rejected surety. Re-interring a deceased person implies concealing one's own errors. One deceased burying another indicates reconciliation, purified relations, affection and bonds among kin, or possibly confinement, wedlock, illness, an entrusted duty, or securing a debt. Experiencing burial post-death urges repentance prior to passing. Emerging alive thereafter hints at renewed contrition. Allah knows best. (Also see Cemetery, Grave)

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Call to prayers

Listening to the adhan in a dream signals the arrival of the pilgrimage season or the proclamation of its sacred months. It might also point to gossip, theft, a significant development, or declarations of conflict. Alternatively, it can signify status and respect, compliance with instructions from the dreamer, or the forthcoming marriage for one without a spouse, as well as speaking truthfully. Hearing the adhan in a tongue other than Arabic, the language of its revelation, suggests falsehood and slander. A woman proclaiming the call from atop a minaret foretells novelties and tribulations. Children issuing the adhan indicates that ignorant individuals will govern the region, especially if done at an improper hour. A qualified person delivering the call appropriately implies appointment to rule over a territory as extensive as his voice carries. If unfit for leadership, it means adversaries will multiply. For a trader, it promises expansion in commerce. The adhan heard in a dream may further denote heartfelt supplications and virtuous invocations. Proclaiming it from within a well suggests inviting foreigners to embrace Allah's straight path, adhere to the prescribed rulings, and follow the revealed laws as their faith and practice. Doing so from a Muslim land marks the caller as a covert agent or a heretic altering divine ordinances. Issuing the call from the roof of the honored Kaaba indicates bid'ah or innovation in religion. Delivering it while reclining in bed points to the spouse engaging in defamation against neighbors. Making the call at a ruler's gate means bearing witness to truth in a judicial setting. Proclaiming it during travel in a caravan or bazaar foretells unmasking a group of bandits. From within ruins, it signifies reconstruction and resettlement of that site. Calling from a bathhouse or during bathing warns of impending fever. An unanswered call associates the dreamer with oppressive company. A melodious call heeded by listeners shows pursuit of favor from those in power. Calling while uncovered reflects heedlessness and disdain toward faith. Standing upon refuse while calling implies futile attempts to reconcile with a foolish individual. The adhan sounded within a market heralds the passing of one of its traders.

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Castration

When one plans to entrust a deposit or share a confidential matter with another, witnessing castration in a dream urges immediate abandonment of that plan or revocation of the agreement. Experiencing self-castration signifies refusal to bear witness to what is right. Discovering oneself in such a state, or voluntarily undergoing it, points to facing disgrace and yielding obedience to another's authority. Encountering an unfamiliar castrated individual of noble appearance who imparts wise counsel means meeting a heavenly messenger delivering joyful news or divine admonition. Recognizing the person indicates acquaintance with such a figure. Undergoing castration can also reflect heightened piety and vigilance in maintaining modesty. It further denotes withdrawal of kindnesses, separation from kin or offspring, or might reveal lack of refinement, preferring personal ease over others' welfare, thus signifying maliciousness or duplicity. (Also see Impotence)

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Cauterize

(Brand, Burn, Castigate, Punishment, Seal, Scar) Cauterization in a dream signifies authority or sharp, wounding speech. Having the forehead or sides burned suggests obstructing charity or withholding required alms, or it may reflect a government crackdown on tax evasion, or separation between loved ones. Being cauterized with gold or silver points to miserliness or delaying rights owed to the poor. Being seared with iron indicates punishment for misdeeds. Finding old cauterization marks hints at uncovering hidden wealth. Cauterizing another also symbolizes speaking to them harshly. A rounded seal-shaped mark suggests submission to legal judgment. Cauterizing a vein or knee may signal the birth of a daughter, marriage, or slandering a stranger. A burn upon the chest implies leadership, while a cauterized back denotes stinginess or neglecting divine obligations. (Also see Back, Seal)

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Childbirth

When a man dreams that his wife, though not actually pregnant, delivers a son, it signifies incoming wealth. A pregnant woman who sees herself delivering a girl in a dream will actually bear a boy, and if she sees a boy, she will give birth to a girl. Bearing a girl foretells ease after hardship, whereas bearing a boy indicates worries and strain. A sick person dreaming that his mother is giving birth to him again means his death is near, because the dead are wrapped in a shroud just as a newborn is wrapped in its cloth. For a poor man this same vision promises improved finances; for a wealthy man it warns of tightened resources, since a child depends wholly on others and cannot move freely. A traveler seeing his wife give birth to another child predicts delays and alterations in his journey. A woman delivering a child from her mouth in a dream signifies her own death. When a man gives birth to a son in a dream, it points to sickness, deliverance from peril, or parting from a harmful spouse. Giving birth to a daughter promises relief, joy, or the appearance of an illustrious descendant who will rise to leadership. A woman giving birth to a cat means her child will grow into a thief. Childbirth in a dream generally represents deliverance from difficulties, recovery from sickness, or leaving one’s home or town. It also denotes comfort, rest, settlement of debts, and turning back to God in repentance. A woman bearing a son in a dream signals the end of her trials, good news, clearing of debts, or sincere repentance. Bearing a daughter brings dignity, abundance, and ease. A needy man giving birth foretells prosperity; a rich man foretells trouble; an unmarried man foretells imminent marriage in which his future wife will deliver the very child seen in the dream. In most cases, a man giving birth in a dream heralds either his own death, the death of a close relative, or severe poverty. For the destitute it means relief, for the trader loss of capital. (Also see Dragon)

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Circumambulation

(Walking around the Kaaba, Tawaf) Should a transgressor see himself performing the ritual walk around the Sacred House in Mecca within a dream, this signifies his deliverance from the torment of Hell. For an unmarried person, it foretells marriage. If someone is eligible for advancement, it indicates a promotion will be granted. Dreaming of undertaking the pilgrimage (Hajj) similarly denotes performing the circumambulation, cultivating virtuous conduct, leading an upright and honorable life, attaining security from dread, settling outstanding debts, returning goods or funds held in trust to their proper owners, proving reliable, embracing austerity, honoring a pledge, expiating misdeeds, dispensing charity, or interceding for a righteous and esteemed leader. Performing the circumambulation while mounted on a mare, however, warns of committing the grave sin of illicit relations with a close family member or a blood relative with whom marriage is forbidden. (See also Kaaba, Hajj rituals, Sa'i)

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Circumcision

Circumcision in a vision symbolizes purification, attaining cleanliness, casting off spiritual impurities, festive occasions, or joyful gatherings. If one dreams of being circumcised, it signifies he has performed a righteous deed accepted by Allah, and through His mercy, his sins are pardoned. Alternatively, it may denote undergoing a surgical procedure such as bloodletting or opening a vein. For a young unmarried woman, seeing herself circumcised indicates either marriage or the onset of her first menstrual cycle. The dream can also represent an operation to remove testicles, a prostate surgery, vindication from false claims and blame, or separation among spouses and children, such as offspring leaving the parental home. Discovering oneself already circumcised in a dream suggests abandoning one's faith for material profit and becoming an apostate.

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Conciliation

(Compromise, Peace, Reconciliation, Settlement) Dreaming of establishing peace with an opponent signifies potential disputes in one's waking life. Yet, a reconciliation guided by divine law between two foes or companions represents unity, sincere repentance, divinely approved guidance, heavenly favor, and material gain. Such a vision may also indicate an impending debate with the individual appearing in the dream. If someone envisions themselves reconciling with an adversary, it suggests they will invite an unaware soul to follow the righteous path. Settling a monetary dispute with an opponent in a dream foretells financial gain for the creditor. Witnessing a peace accord between warring factions on a battlefield symbolizes security, prosperity, and plans for marriage or a business venture. Mediating a quarrel between intoxicated individuals over their drink points to emerging hostilities among people. If two opposing groups in a dream agree to honor each other's beliefs, it heralds the rise of a novel doctrine, fresh inventions, and coming tests. Dreaming of urging a disputant toward an extrajudicial settlement means one is counseling others to adhere to spiritual direction.

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Conveying a secret

Conveying or entrusting a secret in a dream signifies being charged with a trust, responsibility, or sensitive knowledge that must be safeguarded with honesty and discretion. It reflects confidence placed in the dreamer, the weight of confidentiality, and the moral obligation to preserve what is hidden from those not entitled to it. Such a vision may also point to intimate confiding, the transfer of authority or responsibility, or involvement in matters that demand loyalty, restraint, and ethical conduct, warning that betrayal or misuse of the trust could lead to loss of honor, harm, or serious consequences.

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Cooking

Preparing food over flames in a dream indicates reaching an objective or fulfilling an aim. If one observes himself cooking over fire and the dish is properly done, it foretells accomplishment and renown. Conversely, if the food remains uncooked, it signals failure to achieve the desired end. Cooking in a vision also means stirring up significant affairs. Well-prepared food signifies financial gain and profit. The difficulty of cooking raw meat suggests involvement in an undertaking that will not come to fruition; if it does cook and one partakes of it, success is assured. Preparing mutton signifies an upright life, generosity, and legitimate earnings. Cooking beef points to a life of ease supported by the work of artisans. Cooking lion meat suggests attaining authority over oppressive individuals, though it requires constant wariness and a life of anxiety. Cooking dog meat denotes managing a base occupation. Including fat in the cooking implies ill-gotten gains; without fat, it indicates a demeaning job with continued poverty. Cooking a bird signifies administering an enterprise or gaining lawful income through association with the affluent and respected. Preparing a meal with vulture meat means ruling over or doing business with foolish or negligent people and earning unlawful money. (Also see Pot, Stew)

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Counting

Counting apples in a dream signifies counting wealth. Reaching the number one hundred, five thousand, or twenty thousand foretells triumph over an adversary. Reaching seven or eight signals hardship and strain. Reaching nine warns of troubles and association with wicked people. Reaching ten means finishing a task or performing the Hajj pilgrimage. Reaching forty indicates a promise will soon be kept. Reaching thirty points to making false oaths or impossible pledges. The number one stands for uniqueness, pre-eminence in faith, wealth, marriage, offspring, or a preference for seclusion. It also represents Allah, the One who has no partner. Two means aid against foes. Three signifies a vow fulfilled. Four denotes the pilgrimage to Mecca. Five reflects doubt and frail belief. Six announces victory over enemies or proof of their guilt. Counting money bearing the name of God means praising and glorifying Him continually. Counting large notes inscribed with the Name of God Almighty signifies gaining sacred knowledge. Coins or notes bearing portraits of people indicate heresy, innovation in religion, or associating partners with God. Counting pearls means reciting the Qur’an. Counting precious stones means acquiring wisdom from a true knower. Counting prayer beads means meddling in others’ affairs, indecent speech, or immorality. Counting sheep equals counting riches or one’s children. Counting cows promises long life or enduring severe trials. A farmer counting camels foretells rainfall and abundant crops. Counting buffaloes signifies toil and suffering. (Also see Money)

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Crawling

Moving on hands and knees in a dream signifies a lingering ailment, or performing prayers seated when one is physically able to stand. It may also denote hesitation about a journey and receiving reproach for it, or a loss of enthusiasm and energy. For a destitute person, this vision suggests his necessities will be met. For a wealthy individual, it predicts a fall into neediness. Crawling can also represent self-satisfaction and showing undue favoritism toward others.

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Crucifixion

Being crucified in a dream signifies the elevation or high rank of the one on the cross. For one suited for leadership, it means achieving his aims. Dying from crucifixion signifies losing faith or neglecting divine commandments. Surviving the ordeal denotes ruling justly. For a common person, it portends humiliation and oppression. Being raised onto a cross after death means attaining worldly status while remaining morally and religiously corrupt. Being crucified without knowing when it began means recovering lost possessions or achieving objectives. Being crucified after being killed signifies being deceived despite one's high position. Eating the flesh of a crucified person means slandering him; if blood flows from the flesh, it means being hired to inflict harm. Eating such flesh can also denote traveling by postal coach or cargo vessel. Riding in a mail wagon foretells imminent death. Being crucified on a city wall with onlookers signifies rising in rank and commanding powerful men; bleeding means his subjects benefit from him. For a poor person, crucifixion means wealth; for a rich person, it means exposure of his affairs, defamation, or poverty. For an unmarried person, it signifies marriage.

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Cupping

Having cupping performed in a dream can denote being forced into an agreement, taking on commitments beyond one's limits, recovering from sickness, clearing debts, or providing financial support to one’s family. It may also signify business decline or the concealment of wealth. If cupping is done but no blood appears, it reflects hidden faults that cannot be traced. The act may further symbolize restraint, refraining from speech, or choosing silence instead of replying.

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Cutting off

Cutting off one’s hand in a dream can point to neglecting obligatory prayers, gaining enough wealth to no longer rely on others, or turning away from sin. Having both the hand and heels severed suggests moral decline, withdrawing from spiritual gatherings, infertility, or being relieved of parental duties. Losing one’s nose or ear may reflect punishment, hardship, or being cut off from someone's news. Cutting off the tongue signals the collapse of one’s argument or being unable to make requests. Seeing oneself dismembered may indicate long journeys, the scattering of family members, breaking kinship ties, or facing financial penalties. (See also Beheading, Rupture of relations)

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Dancing

To witness dancing in a dream signifies impending distress. If the dreamer sees himself performing for another, it suggests he will involve that person in his difficulties. Dancing by oneself within the home denotes contentment and gladness. For an ailing person, this vision points to inner restlessness. Being drawn into a circle of dancers indicates deliverance from trials or being cleared of wrongful accusations. A child seen dancing may foreshadow a loss of speech or muteness, as a child often uses gestures to communicate. A prisoner dreaming of his own dancing heralds his release. Dancing upon a table, platform, or hilltop warns of a fright. Dancing at home among family, with no strangers present, signifies domestic joy and festivity. For the sick, such a vision can denote an extension of life. Observing a woman dance alone suggests disgrace. A traveler seeing himself dance on the road foretells hardships on the journey. A poor person dreaming of dancing presages the arrival of wealth. (Refer also to the entry for Dancer.)

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Darn

(Invisible stitches, Mend, Patch, Regret) Repairing a garment with careful stitches in a dream signifies self-improvement, devoutness, righteousness, proper conduct, a favorable standing, recovery from sickness, preparing for defense, or it may indicate rainfall. If a man sees his wife's garment torn and proceeds to mend it, it means he will offend her but later seek her pardon or feel remorse. Darning one's own shirt suggests a dispute with a kin or the act of bribing someone of poor character. Mending clothes can also symbolize the clamor of quarrels or conflicts. In certain interpretations, it represents remorse for one's misdeeds and an attempt at repentance, though the dreamer may fall short of offering a full apology or restitution to the offended party.

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Defeat

If a believer sees himself overcome in a dream, it signifies he will don a warrior's helmet and prevail against his foe. Should one witness his own defeat yet feel no fear, it portends his death. Observing soldiers retreating into a city to seek refuge indicates they will ultimately triumph in their conflict, even if their cause is unjust or they serve a tyrant—though they will eventually face punishment for their misdeeds. Should the soldiers of a just ruler be seen entering a city in defeat, it assures they will gain victory over their enemy. (Refer also to Losing a fight.)

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Descending

To descend a mountain, hill, or any high place in a dream signifies loss, migraine pains, humiliation, or a decline in station. It may represent separation of spouses, loss of employment, demotion, degradation, apostasy, or general misfortune. Descending a sharp incline, however, can denote a safe arrival, worldly provision, or appointment to a religious post. Coming down from a mountain may indicate relief from trials or a shift in circumstances. Descending an aged ladder suggests investing effort into a profitless venture. Should the ladder break during the descent, it signifies defeat by an opponent.

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Destruction

In a dream, destruction signifies the scattering of a community or death. It may represent the razing of a city or the demise of its governor, or indicate the absence of justice. Undergoing destruction in a vision means enduring persecution from unbearable people. Witnessing a town destroyed by an earthquake suggests the execution of a death sentence there, or the infringement of people's rights and liberties. If one sees an entire city—its buildings, industries, and lands—laid to waste, it shows the people have deviated from the right path or its rulers are beset by disasters. Conversely, seeing it prosperous reflects the piety and god-consciousness of its inhabitants. (Refer to Collapsing walls, Cloud of destruction)

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Digging

Excavating the earth in a dream denotes profits equivalent to the amount of dry soil one accumulates. If the earth is wet, it signifies cheating another in a commercial affair, gaining only headache and fatigue in proportion to the earth moved, and the scheme may rebound on the digger. For an ill person or a member of their sick household, it may portend digging a grave. A traveling merchant who dreams this represents his journeys, with the gathered soil symbolizing his gains. Digging a pit, a well, or an irrigation channel to water plants means seeking employment to provide for one's family. Eating the soil one digs signifies profits obtained through deceit. Finding oneself inside the hole suggests a potential divorce from one's wife; standing outside and looking into it indicates a marital dispute ending in peace. A sick person emerging from a hole signifies recovery from illness or release from prison. Generally, digging the earth can mean wallowing in falsehood to earn only divine displeasure. Tunneling through a mountain denotes associating with a challenging but ultimately beneficial individual. Digging a well may represent a cunning and artful deceiver. The digger can also symbolize a jailer or one who conceals shameful acts. (See also Pickax, Construction worker)

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Disappearing

If a person vanishes from their home or country without leaving a trace in the dream, it signifies embarking on a lengthy voyage, appearing where others suspect, marrying in a distant place, developing affection for a stranger, falling ill abroad, or death if the dreamer is already sick. The disappearance of pious individuals, however, may point to longing for a beloved or being granted insight into hidden cosmic truths. Should one sink into the earth without an opening and remain so long that others despair of their return, it denotes self-delusion, pride, worldly attachment, and a death resulting from reckless ventures. (See also Evanescence)

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Disrobe

To remove one's own garments in a dream, whether for an unclear purpose or in a public space, feeling shame and attempting to conceal oneself, indicates one's private affairs will be revealed, bringing disgrace. If one disrobes publicly without feeling ashamed of their nakedness, it signifies they will be commended for their integrity. For a sick person, it denotes recovery; for a debtor, repayment of obligations; for one gripped by fear, the return of tranquility. Nakedness can also symbolize injustice. Removing the shroud from a deceased person signifies divorce, business loss, repentance from sins, or receiving guidance. (See also Undress)

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Diving

Diving into the sea in search of pearls reflects strong attachment to material possessions. Diving and surfacing only with mud foretells hardship inflicted by a person of authority. Successfully retrieving a pearl signifies marriage, gaining sacred or worldly knowledge, or uncovering hidden wealth. Struggling to emerge from a river after diving points to burdens beyond one’s strength and the need for patient endurance. Plunging into the ocean to harvest pearls from oysters likewise represents pursuit of knowledge or riches. (See also Pearl diver)

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Divorce

Pronouncing divorce upon one’s wife in a dream may indicate loss of employment. An unmarried person divorcing another signals the final outcome of whatever good or evil he is currently facing. For a married man, it can mean the end of his trade or, if he is gravely ill, his death. Yet seeing oneself divorce his wife only to take her back soon after suggests briefly abandoning then resuming his livelihood. An irrevocable divorce points to permanently shutting down his business. Divorcing one’s wife in a dream also signifies neglecting treasure, forsaking inheritance, abdicating rule, or removal from office, and generally indicates poverty. Divorcing a sick wife foretells her possible death, unless the dream shows taking her back, in which case she will recover. (See also Repudiation)

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Dogfight

A dogfight (two or more dogs fighting and biting each other) symbolizes intense rivalry, enmity, and competition driven by worldly desires (hubb al-dunyā – love of the world). The dogs represent base, lowly people who have little or no religion: corrupt individuals, sinners, people of bid‘ah (innovation), or those who openly display immoral behavior. When these “dogs” fight one another, it reflects a fierce struggle over material gains, status, power, wealth, or fleeting pleasures of this worldly life. (Also see Dog)

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Drilling

the act of drilling holes into pearls so that they can be strung together carries a very beautiful and auspicious meaning. It symbolizes the completion of something precious and valuable after effort, the removal of the last obstacle that prevents a great good from being realized, and the final preparation that allows scattered blessings to be joined into one continuous garland of success and joy. Pearls in a dream represent noble goals, pure knowledge, righteous children, a virtuous wife, hidden treasures of wisdom, or any rare and priceless bounty that Allah has destined for the dreamer. However, a pearl by itself, undrilled, cannot be worn or fully benefited from; it remains isolated and incomplete. (Also see Drill)

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Drowning

Perishing in water in a dream points to transgressing divine law and earning God's displeasure. Such a vision also signifies the danger of entering the Fire. If a person dies from drowning within the dream, he should guard against deviation from the true path or adopting religious innovations. Drowning at sea, then struggling and floating in an effort to survive, symbolizes preoccupation with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual duties. Yet, it may also indicate worldly success and establishing a strong position in one's trade. Emerging alive from the water represents correcting one's life and dedicating oneself properly to religious obligations. If, upon emerging, one sees oneself clothed in green garments, it foretells a pursuit of religious knowledge and success in attaining it. Should one drown and sink to the seabed, this warns of severe persecution by a powerful figure leading to ruin. Drowning in a dream can also symbolize death from sickness. Submersion in the salty sea signifies a revival of faith in God, while drowning in fresh water indicates the acquisition of immense wealth.

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Duel

(Combat, Match, Contest, Marriage) A duel in a vision denotes power, a quarrel with another, disorder, separation, or conflict. Engaging in an armed duel signifies marriage to a person whose character corresponds to the nature of the weapon wielded in the dream. Wearing armor during such a contest means wedding a wealthy but deceitful individual, as the armor conceals part of the body. A duel fought with swords brings honor, and brandishing a sword during the encounter indicates gaining fame in one's profession. (See also the entries for Marriage and Sword.)

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Eavesdropping

To overhear others in a dream signifies slander and falsehood. The eavesdropper may find himself disliked by rulers or superiors. If one unintentionally hears a conversation and he is a merchant, it means stepping down from managing his business; if he is a ruler, it means dismissal from office. Deliberately listening to another person implies wishing to expose or shame him. Listening to words and choosing their good direction brings glad tidings, while hearing wise counsel yet ignoring it in the dream points to habitual lying.

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Embrace

(Accolade, Hug) Embracing someone in a dream signifies a long life. Embracing a deceased person also denotes longevity. If a deceased person embraces the dreamer and does not release him, it foretells the dreamer's death. Embracing a known person indicates forming an association with him. Embracing an enemy means making peace. Some interpreters say an embrace signifies exchanging compliments. An embrace can also denote kindness, mutual affection, travel, returning from a journey, or the relief of worry and anxiety. An embrace is likewise interpreted as sexual intercourse. Embracing a woman signifies love for the worldly life and despair of reward in the hereafter. Embracing a man means offering him support and aid. Embracing the trunk of a tree indicates engaging in hypocrisy. Embracing someone and resting one's head in his lap means entrusting him with one's capital or working in his service. (See also the entries for Envelope and Hug.)

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Entering a house

Entering another person’s home in a dream signifies overcoming him, gaining advantage in trade, or taking hold of his affairs. Entering the governor’s residence and feeling at ease suggests seeking his support in personal matters. The arrival of a just person in a home brings blessings; the entry of a tyrant signals harm and misfortune unless his visits are habitual, in which case no new danger arises. Entering a house built of unusual material and meeting known deceased souls indicates entering the realm of the dead. If one goes in and later emerges, it means approaching death followed by recovery from severe illness. Entering the Sacred House in Mecca represents returning to one’s home as a newlywed. (Also see Marketplace)

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Entering Paradise

Seeing oneself enter the gardens of paradise in a dream brings the promise—by God’s will—of entering it in the hereafter. For a pilgrim, it means his pilgrimage is accepted or that he will reach the Sacred House in Mecca. If the dreamer lacks belief, it foretells embracing faith. For a bedridden believer, entering paradise indicates death from his illness; for a bedridden non-believer, it signals recovery. For the unmarried, it suggests marriage; for the poor, it means wealth or inheritance. If a sick person finds himself healthy in the next world within the dream, it shows he will arrive there free of worldly burdens and temptations. If he is not ill, entering the hereafter signifies good news, business success, pilgrimage, renouncing worldly excess, devotion, gaining knowledge, strengthening family ties, or patiently enduring trials linked to one’s sins. Entering the next world merely to look around—and if the dreamer is upright and knowledgeable—may imply unemployment or financial loss. If he fears something, faces accusations, or is under strain, such a vision signals relief from those concerns. Generally, entering the realms beyond suggests travel or migration, and returning from them in a dream points to returning home. Entering paradise specifically also denotes pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Exhibition

(Display, Tribunal, Honor guard, Troop inspection, Military parade, Depiction, Demonstration, Reviewing officer, Presentation) Should one see himself standing before a senior officer during a guard inspection or military parade in a dream, the officer's displeasure warns of committing a grave transgression. If the officer appears satisfied, it signifies divine favor. This high-ranking officer symbolizes a benevolent figure who inquires after friends, aids in resolving difficulties, and offers consistent support. (Also see Hearing board, Inquisitional court)

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Exhume

(Disinter, Unbury) Unearthing a deceased person's body and finding them alive in the grave signifies following their tradition, acquiring their knowledge, wisdom, craft, or customs, and obtaining lawful wealth. Finding the body still dead indicates fruitless effort. A grave robber in a dream represents a calculated plan to uncover secrets or an organized quest for hidden treasure. Digging up the grave of a famed scholar means reviving their teachings, restoring their intellectual legacy, traditions, and esteemed status. (Also see Grave digger, Grave)

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Expulsion

(Banishment, Ejection, Ousting, Driving out, Removal, Exile, Deportation) Being expelled in a dream signifies confinement. It also demonstrates the authority of the one issuing the command and confirms the guilt of the subject. Exile from one's homeland suggests imprisonment. Being cast out from paradise indicates impending poverty. Forcibly removing, shouting at, or confusing a scholar in a dream warns of an unusual calamity and confrontation with a menacing, ruthless foe. If a devout, righteous-looking person is driven from a place, it reveals his failure to honor a religious pledge or his avoidance of the company of the truly pious, ascetics, scholars, and noble individuals. Expulsion in a dream may also reflect the poor conduct or misbehavior of the one doing the evicting.

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Extracting oils from seeds

(Crushing, Milling) Crushing or pressing nuts or seeds to obtain their oils or butter in a dream symbolizes wealth and abundance. Pressing ripe olives signifies one's native land. Extracting olive oil denotes easing of difficulties, triumph over trials, or represents genuine scholars. It may also signify fulfilling physical desires, committing misdeeds, attaining guidance, emerging from ignorance into clarity, or one's income and advantages. Pressing sesame seeds or walnuts indicates prosperity and increasing finances. Sesame oil represents a devout individual who counsels others to detach from worldly attachments and fleeting pleasures. Pressing sesame seeds also denotes a prosperous merchant. Extracting hazelnut compound signifies money earned through toil or wealth that multiplies. (Also see Juice, Oil press, Wine press)

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Fall

To fall in a dream represents hopelessness or frustration, or committing an error that cannot be concealed. It also points to a decline in circumstances from favorable to unfavorable, a failed marriage, or replacing one spouse with another. Falling can further indicate a change of occupation, homeland, or faith. In some cases, falling carries an opposite implication and leads to beneficial outcomes, such as falling onto green pasture, into a righteous group, or among people gathered for a feast, which then holds a positive sign. Conversely, falling into corrupt company, a predator’s lair, or similar places signifies harmful results and may also reflect miserliness. If one dreams of falling from the roof of his house and breaking an arm or leg, it denotes inner anguish, financial hardship, the end of a friendship, or suffering oppression from local authorities.

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Farewell

In dream interpretation, the act of saying goodbye carries implications of final peace. Parting from someone with good wishes can indicate a decline in standing or employment, dissolution of marriage, passing of an ailing individual, termination of a partnership, commercial setbacks, relocation between nations, or generally a transformation in one's circumstances. Conversely, some traditions suggest that bidding farewell in visions may also point to marital restoration or a positive shift in one's life situation.

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Fart

Passing gas in a dream symbolizes indecent speech, hearing or uttering vile and offensive words, or becoming involved in humiliating or unpleasant matters. It may represent adversity, disgrace, foolish behavior, belittling others, lying, or using insulting language. Such a dream can also signify shocking news that disrupts people or causes a gathering to disperse, or it may allude to the sound produced by striking or humiliating someone. If one breaks wind loudly in a dream, it indicates addressing someone with harsh, crude, or hurtful words. If a person sees himself sitting among others and unintentionally passing gas, it signifies that his worries, grief, or pressure will be relieved, though in an embarrassing or distasteful manner. However, if he deliberately breaks wind in a gathering, it denotes committing an evil or shameful act and then suffering the consequences of that behavior. Passing gas without sound in a dream represents receiving sarcastic praise or mockery that matches the offensiveness of the act itself. If one breaks wind while sitting among people who are already distressed, it means their troubles will be lifted and their hardship will ease. If such people are merchants, it indicates that their goods will sell more quickly and their trade will improve. Forcing oneself to break wind in a dream signifies taking on a burden heavier than one can endure. If breaking wind is accompanied by passing gas in the dream, it may indicate success, honor, and profit gained from an important journey or business venture. Yet it can also suggest distraction, scattered interests, or loss of focus, after which the dreamer eventually returns home relieved of such burdens. To pass gas from the mouth in a dream symbolizes a slip of the tongue, careless speech, an accident, or an embarrassing mistake. It may also point to speech impairment due to illness, irritation of the gums, or a condition affecting one’s ability to speak, or it may reflect the development of bad habits that bring shame upon the dreamer in public.

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Fasting

Fasting in a dream symbolizes vows, promises, and offerings made to God. It also represents spiritual protection and self-restraint. Breaking one’s fast in a dream indicates illness, travel, or engaging in backbiting and harmful speech. If a person breaks an obligatory fast out of forgetfulness, it signifies receiving a pleasant gift or lawful money. In general, fasting in a dream denotes honor, elevation in rank, repentance from sins, settling debts, penitence for wrongdoing, or the birth of a son. Observing the obligatory fast of the blessed month of Ramadan in a dream signifies gaining clarity in matters of doubt, recognizing truth without distortion, and attaining correct understanding. If someone sees himself as the only person fasting in the dream, and he is illiterate, it means he will memorize the Holy Qur’an, achieve spiritual growth, and receive glad tidings. Such a dream also indicates piety and religious devotion. If the dreamer is sick, it means recovery; if heedless, it means divine guidance; and if indebted, it means he will repay what he owes. Intentionally breaking the obligatory fast of Ramadan in a dream signifies committing a grave sin and may symbolically represent killing someone. Likewise, seeing oneself killing another person in a dream may indicate deliberately breaking the obligatory fast. Observing the two months of atonement for breaking the fast of Ramadan or for other expiations in a dream signifies falling ill and then repenting sincerely to God Almighty. Deliberately breaking the Ramadan fast also represents neglecting one of the pillars of Islam. If the dreamer then acknowledges this neglect and vows to fulfill his duties, it means he will soon receive an unexpected gift. Recognizing the sanctity of Ramadan in a dream shows that the dreamer is on the straight path, while not fasting may indicate travel. Voluntary fasting in a dream signifies protection from enemies. If a sick person sees himself fasting, it may indicate death, silence, celebration, or recovery, and it also reflects sincerity of faith and truthfulness in word and deed. Seeing large groups of people fasting in a dream may point to famine. Eating during fasting hours indicates committing a sin, falling into debt, or becoming ill. Fasting Ramadan also symbolizes safety, protection from harm, and repentance. Fasting the six days following the festival that ends Ramadan signifies completing one’s prayers, giving charity, or regretting past faults. Fasting Mondays and Thursdays represents strengthening family ties. Fasting the three white days of each lunar month signifies gradual repayment of debts, teaching proper recitation of the Qur’an, or spreading beneficial knowledge. Fasting the tenth day of Muharram indicates asceticism, piety, renunciation of worldly matters, or performing the pilgrimage. Fasting on the day pilgrims stand at Mount Arafat signifies acceptance of charity. Fasting the last ten days of Zul-Hijjah indicates a blessed end to one’s life, righteousness, or fulfillment of a promise. Fasting the day of Ashura represents good deeds, trials followed by deliverance, living to witness another religious festival, or, if one’s wife is pregnant, the birth of a blessed and righteous son. Fasting during the month of Rajab signifies service to people in authority, being assigned work abroad, or undertaking a short journey. Fasting an extra day out of doubt regarding religious duty indicates sin, negligence, or lack of certainty in devotion. Making up missed Ramadan fasts for valid reasons signifies the release of a prisoner or repentance of a sinner. Observing a vowed fast for a specific purpose signifies attaining one’s goal, joy, and happiness. A perpetual vowed fast indicates bearing a heavy responsibility, following innovation, living in isolation, or practicing silence, for fasting in a dream also symbolizes restraint of speech. Such a fast represents piety and devotion, but for a sinner, it may indicate failure to achieve his aim. Paying due charity after completing a fast signifies recovery from illness. Fasting for display or show indicates that the dreamer will attain what he desires. (Also see Ashura, Feast of Breaking the Fast)

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Felony

Committing a felony or falsely accusing an innocent person in a dream signifies falling into danger, trial, or serious trouble. It warns of peril, moral accountability, or consequences resulting from injustice. In some cases, however, such a dream may also indicate achieving one’s objectives through risky or questionable means. If a person sees himself injuring or killing an animal that is forbidden to kill, it signifies incurring a penalty, fine, or loss equal to the value of what was destroyed, and serves as a warning against transgression and unlawful acts.

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Fight

Fighting in a dream generally symbolizes deception, betrayal, manipulation, or being misled, as well as conflict arising from falsehood or trickery. It may also reflect widespread turmoil such as inflation, rising prices, epidemics, shortages of food, long queues, social unrest, hardship, or intense stress. Such dreams often point to internal or external struggles that disturb peace and stability. If a soldier sees himself engaged in battle in a dream, it signifies benefit, honor, and success, as well as a rewarding outcome for his efforts. Fighting against unjust or oppressive people in a dream represents victory over wrongdoing, standing up for truth, fulfilling one’s duties toward one’s parents, or showing protection and loyalty toward one’s spouse. Fighting in the streets symbolizes aligning oneself with heedless or misguided people, or deviating from the straight path. If one sees himself wrestled to the ground in a dream, it indicates loss of wealth or resources. However, paradoxically, the one who is defeated in the dream may ultimately prevail in waking life, while the apparent winner in the dream may suffer loss or failure. If the fight has witnesses, or if the winner is better prepared or fighting for survival or sustenance—such as a struggle between a human and a beast—then the dream’s outcome may reflect the real outcome in wakefulness. If two friends are seen wrestling, the one who loses in the dream will hold higher rank, respect, or advantage in real life. Wrestling in a dream may also indicate illness that affects the loser, or consequences following a sickness. Battling a wild beast and killing it in a dream signifies relief from hardships, overcoming trials, and the removal of sorrow and distress. If one reaches the brink of death during a fight in the dream, it foretells triumph over enemies and decisive victory after severe struggle. (Also see Disbelief, Killing, War, Wrestling)

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Fishing

Fishing in a dream generally symbolizes womanizing, the pursuit of desires, or engaging in relationships driven by passion rather than responsibility. It reflects a person who seeks pleasure, attraction, or emotional conquests, often without long-term commitment. Seeing a hunter in a dream represents a philanderer, a womanizer who actively seeks women, or a pimp who profits from or manipulates the desires of others. If the dreamer befriends a hunter, assists him, or cooperates with him, the meaning depends on the nature of the hunt. When the hunter pursues animals that are lawful to kill for food, the dream signifies personal benefit, lawful gain, advantage, or success achieved through acceptable means. If the hunt is for animals unlawful for food, the dream indicates suffering, distress, and the consequences of involvement in forbidden or immoral actions. Hunting a lion in a dream signifies the acquisition of great power or authority, often attained through cunning, deception, or strategic manipulation. Hunting sparrows, hawks, or falcons also indicates gaining power, dominance, or influence, particularly over others. Hunting birds or pigeons represents a tricky or deceptive merchant who uses cleverness and persuasion in trade. Hunting wild beasts symbolizes cheating or exploiting travelers and strangers, warning against taking advantage of those who are vulnerable or unfamiliar with their surroundings. Fishing, when emphasized repeatedly in a dream, reinforces the meaning of womanizing and indulgence in desire, pointing to a persistent pattern of pursuit and temptation. A beast hunter in a dream represents someone who exploits foreigners or outsiders, while a bird hunter may also symbolize a schoolteacher, a music teacher, or a preacher, someone who attracts, guides, or influences people through speech, teaching, or charm, sometimes using persuasion or subtle control. (Also see Hunter)

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Five times prayers

Dreaming of performing obligatory prayers (Arabic: Fardh) signifies gaining a prominent position, spiritual progress, assuming leadership, guiding others, conveying important messages, fulfilling responsibilities, settling obligations, handing over trusts, or finding inner peace. Seeing oneself correctly performing one of the five obligatory prayers on time, after proper ablution, with accurate postures of standing, bowing, prostrating, showing reverence, piety, and facing the Kaaba, indicates fulfilling a religious obligation, undertaking the yearly Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, escaping an injustice through repentance, or avoiding wrongdoing. Conducting divinely mandated prayers in dreams also represents faithfulness to vows, securing employment for the jobless, or reuniting with long-lost friends or family. Leading prayers suggests guaranteeing something or borrowing money temporarily. Praying behind an imam implies becoming dependent on others. The noon prayer (Arabic: Dhuhr) symbolizes revelation, announcement, or uncovering secrets. Performing Dhuhr indicates reaching objectives, fulfilling all desires, acquiring worldly possessions, or gaining spiritual rewards in the afterlife, especially if completed fully. For a debtor in prison, finishing Dhuhr means someone will settle their debt, leading to release and prosperity. Performing Dhuhr happily on a sunny day foretells fame through rewarding work mirroring that pleasant day, while on a cloudy day it suggests distressing efforts. The mid-afternoon prayer (Arabic: Asr) denotes vows, promises, or responsibilities. Dreaming of Asr means desired outcomes will happen after difficulties and trials; incompleteness warns they may not materialize. The sunset prayer (Arabic: Maghrib) implies sought matters concluding. Completing Maghrib signifies obtaining heartfelt wishes. The night prayer (Arabic: Isha) represents finishing tasks, achieving desires, or nearing life's end followed by rest akin to death. Performing Isha also means tending to family duties like providing food, clothing, shelter, and guidance, bringing them comfort. Praying the odd-numbered Witr at midnight reflects caring for family needs. Dawn Fajr prayer signals morning's arrival and imminent news, good or bad; it also means starting essential work to support family. Performing Dhuhr at Asr time indicates debt repayment. Interrupted Dhuhr or Asr suggests paying only half debts. Completing Asr alone means job nearing finish with little left. Maghrib signifies completing duties and resting. Isha involves concealing matters or home privacy. Additionally, Dhuhr can mean repentance, law changes, or fighting Satan and foes during midday rest. Asr represents life's victory, divine guidance, blessings, and adherence to God's commands. Maghrib may indicate losing a parent, guardian, close friend death, or someone's impeachment. Isha could mean journey preparation, marriage, relocation, eye weakness like cataracts, or future vastness due to distance from Fajr. Fajr denotes vowed pledges. Asr signifies relief after hardship. Maghrib means past issues returning. Isha suggests deception or schemes. Performing Friday congregational prayers foretells hoped-for gains. Praying in a garden means seeking God's forgiveness. In farmland, it indicates debt clearance. In a slaughterhouse, it warns of committing sodomy. Praying seated without valid reason means unacceptable deeds to God. Lying on side in bed suggests illness. Praying in mosque then handling other matters means those activities will be blessed and profitable. Praying while riding indicates fear or impending conflict. Shortening obligatory prayers to two rakats suggests travel. Eating honey during prayer may mean intimacy with wife while fasting. For women, shortening to two rakats foretells menstruation that day. Missing prayer time and unable to find place or time means struggles completing tasks, paying debts, or worldly goals. Intentionally delaying obligatory prayer shows lax religious commitment with intent to improve later. Performing Friday prayers signals joy, happiness, celebrations, pilgrimage season, or avoiding loans for luxuries. Eid prayers at Ramadan's end mean debt payment, illness recovery, difficulty resolution, worry dissipation. Eid-ul-Adha prayers involve business control, promise-keeping, vow fulfillment. Mid-morning Duha means amnesty, innocence, true oaths, happiness, shunning polytheism. Sick person's prayer indicates misfortune or faith doubts. Combining or shortening prayers suggests journeys or temptations. Praying on dirty wet ground without mat means poverty, humiliation, needs. Improper covering during prayer indicates wrongdoing in fasting or unlawful charity, innovations, passion-following, or justifying errors. Performing fear prayer means business partnerships, activities, or death pains. Talking in prayer means reclaiming gifts, lacking focus, or publicizing charity. Reading aloud when should be silent or vice versa, or judging people, means erroneous judgments, mind-following, pretense, lies, hypocrisy, truth concealment, or unjust money seizure. Altering prayer order means parental disobedience, objection to authority, forgetfulness, sleeplessness, or intelligence lack. Late-night Tarawih means hard work, exhaustion, debt repayment, guidance. Rain-seeking Istisqa denotes fears, lethargy, high prices, market dullness, troubles, unhappiness, attachment, construction stagnation. Eclipse prayers strive for comfort, appeasement, sinner repentance, path return to God, authority fears, difficulties, or major Reckoning signs. Fear prayer Khawf represents unity, agreement, consent, peace, tranquility. Funeral Janaza means interceding for deceased; if unknown, employing jobless, partnership profits, or neglecting regular prayers, forgetfulness, prayer distraction. Leading funeral then exaggerating invocations means hypocritical ruler appointing dreamer to sector management. Invoking blessings on deceased means God forgave their sins. Sitting in soul-praying gathering means attending funeral. Performing funeral prayer indicates sinner intercession. Friday Jumu'ah means approaching relief, beloved reunion, need fulfillment. Alone Friday prayer means exclusive personal aid. Losing item then seeing Eid celebration means recovering it. Ramadan Eid means perfections and prosperity; sacrifice Eid means debt repayment, stress relief, life/job advancement, prison release. Eclipse prayers indicate calamity to leaders or famous people, or great knowledgeable person's death with attended funeral. Rain Istisqa from start to end means adversity lifting. Supererogatory Nafl prayers represent piety, devotion to Prophet's Sunnah. Woman leading men means her imminent death. Supplementary Sunnah after obligatory means community service with sincerity, purity, good traits. Extra supererogatory means hereafter success concern, enjoying devotion fruits worldly and eternally. Obligatory Fardh provide family necessities; Sunnah offer extra family comforts. Ramadan congregational Tarawih care for family, heart comfort. Straight rows mean constant God praise. Voluntary prayers for unmarried mean marriage; married mean two children; poor mean sufficient earnings. Midnight Tahajjud means status elevation. Wish-fulfillment prayers mean official ceremonies or appointment punctuality. Delayed Qadah means debt payment, sin repentance, vow fulfillment. Sitting prayers mean illness, failure, contentment, or warning of affliction to father, teacher, beloved. Congregation Istighfar means rain, prosperity, barren childbearing, harvest, new property purchase. Praise Tasbih means gift reception, divine grace endowment, blessings, prosperity. Guidance Istikharah dispels doubt, confusion, problem guidance, project success; if follower of shaikh, means lowered spiritual status as true seeker asks no questions. Traveler safe return Ghaib means suitable weather for needs. Grave prayer means unrewarded gifts or charity to needy. Mosque greeting means spending to aid relatives, friends' needy. Sudden unexpected prayer means secret charity or unjust employment seeking. Any extra day/night prayer means good deeds nearing Lord, adversary reconciliation, love fostering. Laughing in prayer means frequent forgetfulness, delinquency in proper timely performance. Drunk praying means false court testimony. Without ablution means worthless despicable religious performance. Wrong direction standing means opposing requirements, ordained actions. Back to God's House means apostasy, religion rejection, indifference. Mosque people facing elsewhere means leader/judge dismissal, prescribed rule neglect, mind/desire-following in interpretations. Helpless turning any direction crying for help means seeking God's closeness or believer acceptance for impermissible indulgence/opinion, or traveling faced direction. Eastward/westward beyond Mecca means despicable arrogant person backbiting, slandering, sin/disobedience indulgence. Unable to find Kaaba means faith doubts. Facing holy Kaaba means straight path walking. Wearing white garb reading Qur'an means joining Mecca pilgrims caravan. God knows best. (Also see Death, Imam, Pharaoh)

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Flying

Flying in a dream signifies travel, but lying on one's back while flying indicates comfort, while for non-travelers it suggests unemployment. Jumping from one roof to another implies shifting from dignity to moral laxity, with roofs symbolizing women or wives, so flying between roofs may mean taking a mistress. A woman flying from her home into a known man's house foretells marriage to him, whereas flying from a familiar place to an unknown one signifies death, and for prisoners it promises release from jail. Flying with wings denotes travels, while without wings it points to changes in status or conditions; for foreigners, it means returning home or excessive wandering. Proud individuals flying experience mere illusions. Winning a flying race against another means overcoming rivals and gaining higher status. Soaring over mountains represents power and authority; qualified leaders flying attain leadership roles, but falling during flight means controlling what one lands on, while unqualified people flying warns of religious flaws or illness. Reaching a destination successfully connotes a fruitful journey, but vanishing while flying signals death. Flying from one's house to an unknown one also indicates the grave, and certain flights may represent sickness leading to near-death. Ascending without wings fulfills aspirations, soaring like a pigeon grants authority to benefit or harm others and achieve honor, but tiring mid-flight without impact yet feeling joy suggests seeking funds for personal needs. Crossing lands while flying brings honor, power, comfort and satisfaction; horizontal flight means a wife improving behavior effortlessly, vertical flight with head up promises benefits increasing with height—for the wealthy or skilled it offers leadership, for foreigners return home or permanent exile. Winged flight generally brings advantages, wingless high soaring indicates fears and trials. Flying over homes and streets causes troubles, near birds means associating with strangers—for evildoers it's a bad sign, for fishermen suffering or death. Low-altitude flight suggests short trips, controlling flight at will eases burdens and anticipates rewards. Flying upside-down portends evil, for the sick it means death from illness, flying with one's bed signals severe leg ailment. Enjoying sky-to-earth flight reflects exaggerated hopes, but flying may also denote pursuing harmful knowledge, evil ideas, associating with wicked people, haste, anger leading to failure, extreme joy, or superstition. Flying from a bad place to a good one like a farm or mosque promises benefits and personal growth. (Also see Air, Wadi)

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Fraudulent bankruptcy

Seeing deceptive or feigned bankruptcy in a dream signifies gain, loss, or hardship that is directly connected to an actual state of financial strain or instability, reflecting fluctuating conditions between appearance and reality. Being accused of fraud in the dream, when supported by a truthful and reliable witness, indicates an increase in income, unexpected financial benefit, or the clarification of one’s affairs leading to advantage. However, if the dream’s atmosphere suggests deceit, wrongdoing, or moral corruption, then such a vision points to true bankruptcy, decline in character, misuse of speech, obscenity, moral contamination, loss of trustworthiness, and the erosion of personal integrity, warning the dreamer against dishonesty and unethical conduct that may bring lasting harm. (Also see Bankruptcy)

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Frying

To see meat, eggs, fish, or similar items being fried in a vision signifies a parting of ways or a deliberate distancing from a person or situation. It may also denote the fulfillment of a necessity, the achievement of an objective, or gaining clarity about it. The act of frying in a dream reflects the adept handling of one's lawful claims, or it can herald the return of a much-anticipated journeyer or the freedom of someone confined. Frying with sugar points to a commercial venture that will yield financial gain. (Also see Deep frying)

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Fulfilling goal

Seeing oneself fulfilling a goal or achieving a desired aim in a dream signifies an increase in wisdom, maturity, and sound judgment, along with receiving divine guidance and clarity in one’s affairs. It reflects success that is accompanied by lawful earnings, blessings in provision, and the attainment of honorable outcomes. Such a vision may also indicate marriage, stability in personal life, fulfillment of legitimate desires, and the arrival of prosperity, comfort, and well-being after effort and patience.

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Funeral

Participating in funeral prayers in a dream signifies building brotherhood with those following God's way, while passing by a funeral procession denotes being a hypocrite who eliminates or slays a wicked individual. Lying in a coffin alone without bearers suggests impending imprisonment, but a coffin carried by others implies backing and serving a powerful figure then gaining monetary compensation for that loyalty. Being unwillingly dragged into a funeral procession means working under an irreligious authority. Perching atop a coffin indicates growing riches, being hoisted and laid into one foretells appointment to a commanding role. Witnessing people conducting funeral prayers and weeping over the departed promises a praiseworthy end to one's life, whereas lack of grief or outright condemnation in the dream points to a disgraceful conclusion. For a trader, official or leader, sitting on a self-moving coffin signals an ocean voyage, a flying coffin means the passing of a prominent scholar in that area unnoticed by residents or the death of a famous person abroad or during pilgrimage travel. A funeral arriving at the graveyard assures restoration of rightful claims, numerous scattered coffins in a place warn of impending unrest, immorality and sin among its inhabitants. Bearing a coffin represents illicit earnings, a woman envisioning her own funeral—if unmarried—predicts forthcoming marriage, if married it means settling her obligations. A funeral traversing a market foretells clearance of stock, honoring a funeral signifies parting or showing regard to a departing companion, paying respects to a moving procession reflects worry for one's own ease. If the corpse in the coffin directs its finger toward the dreamer, it means the dreamer will oversee that person's burial rites and earn recompense for it, completing the service until grave closure promises doubled reward whose true extent is known solely to God Almighty. (Also see Cemetery, Death, Funeral prayers)

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Funeral prayers

Seeing oneself performing the funeral prayer, the Janāzah, in a dream signifies intercession and supplication on behalf of the deceased and reflects compassion, concern for others, and awareness of accountability. If the deceased person is unknown, performing the funeral prayer indicates employment or opportunity for one who is jobless, profit gained through partnership, or involvement in communal responsibilities, though it may also warn of negligence in fulfilling regular obligatory prayers, forgetfulness, or distraction during worship. Leading the funeral prayer and making excessive or exaggerated invocations on behalf of the deceased signifies being appointed by a hypocritical ruler to manage a portion of his affairs, indicating authority mixed with moral compromise. Invoking blessings upon the deceased indicates divine forgiveness granted to him by God Almighty. Sitting among people who are praying for the dead signifies attending a funeral or participating in collective remembrance of death. Performing funeral prayers in general also symbolizes interceding on behalf of a sinner, seeking mercy, forgiveness, and relief from punishment for those burdened by wrongdoing. (Also see Death, Five times prayers, Funeral)

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Gambling

Gambling in a dream symbolizes involvement in matters that lack a sound foundation, reflecting false hopes, inner anxiety, deception, or the pursuit of desires and goals that are unlikely or impossible to be attained. It often points to reliance on chance rather than wisdom, trust in illusions rather than truth, or engagement in risky behavior that leads to regret. If a person wagers money or property against an opponent and emerges victorious in the dream, it signifies overcoming that opponent in waking life, whether through argument, competition, or confrontation. More broadly, gambling or betting in dreams represents disputes, heated arguments, inner moral conflict, and trials that test one’s character, faith, or patience, as well as emotional or spiritual suffering resulting from misguided choices or attachment to worldly temptations. (Also see Casting lots, Distress, Games, Uptight, Worries)

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Gathering

Gathering in a dream symbolizes collective circumstances, shared trials, or matters that involve the dreamer and others, and its meaning changes according to the context of the gathering. Seeing a group of people assembling may point to financial loss, hardship, or a difficult test, yet it also carries the indication that such a trial will ultimately end in mercy, improvement, and success if patience is shown. Seeing people gathered around the body of a deceased person, visiting a sick individual, or standing around one’s bed signifies the arrival of relief, the easing of worries, support from others, and a favorable outcome after distress. Sitting in the company of someone beloved represents union, harmony, and joy, and may indicate marriage, prosperity, emotional fulfillment, or a long-awaited reunion that brings happiness and stability. (Also see Spiritual gathering)

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Giving

To give something in a dream reflects the merit or standing of the giver. If one provides meager payment to workers or a destitute person who deserves more, it points to disobedience toward divine commands, or deviation from established prophetic teachings. Being refused what one requests suggests shortcomings in religious observance, suffering due to contentious disputes over religious rulings, or a dangerous indulgence in negligent thoughts. Should an ill person see himself settling debts, it may portend his demise or the ruin of his resources. If he is in good health, it denotes a state of mental disturbance, wrath, a loss of restraint, or raising one's voice without cause. A poor person dreaming that he repays another's debt indicates he will gain advantages. Receiving a monetary award by judicial decree signifies income that is lawful and permissible.

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Glorifying

In a dream, glorifying God's sovereignty powerfully affirms and strengthens one's true faith, serving as a divine endorsement of one's belief. If the dreamer is afflicted in waking life by illness, imprisonment, or profound fear, then engaging in such glorification signifies a blessed and imminent deliverance, heralding a complete cure, secure freedom, and the restoration of inner peace. Should one see oneself performing the obligatory prayers and subsequently following them with invocations of God's glory, this vision portends a highly favorable outcome: it denotes receiving a definitive verdict of innocence in any matter, the successful fulfilment of a sacred vow, unwavering compliance with divine commandments, or the gracious intervention of God Almighty to provide unforeseen and abundant resources, specifically to settle all outstanding debts from unexpected and lawful sources.

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Good deed

Performing a virtuous act in a dream signifies turning back to righteousness, rekindling bonds with kin, uniting one's household through affection, or extending charity to assist a person in need. If one sees himself inviting people to God, it indicates he will be spared from the punishment of the hereafter. Engaging in good works such as almsgiving, prayer, invoking divine blessings, aiding others, safeguarding people's rights, enjoining what is permissible and forbidding what is illicit attracts divine favor and generosity, promotes success in trade, settles debts, alleviates fears, and leads to attaining a position of respect within the community. Expressing gratitude to God for His blessings in a dream foretells receiving an inheritance. Doing a good deed also denotes receiving motivation or nurturing hopeful aspirations. Spending wealth in the cause of God in a dream signifies gaining wealth in one's waking life.

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Grabbing

Grabbing or holding tightly onto a wall, a tree, or a branch in a dream symbolizes the closeness of one’s death, and the firmness of the grip reflects how near that end may be. Such an act represents clinging to life, seeking support, or attempting to delay an inevitable outcome. At the same time, firmly grabbing onto something in a dream can signify attachment to a powerful, righteous, or influential man, relying on his strength, protection, or guidance, and holding fast to a source of support that provides stability and security in times of fear or uncertainty. (Also see Gripping, Hug)

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Gripping

Gripping or firmly holding something by the hand in a dream symbolizes acquisition, stability, and renewed authority, indicating the purchase of new property or the gaining of a valuable possession. It also reflects the restoration of control over an affair, mastery over a situation, or reclaiming influence that was previously weakened. Such a dream may further signify marriage, the establishment of a lawful union, or the begetting of a son, pointing to continuity, responsibility, and the strengthening of one’s household and future. (Also see Grabbing, Hug)

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Haircut

A short haircut in a dream indicates neglecting one's responsibilities adequately. In dreams, hair represents wealth and long life. If a rich individual bundles a lock of their hair into their own bun, it points to rising riches and business development via loans or mortgages. For someone poor experiencing this, it suggests taking loans to clear debts but still requiring additional funds for daily needs. Straight hair turning curly or frizzed predicts receiving honor, whereas curly hair becoming straight implies facing disgrace or loss of status. Someone with straight, thin hair noticing it excessively long signifies that money entrusted by an employer will be mishandled, dissipated, or vanished. Soft, thin hair growing longer than usual indicates greater power for an authority figure and broader interests. A warrior or strong person wearing a hair bun suggests safeguard and admiration due to a dominant personality; for the wealthy, it denotes further riches, and for the impoverished, it symbolizes obligations. Curly hair means that authority, respect, and acclaim will belong to one's superior. A woman dreaming of straight hair predicts advantages, particularly when incorporating hair accessories or wigs in her appearance. Women braiding their hair signifies conserving or investing funds; however, for the poor or blind who regularly do so, it foretells troubles and challenges. An ill woman braiding her hair foretells dying from her sickness. Hair so long it can be braided with the beard indicates accumulating debts. Shaving moustache or armpit hair signifies clearing debts, easing worries, or upholding proper cleanliness. Braiding hair additionally means excelling in one's trade. Shaving the head in pilgrimage time means security and safeguard. Trimming hair or plucking excess during grooming indicates alleviating tension or being compelled to settle debts. A criminal or escapee clutching their own lengthy, thin, horse-like hair suggests being apprehended. Hair like a pig's predicts severe catastrophes. An distressed individual growing excessively hairy means deepening sadness and despair, while a content person becoming hairier signifies amplified happiness. Black hair on a woman symbolizes her husband's deep love for her. A woman donning a veil or head covering implies a trip that separates her husband from her briefly or forever. Others gazing at her hair indicates enduring slander and libel. A man growing horns from his hair denotes strength and cleverness. Messy or unkempt hair at the head's rear suggests suffering shame. Disordered hair on the right side implies abusing male kin children; on the left, abusing female kin children; lacking relatives, it means damage from personal misdeeds. Extended armpit hair signifies accomplishing aims or a charitable disposition; dense armpit hair shows craving for learning, seeking trade, or gaining via perseverance. Hair full of lice indicates having numerous offspring. Desiring and achieving longer or denser hair means fulfilling objectives, clearing debts, or thriving; unusual length or density without embarrassment signifies debts, anguish, and failure to support family. Long hair additionally implies playfulness and troubles; dense, lengthy hair may represent numerous children, dread of wrongdoing, pondering a key figure, or routine concerns. Lesser hair points to reducing problems. Another person yanking one's hair predicts monetary hardship. A woman having a single hair strand severed means spousal conflict or another inciting her husband toward a different woman. Styling hair with greasy substance means preparing for worldly matters; grease spilling onto the face suggests problems. Foul smell from hair indicates hearing compliments. Removing lice from hair means recognizing own shortcomings; lice dropping while combing signifies using part of inheritance for almsgiving or reforming conduct. Hair sprouting afresh implies risking loss of much fortune. Hair appearing on atypical face spots means debts; on the hand palm, trade gains; on chest or tongue, insight, precision, or hard work, but if overgrown, then hardships, pressure, grief, debts, etc. Forearm hair shedding or dropping means depleting entire savings. Braiding hair on legs indicates gaining wealth unlawfully or acting against religious rules. Woman's hair stands for her safeguard, spouse, or kin; unattractive, odorous hair mirrors lifestyle or husband-wife relation quality. Smoothly combed hair signifies faithfulness and keeping vows. For the unfaithful, shaving or cropping hair means frittering funds; overall, cropping hair denotes wisdom and direction. Combing spouse's hair predicts separation. Pleasing hair reflects honorable personality. Hair further suggests anxiety over matters. Changing to beast hair means labor and challenges; for the needy, it indicates sufficient basic provisions. Brows, lashes, hairy limbs, and chest in men represent masculinity, attractiveness, defense, or sustained riches. Hair in ears means learning or caution; in nose, advantageous things one inhales, possibly with concealed difficulty, or funds. Full body hair on a woman means remaining unmarried; for wedded, tending to parents and offspring. Hairy infant signifies extended lifespan. Beardless male turning hairy means his spouse will conceive soon. Graying hair means monetary decline for affluent or settling debts for needy. (Also see Hair, Shaving)

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Hanging clothes

In a dream, hanging clothes or spreading and unfolding a garment to dry in the sun signifies anticipation, openness, and the nearing end of absence or separation. It indicates preparation for good news, the clearing of matters, and the return of warmth and familiarity to one’s life. Hanging a garment in the sunlight in particular suggests that someone who has been away for a long time will soon arrive, bringing relief, joy, or renewed connection. It may also symbolize the removal of worries, the purification of circumstances, and the exposure of what was hidden, as matters become clear and life moves toward reunion and comfort.

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Hanging loosely

If a person sees himself suspended loosely from a high place in a dream, it indicates that he will become devout and will choose the life of the hereafter over worldly matters for the sake of his faith. Falling in such a dream signifies despair or deep disappointment. Hanging loosely in order to reach a lion, a snake, a scorpion, or similar creatures means keeping company with corrupt people, seeking marriage from a morally unsound family, or pursuing friendship with those who are harmful. Hanging loosely to reach livestock or a flock of sheep in a dream denotes giving charity or spending one’s wealth in a righteous and beneficial manner.

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Harvest

Gathering the yield from one's land in a vision signifies relief following hardship, or witnessing swift gains from one's endeavors. It may also indicate ruin, or receiving counsel and warning. The quantity collected within the dream corresponds to the scale of misfortune that will visit that region. Should one witness people reaping crops in a marketplace or along a thoroughfare, it foretells adversity striking them due to their transgressions. Conversely, it signifies commercial success and benefit. Observing devotees harvesting within a mosque without assistance indicates they shall obtain the fruits of their piety and earnest worship. Casting the gathered produce back onto the fields denotes that one's actions lack merit. Dreaming of harvesting out of season portends desolation, conflict, or mortality. Cutting unripe, green crops suggests the passing of a youth. If the harvest appears white, it signifies the demise of an elder. Seeing crops gathered prematurely or long after their proper time heralds death or warfare. (Also see Crop, Earth, Grammarian, Planting)

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Hone

Seeing a hone or razor strop in a dream symbolizes guidance, uprightness, and knowledge. It may also indicate provocation, urging action, or encouraging someone to persist in what he is doing. A hone can represent a woman, or a person who sows discord between spouses, friends, or loved ones. When actively used in a dream, a hone may signify tribadism or lesbian relations. In another sense, a hone also points to movement, activity, sharpness, and a pleasant or agreeable disposition.

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Hug

Embracing a living person in a dream signifies companionship and affection toward him. Giving a brief embrace to a deceased person indicates long life, while holding the dead in a prolonged and continuous hug signifies one’s death. Embracing a woman points to clinging to worldly pleasures and attractions and losing hope for reward in the hereafter. Holding firmly to fruit or affectionately clinging to loved ones signifies easy gain or lawful income. For an unmarried person, tightly holding or embracing a garment means marriage. Buying a pair of shoes in a dream signifies obtaining a new position or employment that brings great happiness. (Also see Embrace, Grabbing, Gripping, Sexual intercourse)

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Hunt

Seeing a hunt in a dream symbolizes gain, booty, and profit, reflecting effort directed toward livelihood and success, and hunting deer or rabbits signifies money and material benefit, while hunting merely for sport points to backbiting, slander, or harming others through words; seeing oneself hunting with trained dogs indicates the fulfillment of a long-cherished wish, and watching dogs go out to hunt signifies good news for the public, initiation of an undertaking, or the establishment of a business, whereas their return from the hunt indicates relief from fear, stagnation, or a decline in work; fishing with proper tools represents seeking lawful sustenance and earning honestly, and hunting in general reflects diligence, determination, and striving to earn through one’s own effort, while for an unmarried person it signifies marriage and for a married person it points to the birth of a son; if a woman sees herself hunting, it indicates control over her husband’s wealth, her father’s property, receipt of an inheritance, or influence over major business interests; hunting small game signifies knowledge, a craft, or an inheritance, while the hunter himself represents a philanderer, womanizer, or a person who exploits others, and befriending or assisting a hunter who pursues lawful prey signifies personal benefit, whereas helping in unlawful hunting brings suffering; hunting a lion signifies gaining great power through deception, hunting sparrows, hawks, or falcons signifies authority and dominance, hunting birds or pigeons represents a cunning merchant, hunting wild beasts signifies cheating travelers, fishing may symbolize womanizing, a beast hunter represents one who exploits foreigners, and a bird hunter may also symbolize a teacher, musician, or preacher who gathers followers. (Also see Dog, Hunter)

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Hurry

Walking swiftly or with great haste in a dream, whether in Mecca or in any town, signifies triumph over an enemy and the attainment of victory, and celerity also represents impatience, haste, or the suddenness with which one departs from this world, while moving at a quick pace may indicate loss of rank or position, and in some cases it points to preparing for or attending the pilgrimage season in Mecca, reflecting urgency, decisive change, and transitions that unfold rapidly. (Also see Hastiness)

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Ihtikaf

Dreaming of Ihtikaf, or spiritual retreat, signifies deliberate withdrawal from worldly distractions in order to devote oneself fully to worship, supplication, fasting, and remembrance of God. It represents a state of seclusion marked by hunger, restraint, and self-discipline, through which the dreamer seeks purification of the soul, humility of the ego, and mastery over base desires and passions. Such a vision points to inner struggle, sincere repentance, and spiritual renewal, indicating a conscious choice to endure hardship and solitude for the sake of drawing nearer to God, attaining clarity of heart, and restoring balance between the worldly self and the demands of faith. (Also see Retreat)

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Imitating

When a woman beholds herself in a vision attired in masculine garments and adopting the mannerisms and appearance of men, it signifies advancement in her worldly affairs if her attire is elegant and becoming. Should her appearance be unbecoming or unseemly, it portends dishonor and apprehension. To don the ceremonial vestments of a faith distinct from one's own indicates rejoicing, forming bonds of friendship, and partaking in the sacred observances of that community.

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Impel

To impel or urge one’s animal to move faster in a dream signifies awakening to advice, responding to warnings, and accepting sincere admonition that pushes the dreamer toward improvement and right conduct. It reflects an inner motivation to hasten one’s efforts in obedience, repentance, or the pursuit of beneficial goals after receiving guidance, and it may indicate correcting one’s course, abandoning negligence, and moving forward with greater determination as a result of counsel that touches the heart and stirs the conscience.

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Incite

To incite, entice, induce, lure, or urge in a dream signifies being stirred by advice and awakened by sincere counsel that directs one toward lawful effort and purposeful action. Inciting someone to work for his livelihood, or urging one’s animal to move faster, reflects attentiveness to admonition, acceptance of guidance, and a renewed determination to strive, earn honestly, and hasten toward beneficial deeds, indicating a shift from negligence to diligence and a readiness to act upon wise instruction. (Also see Prompting)

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Infringement

Dreaming of violating another person’s rights, defaming him, or subjecting him to insults signifies being defeated by that individual, unless the act is supported by a rightful cause or a valid legal justification. If, on the other hand, someone is seen infringing upon your rights in a dream, it indicates that final triumph and dominance over him will ultimately be yours. Infringement in dreams may also point to material growth and worldly success, although its outcome might fail to match the promise shown at its outset. (Also see Cursing, Injustice, Insulting)

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Insult

(Offense, Revilement, Profanity, Defamation) Dishonoring someone in a dream may represent the honor of the one casting aspersions, and the lack of merit in the person who is dishonored. An exception to this reading exists if the person insulting another in the dream harbors dubious intentions, and the one affronted in the vision is due respect. It is also held that the one insulted or reviled in the dream might be indebted to their aggressor and must settle what is owed. If the insulter holds a superior social standing, then the victim in the dream is of greater worth than their assailant. Nonetheless, generally, the person abused in the dream emerges ultimately triumphant in waking life. (Also see Insulting)

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Insulting

Insulting or dishonouring someone in a dream carries grave meaning, symbolizing extreme wrongdoing and, in its most severe sense, indicating murder or the destruction of another’s rights, honor, or safety. Insulting ignorant people in a dream, however, signifies reproaching them for their behavior and compelling them toward righteousness, guidance, and moral correction rather than harm. Insulting one’s parents in a dream reflects serious disobedience to God’s command, ingratitude, and moral deviation, serving as a warning against severing filial duty, respect, and obedience that are divinely ordained. (Also see Insult)

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Intercession

The act of intercession or mediation in a dream symbolizes attaining a position of honor, authority, and influential power, though it may also represent earning one's wage through cunning or without suffering humiliation. To witness the Day of Reckoning and people seeking an intercessor among the prophets signifies a time of social upheaval and a failure to aid the poor and needy. If a neighbor intercedes, it foretells beneficial support from that quarter or a helpful friend in adversity; a son's intercession promises benefit through him or his business connections. Ultimately, whether giving or receiving intercession, the dream points to gaining crucial advantage, assistance, and leverage in one's worldly and spiritual affairs. (Also see Day of Reckoning)

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Invitation

Receiving an invitation to a meal in a dream, whether for lunch or dinner, signifies embarking on a lengthy journey. An invitation seen in the middle of the afternoon points to rest or a pause from exhausting or distressing work. If the invitation is specifically for dinner, it indicates betraying someone under the concealment of night. Seeing oneself arranging to invite people for lunch or dinner in a dream means seeking business dealings with them or attempting to enter their social circle, for which one may later be reproached for intrusion or interference. Hosting a dinner at one’s home in a dream, after the guests have finished eating, signifies assuming authority or leadership over them. If a sick person dreams of such an invitation at his house, it foretells recovery from illness. Serving food to guests in a dream means the return of a beloved person from a long journey. Sitting at a table laden with various foods and fruits in a dream signifies being called to serve one’s Lord and attaining Paradise. (Also see Food, Guest, Hospitality, Table)

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Jihad

To join combatants on the field of battle in a dream signifies that the dreamer is a sincere worshipper who faithfully performs his prayers and discharges his obligatory and voluntary alms. Witnessing people advancing toward the fray indicates they will be granted divine pardon, triumph, strength, and harmony among the faithful. Dying as a martyr in God's cause within a dream heralds delight, contentment, and well-being. Engaging in a maritime struggle in a dream, however, suggests impoverishment, defeat, and moving toward ruin. Prevailing in a sea battle against a despot signifies a renewal of religious devotion; it may also represent a protective zeal for one's wife or succeeding in a conflict to uphold one's parents' honor. Achieving victory on the land battlefield during such a struggle denotes gains in one's trade. Returning from a sacred war against a tyrant in a dream warns that one might forsake their religious duties or become undutiful to their parents—a grave transgression in Islam. (Also see Inner struggle)

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Jump

To jump from one place to another out of fear or haste in a dream symbolizes facing accusations, slander, blasphemy, or receiving deeply troubling news that tarnishes one's reputation. Jumping down from a great height signifies a state of separation or a shift in one's circumstances from comfort and ease to hardship and distress. By contrast, a rapid, upward jump denotes elevation in rank, success, and an improvement in one's social or professional standing. Conversely, a plummeting or downward jump represents a decline in status, a loss of position, and a general deterioration in one's condition and fortunes. (Also see Jumping)

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Jumping

To observe oneself leaping on a single leg in a dream indicates a transition from an old dwelling or situation to a new one. If one makes a long, forceful bound in his dream, it signifies a journey. Hopping on one leg due to sickness or disability in a dream represents losing half of one's wealth or possessions and struggling to meet one's needs with what remains. Engaging in football, bouncing a ball, or performing athletic jumps, acrobatics, or gymnastics in a dream predicts gains or advantages for someone accustomed to such sports or training. Otherwise, it may signify confronting serious or perilous hardship. In a dream, moving by jumping from spot to spot also denotes false reports, baseless allegations, shifting sentiments among companions, or growing weary of them. If one vaults over a wall in a dream, it suggests he may abandon belief for disbelief or heed the counsel of an unbeliever. (Also see Jump)

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Keeping a secret

Keeping a secret in a dream, or seeing oneself as a secretary entrusted with confidentiality, signifies withholding knowledge or information from those who seek or depend on it, whether out of caution, wisdom, or responsibility. It may also point to a person’s upright character, trustworthiness, and moral integrity, reflecting inner discipline, discretion, and the ability to safeguard trusts. Such a dream can further indicate refined manners, loyalty, and the possession of noble qualities that make one worthy of confidence, authority, or entrusted responsibilities. (Also see Secretary)

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Kicking

Kicking something in a dream signifies ingratitude, arrogance, or the rejection of a blessing, reflecting dissatisfaction with what one has been given or contempt toward favors received. Being kicked in a dream indicates humiliation or public disgrace, where another person may belittle one’s worth, undermine accomplishments, or speak ill of one’s efforts and successes. It can also point to being despised because of poverty or weakness, or to encountering someone who behaves with pride and haughtiness, treating the dreamer with disdain, injustice, or harshness in words and actions.

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Killing

(Murder, Taking one's own life) To commit killing in a dream signifies a grave transgression. Should a person take his own life, or end himself out of fear for the consequences of his misdeeds in a dream, it denotes that he is sincerely repenting from his sins, though suicide itself is a major sin leading its doer to perpetual torment. Ending another's life in a dream means performing a wicked and dreadful act. Conversely, committing a flagrant sin or an openly reprehensible deed in a dream can symbolize killing someone. If one is slain in a dream, it signifies a long life and that he will obtain substantial wealth from his slayer. Killing someone without properly slaughtering them in a dream means the victim will gain significantly from his aggressor. Slaughtering in a dream represents oppression. Killing in a dream can also mean release from despair, anguish, hardship, and sadness. Taking one's own life in a dream may also indicate realizing the worth of lost advantages. If one is murdered without knowing the perpetrator, it points to negligence in religious obligations. Recognizing the murderer signifies victory over an adversary. Seeing a victim swimming in blood flowing from his neck denotes that the victim will endure severe defamation and slander from his attacker. Intentionally ending one's own life in a dream indicates the dreamer is a disruptive rebel and a disobedient servant of God. Admitting to a murder in a dream means gaining dominance. Killing could also signify missing or neglecting one's prayers. Killing one's own son in a dream means receiving money. Dying as a martyr in a dream also signifies gains, the fulfillment of a pledge, business prosperity, or it may indicate assassination, drowning, or death under a fallen structure. If the victim in the dream is a legal witness, it means his testimony will be upheld, or it could indicate he will experience abundant blessings. (Also see Fight)

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Kiss

A kiss in a dream signifies fulfilling a need, wish, or desire, and it may also denote overcoming or subduing an adversary. Kissing or embracing a man with desire indicates obtaining from him what one seeks to gain. When the kiss is lustful, it points to achieving benefits, acquiring knowledge, or attaining guidance. A friendly kiss suggests that the recipient will gain advantage from the one who kissed him, learn from him, or acquire new insight through him. Kissing a child represents affection, care, and compassion toward that child. Kissing a servant implies seeking the friendship of her master or employer. Kissing a married woman reflects an attempt to befriend her husband. Kissing a person in authority signifies taking over his role or position. Kissing a judge indicates that one’s testimony will be accepted, while a judge kissing someone shows that the latter will prevail in a legal matter or benefit from him, and the same applies if a leader or superior kisses someone. Kissing one’s father means mutual benefit. Kissing one’s son passionately signifies saving wealth for him or establishing a business on his behalf, whereas a gentle kiss to one’s son denotes receiving happiness or money from him or his mother. Kissing someone between the eyes signifies marriage. Kissing another’s eyes points to pursuing both heterosexual and homosexual desires and serves as a warning to abandon such forbidden and harmful conduct before being afflicted by an unknown illness. Kissing one’s beloved on the mouth symbolizes money. Kissing a woman indicates desire for her or receiving news from a loved one. Kissing an elderly woman suggests offering an apology or feeling remorse for a careless remark. Kissing a young girl means drinking wine. When a scholar kisses a beautiful woman, it may represent reciting the Qur’an or speaking wisdom, but if he is attached to worldly pleasures, the woman symbolizes the world itself. Kissing God’s right Hand signifies performing the pilgrimage to Mecca and kissing the Black Stone. Kissing God Almighty represents kissing the Holy Qur’an or God’s sacred Name, while seeing God Almighty kissing the dreamer means acceptance of his deeds. Kissing an adorned woman or sleeping with her indicates marriage to a wealthy widow. Kissing a known deceased person means benefiting from his knowledge or inheriting from him, whereas kissing an unknown dead person means receiving unexpected money or dealing with his heirs. If a deceased person kisses someone, it points to unforeseen benefits. Lustfully kissing a dead person signifies fulfilling desires or completing a matter. For a sick person, kissing a deceased person foretells death, while for a healthy person, it means that his words lack truth. (Also see Rose)

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Knitting

(Interweaving yarn or thread, Crafting fabric) In a dream, knitting signifies a solution-finder, clothing, a journey, or indecision. Knitting also denotes the progression of one's life and its approaching conclusion. It further represents dwelling under agreeable circumstances, or experiencing life's offerings between joy and disappointment. Crafting a knit garment signifies embarking on a journey. Seeing oneself wrapping the knitwork means his intention is fixed on travel. Unraveling a completed knitted piece indicates that an objective was attained, then impeded. If the dreamer is imprisoned, this means release. If in a dispute, it signifies the resolution of conflicts. Knitting may also symbolize an unnatural act.

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Knock

Hearing or seeing someone knocking on one’s door in a dream signifies confrontation, disturbance, or an aggressive challenge brought by an intruder or outsider. It points to a conflict that enters one’s personal space, whether through quarrels, disputes, or unwelcome interference, and it may indicate a sudden provocation that disrupts peace, demands attention, or forces the dreamer to defend his position, household, or honor against hostility. (Also see Close, Door)

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Labor

Experiencing arduous toil in a vision suggests that ease will follow in one's waking life. Should a merchant or wealthy individual witness themselves performing manual labor, it indicates false pride and deception, or that they manipulate others to gain control of their wealth or cheat them of their possessions. For an ordinary person, performing labor in a dream points to prudence, careful judgment, or moral excellence, accompanied by contentment and tranquility. Such labor may also foretell a coming difficulty or personal danger. (Also see Labourer)

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Lamenting

Wailing and expressing longing in a dream carries an ill implication. Lamentation may also symbolize a religious preacher, or it could represent a foul smell emanating from an unclean place. It may likewise signify the howling of dogs, the beating of drums, the clashing of cymbals, or even a marriage celebration. Being present where people mourn their dead warns of a sinister event occurring in that area, or possibly the severing of family and friendly bonds. Mourning a departed person in a dream suggests injury may come from that person's lineage or household. Deeply grieving and weeping over the dead, however, can also herald awakening to immense delight and gladness. Lamenting may also signify troubles brought about by the mourner themselves. It can indicate straying from the right path, or be symbolized by a flute, as a flute represents lamentation. Such wailing also denotes actions born of ignorance.

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Laughing

Laughing in a dream generally symbolizes happiness, joy, and contentment in waking life, reflecting inner delight, good character, and positive experiences, yet its meaning can vary depending on the manner and context of the laughter: bursting into a loud, uncontrolled laugh or falling backward from laughter indicates impending sorrow or crying; laughing at a joke or by imitation suggests dishonesty, moral weakness, or falling into sin; gentle, soft, or smile-like laughter represents virtue, good manners, and the promise of real joy or favorable events to be witnessed in waking life; seeing the earth laugh signifies a bountiful harvest, while witnessing a deceased person laughing indicates their bliss and enjoyment in the afterlife; laughter can also denote light-headedness, frivolity, or playful buoyancy, and when associated with capable or authoritative individuals, it may foreshadow their dismissal or loss of status, highlighting the complex interplay between joy, morality, and future circumstances. (Also see Crying, Laughter)

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Learning

Learning in a dream, whether it involves studying the Qur’an, the prophetic traditions, or a useful craft, symbolizes the acquisition of knowledge that brings transformation, blessings, and improvement in life, signifying wealth following poverty, guidance after heedlessness, marriage after a period of celibacy, the birth of a son, or the benefit of walking in the company of a spiritual mentor; conversely, seeing oneself learning an evil act indicates deviation from the right path, moral corruption, or experiencing decline, such as poverty following wealth, reflecting the profound influence of what one chooses to study and internalize on both worldly and spiritual outcomes. (Also see Knowledge, School, Uncertainty)

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Lick

Licking any substance such as milk, water, honey, or other liquids in a dream symbolizes a life of frugality, constrained resources, or modest income, reflecting a state of needing to conserve. Specifically, dreaming of dipping a finger into delicious food and licking it signifies the acquisition of something precious like gold, a gemstone, or an ornate pendant. More broadly, the act of licking one's fingers or any element within the dream directly represents receiving monetary gain or beneficial profits directly associated with the nature of the substance being licked. (Also see Electuary)

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Limping

Walking with a limp in a vision signifies becoming disabled or failing to complete an undertaking. It may also represent gaining knowledge, deepening religious comprehension, or increasing in wisdom. Limping can additionally signify embarking on a journey. If the limp involves the right leg, it may indicate that one's son will fall ill. If it affects the left leg, it could mean one's daughter will become betrothed. For someone without children or travel plans, limping serves as a caution to pause, proceed cautiously, and deliberate the next step. A dislocated leg suggests one's wife may become unwell. Limping can also denote a long life, acquired knowledge, and religious insight. Observing a woman limping indicates receiving something incomplete or flawed; the same applies if a woman sees someone limping or hopping on one foot in her vision. Limping may further symbolize deception, treachery, or betrayal. (Also see Lameness)

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Listening

In a vision, hearing the Quran, the teachings of God's Prophet (upon whom be peace), words of wisdom, an admonition, or a scholarly discourse signifies receiving guidance and turning repentantly to God. Conversely, hearing gossip, slander, defamation, or eavesdropping foretells that harm will befall the listener. Heeding good counsel and following its sound advice brings glad tidings. Eavesdropping indicates a tendency to defame others. Pretending not to hear what is said reveals a habitual liar. The noise of a crowd signifies wealth and other benefits. Sheep bleating denotes anxiety and dread. Horses neighing symbolizes power and honor. Dogs barking represents idle talk and meddling. The cry of a lynx signifies self-indulgence or licentiousness. Pigeons cooing indicates weeping, grief, or marriage. Swallows chirping means beneficial speech. Frogs croaking signifies physical beatings. The clang of bells or the hiss of snakes means conflict, dispute, a warning, or war. Donkeys braying means uttering curses in obscurity. Mules braying denotes meaningless talk or engaging in dubious acts. A cow mooing represents temptation. Camels gurgling signifies journeys and hardships. A lion's roar signifies intimidation. A tomcat's howl means tumult, backbiting, slander, and innuendo. Foxes yapping warns to flee or shift from one field to another. A wolf's howl foretells robbery. A mouse's squeak signifies gain, reunion, affection, and peace. A female gazelle's cry means yearning for one's homeland. A jackal's bark means a mission with good intent, or an impending evil. (Also see Eavesdropping, Sound of animals, Speaking)

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Looking at a sexual organ

In a dream, gazing lustfully or with desire at the private parts or vagina of one's own wife or that of another woman, whether familiar or unknown, or touching it with carnal intent, signifies becoming involved in corrupt, morally decayed, or rotten business ventures that lead to financial loss, spiritual corruption, or tarnished reputation, often involving deceit, exploitation, or unlawful gains that invite divine displeasure and worldly regret. Such a vision warns of succumbing to base desires that drag one into shameful transactions or partnerships tainted by immorality, urging immediate repentance, avoidance of suspicious dealings, and purification of intentions to restore honor and blessings. Seeing a woman naked or exposing her private parts without her awareness or consent in the dream represents falling into frequent and grave errors, recurring pitfalls in judgment and conduct, committing major mistakes in personal, professional, or religious life due to heedlessness or temptation, reflecting a pattern of sinfulness or negligence that exposes one's vulnerabilities and invites adversity, humiliation, or loss, serving as a divine admonition to seek forgiveness, guard one's gaze and actions, strengthen modesty and taqwa, and rectify life's course before irreversible consequences manifest.

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Lying

Lying in a dream symbolizes moral deviation and harmful speech, indicating false testimony, fabrication, slander, or persistent failure and frustration in one’s life, and it may also reflect speaking nonsense, allowing imagination to override truth, or spreading sharp but destructive ideas; if such falsehood is heard in the dream and then passed on, it signifies that the resulting harm will outweigh any perceived benefit, leading to corruption and discord, and seeing oneself lying to God Almighty represents extreme ignorance, lack of reason, and spiritual blindness, serving as a severe warning against deceit, arrogance, and self-delusion. (Also see Blunder)

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Magic arts

Magic arts such as conjuring, juggling, or performing tricks in a dream symbolize deception, false appearances, arrogance, and being drawn into temptation or illusion. They point to matters that mislead the heart and distract a person from truth and sincerity, highlighting reliance on outward show rather than inner reality. Seeing oneself engaged in or impressed by such arts reflects pride, self-delusion, or an inclination to manipulate others through cunning and craftiness. Learning sorcery, black magic, or similar practices in a dream signifies deviation from the right path, indulgence in blameworthy innovations, heedlessness toward divine guidance, and a weakening of faith through attraction to forbidden or misleading knowledge. (Also Magician, Sorcery, Spit out)

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Manumission

Setting a slave free in a vision symbolizes a ritual sacrifice, akin to offering an animal during the Immolation Feast on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah after the pilgrimage. If a husband releases his wife, it foretells their divorce. A bondsman seeing himself liberated suggests either he or his master may soon pass away. Should a slave die in the dream, it signifies his impending freedom. Liberation from bondage, for an ill person, indicates his death and that he is a sinner who will repent. For an unbeliever, it means embracing faith, with the Almighty forbidding his flesh to the fire. A free person witnessing his own manumission signifies he will settle his debts or turn in repentance from his sins.

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Milking

Milking a cow in a dream symbolizes a strict or demanding employer. Milking a goat may indicate maintaining good relations with neighbors, using flattery, acting with diplomacy, or seeking lawful means of livelihood. If an employee dreams of milking a cow or a goat, it means he may marry his employer’s wife. When a poor person sees himself milking a cow or a goat and drinking its milk, it signifies financial stability, while for a wealthy person it indicates an elevation in rank or status. Milking a camel in a dream means receiving an important gift from someone in authority. If the milk turns into blood in the dream, it signifies acquiring unlawful wealth. Milking any domesticated animal also represents marriage to a virtuous person or the birth of a blessed child. Milk appearing in a dream may likewise point to deception. (Also see Dairyman, Milk, Trader)

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Misleading

Being misled, deceived, or tricked in a dream, whether through betrayal, swindle, or cunning schemes, symbolizes a hidden divine wisdom in which apparent loss conceals true victory. If one sees another person attempting to mislead or deceive him, it signifies that God Almighty will ultimately grant the dreamer triumph over his enemy, expose falsehood, and turn deceit back upon the deceiver. In such a vision, the one who plots and tricks is destined to fail, suffer loss, or be humiliated, while the one who appears misled is in reality protected, supported, and victorious. This dream reflects the overturning of schemes, the frustration of hostile plans, and the assurance that truth prevails over trickery, even when deception initially seems powerful or convincing. (Also see Fraudulent bankruptcy)

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Moaning

Moaning or groaning in a dream symbolizes the nearing of release after strain and the manifestation of what has long been carried with effort and patience. If a pregnant woman sees herself moaning, it signifies that the time of labor has arrived or is very near, indicating the transition from burden to delivery. The dream reflects physical and emotional exertion preceding relief, the unfolding of a destined event, and the approach of an outcome that follows hardship, marking the imminent emergence of new life and the completion of a demanding stage.

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Mockery

Mockery in a dream symbolizes deception, false superiority, and the act of misleading others through ridicule or pretended cleverness. It represents duping or defrauding someone, taking advantage of their trust, or belittling them in order to gain an unfair benefit. Such a vision points to dishonesty in dealings, moral arrogance, and the use of scorn as a tool to manipulate or exploit, serving as a warning that mockery carries blame and may lead to loss, exposure, or retribution.

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Mummification

Mummification or embalming the body of a deceased person in a dream symbolizes preservation, closure, and the easing of grief, indicating comfort and happiness for one who is sorrowful and relief after sadness. It reflects the sealing of a painful chapter and the calming of troubled emotions. For a sinner, such a vision signifies repentance, cleansing from past wrongdoing, and the resolve to abandon former errors, representing moral purification, restraint, and a return to upright conduct after acknowledging and containing one’s faults. (Also see Shroud)

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Murmur

Murmuring, rumbling, or grumbling in a dream carries multiple and contrasting meanings, reflecting unrest, movement, and change. It may signify the impeachment or removal of a governor or authority figure, indicating public dissatisfaction or upheaval, or it may point to recovery from illness, as inner agitation precedes relief and renewed strength. For one who loves travel, murmuring can symbolize the stirring of a journey and the call to set out, while for contentious or argumentative people it denotes losses, disputes, and the harmful consequences of quarrels. In some contexts, murmuring may also signify marriage, gatherings, and celebrations, where voices are raised in collective sound. At the same time, to murmur in a dream can represent following religious innovations, straying from sound guidance, and binding one’s destiny to a path of error through persistent complaint, dissatisfaction, or deviation from truth.

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Offering

An offering in a dream, whether an immolation, sacrifice, or vow, symbolizes what is most cherished, representing a wife who is the joy and comfort of her husband or a child who is the pride and delight of his father, and it also signifies righteous deeds, devotion, and sincerity in worship, while at the same time it may indicate trials, hardships, hostility, disputes, quarrels, or arguments within the family, as well as conflict, invasion, or contention, and it can also point to lawful gains and profits, such as those earned through hunting or effort after struggle. (Also see Immolation, Sacrifice)

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Pardon

Forgiving someone for a sin, mistake, or error in a vision indicates that the Almighty will extend forgiveness to the dreamer for their own sins. Such an act also symbolizes longevity, recognition for devoutness, divine protection, a benevolent heart, and a merciful disposition. Pardoning a criminal in a dream further signifies receiving God's forgiveness in this life and on the Final Day. To forgive and grant pardon when one possesses the power to do so reflects strong faith, piety, and conscious avoidance of wrongdoing. If the Almighty, or His Prophet, pardons or forgives one's sins within the dream, it denotes sincere repentance, acceptance of guidance, and the attainment of a commendable end in both this world and the hereafter. (Also see Amnesty)

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Pelting stones

In dreams, pelting stones, particularly the pebbles used for stoning the devil during the pilgrimage rites, symbolizes fidelity, sincerity, and steadfastness in faith, as well as fulfilling obligations, repaying debts, performing good deeds, and achieving victory over one’s enemy or inner temptations. It reflects discipline, obedience, and resistance against evil influences. Pelting stones may also signify completing obligatory acts of worship, such as prayers and fasting that were previously missed due to valid reasons, indicating rectification and spiritual renewal. However, eating one of the stones meant for pelting carries a negative meaning, symbolizing the unlawful consumption or usurpation of the property of a young orphan, and serves as a strong warning against injustice, exploitation, and betrayal of trust. (Also see Pebbles, Pilgrimage, Jamarat)

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Piercing a hole

Boring a hole in a vision signifies deceit or trickery. Drilling a hole into stone represents probing into the affairs of a person in power. Making an opening in the wall of a fortress denotes an unhealthy fixation on young maidens and an intent to corrupt them. The act of piercing can also symbolize espionage, following someone's trail, contaminating one's livelihood with illicit gains, or a decline in the behavior of one's offspring. Excavating an underground passage beneath a city indicates a search for a specific individual. Digging a tunnel to access the interior of a dwelling points to attempts at wooing a woman, exerting undue influence over her, and then seducing her into betrayal. (Also see Tunnel)

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Piercing a hole in a pearl

In a dream, piercing a pearl signifies offering a deep, precise, and valuable commentary on the meanings of the Qur’an, unveiling hidden wisdom and clarifying subtle knowledge that benefits others. It represents insight, scholarly effort, and the ability to draw guidance from sacred texts. A nose ring in a dream symbolizes injustice, oppression, and a tyrannical person who controls others by force or humiliation. Piercing the nose of an animal to place a ring indicates gaining money, subduing power, or exercising authority, and it may also mean overcoming, restraining, or defeating an enemy and bringing him under control. (See Daniel, Nose ring)

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Planning

Seeing oneself planning, arranging, or organizing matters or events in a dream signifies advancement in rank, growth in authority, and an increase in respect or influence. It reflects clarity of mind, foresight, and the ability to manage responsibilities wisely. Planning in a dream also points to justifying one’s duties, decisions, or actions, indicating that the dreamer seeks order, accountability, and sound reasoning, and that his affairs will be settled through careful thought and proper explanation.

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Planting

Seeing cultivated land or engaging in planting in a dream signifies finding employment, starting productive work, or performing a service or favor while secretly expecting benefit, reward, or return in the future. It may also indicate fulfilling an obligation with hope for eventual gain, whether material or moral. Planting in a dream further symbolizes fertility and continuity, often meaning that one’s wife will conceive or that family growth is forthcoming. It can also reflect investing effort, time, or resources into something that will yield results later on. However, planting in land that is unsuitable, barren, or unnatural for cultivation represents moral deviation and engaging in forbidden or perverse acts, indicating misuse of effort and desire in a wrongful manner. (Also see Crop, Seeds)

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Plowing

Seeing oneself plowing in a dream symbolizes marriage, union, and preparation for family life, as plowing represents readiness for cultivation and future growth. It can also indicate lawful intimacy, building a household, or beginning a new phase tied to responsibility and continuity. If a person sees himself plowing land that belongs to another man, the dream carries a warning meaning, signifying involvement in what is forbidden and indicating that he may end up marrying that man’s wife, whether through divorce or other circumstances. Such a vision reflects transgression of boundaries, interference in another’s rights, and the serious consequences of unlawful desire or improper involvement in others’ marital affairs. (Also see Earth)

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Seeing the pluck of an animal in a dream symbolizes stored wealth, hidden savings, and valuable possessions, often likened to solid gold kept in reserve. It represents resources preserved for future needs and financial security that is not openly displayed. The pluck may also signify a woman’s jewelry, adornments, or personal treasures, indicating beauty, value, and wealth kept close and safeguarded, as well as assets that carry both material worth and emotional significance.

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Plucking out facial hair

Seeing oneself plucking out facial hair in a dream carries meanings tied to one’s financial state and obligations. If a wealthy person sees this, it signifies loss of wealth, decrease in savings, or spending money in a way that diminishes his assets. If a poor or indebted person sees the same dream, it indicates relief from hardship, repayment of debts, and easing of financial burdens. The act reflects reduction and removal, which may symbolize either loss or purification and settlement, depending on the dreamer’s circumstances. (Also see Shaving, Temples)

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Polishing

Seeing a wood finisher or someone polishing furniture in a dream symbolizes a minister, administrator, or statesman who interacts with people of all ranks, refining matters, resolving issues, and bringing order and balance between the high and the low. It represents authority combined with service, wisdom, and the ability to smooth difficulties and enhance what is rough. Seeing a polisher in a dream also signifies befriending a righteous and sincere person who reveals one’s faults with kindness, helps remove inner flaws, purifies character, and guides the dreamer toward self-improvement, moral correction, and spiritual refinement. (Also see Sanding)

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Prance

Seeing oneself walking or moving about conspicuously, with pride or swagger, in a dream reflects the dreamer’s perception and practice of his religion, indicating how sincerely or superficially he upholds it. Such behavior also signifies attaining a worldly position, authority, or status that is short-lived and will not endure. If the dream includes recognition of matters connected to income or earnings, it serves as a warning to carefully scrutinize the source of that wealth, examine its lawfulness, and ensure that one’s gains are free from doubt or wrongdoing. (Also see Walking)

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Performing the obligatory daily prayers in a dream signifies keeping one’s promises, achieving objectives, and finding ease and comfort after hardship. Praying at a doorway or before a bed points to a funeral. Seeing oneself alone calling the prayer (azan) and then establishing it (iqamah) means striving to promote good and remove evil from one’s life. Completing the prayer with greetings to the right and then the left indicates the removal of worries and the pursuit of harmony, love, and unity. Giving the greeting only to the right means seeking to correct only part of one’s religious matters, while greeting only to the left signifies forthcoming troubles. Concluding the prayer with the greeting of peace (salam) denotes following one’s path, adhering to proper religious traditions, completing work, resignation, appointment to an important post, dismissal, travel, or profit. Ending the prayer by greeting left first and then right signifies innovation or following an evil path. Finishing the prayer without the customary greetings means preferring immediate gains over safeguarding one’s capital. (Also see Call to prayers, Five time prayers, Greetings, Imam, Impurities, Pharaoh, Prostration)

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Prompting

Urging or encouraging someone in a dream to feed the hungry, give charity, or perform righteous deeds signifies the repentance of a sinner, a return to guidance, and the softening of the heart toward obedience. It also indicates the drawing of good fortune, blessings, and divine favor, as well as the awakening of conscience and sincere intention. Such a vision reflects enjoining what is right, spreading goodness, and reviving moral responsibility, and it points to following the noble character and exemplary conduct of the Prophet of God, peace be upon him, through compassion, generosity, and care for others.

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Prostration

Seeing oneself prostrating in humility before God Almighty in a dream signifies the removal of arrogance, establishment of a sound religious and spiritual life, swift attainment of heartfelt aims in both worldly and spiritual matters, and victory over an enemy. Prostration also denotes repentance from sin, remorse, deliverance, escape from danger, or receiving forgiveness. Prostrating during wartime indicates humiliation before an enemy, conflict, financial loss, or standing powerless before closed opportunities. Prostrating to God on the summit of a mountain means overcoming a formidable foe, while prostrating on a hill signifies submission to a powerful person. Prostration in a dream further represents faith in God Almighty, joining the company of His Messenger, peace be upon him, in Paradise, long life, and spiritual improvement. Seeing gold prostrating to silver means that a more honorable person will submit to someone of lower rank. (Also see Prayers)

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Punch

Striking or punching someone in a dream signifies addressing him with harshness, severity, or hurtful speech. Clenching or holding a fist indicates neglect or abstention from performing obligatory prayers and a tightening of the heart. Punching also represents the use of low, ignoble, or offensive words during a dispute between believers, and it may point to seeking revenge, falling into debt, or becoming involved in legal matters such as appeals, summonses, or lawsuits. To spur or strike someone in a dream suggests pursuing a satanic or wrongful impulse, followed by fear, hesitation, or flight; yet it also indicates that the dreamer will ultimately escape harm, survive the consequences, and prevail after recognizing and overcoming his error. (Also see Spur)

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Pursuit

In a vision, pursuit signifies one's predetermined fate or mortality. If one sees himself being sought by an enemy, it may indicate his imminent death. Conversely, pursuit can also represent matters that cultivate pride, such as education, academic credentials, wealth, or employment. Should one dream of being chased by another, it portends grief and anxiety. Pursuit further symbolizes one's life ambition. If the dreamer is not an actual fugitive, then seeing himself as wanted signifies the alleviation of his apprehensions. If an unattractive person is searching for him, that person represents an unwelcome disaster or accident. If one is apprehended by his pursuer, it denotes an escalation of his fears. If he sees himself pursuing or striving to obtain something, it foretells that he will achieve his objective, or at least a portion of it.

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Quranic recital

Reading the Noble Qur’an, or a portion of it, in a dream signifies elevation in rank, attainment of authority, repentance from sins, abundance, settlement of debts, witnessing the truth, or returning a trust to its rightful owner. Reciting the Qur’an with a beautiful and pleasant voice in a dream denotes honor, dignity, and a good reputation among people. Reading the Qur’an while inserting one’s own words into it in a dream indicates deviation from the truth or betrayal of a pledge or covenant. If, in such a case, the dreamer does not comprehend the meaning of what he is uttering, it means that he may give false testimony before a court or become involved in an evil matter whose consequences are unknown. Seeing people listening attentively to one’s Qur’anic recitation in a dream means assuming a position of responsibility and that others will follow his commands. Hearing or reading a Qur’anic chapter that is customarily recited for the deceased in a dream signifies the death of a sick person within that household. Professional reciters of the Qur’an in dreams represent the prominent and leading figures of society. Hearing a professional Qur’anic recitation in a dream means that people of authority will soon gather in the place shown in the dream. If one sees himself reading his record on the Day of Judgment in a dream, and he is illiterate in waking life, it means that he will become wealthy after poverty, that he will be able to answer all questions on the Day of Reckoning, or that God Almighty will protect him from his greatest fear, provided the record is favorable; but if it contains his sins and faults, then it denotes hardship, distress, and suffering. (Also see Holy Book, Reading)

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Racing

To compete in a footrace within a dream signifies engagement in deeds, exertion, amusement, frivolity, or aimless journeying. Should an ailing person envision themselves racing, it portends their demise. For one in poverty, such a vision heralds the acquisition of wealth. A traveler witnessing themselves in a race foretells a homecoming. The spectacle of horse racing points to involvement in prohibited matters, pride, self-delusion, or the futile pursuit of impossible success. It may also signify embarking upon a perilous venture leading to ruin, discord, or death. Racing pigeons is interpreted as an indication of deviant sexual acts. Competing with automobiles suggests recklessly transgressing safe limits and venturing into realms of hazard.

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Raise

In a dream, a raise or allowance signifies the fulfillment of one’s needs, relief from financial pressure, and an improvement in one’s means or circumstances, indicating that necessities will be met without excessive struggle. It may also point to matters related to a house servant or an employee, such as dependence on their service, an increase in their role or responsibility, or changes in one’s relationship with those who work under one’s authority, reflecting support, provision, and the smooth management of daily affairs.

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Reading

Reading the opening page of a letter, newspaper, or book in a dream signifies coming into an inheritance, while reading the final page or the back of a book points to debt or financial obligation. Reading a book in general also denotes inheriting wealth. If a person who is educated sees himself reading fluently in a dream, it indicates attaining a position of authority or a prestigious job. Seeing oneself reading the record of one’s deeds means turning back in repentance from sins. Reading a book written in another language signifies traveling to that land, entering unfamiliar places, or undertaking work that brings recognition and renown. If one reads a foreign-language book but cannot clearly understand its words, it means escaping a danger in that country, or falling ill there and then recovering before returning home. (Also see Language, Qur’anic recital, Reckoning)

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Reckoning

To witness the final accounting of someone who has died in a dream symbolizes that person's torment in the afterlife. If a traveler is asked to give an account of his journey's expenses and is treated gently during this review, it portends profitable travels and a safe homecoming. Dreaming of oneself at this event signifies a sincere turning away from one's misdeeds. To be brought before the court on that great day and find the questioning made easy denotes divine favor in the form of a righteous, loving, and devoted spouse. Should the interrogation be harsh and meticulous, it foretells of losses. If one sees themselves being examined in a tribunal by unknown figures, it indicates deviation into religious innovation and being held to account for it. However, if those figures appear finely dressed and fragrant, offering congratulations and the greeting of peace, it signals the dreamer's own piety and virtuous conduct. (Also see Intercession, Reading, Resurrection)

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Repentance

Repentance in a dream signifies freedom from imprisonment and also indicates turning one’s life around to achieve success after failure. Seeing oneself abandoning wrongdoing and sins means being tested by hardship, then repenting in order to regain dignity after disgrace. Repenting in a dream for a sin one is unaware of suggests the possibility of falling into it, though the final outcome will be favorable. If a musician or an adulterer repents in a dream, it indicates experiencing poverty after having enjoyed wealth. (Also see Prostration, Tithe collector)

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Research

In a dream, urging someone to research, inquire, or investigate, or impelling one’s animal to move faster, symbolizes the pursuit of deeper knowledge and the desire to uncover hidden truths, particularly concerning the mysteries of life after death. Such a vision reflects intellectual and spiritual striving, contemplation of the unseen world, and an effort to explain, understand, or reflect upon the meaning of existence, accountability, and the final return. (Also see Impel)

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Responding

In a dream, responding to a call or uttering and repeatedly reciting the sacred formula “Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik” during the season of pilgrimage signifies divine support, obedience, and ultimate victory, indicating that one will overpower an enemy and bring him to justice or rightful accountability. Loudly answering a call in a dream symbolizes raising one’s voice to seek redress, presenting a complaint before a judge or authority, and it foretells success, vindication, and winning one’s case after standing firmly for truth. (Also see Hajj, Feast of Immolation, Pilgrimage)

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Retreat

The location where one sees himself in spiritual seclusion in a dream reflects the activity or pursuit toward which he is naturally inclined. If the retreat occurs in a mosque, it signifies blessings or marriage to a virtuous woman. If the seclusion takes place inside one’s shop, it means that business matters have become his foremost concern. A spiritual retreat in a dream also represents devotion, prayer, hunger, a vowed fast, sorrow, humility, and disciplining one’s desires and impulses. Secluding oneself in a familiar place indicates that such a location is a source of comfort, while taking refuge in one’s shop signifies attachment to one’s means of livelihood. (Also see Hermitage, Temple)

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Return

In a dream, returning from a journey symbolizes completion and resolution, indicating the payment of one’s dues, the settling of obligations, and the fulfillment of responsibilities. It also signifies the removal of sorrow and grief, escape from harmful consequences, and the attainment of safety and relief, while at the same time pointing to the receipt of a reward or benefit and sincere repentance from sin, reflecting moral correction, spiritual renewal, and a return to the right path after distance or error. (Also see Debt)

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Returning merchandise

In a dream, returning merchandise to a merchant symbolizes obstruction and wrongdoing in worldly dealings, representing a highway robber, a thief, or someone who interferes with trade and disrupts the flow of lawful commerce. It also points to delaying a traveler, hindering people’s affairs, neglecting established rules, or showing carelessness and disregard toward the law, serving as a warning against dishonest behavior, injustice, and actions that block others from reaching their rightful goals or livelihoods.

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Ride

A conveyance in a dream symbolizes attention, effort, the fulfillment of an aim, or reaching a goal through determined struggle. Mounting an animal signifies yielding to one's own whims and base desires. Conversely, being carried by any beast or vehicle denotes honor and command. Riding an unmanageable horse points to indulging in passions and moral laxity, whereas successfully taming and controlling it promises deliverance from trials. Riding a festively adorned horse in a procession, attended by servants, suggests receiving an inheritance or soon becoming the steward of a bequeathed property. Forcing a ride upon another man's shoulders represents one's own funeral, indicating that person will bear the coffin. If the carrier does so willingly, it means he will assume the dreamer's burdens and attend to his needs. This act of riding on shoulders also foretells a severe trial, though falling from that position means the ordeal will be averted. Riding backward on someone's shoulders shows a refusal to heed counsel, turning away from pleas for aid, or engaging in prohibited sexual acts. Witnessing a horseman leading a caravan signifies embarking on a long journey, engaging in commerce, or recovering from an ailment.

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Ritual bath

A ritual bath (Arabic: Ghusl, in Islamic law) is traditionally performed on festival days, before Friday congregational prayers, prior to pilgrimage, after recovery from illness, or required due to seminal emission in sleep or after intimate relations; it is also administered to the deceased before burial, or taken by the undertaker after washing the body. Performing a ritual bath in a dream before Friday prayers signifies self-purification, cleansing from sins, repentance, devotion to parents, or loyalty to friends. If done for such purposes in winter using cold water, it indicates distress, difficulties, or illness, whereas using hot water suggests gains, advantages, and healing from sickness. Taking a ritual bath in a dream before a festival denotes marriage. Performing it after a solar or lunar eclipse implies hardship, and similarly before rain-seeking prayers. Taking it after washing a deceased person means distancing oneself from negligent company. If the performer is insane, it foretells awakening cured from madness. Performing a ritual bath before the sacred pilgrimage signifies joy, achievement, triumph over foes, settling debts, or reunion with loved ones. Taking it before circumambulating the Kaaba in Mecca means earning a living, serving the wealthy, or tending to one's spouse and parents. For an ill person seeing himself take a ritual bath and then don a new garment, it means speedy recovery from ailment. Taking a ritual bath in a dream may also indicate freedom for a captive, debt clearance, alleviation of worries, or it could signify wealth, success, undertaking the Mecca pilgrimage, or thriving in business. Failing to wear a new garment afterward means easing of burdens or regaining health. Entering a pond, descending into a well, or stepping into a bathtub for such a bath in a dream points to marriage. Using soap during the ablution signifies settling debts or relieving anxiety. Washing clothes after Ghusl means amending behavior, following proper religious practice, repaying debts, or removing impurity. Seeing a deceased person performing ablution before burial in a dream means ease for survivors and growth in their inheritance. Administering a ritual bath to a deceased person signifies that someone will repent of sins through the undertaker's guidance. If a deceased person requests someone in a dream to wash his clothing, it means he requires prayers, intercession with his Lord, charity for his soul, debt settlement, fulfillment of his will, or seeking justice for him; fulfilling this request and washing his clothes in the dream indicates the salvation of that soul. (Also see Ablution)

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Roaring

In a dream, roaring or loud clamour symbolizes widespread agitation and collective movement, indicating social unrest, disorder, or a public outcry that draws the attention of the masses. It may also signify participation in a major religious festival or a significant event that concerns the general public, reflecting moments when people gather, voices rise, emotions intensify, and matters of shared interest or destiny come to the forefront. (Also see Shout, Sound of animals)

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Robbery

To witness a robbery in a dream signifies the commission of adultery or involvement in usurious dealings. An unidentified thief in such a vision represents the Angel of Death. Should the thief be known to the homeowner, it indicates the dreamer will gain from that person's knowledge, craft, counsel, or wise admonition. If an unknown burglar enters a house and takes a washbasin, blanket, or other feminine domestic item, it may portend the death of one's wife or a close female relative. Being robbed of money by a known person points to that individual slandering the dreamer. If the robber is an unfamiliar elderly man, it signifies backbiting by a trusted companion. Generally, a robbery holds positive implications, except for a braggart who thrives on treachery. Seeing oneself stealthily approaching to steal forewarns that one's own home or place of business will be burglarized. Dreaming of personally committing theft suggests one will engage in adulterous acts or falsehood. (Also see Thief)

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Running away

Running away in a dream signifies turning toward God Almighty and seeking His protection and safety. It may also indicate receiving an appointment, repenting from a sin, or it can point to one’s death. If a person runs away from a feared enemy, it means he will attain security and safety. If a learned man or scholar sees himself fleeing from an enemy in fear, it signifies that he will be appointed as a judge or entrusted with authority. If one runs away in a dream without feeling fear, it indicates his death. (Also see Escape from danger, Take a flight)

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Sacrifice

Witnessing or performing a sacrifice in a dream indicates that the dreamer will honor a pledge, be relieved from hardship, witness recovery of an ill person, or see an upturn in income. If the dreamer earns his living by interpreting dreams, the vision warns he may have misread someone’s dream, given harmful counsel, or harmed that person’s welfare. A sacrifice may likewise herald receiving an estate. Should a pregnant woman behold it, she will deliver a pious boy. (See also Abraham, Isma‘il, Immolation, Lamb, Offering, Ram, Sheep)

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Sale

If one dreams of being sold as a captive in a slave market, it signifies honor when the purchaser is a woman, and trials when the buyer is a man. The greater the price fetched at auction, the more favorable or adverse one's fortune becomes. In the vision, the more the buyer loses, the better for the one sold, and conversely. There is a distinction between being auctioned and being sold; auctioning portends harm. To sell is to relinquish. In a dream, the buyer and seller exchange roles. Selling implies ascribing worth and merit to goods. If the item sold is worldly, then preference is given to one's rewards in the afterlife. Selling also denotes swapping one state for another. Bartering in a dream, however, means exchanging the usefulness of items or partaking in them. For instance, trading something worthless for something valuable, if the dreamer is a fighter, signifies dying a martyr. Selling a free person indicates a shift in authority and arriving at a commendable outcome, as occurred in the tale of Joseph, son of Jacob, peace be upon them both.

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Scratch

A scratch in a dream signifies monetary loss. If someone is seen scratching the dreamer, it indicates that the scratcher will inflict upon him a limited financial setback, or distress related to a relative, or he may wrongly accuse him of something and later offer compensation for damaging his honor. Should the scratch become infected, bleed, or ooze pus in the dream, it foretells that the aggressor will spread slander about him and bring about a severe downfall in his trade. A scratch over one’s forehead signals swift approaching death. A scratch also symbolizes ill repute, a derogatory nickname like miser, arrogant, or renegade, and the like. Additionally, receiving a scratch in a dream can denote withdrawing or retracting a previous declaration. (Also see Scratching)

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse in dreams carries meanings related to moral conduct, relationships, worldly dealings, and spiritual consequences, and its interpretation varies according to the persons involved and the circumstances of the dream. If a man sees himself having sexual intercourse with another man in a dream, it indicates moral decline, loss of direction, neglect of family responsibilities, stinginess toward dependents, and misplaced generosity toward others. It may also signify the loss of wealth, squandering of capital, or divorcing one’s wife. If a poor person sees such a dream, it points to illness or affliction, possibly a chronic or incurable disease. Such a vision also symbolizes falling into sin, committing unlawful acts, or engaging in forbidden relations, including incest with a blood relative whom one is prohibited to marry. Molesting a child in a dream signifies severe trials, overwhelming affliction, and heavy consequences. Fornicating with a young servant indicates prolonged stress, anxiety, and enduring depression. Sleeping with a beautiful woman whom the dreamer recognizes signifies profit, benefit, and gain, whereas sleeping with an ugly or old woman signifies loss, disappointment, or unfavorable outcomes. Intercourse with an unknown woman represents the dreamer’s general conduct and dealings with people; the condition of the woman reflects the nature of one’s actions and their results. Sleeping with another man’s wife signifies entering into a profitable business or beneficial partnership with her husband. If a sick person sees himself having sexual intercourse with his mother, it signifies his death, for the mother in this context symbolizes the earth and burial. If a woman sees herself engaging in tribadism or a lesbian relationship with a woman she knows, it means she will confide her secrets, share her private affairs, grow emotionally attached, imitate her behavior, or emulate her appearance publicly. If the woman is unknown, it signifies indulgence in sin. If a married woman sees such a dream, it may indicate separation from her husband or widowhood. Engaging in sexual intercourse with a deceased person, whether male or female, signifies death, unless the dreamer is traveling, in which case it may indicate visiting the land where the deceased is buried. Any sexual dream that ends with ejaculation and requires full ritual purification upon waking represents disturbed or confused dreams, forbidden acts, or wet dreams. Sexual intercourse in dreams may also symbolize settling debts, release from pressure, or relief from burdens. Having intercourse with a prostitute signifies excessive attachment to worldly pleasures, though it may also indicate financial gain. Intercourse with one’s wife signifies success, prosperity, and progress in trade. Intercourse with a heavenly or celestial woman signifies spiritual elevation, religious attainment, and closeness to divine reward. (Also see Anus, Semen, Pleasure, Sodomy, Tears, Vagina)

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Shaving

Shaving one’s hair in a dream is closely connected to a person’s customs, habits, and condition in waking life. If one is accustomed to keeping his hair short and sees himself shaving his head in a dream, it signifies paying a fine, offering an atonement, or settling an obligation. Seeing one’s head shaved during the summer—when one is used to doing so—indicates benefit, comfort, relief, and recovery from ailments such as migraines or physical distress. However, shaving one’s head during the winter signifies hardship, adversity, penalties, or illness. Shaving the head in a dream may also symbolize paying one’s dues, calming fears, and achieving success after anxiety. Shortening one’s hair likewise signifies the appeasement of fear and easing of worry. If a person suffering from depression sees his head shaved, it indicates the end of distress, repayment of debts, or release from burden. At the same time, such a vision may also signify abasement, humiliation, deception, or even death, depending on the dreamer’s circumstances. If a soldier sees his head shaved in a dream, it signifies the loss of strength, authority, or esteem. Seeing oneself chipping or cutting hair in uneven bits indicates the loss of people’s respect and a decline in reputation. Shaving one’s head for someone who does not usually do so may indicate affliction, illness, or an unwelcome trial. If a woman sees her head shaved in a dream, it signifies divorce or the death of her husband. If she sees her hair sheared, it means confinement to her home or restriction of her freedom. If she sees her husband giving her a beautiful haircut while speaking affectionately, it signifies spiritual growth, fulfillment of a trust, or the repayment of debts. Trimming a woman’s hair in a dream may also signify the inability to conceive children. Cutting one’s hair in a dream signifies the loss of strength or vitality. Shaving half of one’s beard indicates losing one’s livelihood and dignity. Plucking out facial hair is worse than shaving, especially when it distorts appearance or attractiveness; however, in some cases it may indicate improvement in condition or outward appearance. Shaving the backside or abdomen in a dream signifies repayment of debts. Shaving, trimming, or grooming one’s moustache indicates lightening one’s burdens, though it may also point to a minor mishap. If a wealthy person sees himself shaving his pubic hair or using a depilatory agent, it signifies loss of wealth or overpaying for a property. If a poor person sees the same, it signifies becoming financially solvent. Shaving pubic hair with a razor blade represents benefits received from one’s spouse. (Also see Beard)

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Shooting arrows

In a dream, discharging arrows is akin to bombarding an individual or location. Alternatively, it signifies speaking ill of people behind their backs or defaming them. Loosing arrows may also represent administering medicine or giving an injection to an ailing person. Should the arrows lack metal tips in the vision, it portends disillusionment. If one shoots arrows and also finds himself as the target, it indicates he will achieve his ultimate purpose of encountering his Lord. However, if he remains among the living, it foretells elevation in status and receiving honor. Witnessing two lines of people shooting arrows at each other signifies that the victorious side upholds truth while the defeated side is in error. Firing arrows at people denotes engaging in gossip, calumny, or idle chatter. Repeatedly missing one's mark points to possessing a malicious tongue. Hitting the intended target denotes accomplishing one's aims or speaking truthfully about an acquaintance. Donning white attire, standing atop a mountain, and shooting arrows toward the East and West suggests gaining extensive authority over people and territories, provided one is qualified. One's arrows in a dream also represent his communications or writings. (Refer also to Arrows, Hunting, Shelling)

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Shout

(Summon, Exclamation, Human voice, Outburst, Yell, Screech) Raising one's voice before an assembly in a dream signifies attaining a position of leadership, authority, and influence through a vote, or presiding over others. If one dreams of shouting in solitude, it foretells a loss of power, though his words will still carry weight. Such vocal outbursts also portend social unrest, upheaval from conflict, seismic events, maritime disasters, or the outbreak of a novel ailment that will compel people to seek divine assistance. (Refer also to Calling someone)

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Shrouding

Wrapping the body of one who has passed in a vision brings joy to a sorrowful person and prompts a wrongdoer to seek forgiveness. If someone dreams of arranging on behalf of a friend or kin to buy a shroud for them, it means he will settle debts and plead for someone who has deviated from the righteous way, whom he consistently counsels and urges to rectify his conduct and beliefs. It also signifies aiding them against need or trials, for death represents the final act of religious observance in this life. A shroud in a dream further implies confinement, or the commission of a grave transgression. Shrouding the deceased after washing the body signifies cleansing it from impurities. (Refer also to Burial, Camphor, Disrobe, Mummification, Shroud)

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Singing

(Vocalizing, Melody) Raising one's voice in song during a vision signifies deception and distress. Possessing a melodious voice may indicate a lucrative trade. Conversely, if one sings poorly or out of tune, it suggests embarking on a failing enterprise. A singer in a dream also embodies a sage, a religious admonisher, or a healer. The setting where the singing occurs will be marked by untruths, deceit, and the parting of dear ones due to resentment, malice, and betrayal. Singing further implies wickedness, arguments, and confrontations. If a trained vocalist, instrumentalist, or composer dreams of performing his own works, it denotes gains and earnings. If the singing is harsh or discordant, it may point to unemployment, low spirits, or a diminished sense of self-worth. If one dreams of singing while strolling, it signifies securing an ample provision, finding satisfaction, and holding oneself in good esteem. Singing in a bath or beneath flowing water denotes uttering ambiguous words or engaging in a quarrel. Should a wealthy person dream of singing in public thoroughfares or a market, it foretells a disgraceful incident or carries an unfavorable implication. If a destitute or wicked person has such a vision, it means he has become deranged. If a devout individual sees himself singing in streets or a marketplace, he will encounter fraud and tribulations. (Refer also to Hornet, Singer)

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Skinning an animal

In a dream, skinning an animal signifies injustice and oppression, representing a tyrannical ruler, an unjust authority, or an oppressor who strips people of their rights and possessions. It may also symbolize a corrupt policeman or official who extorts money, accepts bribes, seizes wealth unlawfully, and then disappears, leaving victims without recourse. Such a vision warns of abuse of power, exploitation, and the violation of trust by those entrusted with authority.

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Slapping on the cheek

(Cuff, Reprove, Tap) To lightly strike someone's face in a vision signifies admonishing him, or compelling him to acknowledge a kindness, boasting of one's own magnanimity, or persistently reminding the other of some paltry aid. If one playfully taps another's cheek, it also indicates that the latter is indebted to him in some matter or favor, and the reverse interpretation applies accordingly. Striking someone's face in anger means the one struck will prevail over the striker. To slap someone may also denote acknowledging his precedence or higher status. Menacing someone could similarly imply recognizing his superiority. (Refer also to Digging up the past, Slapping, Threat)

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Slaughter

(Straying, Wrongdoing, Kill, Homicide, Ease) In a vision, slaughter means distressing one's parents, or it may denote injustice. If one sees himself being slaughtered, he should earnestly supplicate and seek refuge in God Almighty for aid. Seeing scattered corpses of slaughtered people around him signifies gains and the attainment of his aims. Observing slaughtered people may also indicate they have strayed from the right path. If a man or a butcher is seen slaughtering him, he will overcome his attacker. If imprisoned, he will be released. If seized by fear, he will reach security and regain his composure and tranquility. If a prisoner of war, he will be freed. If a ruler, his dominion will expand. Slaughtering someone means committing an injustice against him. Slaughtering a dove means entering marriage. Cutting a piece of flesh from one's posterior means he engages in an unnatural act. Finding oneself slaughtered without knowing the killer signifies being an innovator in religion, or it could mean he will give false testimony. Murdering one's father or mother means defying them or assaulting them and becoming accursed. To slaughter a woman means unlawful intercourse with her, or enticing her to it. To slaughter a hen or any female bird or animal means taking the virginity of a young maiden. To slaughter a son means that son is harsh and unjust toward his parents. To kill oneself means marrying a woman unlawful to him. (Refer also to Slaughterhouse)

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Sleep

Sleeping in a dream indicates heedlessness or lack of occupation. In general, sleep or drowsiness carries unfavorable meanings, except for one who is frightened or anticipating hardship, since sleep soothes fear, dispels anxiety, and calms distress. Sleeping in a cemetery signifies illness, while sleeping upon a grave means death for the sick and unemployment for the healthy. Sleep also points to stagnation, neglect, transgressing divine commands, or denying the consequences of doing so. At times, it may symbolize a blessed journey, such as seeking knowledge or performing righteous deeds, as well as turning away from worldly allure and its glitter. Seeing people asleep may represent widespread destruction, death, killings, rising prices, or matters hidden from public awareness. If people are uncertain about something and appear asleep, it means God will remove their blindness and grant them insight. Lying on one’s back signifies power and material success, while sleeping face down denotes loss of work or poverty. Sleeping on the ground means owning land, wealth, or having children. For an unmarried woman, sleep foretells imminent marriage. The sleep of an unjust ruler signals temporary relief for the people. Sleep may also mean intoxication of the mind, ecstasy, illness, neglect of duties, division, humiliation, or death. Sleeping beneath a tree indicates having many offspring. (Also see Doze, Sleeping on the stomach: Slumber, Turning in one's sleep)

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Slip of a tongue

A slip of the tongue or uttering a cutting remark in a dream signifies carelessness, lack of restraint, or words spoken without proper judgment. Such a vision may symbolize walking upon a slippery surface, exposing oneself to danger, embarrassment, or missteps in waking life. Conversely, seeing oneself slip on a slippery surface in a dream may point to verbal errors, sharp speech, or hurtful remarks that lead to regret or unintended consequences. In both cases, the dream serves as a warning against heedlessness and the need for caution in speech and conduct. (Also see Slippery surface)

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Sneezing

Sneezing in a dream signifies reexamining a matter about which one was uncertain. It can indicate recognizing the truth, which explains why people respond with “God bless you.” Sneezing may also denote the death of an ill person, or passing through pain, anxiety, trials, or confronting a troubling issue. For someone already afflicted by such hardships, sneezing means the moment has arrived for their removal. If a poor person sneezes, it suggests that assistance is on its way. Sneezing can also represent settling debts, recovering from a cold or nasal blockage, or expressing irritation, rage, anger, or displeasure. Sneezing forcefully warns of a powerful enemy and the risk of losses caused by him.

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Sodomy

(Homosexuality, Pederasty, Sodomize) In a dream, sodomy signifies a meeting between two men for the purpose of engaging in an evil, unlawful, or corrupt act. It symbolizes moral deviation, wrongdoing, and the pursuit of forbidden behavior that leads to harm and disgrace. If one sees an unknown person forcibly subjecting him to such an act in a dream, it signifies being overpowered by an enemy, falling under another’s domination, or succumbing to oppression, humiliation, or loss of control in waking life. (Also see Pederasty, Vagina)

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Speaking

(Hearing, Tongue, Listening, Conversation, Utterances) Speaking various languages in a vision denotes affluence. The utterances of a departed person are invariably truthful. The same applies to birds speaking, and their speech heralds good news, prosperity, knowledge, and comprehension. If an animal converses with someone or says, "I dreamed that...," but then does not recount the dream, it foretells a quarrel, a battle, losses, or a dispute. If a dog, leopard, or falcon speaks and relates a dream, it heralds joyful news, substantial earnings, advantages, and happiness. Generally, birds addressing humans denote benefits and advancement in status. If a serpent speaks softly to someone, it means receiving gains from an adversary. If a wild beast speaks, it portends their death. If one's head or nose addresses him, it means the person represented by that body part (see Body) will face a misfortune. If a tree speaks, it means deriving benefit from that line of thought. A talking tree may also signify a conflict or the end of one's banishment, or it could denote elevation. Whatever an infant says is true, but it may also signify falling into error. If a devout and spiritual person hears an infant speak to him, it means he will witness marvels or a miraculous sign, or become witness to an astonishing pact. The speech of inanimate objects always conveys goodness, offers a moral, or gives counsel. Animal speech also represents retribution and distress. The talk of one's limbs denotes difficulties from kinfolk, or it may signify transgression. The speech of shifting shadows denotes summoning jinn or malevolent spirits. Being controlled by such spirits and speaking on their behalf signifies enticement, trouble, corruption, and wickedness. Any words aligning with divine revelations must be heeded and obeyed; the contrary also holds. If a limb converses with someone, it denotes advice from a relative. Animal speech denotes inclining toward friendships and finding solace in the company of the pious, or it could mean laboring to earn one's sustenance. If a wall speaks, it warns of separation, or abandoning the city to dwell in the wilderness, near desolate ruins, or a burial ground. Hearing a voice commanding one to act heralds glad tidings. Hearing God Almighty on the Day of Judgment denotes ascension in rank, performing righteous deeds, and nearness to one's Lord. Listening to the sacred words of God Almighty also signifies the spread of justice and virtue, and such a vision may represent a ruler who tends to his people. If a devout and righteous person sees this, it means he will turn from the world and seek the solace and blessings of the hereafter. (Refer also to Exhaustion from speaking, listening, and Sounds of animals)

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Spinning

When a woman dreams that she is spinning on a wheel and hastening to complete her work, it signifies the imminent return of a traveller or the arrival of a long-awaited guest. If she spins slowly and without urgency in the dream, it indicates that she or her husband will set out on a journey. Should the thread snap inside the bobbin, it points to the cancellation of planned travel. Spinning cotton threads in a dream denotes separation from her husband, during which she will stop demanding her bridal dower, then eventually reunite with him. If she spins linen, it suggests that she will associate with righteous people to gain wisdom and knowledge. When a man dreams of spinning cotton or linen, it means humiliation or involvement in work he cannot perform well. If the spun thread becomes thin, it shows exhausting effort without proper results. If it becomes overly thick, it indicates a successful business journey. Seeing a woman spinning cotton in her own house signifies her betrayal of her husband. Spinning wool, fur, or hair points to a profitable business trip. Unraveling a spun thread means withdrawing allegiance, breaking a promise, or denying a commitment. (Also see Ball of thread, Pledge of allegiance, Spindle)

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Spit out

In a dream, spitting over something, or blowing upon a knot and spitting on it while uttering an imprecation, signifies witchcraft, sorcery, and the use of forbidden practices intended to cause harm or influence others unjustly. Such a vision points to deceitful manipulation, secret malice, or involvement in unlawful acts that rely on spells, incantations, or evil intentions, serving as a warning against engaging in or being affected by such corrupt practices. (Also see Spittle)

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Stonemasonry

Constructing an edifice from masonry instead of baked brick in a dream signifies rising in station, achievement, or the expansion of one's aspirations. It may also denote vigilance in safeguarding one's spouse, embracing what is advantageous, undertaking scholarly inquiry, or conserving one's legacy. Laying a foundation, base, or pillars from rough, uncut stones rather than marble connotes disgrace and destitution. If one sees grave markers altered from marble to unfinished stone, it signifies a modification to the will of the deceased. (Also see Building)

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Stun

If one is stunned by another person in a dream, it signifies hardship, distress, and inner turmoil caused by the deceit, envy, or ill intentions of that individual. Such a dream points to suffering that arises from betrayal, hidden malice, or jealousy, where the aggressor seeks to weaken, confuse, or overpower the dreamer through cunning or perfidious behavior. It may also indicate being temporarily incapacitated or emotionally shaken due to the actions or schemes of someone who harbors resentment or envy toward the dreamer.

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Suck

To suck someone in a dream signifies taking or extracting money or material benefit from that person, often through dependence, insistence, or subtle exploitation. It reflects gaining wealth at another’s expense. Sucking a person’s breast in a dream denotes swindling or unlawfully obtaining money from his wife, or benefiting from her wealth through deceit or manipulation. Sucking someone’s nose in a dream represents taking money directly from his personal funds or pocket, implying a more direct or opportunistic form of gain. Sucking someone’s thigh in a dream indicates taking money from his family, clan, or extended relatives, as the thigh symbolizes one’s lineage, tribal support, and collective resources.

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Supplication

In a dream, making supplication signifies an act of devotion, a special form of prayer, or requesting a particular need. Uttering invocations indicates that one's requirements will be fulfilled. If the supplication arises from dire necessity or is accompanied by intense emotion, weeping, or sorrow, it represents trying circumstances or potential trials in one's life. Loud or solemn invocations may denote prayers for rain. Should the supplications not seek divine favor or are not directed toward God, they represent falsehood. Silent supplication may signify the birth of a blessed son. Witnessing a group gathered in a circle for prayer, remembrance, and invocation of divine attributes signifies an assembly of children, growth, blessings, or the removal of afflictions. Seeing oneself praying to God Almighty, or having prayers offered on one's behalf, denotes joy and wealth. Supplications made in God's house or a mosque are more potent than those offered elsewhere. Praying in darkness signifies deliverance from tribulations. If one sees himself imploring another person, it indicates he fears that individual. (Also see Prayers, Zikr)

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Suppressing anger

Suppressing or restraining one’s anger in a dream signifies noble character, self-discipline, and inner strength. It reflects the possession of praiseworthy qualities that earn admiration and commendation from others. Such a dream indicates the reception of blessings and divine favour, as well as the ability to act with patience, wisdom, and mercy. It also denotes doing good deeds and showing kindness to both those who acknowledge such favours and those who remain ungrateful, reflecting sincerity and moral excellence in one’s conduct. (Also see Anger, Suppressing one's feelings)

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Suppressing feelings

If a sick person sees himself suppressing his emotions, concealing his distress, or downplaying his pain and suffering in a dream, it signifies patience, endurance, and inner resilience. Such a vision is a glad tiding of relief and healing, indicating that his illness will soon subside and that he will recover by the will of God. It reflects strength of spirit and acceptance, which lead to restoration of health and renewed vitality. (Also see Suppressing one's anger)

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Swallowing

To swallow something while still chewing it in a dream signifies financial pressure, accumulated debts, or creditors and collectors pressing for repayment. It reflects haste, constraint, or being forced to accept an obligation before one is prepared. Swallowing dust or sand in a dream denotes poverty, hardship, or distressing circumstances. It may also symbolize greed, humiliation, or the act of giving someone a warning or disapproving look. In certain contexts, it can indicate bribing a person in authority or seeking favour through improper means. (Also see Chewing, Food)

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Sweeping the floor

In a dream, sweeping the floor or tending to a floor mat or carpet signifies caring for one's community or household. Sweeping away dirt or cleaning a floor denotes financial gain for those who perform such work professionally. Sweeping another person's house indicates receiving money from him. Should a wealthy person see himself sweeping a floor, it portends impoverishment or the failure of a business venture. (Also see Cleaner, Garbage, Sanitation, Trash collector)

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Swimming

Swimming in a dream generally symbolizes involvement with authority, struggle, trials, or major undertakings, and its interpretation varies according to the dreamer’s condition and the manner of swimming. If a man of knowledge sees himself swimming in the ocean, it signifies that he will reach his goals and attain what he seeks in knowledge or status. However, if he enters the sea and then returns to the shore, it indicates that he will begin the pursuit of knowledge but later abandon it. Swimming in a dream may also represent imprisonment. Swimming on sand denotes incarceration under harsh and restrictive conditions, where the hardship suffered in prison corresponds to the difficulty experienced during the swim. If one sees himself swimming inside his own house, it means that he will work for a cruel, unjust, and oppressive employer who will entangle him through a binding business arrangement. Nevertheless, God Almighty will ultimately grant him relief and free him from such entrapment. Fear of swimming in a dream reflects fear of a person in authority. Running away from swimming signifies escaping from that authority. Successfully entering waters and swimming with ease denotes undertaking a major enterprise, leading an important task, or acquiring authority and power. Swimming on one’s back symbolizes repentance from sin. Swimming in stagnant sea water indicates serving someone in authority whose service brings nothing but distress and anger. If the dreamer crosses the sea despite this, it means he will escape the harm associated with such service. Swimming with fear signifies troubles, imprisonment, or illness, proportionate to the effort and distance involved. If the dreamer believes he will not survive the swim, it indicates death. Showing courage during the swim means escaping danger and harmful obligations. Troubled or agitated waters represent adversities and trials. Successfully crossing such waters signifies overcoming hardships. All large bodies of water—seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, or swamps—symbolize the state or ruling authority. Drowning in a river or lake indicates severe trials. If the dreamer is rescued before waking, it means triumph over adversity; if he dies in the dream, it may signify death as a result of those trials. Being saved by a ship or holding onto one symbolizes deliverance from danger. Drowning may also indicate martyrdom, even if the dreamer previously committed many sins. Walking on water in a dream signifies strong faith, spiritual elevation, steadfastness in religion, and reliance upon God Almighty. It may also indicate certainty after doubt or placing one’s trust in God before undertaking a perilous journey. (Also see Air)

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Tahayyat

(Arabic: Greetings of testimony) This is the concluding part of the prescribed prayer, performed while seated. After its recitation, a worshipper may present personal requests or supplicate for others. Witnessing or reaching this stage within a dream signifies an obligation or pact that requires fulfillment between two parties. Alternatively, it may denote securing a legal guardian—such as a father, uncle, or brother—for a prospective bride, which is essential for a valid marriage. Performing the Tahayyat in a vision can also symbolize exchanging worldly possessions for spiritual benefit.

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Take flight

(Escape; Fleeing) If a person sees themselves retreating or fleeing from a battlefield in a dream, this may indicate contracting a sexually transmitted illness or being afflicted with syphilis. Fleeing in a vision can also signify returning to what is correct and lawful. Conversely, it may represent committing a transgression that incurs divine displeasure and the scorn of the community. Should one dream of seeking shelter among others and inciting them to conflict, it suggests recklessly pursuing wickedness or engaging in slander. (Refer to Escape from danger, Running away, Turning)

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Tayammum

Performing ritual purification without water in a dream indicates that relief and solutions to one’s difficulties are approaching. Tayammum is normally carried out in place of regular ablution when water is unavailable or when illness prevents its use, while the sanctity and intent of worship remain intact. In a dream, tayammum may also signify travel or illness. If it is performed using a dry substance such as wood, stone, sand, earth, or anything that does not adhere to the skin, it suggests that travel plans may not succeed, or that the person may become base or follow his corrupt desires. Performing tayammum despite having access to water signifies falsehood and hypocrisy. It also reflects seeking forgiveness while persisting in wrongdoing, favoring worldly interests over eternal gain, preferring unlawful self-gratification over lawful intimacy, or behaving hypocritically. It may also indicate recovery from a terminal illness or release from imprisonment. (Also see Enacting, Ablution)

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Threshing

To thresh grain—beating it to separate the kernels from their husks—in a dream symbolizes the wealth, savings, or benefits a person accumulates through sustained effort, patience, and long, demanding work. It reflects the rewards that come only after endurance and diligence. Threshing in a dream may also indicate money or gain derived from the labor of others, such as profits earned through employees, subordinates, or shared ventures. In another sense, it can represent the acquisition of knowledge, wisdom, or understanding, where effort is required to extract valuable insight from experience, study, or instruction—just as grain is separated from chaff.

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Throwing apples

If a person sees a ruler, king, or governor throwing apples at him in a dream, it signifies that the authority is dispatching his messengers or representatives to the dreamer. Such a vision often indicates communication from those in power, an invitation, or the conveyance of an important message. In most cases, this dream carries glad tidings, suggesting honor, acceptance, favor, or the fulfillment of a beneficial matter through official channels. It may also point to forthcoming recognition, reward, or assistance bestowed by a person of authority.

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Throwing stones

Throwing stones downward from a high place in a dream signifies acting unjustly or oppressively toward others while occupying a position of power, authority, or advantage. It reflects misuse of strength, influence, or status to harm, accuse, or mistreat people who are weaker or unable to defend themselves. Such a dream serves as a warning against arrogance, tyranny, or reckless behavior, reminding the dreamer that authority and elevation come with responsibility, and that injustice committed from a position of strength carries serious moral and spiritual consequences. (Also see Stoning, Hazelnut, Rocks)

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Thrust

In a dream, a thrust signifies becoming involved in a narrow-sighted or poorly considered undertaking, one that lacks foresight or broad perspective. It may indicate entering a close and risky competition, where the outcome is uncertain and the margin for error is small. This vision can also represent engaging in a matter of little significance that nevertheless demands effort, or participating in a project whose path is constricted and whose exit is difficult, limited, or dangerous. In its most serious interpretation, a thrust in a dream may symbolize death, reflecting an abrupt or inescapable end to a situation, or to life itself.

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Tickling

Tickling someone in a dream signifies intruding into another person’s affairs or interfering in matters that do not rightfully belong to the dreamer. It may indicate obstructing someone’s work, limiting his access to his own business or responsibilities, or creating distractions that hinder his progress. Such a vision can also reflect inappropriate involvement, meddling, or denial of another’s rights, serving as a warning against overstepping boundaries or causing harm through unnecessary interference.

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Trade

In a dream, any commodity or product that is subjected to fire during the course of its manufacture signifies arguments, conflicts, or disputes connected to that trade or transaction. Fire in the process reflects contention, heated disagreements, or tension arising from business dealings, partnerships, or negotiations. Such a vision serves as a warning that the pursuit of profit may be accompanied by quarrels, rivalry, or unrest, and it advises caution, fairness, and restraint in commercial affairs.

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Transformation

Transformation in a dream refers to substitution, where one form or state is changed into another. If a dry or withered tree turns into a green and blossoming one in a dream, it signifies political change, shifts in worldly affairs, or a reversal of conditions—either from hardship to ease or from ease to hardship. This category includes transformations of inner essence as well as outward physical form. For example, if a young person sees himself as an old man in a dream, it indicates spiritual advancement, maturity, and the attainment of honor. Conversely, if an elderly person sees himself as a young boy, it signifies indulgence in wrongdoing or foolish behavior. If one sees a known old person regain youth in a dream, it suggests a major change in the dreamer’s material circumstances—either improvement or decline, such as wealth turning into poverty or poverty into wealth. If the dreamer is sick, it indicates recovery from illness. If one sees himself transformed into a tender green shoot or a blossoming branch, it means that his death may occur shortly. Becoming taller in a dream signifies long life, prosperity, or the birth of a son. If one finds himself lacking mental sharpness, physical ability, or missing a limb in a dream, it signifies losses affecting his worldly interests. If a man sees himself transformed into a woman and wearing her clothing, jewelry, or makeup, it signifies humiliation, adversity, and abuse. If a woman sees herself transformed into a man or growing a beard, it means that she will reestablish contact with a missing child. If she is pregnant, it means she will give birth to a son who may die young; if she is not pregnant, it indicates infertility. Seeing oneself flying with wings signifies travel. Seeing oneself transformed into a wooden staff represents insolence and stubbornness. Transformation into an iron rod signifies longevity. If one sees himself transformed into a bridge, it means that he may become a ruler, a wise individual, or a man of knowledge whom people will rely upon and seek for benefit. If a person sees his sick child transformed into a bird, it means the death of that child. If one sees himself transformed into a beast, it signifies separation from the believers and living in isolation due to corrupt traits. If one sees himself transformed into a deer, gazelle, or antelope, it means becoming obsessed with sexual desire or suffering mental imbalance to the extent of engaging in deviant behavior. Transformation into a pig signifies prosperity accompanied by the loss of human dignity. If a steer is seen transformed into a wolf, it represents a government official who will become unjust. According to Islamic interpretation, transformation of a human being into a lower form of creature in real life signifies a divine curse and punishment. Such a state does not last longer than three days and ultimately ends in death. (Also see Changing form)

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Travels

(Journeys, Lodging, Grindstone, World) In a dream, undertaking travels signifies uncovering the true nature or character of people. Should an impoverished person see himself journeying, it foretells that he will attain wealth. If one provides lodging for travelers, it suggests he may receive tidings from that quarter. Traveling in a vision also denotes a shift in circumstances, status, surroundings; it may indicate the need to cleanse a dwelling’s floor, change one’s master, atone for wrongdoing, or fulfill a heartfelt yearning. Journeying on foot implies carrying a debt that burdens the spirit. Departing from an unfamiliar house portends an impending voyage. For an ailing person, seeing himself travel to an unrecognized land suggests his demise. If a traveler bears a food basket, it indicates he will adopt an optimistic perspective or take a pragmatic step benefiting himself and his kin. (Refer also to: Accounting, Mounting a saddle, Steps, Shelter)

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Tremble

Seeing one’s head trembling in a dream signifies honor, elevation in rank, and rising in status or reputation. Such trembling reflects movement toward prominence rather than weakness. If one’s right hand shakes or trembles in a dream, it indicates difficulty or hardship in earning a livelihood, suggesting obstacles in work, trade, or lawful income. If the right leg trembles, it signifies benefits, support, or profits that will come through one’s family, relatives, or clan. If the left leg trembles in a dream, it represents losses in business, trade, or material ventures. Likewise, trembling or shaking in any other part of the body follows the same principle, where the affected limb indicates the area of life that will be influenced—whether gain, loss, hardship, or benefit. (See Body Tremor)

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Trickery

In a dream, trickery signifies betrayal, deceit, and the act of misleading others through false appearances or hidden intentions. It represents dishonesty, manipulation, and the breaking of trust, whether in personal dealings, commerce, or relationships. Such a vision may also symbolize conflict or warfare, where cunning, strategy, and deception are employed. In this sense, the dream serves as a warning against treachery and the destructive consequences of deceit, urging caution and moral integrity. (Also see Advice, Tricks)

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Tricks

In a dream, tricks symbolize deceit and chicanery, reflecting acts of manipulation, cunning, and dishonesty. They represent false appearances, artificial behavior, and pride, where one seeks to impress or mislead others through pretence rather than truth. Such a vision may also indicate temptation, seduction, or being drawn into misleading paths, serving as a warning against arrogance, hypocrisy, and falling for illusions that conceal harmful intentions. (Also see Magician)

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Trust in God

Expressing one’s trust in God Almighty in a dream signifies the removal of hardships and the eventual attainment of one’s goals. It reflects reliance upon divine support and assurance that difficulties will come to an end through faith and patience. Proclaiming trust in God in a dream is a sign of sincere belief, acknowledgment of God’s absolute power and supremacy, and a turning point where adversities begin to subside. It also indicates triumph over enemies and obstacles through reliance on God rather than personal strength alone. Placing one’s full trust in God Almighty in a dream further signifies repentance from sins and a return to righteousness. In another sense, it may point to the certainty and inevitability of divine decree; yet even in facing trials, the outcome will ultimately prove favorable, and the dreamer will emerge victorious by God’s will.

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Turning in a sleep

If one sees oneself shifting in slumber, lying face down or resting upon the stomach, it signifies abandoning one's faith and forfeiting gains in both worldly life and the hereafter. Witnessing the opposite—turning from lying on the stomach to resting upon the back—indicates repentance for transgressions. It also shows a readiness to confront others and rectify one's misdeeds. For a woman, sleeping on her stomach denotes refusal to share her husband's bed. (Refer also to: Fleeing, Taking flight, Sleep)

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Twisting a rope

(Splicing, Entwining, Twining) To splice or twist a rope or thread, to wind it around oneself or a spindle, or to create a bobbin signifies undertaking a journey. If the resulting rope is thin, the journey yields little. If it is thick and sturdy, the journey brings benefit. Easy twisting indicates the endeavor is free from hindrance. If one plucks his beard hair and twists it like a rope, it means accepting a bribe to give false testimony in court. Twisting a rope or thread may also signify signing an agreement, forming a business partnership, or concluding a marriage contract. (Refer also to: Beard, Twist)

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Umrah

(Minor Hajj, Pilgrimage, Visiting the Sacred House in Mecca) Performing the minor pilgrimage to the Sacred House of God in Mecca during the season of the greater pilgrimage in a dream signifies the nearing of one’s end in this world or reaching the peak or critical stage of an illness. It reflects completion, culmination, and the closing of a life cycle. At the same time, performing Umrah in a dream may also indicate an increase in wealth, an extension of one’s lifespan, success in worldly affairs, and the acceptance of supplications. Such a vision can signify divine favor, spiritual purification, fulfillment of prayers, and the attainment of blessings in both religious and material matters. (Also see Pilgrimage, Rituals of the pilgrimage, Sahi)

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Unlock

Unlocking a closed or sealed door in a dream, or opening a tightly sealed container, signifies the removal of obstacles and the easing of hardships. It represents the resolution of difficulties, the lifting of constraints, and the opening of new paths that were previously inaccessible. Such a vision often points to relief after distress, clarity after confusion, and divine assistance in overcoming challenges. It may indicate the opening of doors to sustenance, success, and lawful prosperity, as well as the attainment of long-awaited goals. In a spiritual sense, this dream can also symbolize guidance, understanding, and the opening of one’s heart to truth and wisdom. Overall, unlocking something in a dream is a sign of facilitation, expansion, and positive transformation, suggesting that what was once restricted will become attainable by the will of Allah.

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Untying something

Untying something in a dream, or loosening what was previously tied or secured, may indicate a state of inner confusion or bewilderment. It can symbolize uncertainty, hesitation, or the loss of clarity in one’s affairs. Such a vision may also reflect feelings of loneliness or emotional separation, suggesting isolation from others or a weakening of bonds. In some interpretations, untying signifies being reproached or reprimanded, whether by an authority figure, family members, or one’s own conscience. It may also point to miserliness or excessive caution in spending, reflecting a reluctance to give, share, or fulfill obligations. Overall, this dream serves as a warning, encouraging the dreamer to restore balance, seek clarity, mend relationships, and act with generosity and wisdom. (Also see Knot)

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Urinating

To pass water in a dream indicates the careless or illicit dissipation of wealth. It may also foretell a union with a mismatched or incompatible partner. Frequent urination signifies a steady flow of income. Conversely, being unable to urinate denotes the opposite condition, or it may point to rashness or a poor judgment. Should one see himself urinating in an unfamiliar location, such as another's home, an inn, or a town, it suggests forming familial bonds with its inhabitants. Soiling one's undergarments portends a new birth within the household. Urinating into the sea represents fulfilling tax obligations or giving alms. Passing water in a valley signifies the growth and spread of one's lineage. If the act produces a foul smell that draws scornful looks, it means public disgrace or the revelation of one's faults. Consuming urine signifies profiting from forbidden sources. If one witnesses a servant or employee urinating into a well or stream, it warns that a family member will act against his interests. This act in a vision can also signify the alleviation of anxiety.

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Visiting holy sites

Visiting sacred and blessed places in a dream signifies closeness to Allah Almighty, sincerity in faith, and the pursuit of divine pleasure through righteous deeds. Such visions reflect spiritual awakening, reverence for sacred symbols, and a sincere desire for guidance, knowledge, and inner purification. Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah in a dream means seeking nearness to Allah and His pleasure through obedience, good conduct, and virtuous actions. It signifies safety, tranquillity, and protection from fear, as well as companionship with people of knowledge and righteousness. This vision reflects association with scholars, seekers of knowledge, and people of high religious standing. It also symbolizes sincere love for the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, devotion to those who love his household, and readiness to serve them with loyalty and respect. Overall, seeing the Prophet’s Mosque in a dream represents love, knowledge, guidance, and steadfastness upon the right path. Visiting Al-Aqsa Sacred Mosque in Jerusalem in a dream signifies blessings, spiritual illumination, and deep understanding of profound religious matters and divine signs. It reflects contemplation of great miracles and sacred events, particularly the Night Journey (al-Isrāʾ wa al-Miʿrāj), when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was honoured and summoned before Allah Almighty, and the heavens were adorned to receive him. This vision points to elevated spiritual awareness, insight into hidden meanings, and closeness to divine wisdom. Visiting the grave of Prophet Ibrāhīm (Abraham), peace be upon him, in a dream signifies righteousness toward one’s parents, obedience to them, and sincerity in seeking their love, blessings, and pleasure. It reflects truthfulness in words and actions, fulfillment of familial duties, and adherence to the path of devotion and submission exemplified by the Prophet Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him). In a broader sense, visiting holy sites in a dream represents the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom, love for charitable and righteous people, and companionship with the virtuous. It signifies learning religion at the hands of a pious teacher, receiving spiritual benefit, and attaining blessings in both this world and the Hereafter. (Also see Muhammad, upon whom be peace, Mecca, Medina)

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Vomit

Vomiting in a dream signifies restoring things to their rightful owners, revealing hidden matters, or recovering one’s health through moderation and control of appetite. Throwing up clean and undigested food in a dream denotes ease, relief, and comfort in one’s life. If a poor person vomits blood in a dream, it means he will receive money, be blessed with a son, or experience the return of a relative from a journey. If the blood is collected in a container, it signifies that the son will survive a severe illness, or that a returning relative will stay with him. However, if the blood spills onto the ground, it indicates the death of either the child or the relative. If a person vomits and his intestines or bowels come out in the dream, it signifies the death of a child. For a sick person, vomiting in a dream indicates death. Vomiting a snake in a dream also signifies death, or it may represent distancing oneself from enemies and escaping their harm. Vomiting in a dream may also indicate wasting money on food or engaging in unnecessary dieting, particularly for a poor person. In general, vomiting carries favorable meanings for the poor but unfavorable ones for the wealthy. If a ruler, governor, or authority figure sees himself vomiting in a dream, it means he will return unjustly collected taxes to the people. If one licks back what he has vomited in a dream, it means he is negligent or reluctant in repaying a debt he is capable of settling. Vomiting into a basin signifies repentance from wrongdoing, or it may indicate giving a woman a share of unlawfully acquired wealth. If one vomits with difficulty and finds the taste repulsive in the dream, it means he is compelled to confess and apologize for a wrongdoing, though he resents being exposed. This may also indicate paying compensation, suffering health problems, or encountering financial loss. Vomiting blood in a dream signifies repentance from sin, restraint from forbidden acts, fulfillment of debts, or the completion of a vow. If one drinks wine and then vomits it in a dream, it means he acquired unlawful or suspicious wealth that he will return to its rightful owner while repenting for his sin. If one becomes intoxicated and then vomits, it indicates miserliness and neglect toward one’s family. If a person swallows a pearl and then vomits honey in a dream, it means he will correctly interpret verses of the Qur’an. Drinking milk and then vomiting it signifies turning away from the truth. Drinking milk and vomiting honey signifies repentance. Drinking blood and then vomiting it as milk also indicates repentance from sin. If the vomit appears yellow and bitter in the dream, it signifies repentance that follows punishment or consequence. Vomiting mucus signifies voluntary repentance from wrongdoing. Throwing up food means giving charity or returning something to someone in need. Swallowing vomit before it leaves the mouth means breaking a promise or retracting one’s word. Eating what one has vomited signifies prosperity, recognition, and fame. Vomiting excessively in a dream indicates nearing death or dying from a severe illness.

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Walking

(Jogging, Prancing, Strutting, Tripping) Walking straight and upright in a dream signifies profit, success, and steadfastness upon the path of righteousness. It reflects consistency in faith, firmness in religious practice, and sincerity in one’s intentions. Walking through marketplaces in a dream represents carrying a will or testament; for one qualified for authority, it may indicate appointment to a position of leadership or public responsibility. Walking barefoot in a dream signifies the removal of distress, humility, and the manifestation of good religious character. In general, walking in a dream expresses meekness, submission before one’s Lord, and striving to earn a lawful livelihood. Jogging or walking briskly indicates victory over an enemy or overcoming opposition. Walking backward in a dream signifies retracting a decision, canceling an agreement, or deviating from proper religious conduct. Strutting, prancing, or walking arrogantly represents an ugly state of mind accompanied by corrupt or sinful actions. Falling flat on one’s face while walking signifies the loss of benefit in both this world and the Hereafter. Stumbling or tripping while walking in a dream indicates exposure of one’s faults and suffering the consequences of wrongdoing. Causing someone else to trip while walking means mocking him, humiliating him, or inflicting emotional harm. Walking steadily and purposefully represents sincerity, good intention, and moral uprightness. Traveling on foot in a dream signifies facing danger, hardship, or trials. Walking with one’s head lowered may indicate long life or recovery from a prolonged illness. Walking upon clouds signifies rainfall and divine mercy. Walking with the aid of a cane signifies old age or illness requiring support. Hopping on one foot in a dream means losing half of one’s wealth. Having many feet signifies loss of eyesight; if a ruler or governor sees himself with many feet, it indicates removal from office or impeachment. Seeing inanimate objects—such as trees, rocks, or mountains—walking in a dream signifies great calamities, widespread trials, or plagues. Their movement may also represent rigidity or stubbornness in one’s religious stance. Walking like animals in a dream signifies imitation of ignorant people, pursuing unattainable desires, or hypocrisy. However, if the animal is lawful for consumption, then such walking represents the performance of good deeds and lawful actions. (Also see Jogging, Prancing, Sound of walking, Strutting, Tripping)

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Walking on water

Walking on water in a dream signifies strong faith, firm conviction, and complete trust in Allah Almighty. This meaning is especially emphasized if, while walking upon the water, the dreamer speaks words of wisdom, insight, or truth. In such a case, the vision reflects spiritual clarity, certainty, and divine support. Walking on water in a dream may also symbolize the clarification of a complicated matter or the resolution of an issue that was previously confusing or uncertain. It can indicate undertaking a risky or perilous endeavor while placing one’s affairs entirely in the protection and care of Allah. If one walks on water and then returns from it to dry land in a dream, it means that he will fulfill his needs, achieve his objectives, or accomplish his intentions successfully. In general, walking on water in a dream reflects sincerity of intention, inner clarity, and firm certitude. Walking on water may also signify the unveiling of a hidden matter or secret, the necessity of entrusting one’s affairs to Allah, or approaching a situation that involves danger or trial. It can further indicate that accumulated pressures and burdens are weighing heavily upon the dreamer, requiring patience and reliance upon divine help. Such a vision also represents placing one’s trust in Allah before embarking on a journey or undertaking that may involve risk or uncertainty. Walking upon water—whether across a river or an ocean—denotes elevated spiritual rank, steadfast religious commitment, strong faith, unwavering certainty, and firm determination. (Also see River, Water)

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Walking the streets

Seeing a man walking through or traversing the streets in a dream symbolizes a person of guidance and wisdom. Such a figure represents a shaykh, spiritual guide, preacher, or teacher—someone who leads others toward righteousness through knowledge, advice, and good example. He may also signify a peacemaker who reconciles people, spreads harmony, and works to resolve disputes among them. In a broader sense, this vision represents a person who recognizes what is good and accepts it, while rejecting and distancing himself from what is evil. It reflects discernment, moral clarity, and a commitment to truth, as well as service to the community through guidance and reform.

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Washing

Seeing a dishwasher or a brass polisher in a dream symbolizes a person who beautifies, adorns, and enhances the appearance of people’s possessions or surroundings, such as an interior decorator or someone skilled in embellishment. It may also represent a person who attracts others through refinement, charm, or outward excellence, drawing people toward himself by improving what is seen on the surface. A washer or cleaner in a dream carries deeper spiritual meaning. It represents a righteous individual, a gnostic, a preacher, or a teacher—someone who works to purify hearts and reform character through advice, reminders, and moral instruction. Such a figure symbolizes one who polishes people’s inner states just as stains are removed from garments, even if those being advised show little interest or fail to benefit fully from the guidance offered. Seeing a washer in a dream also signifies patience, sincere service, and continuous effort in purification and reform, both for oneself and for others. It reflects perseverance in doing good despite lack of appreciation or response. Moreover, washing in a dream indicates relief from stress and hardship, removal of worries, and protection from troubles and harm. It may symbolize cleansing oneself of past burdens, correcting one’s affairs, or preparing for an upcoming journey. In a broader sense, it represents readiness for a new stage in life—whether spiritual, emotional, or worldly—marked by renewal, clarity, and purification. (Also see Washer)

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Washing the dead

If one witnesses a deceased individual cleansing himself before interment in a dream, it signifies comfort for his dependents and an augmentation of their wealth following his passing. To wash a dead body in a dream indicates that someone will experience repentance facilitated by the person performing the washing. Should the departed request that someone launder his garments, it denotes that he is in need of prayers, intercession before God, charitable acts for his soul, the settlement of his debts, the execution of his will, or the pursuit of justice for his demise. If one fulfills this request and washes the clothing, it signifies the salvation of the deceased. Washing a body with scalding water, however, means that the person is undergoing punishment in the fires of the hereafter. (Also see Grave digger, Hot water, Ritual bath, Undertaker)

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Watching the stars

Watching the stars in a dream signifies authority, leadership, and presiding over people. It represents occupying a position of guidance or influence, overseeing the affairs of others, and bearing responsibility for their direction and well-being. Such a vision may also indicate attentiveness to higher matters, awareness of order and hierarchy, and the ability to navigate complex situations with insight and foresight. In this sense, observing the stars reflects elevated status, command, and the trust placed upon the dreamer to lead or govern others.

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Weaving

Seeing oneself weaving cloth in a dream, or suspending woven fabric in the air, signifies preparing for a journey or setting out on travel. It represents making arrangements, planning one’s affairs, and organizing matters in anticipation of movement from one place to another. Such a vision may also symbolize transition, change of state, and leaving behind a familiar environment to enter a new phase of life. In this sense, weaving in a dream reflects readiness, intention, and the unfolding of events that will lead the dreamer toward travel or relocation, by the will of Allah.

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Whistling

Whistling in a dream symbolizes pagan or un-Islamic customs, reflecting practices that are empty of spiritual substance or disconnected from divine guidance. It represents frivolity, heedlessness, or imitation of ways that lack moral or religious grounding. If a person hears whistling or produces a whistle in a dream, it may indicate illness, weakness, or a decline in well-being. It can also symbolize desolation, emptiness, or abandonment, such as a vacant house, a deserted place, or a ghost town. In this sense, whistling reflects loneliness, spiritual barrenness, or the absence of meaningful life and activity. Such a dream serves as a warning against heedlessness and encourages the dreamer to seek remembrance, purpose, and sound guidance.

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Worshipping fire

To witness an aged person venerating flames signifies encountering an individual who holds no concern for destroying his foe. If one sees himself bowing to fire, it denotes falling into disbelief, engaging in illicit relations, stealing, killing, swearing falsely, practicing idolatry, or embodying tyranny. Renouncing fire worship to adopt the Jewish or Christian faith suggests a profound transformation in one's existence. Bowing before fire indicates a craving for earthly delights. It may also symbolize a wish to serve a ruler or sovereign, or it can signify deviation from the true path. If the fire being venerated remains unlit, it shows the pursuit of illicit gains.

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Wrestling

Seeing oneself engaged in wrestling in a dream symbolizes conflict, rivalry, and trials in one’s waking life. If a person sees himself being thrown to the ground, it indicates a possible loss of wealth, status, or material means. Yet paradoxically, the one who appears defeated in the dream will ultimately prevail in reality, for in such dreams the apparent winner is often the true loser in wakefulness, and the apparent loser is the eventual victor. If the wrestling match occurs in the presence of a witness, this may reverse the interpretation, meaning that the winner in the dream could also be the winner in real life. The same applies if the dreamer demonstrates greater readiness, strength, or necessity, such as fighting for survival or sustenance—like the struggle between a human being and a wild beast. When two friends are seen wrestling, the one who loses in the dream will enjoy greater standing, dignity, or advantage in waking life. Wrestling in a dream may also symbolize illness or physical weakness, particularly affecting the one who loses, or it may represent the aftereffects and consequences of a sickness already endured. If a person sees himself fighting a beast and killing it, this signifies relief from hardship, the removal of distress, and the end of sorrow, anxiety, and suffering. Should the dreamer find himself reaching the point of death during the struggle, it indicates that he will overcome his enemies decisively, emerging victorious after enduring extreme hardship or danger. (Also see Wrestling match)

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Write

(Jotting, Scribbling, Recording) Writing in a dream generally symbolizes deception, stratagems, or hidden schemes, and it often points to subtle manipulation or calculated planning. A writer seen in a dream represents a clever yet deceitful individual, someone skilled in misleading others through words or appearances. If one’s handwriting appears unclear, ugly, or illegible, it signifies repentance from dishonesty, abandoning fraud, and regret over deceiving people in the past. Writing on a scroll, parchment, or legal pad in a dream indicates that the dreamer may receive an inheritance or gain wealth from a formal or legal source. Writing in a notebook, however, symbolizes evasion, denial, or an attempt to avoid responsibility. Writing a book or a novel in a dream may signify unlawful or suspicious earnings, or it may indicate illness or physical weakness, especially if the writing is burdensome or exhausting. If one sees himself writing a book or a letter and completing it, this represents success in finishing an undertaking, achieving objectives, and bringing a planned matter to completion. If the writing remains unfinished, it means that obstacles, delays, or external interference will prevent the completion of an important project. Writing with the left hand in a dream signifies deviance, reprehensible conduct, or straying from what is right. It may also allude to immoral behavior, the birth of a child through illicit relations, or, in some interpretations, becoming a poet, since poetry may involve imaginative but misleading expression. Signing a deed, contract, or check in a dream indicates failure to honor a promise or fulfill an agreement. If the dreamer sees someone he knows drafting a contract between them, it warns that this person may deceive him, manipulate him in business, or lead him astray through false assurances. If one finds himself illiterate and unable to write in a dream, it reflects inner distress, sadness, and depression, though it also carries glad tidings that God Almighty will open a way out of hardship. If an illiterate person sees himself learning to read and write, it suggests that he will benefit from something he long feared, or that he may endure difficult trials that ultimately bring insight or gain. If a learned or educated person sees himself incapable of writing, it indicates anxiety, fear, exhaustion, and obstruction in his livelihood or affairs, signifying a temporary blockage of ability, clarity, or opportunity. (Also see Book, Letter, Paper, Sign)

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Zikr

(Hymns, Remembrance of God, Supplications, Songs of Divine Love) Seeing oneself in a dream engaged in the remembrance of God Almighty (zikr)—such as participating in a circle of people invoking His Most Beautiful Names, praising His Divine Attributes, reciting the Qur’an, offering supplications, or chanting devotional hymns—signifies that the place where this remembrance occurs will become a site of blessing and sanctity, a location dedicated to the glorification and worship of God. The degree of goodness, purity, and blessing attached to that place corresponds to the quality of recitation, sincerity, humility, and devotion witnessed in the dream. If the zikr takes the form of ascetic or spiritually uplifting songs, it indicates that one’s religious authority, stewardship, or moral responsibility is rightly established and sound. However, if the dream involves sensual or worldly love songs, it points to temptations, distractions, and spiritual trials that may lead one away from sincerity and restraint. Seeing oneself repeatedly calling upon the Name of God in a dream signifies victory over enemies, whether they be external adversaries or inner struggles such as desires, fears, or doubts. Calling people to God, reminding them of His Attributes, and exhorting them to righteousness in a dream represents the role of a preacher or guide—one who warns, advises, and leads others toward safety, helping them distance themselves from sin and its harmful consequences. If a merchant sees himself invoking God’s Beautiful Names in a dream, it means that his business will be protected, and that he will be saved from loss, ruin, or bankruptcy through divine favor. If a disbeliever, irreligious, or secular person sees himself remembering God and invoking His sacred Attributes in a dream, it may indicate that he will face illness or severe trials. Yet inwardly, his heart will be turning to God in supplication, seeking mercy and relief. Although he may conceal his faith outwardly—out of fear of mockery or social pressure—his inner state will remain attached to divine hope. If, during such a dream, the person utters words of truth, wisdom, or sincere counsel, it means that he will recover from his affliction, overcome adversity, and be cured of illness. Moreover, he will move toward a more stable and compassionate life, marked by charity, good deeds, guidance, and illumination, and faith will gradually settle firmly in his heart. However, if one recites prayers with a mocking tone, affected twang, or insincerity, it indicates that he will remain trapped in hardship for a prolonged time, and that people may ridicule or belittle him, reflecting inner confusion and lack of humility. (Also see Supplications)

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