Letter "D" — 125 interpretations

Category: Tools

(Knife) Holding a dagger in one's hand in a dream signifies reaching one's aim or attaining financial security and sufficiency. To sheathe a dagger in a dream signifies falling into adultery.

Category: Types of People

In a dream, a dairyman symbolizes beneficial knowledge, lawful livelihood, sound guidance, and natural discernment. (Also see Milk, Milking)

Category: Plants

(Plant, Woman) In a dream, daisies signify a sincere companion who brings a present or offers support to one's trade or work. A daisy flower in a dream also denotes a graceful and attractive woman. Collecting daisies at the foot of a mountain in a dream indicates that a powerful man or a person of rank will present one of his daughters or female relatives for marriage. A daisy flower in a dream may likewise allude to marrying one's cousin.

Category: Action

If a person suffers damage in a dream, it points to distress, terror, fear, sudden shock, or a looming threat. Voicing grievance over such damage or loss in a dream signals achieving one's objective in waking life.

Category: Types of People

A performer of dance in a vision denotes a man facing hardship, particularly if he dances for his own amusement. In such a case, his state is akin to grains crackling over a flame. Should he perform for another, the one who hosts him will be visited by a misfortune that will impact them both. (Refer also to the entry for Dancing.)

Category: Action

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.)

Category: Prophets

(The prophet Daniel, peace be upon him.) To see him in a dream signifies that the dreamer will attain great knowledge, particularly in interpreting sacred texts and revelations. Some interpretations hold that such a vision may indicate the dreamer will rise to a position of leadership or ministry, gaining profound understanding, yet endure a period of severe trial which he will ultimately overcome. If one dreams of carrying the prophet Daniel on his shoulders, placing him by a wall, conversing with him, or receiving a message, good news, or honey fed by the prophet's hand, it denotes the dreamer will become a renowned scholar or an expert commentator on religious matters.

Category: Feelings

Acting with boldness in a dream signifies determination and firm resolve. It may also represent performing extra acts of devotion to draw closer to God. Furthermore, such daring can reflect a person's efforts to gain the approval of others, whether through defending them or by bravely confronting a common foe. Courage seen in a dream carries a similar interpretation. (Refer also to Boast.)

Category: Other

(Atheism, Ignorance, Night, Obscurity) In dreams, darkness symbolizes deviation from the righteous path, being misguided, committing mistakes, error, bewilderment, and uncertainty. If one moves from darkness into light, it denotes rescue, security, right guidance, turning away from sin, or liberation from confinement. Darkness can also represent a tyrant; thus, entering a dark place signifies acting unjustly. Obscurity in a vision indicates the darkness of one's heart or spiritual blindness. It may also point to seclusion, withdrawal from society, or concealment from people. (Refer also to Injustice, Night.)

Category: Action

(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.

Category: Action

(Patching) Repairing an old, worn garment in a dream denotes insincerity, flattery, obsequious behavior, or disrespect. Alternatively, it may signify managing with very little or enduring prolonged poverty.

Category: Food

(Core, Pit) Possessing or seeing a date pit in a dream signifies that one will achieve victory in a legal matter or court proceeding.

Category: Food

In a dream, date paste signifies wealth that is both permissible and agreeable, accrued from various origins. Consuming this paste indicates taking medicinal treatment for an ailment. (Refer also to Dates.)

Category: Food

Dates in a vision symbolize money or glad tidings. Eating them denotes acquiring lawful livelihood. Dates are comparable to currency, as they are not meant to be stored indefinitely. Green, unripe dates suggest water will become accessible to those in need. Reddish unripe dates may point to a blood disorder involving an excess of red cells over white. Dates can also signify rainfall. To eat dates is to read the Holy Qur'an and derive spiritual benefit. Dates hidden in the earth represent saved wealth. Burying dates oneself can also imply misappropriating the funds or property of orphans. Dates left to dry in the sun denote money that is soon spent. Harvesting dates in their proper season may lead to marriage with a virtuous and affluent woman, or to gaining knowledge. Harvesting them out of season means one will learn something beneficial but not put it into practice. Fanning oneself with a fresh, moist palm frond signifies learning something useful from a hypocrite or finding relief from anxiety. If a woman sees herself eating ripe, juicy dates, she will inherit from her husband and be named in his will, even if divorced. Splitting a date and removing its pit foretells the birth of a son. Eating fresh dates means hearing pleasant words and receiving other advantages. (Refer also to Bunch of dates, Date spread.)

Category: Prophets

(Prophet David, peace be upon him.) To see him in a dream indicates the dreamer will attain power and authority, but may also fall into sin, adopt an ascetic life, face a trial and oppression from a wrongdoer, then by God's will be delivered and triumph over his adversary. He may also receive a high office or a rank of distinction. Some interpretations state that seeing Prophet David heralds the rule of a just leader, an honorable president, or a righteous judge in one's land. If the current ruler is unjust, this vision signifies God will replace him with a fair one. Should one become Prophet David or wear his robe in the dream, it means appointment as a judge, if qualified. If not qualified, it denotes prosperity, an increase in piety, and righteousness achieved through devotion, God-consciousness, sorrow, and tears of reverence and love for the Lord. This vision can also signify holding a deputyship, facing trials or troubles caused by women, the recitation of the Qur'an, constant remembrance of God, performing night prayers, understanding scripture, repentance, chanting divine praises, returning to the path after negligence, working with metals, or having one's repentance accepted. For one in metalwork, it promises great wealth or the mitigation of difficulties. Seeing Prophet David can also mean a successful conclusion to one's worldly life. If an unjust scholar sees him frowning or giving a warning, he must guard against wrongdoing and correct his ways.

Category: Celestial Bodies

The first glow of morning in a dream can point to the birth or marriage of daughters. Witnessing dawn may also allude to remembering the Almighty and reciting the Qur’an. It can symbolize stepping into guidance, as well as lasting joy. If one misplaces something at night and finds it at daybreak, it suggests that someone denying a rightful claim will be confronted by a supporting witness who restores the dreamer’s due.

Category: Celestial Bodies

(Day) The coming of daylight in a dream signals the lifting of hardship, sorrow, or ailments. It can also imply acquiring new clothing, entering marriage, having graceful children, the rise of truth, uncovering what was hidden, being freed from confinement, or the safe return of a traveler.

Category: Human Body

Dreaming of deafness points to moral corruption or straying from upright conduct. It may also reflect neglect of truth, looming threats, or the loss of ease. Deafness in a dream can likewise symbolize a heart that has become unresponsive.

Category: Other

In a dream, death can symbolize religious decline, moral decay, or an elevation in worldly standing. This holds true if the dreamer is borne upon a bier accompanied by weeping and mourning, unless he is actually buried. Witnessing one's own burial suggests a hopeless situation and being consumed by worldly concerns. The number of followers assisting him will equal the mourners in his procession, yet he will dominate others and ride upon their shoulders. If one dies in a dream but lacks the appearance of the deceased, with no lamentation or funeral, it may portend the demolition of a property, a collapsing room, a falling wall, or a broken pillar. Such a vision can also indicate spiritual weakness or a blindness of the heart, though the dreamer may live long. Dying and appearing as a corpse, washed and shrouded, similarly points to religious frailty. Any observed grief in this case corresponds to a rise in status and worldly advancement. Death can also signify a journey or indicate poverty. Dying and being buried may mean dying without repentance. Rising from the grave after burial signifies repentance before one's actual end. Death in a vision can also represent marriage, as both the deceased and a bridegroom are washed and perfumed. If one dies and is carried on shoulders but not interred, it denotes victory over an enemy and, for a qualified person, attainment of leadership. Returning to life after death foretells wealth, an end to poverty, repentance from sins, or the safe return of a traveler. The death of an unknown woman signifies drought or scarcity; her revival means rain. Generally, a woman's death in a dream means a child's death in waking life, and vice versa. If a deceased person states he is not dead, he is blessed in the afterlife. Carrying a dead person denotes bearing the provisions of an irreligious individual. Carrying the deceased in any manner other than for burial signifies acquiring illicit money. Bearing a corpse for burial means working for a ruler. A sick deceased person is being questioned about his religious negligence. Seeing the inhabitants of graves emerging to consume people's harvests signals rising food costs. If they drink from wells, a great plague will strike that town. Seeing a deceased person die again and attending his funeral means a family member or child will soon die. If there is no sorrow, it means a marriage in his lineage. What a deceased person says is true, as he resides in the abode of truth. If his words do not come to pass, the dream is confused. Seeing a deceased person well-dressed, smiling, and happy reflects his actual state in the afterlife; seeing him disheveled, dirty, frowning, or crying reflects his condition there. A sick deceased person's state is contingent on settling his debts and awaiting Divine justice. Performing funeral prayers for the dead means seeking forgiveness for them, visiting graves, admonishing someone with a dead heart, bidding farewell to travelers, or caring for the needy. A wife dying and reviving signifies profit from a farm or orchard. Finding a corpse means finding money. Following a deceased person means emulating his path, profession, or traditions. The death of a country's Imam means the city's destruction by war; seeing a city in ruins means the Imam has died. Seeing oneself immortal means death is near. Death can also signify being called to account for a major sin. Dying without apparent cause and not looking dead means longevity. Suffering death pangs means being unjust. Seeing oneself dead and naked means poverty; dead on a straw mat or carpet means worldly prosperity and success; on a litter means a rise in rank; on a bed means benefit from family. Hearing of an unknown person's death warns of worldly success at the cost of religious compromise. A son's death means escape from an enemy. A daughter's death means despair of relief. Dying and being buried means freedom or, if entrusted with something, returning it to its owner. It can also mean marriage. A sick person marrying means he will soon die. A married person dying and being buried means divorce, ending a partnership, separating from kin, or emigrating; if already an emigrant, it means returning home. Death has a positive connotation for someone afraid, sad, or sick. A brother's death means the death of enemies or preserving capital. Walking among the dead means befriending hypocrites. Walking with a deceased person means a long journey or profit from travel. Eating a dead person's flesh means a long life. Discovering one has died suddenly means rejoicing. A deceased person eating something means that commodity will become expensive. Lying on a washing table means sins washed away and debts paid. A deceased person asking for his clothes to be washed means he needs prayers, forgiveness, debt payment, or fulfillment of his will. Washing his clothes means he is freed from burdens. Transporting the dead to a cemetery means doing right; to a marketplace means needing something or quick sales. A deceased person reviving means recovering something lost or the end of difficulties; it also means his progeny will benefit from his legacy. If he looks beautiful and happy, such happiness passes to his descendants. If busy, worried, and ill-dressed, he is engaged in a struggle. If sick, he is answerable for religious negligence. A dark or opaque face means he died in disbelief. If sprightly and joking, the dream is a hallucination, as the dead do not joke. A deceased father or mother reviving means relief from distress, especially the mother. Resurrecting a deceased person means guiding an unbeliever or admonishing an innovator or the heedless. A deceased person dying again means someone of the same name will die. A deceased person complaining of a headache means being questioned about religious negligence, injustice, or mistreatment of parents. Complaining of eyes means being questioned about debts to his wife, her dower, a will, or a wasted trust. Complaining of the left arm means questions about the rights of siblings, children, partners, or a false oath. Complaining of his side means questions about severing family ties or failing household obligations. Complaining of legs means questions about a life of corruption. Complaining of feet means questions about wealth spent falsely and a heedless path. A living person giving food or drink to a deceased person means loss of money. Giving a garment means adversity or illness. A deceased person giving his shroud to wear means the dreamer's death. Giving a cloak or adorned shirt means gaining the deceased's knowledge, wealth, blessings, or status; a shirt means livelihood, a cloak means dignity. Giving food means lawful earnings from an unexpected source. Giving honey means acquiring booty. Anything received from a deceased person is generally good news and a blessed gift. A deceased person taking one by the hand and walking means unexpected money. Talking with the dead means longevity. Kissing a renowned deceased person means acquiring something from his knowledge, wisdom, legacy, or benefiting from his descendants. Talking to the dead can mean ingratitude toward family or friends. A sick person kissing a deceased person means imminent death; a healthy person means his words are false. Having intercourse with a deceased person in a grave means adultery, consorting with evil, or losing money to a deceitful hypocrite. Intercourse with a revived deceased woman, with body spattered, means committing a regrettable act causing loss. Marrying a deceased person and moving to their house means death. Following a deceased person into an unknown house and not leaving means death; following but not entering means nearing death then recovering. A deceased person beating the dreamer means he has displeased God and should repent. A living person beating a submissive deceased person represents the living person's spiritual strength, charity, prayers, devotion, piety, or fulfilling the deceased's will. A deceased person sleeping means rest in the afterlife. Sharing a bed with a deceased person means longevity. Dead people leaving graves to sell goods means market stagnation. A dead mouse in food means product tampering. A deceased person doing good means he orders the same; doing bad means he orders against it. A deceased person telling the time of death: a day may mean a month, a month a year, a year ten years. A mother dying means loss of worldly comforts and possible heedlessness; for a spiritual seeker, loss of benefits or failure in obligatory prayers. A sick person seeing a brother die means his own death or a family member's. For a poor person, it may mean losing an eye. A wife dying means bankruptcy and loss of livelihood. Performing a funeral prayer means intercession. Answering a deceased person's call means soon following him. A deceased person drowning means being plunged into abominable sins. Dead people leaving graves for their homes means a mass prisoner amnesty or God giving life to barren land. Death for a believer means honor, dignity, and detachment. A prophet's death means weakness in religious life; his revival means spiritual flourishing. A ruler's death means weakness of his army or government. A scholar's death means innovation or invalidation of proof. A pious worshiper's death means failure in religious duties. A craftsman's death means the end of his craft. Parents' death means financial tightening. A wife's death means the end of a prosperous life. A son's death means obscurity after one's death. A deceased person conducting a funeral for another means one's actions are false, as the dead have no more deeds. A married woman marrying a deceased person means divorce; an unmarried woman means she will marry. Death can also mean inflamed love or separation from a beloved, with afterlife representing reunion or suffering in separation. (See also Agony of death, Funeral prayers, Giving up the ghost, Izrail, Relaxation, Robbery.)

Category: Action

Seeing oneself or another led to the gallows in a dream can denote spite, delighting in others’ troubles, notoriety, or even elevation in rank. If one’s state does not worsen afterward, it may hint at slander or harmful talk, unless the hanging is a sentence for a crime committed in the dream, in which case it signifies settling one’s obligations.

Category: Other

Witnessing the death of a ruler in a dream points to the complete destruction and desolation of a town or city. (See also Death)

Category: Other

Settling a debt in a vision signifies coming back from a journey. In dreams, debts represent disgrace, mistreatment, and verbal abuse. If one sees himself discharging his obligations, it means he will restore bonds with kin, reinforce family connections, provide food for the needy, resolve a complex issue, deepen his religious comprehension, or arrive home from travel. If one pays a debt in a dream that he does not recognize in waking life, such debts symbolize his sins, for which he is accountable, whether committed intentionally or not, and their repercussions will pursue him unless he repents. Consequently, he may endure worldly hardships, illness, penalties, or other losses. Fulfilling a debt or satisfying a rightful claim in a dream equates to feeding someone who is hungry, reuniting a family, or returning from a trip—and returning from a journey in a dream likewise means meeting a just demand. (Refer also to Promise, Tripping.)

Category: Action

In a dream, the act of deep frying denotes wickedness, misfortunes, quarrels, difficulties, neglecting one's prayers, following one's own intellect, base impulses, and cravings, or engaging in gossip and defamation of others. (Refer also to Frying.)

Category: Water

Falling into deep waters without touching the bottom in a vision signifies affluence and riches, for the world is a profound sea. An abrupt plunge into water in a dream also denotes happiness and monetary gain.

Category: Animals

A deer in a dream symbolizes women and children. Catching a deer or being given one as a present means prosperity, an inheritance, marriage, bearing offspring, or triumphing over an opponent. Slaughtering a deer means taking the virginity of a young maiden. Bringing a deer into one's home means securing a bride for one's son. Killing and skinning a deer signifies violating a woman of noble standing. A deer leaping at someone represents a wife who is rebellious. Possessing a deer means wedding a noble woman or acquiring wealth from lawful means. (Refer also to Gazelle.)

Category: Action

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.)

Category: Action

In a dream, this act signifies enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, safeguarding one's family, and offering sound counsel to the aggressor.

Category: Other

Delaying or putting off the fulfillment of one's duties in a dream signifies separation and the cancellation of an agreement. If a woman postpones her marriage in a dream, it indicates separation from her husband, missing the chance to marry, or a desire to remain unmarried.

Category: Feelings

Feeling delight or rapture from musical performance in a dream means being stirred by sorrow and grief. To experience such joy or ecstasy can also denote diligence, a sharp intellect, cleverness, or becoming aware of someone known to be dull; alternatively, it may signify a sudden shift in a miserly person's behavior as he begins to spend generously. Emotional rapture or ecstasy in a dream can also imply indulging in sin, becoming addicted to drink, committing adultery, or it may signify love for God, turning to Him with true and sincere devotion.

Category: Human Body

Experiencing delirium in a dream reflects a condition of deep imbalance, confusion regarding worldly matters, utter bewilderment, giddiness, or being overwhelmed by intense love. It may also point to a blessed and successful conclusion to one’s affairs. (See also Distraction.)

Category: Types of People

A pushy or overbearing person is commonly compared by the learned to a hard stone. (See also Darkness.)

Category: Objects

A den seen in a dream represents either an illegitimate child, an offspring from unlawful union, or the hidden retreat of a devout worshiper. (See also Hole.)

Category: Types of People

Seeing one’s dependents (children, family members, or household) in a dream denotes riches and great prosperity.

Category: Objects

Depositing something with a person in a dream means confiding a secret to them. Entrusting an item to a deceased person means placing trust in someone who can guard a secret, or it may mean giving something of value to a person who will lose it, or confiding in an untrustworthy individual. Entrusting something to one's wife means she will conceive a child. If she returns the entrusted item in the dream, the pregnancy will not be carried to term. (Refer also to Pawn.)

Category: Mood

A dream state of dejection, melancholy, or sorrow often indicates its opposite in waking life: joy, celebration, and glad tidings. However, if one sees companions in such a state, it may portend similar hardship for the dreamer. This vision can also suggest an ailment or suffering brought about by family, or denote imposition, loss of trade, annulled receivables, or commercial stagnation. Should these conditions already exist, the dream may instead signal alleviation. Thus, the interpretation of depression may point to either felicity or tribulation.

Category: Action

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.

Category: Earth

Witnessing a desert in a dream symbolizes transition from hardship to ease, or leaving adversities to encounter new prospects. It may represent repentance from sin, a business reversal from loss to gain, or recovery from sickness. If a poor person walks into a desolate or ruined desert, it can foretell his death. Traversing barren land indicates engaging in fruitless or harmless pursuits. Walking across a plain suggests attaining comfort, receiving honor, or performing righteous acts, depending on the distance covered. Generally, a desert signifies joy and contentment, proportionate to its vastness and the verdancy of its plants in the vision.

Category: Earth

An empty, deserted, or forsaken location in a dream denotes poverty or scarcity of sustenance for one's household. Such a barren place may also signify distress and tribulation.

Category: Feelings

Experiencing a strong yearning or longing for one's homeland in a dream can mean separation of husband and wife, or division between friends. It may also signify a change from poverty to wealth. Typically, desire in a dream carries negative connotations, especially if accompanied by weeping or lamentation. Indulging one's desires without restraint often reflects the conduct of those destined for the infernal abode. (Refer also to entries for Dog and Dryness)

Category: Action

Ceasing from wicked acts in a dream signifies placing one's trust in the Almighty, seeking Him for provision, and achieving triumph over adversaries.

Category: Feelings

Feeling desperation or losing hope in divine mercy within a dream points to association of partners with God, contemplating self-destruction, or committing a transgression. However, the eventual outcome of such a state in waking life may prove favorable. This vision can also mean deliverance from a grave peril, or participating in the deeds of the inhabitants of the hellfire. (See also Uptight)

Category: Types of People

Observing a person in extreme poverty, or seeing oneself as impoverished and vagrant in a dream, denotes agonizing need, a state harmful to oneself, ingratitude, or denial of faith.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Water

Morning dew in a dream symbolizes good news, munificence, bountifulness, and a generous nature. The same meaning applies to hail and light drizzle.

Category: Human Body

In a dream, diarrhea represents carelessness and the wasteful dissipation of wealth and resources, whereas constipation signifies greed, stinginess, and parsimony.

Category: Action

Completing the digestion of a meal in a dream indicates constancy and diligence in one's work, energy, and vitality. It also represents security and being safeguarded from fear. (Refer to Food)

Category: Action

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)

Category: Action

To dig a grave in a dream signifies entering into marriage. If one digs and then converses with the deceased about their needs, it means the resolution of a problem. The digger of graves may represent a matchmaker, a procurer, a worldly person, or a seeker of hidden treasure. (See also Grave)

Category: Action

Unearthing past events in a dream means exposing a go-between, revealing shameful secrets, obstructing a path, acquiring illicit wealth, or it may indicate searching for concealed valuables, pursuing hidden knowledge, or uncovering history. Beginning such an excavation and then abandoning it signifies relief from anxiety or the arrival of good news. (Refer to Court)

Category: Feelings

Displaying an air of dignity in a dream portends humiliation.

Category: Plants

In a dream, the herb dill symbolizes an event destined for the future. If one sees themselves holding a bundle of dill, it indicates an unexpected occurrence whose consequences will manifest at a later time.

Category: Food

To dip or coat something in an incompatible substance, or to mix two opposing elements in a dream, signifies sowing distrust or illicitly mingling the wealth and possessions of others.

Category: Earth

Soil or dirt in a dream symbolizes a woman's wealth or assets. Walking upon it means seeking money. Gathering dirt represents saving funds. Sweeping dirt inside one's home denotes defrauding one's wife of money, while sweeping it in one's shop signifies lawful income. Dusting a shop's ceiling and discarding the dirt outside foretells business losses. Carrying dirt indicates spreading rumors, but can also mean alleviating sorrow or conquering a state of melancholy. (See also Earth)

Category: Human Body

A face soiled with filth in a dream represents a unique or uncommon skill, whereas a filthy body denotes a sinful individual.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Other

A calamity or cataclysm in a dream foretells the death of an invalid, poverty, imprisonment, or loss of sight. Conversely, witnessing such a disaster may also signal its opposite: receiving glad tidings or the retreat of a persistent foe. (Refer to Cloud of Destruction)

Category: Feelings

In a dream, denial of faith signifies a wealthy person or attaining wealth. Denying God Almighty can also indicate sickness, oppression, or inflicting harm. Behaving foolishly, impudently, or being rebuked and disgraced similarly points to profanity and lack of faith. Straying from the path denotes sin or error. Making a mistake in the dream reflects negligence in waking life. If one's disbelief becomes publicly known, it foretells committing forgery or giving false testimony. Disbelief may also represent ingratitude, or the state of a dying person awaiting the soul's return to its Creator. It can further signify the grave sin of taking one's own life. (See also Irreligious)

Category: Objects

A stone that has been cast aside or rejected in a dream symbolizes a deceased person.

Category: Action

To tarnish someone's honor or to sully something in a dream holds the same meaning as in waking life. Alternatively, it may denote slandering and backbiting another, or it could signify reconciling with someone after a prolonged estrangement.

Category: Feelings

If a person seeking esteem from others exhibits contempt or arrogance in a dream, it signifies abasement, servitude, fawning behavior, or a loss of status. (See also Sneezing)

Category: Action

Relieving oneself of a heavy load or impediment in a dream denotes donating wealth in charity and performing good works for the grateful and the ungrateful alike.

Category: Human Body

Having tangled, messy, or uncombed hair in a dream signifies miserliness, a propensity to hoard wealth, or performing scant service for others.

Category: Action

Defying divine commandments in a dream represents rebellion or immersion in sinful acts. Should the dreamer deny the sinful nature of his deed, such disobedience foretells severe chastisement for his pride. (Refer to Recalcitrant child)

Category: Action

To see oneself arguing or contending with another in a dream portends intense pressure, anxiety, and grief. Engaging in a quarrel signifies the dreamer is in the wrong and must correct the matter and seek reconciliation. If he does so, he will attain his heart's desire.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Other

In a dream, distance represents injustice or being deprived of something. The space between two people signifies conflict, resignation, or death. Distance may also denote its opposite: closeness. Traveling a great distance foretells difficulties or undertaking a strenuous journey.

Category: Water

Distilled water in a dream symbolizes beautiful or noble offspring. It may also signify gaining knowledge from erudite individuals who act upon their teachings, or learning wisdom from the wise. Scenting rose-water, orange-blossom water, or water distilled from jonquil or narcissus signifies joy, happiness, celebration, praise, and prosperity. Distilled water can also represent the recovery of seized or stolen goods, or the discovery of hidden treasures. As for water distilled from farm flowers, water lilies, or similar blossoms, it denotes healing remedies, piety, festive occasions, or marriage ceremonies. (Refer to Water)

Category: Mood

Being distracted in a dream, particularly during prayer, denotes envy and a craving to seize the property of others, especially close friends or kin. Distraction by a snake or lion during prayers signals the need for vigilance regarding one's spouse or child. Such distraction represents worldly passions, desires, negligence, the pursuit of fleeting gains, and turning away from the everlasting rewards of the hereafter. (See also Delirium)

Category: Mood

Agony, anxiety, or grief in a dream signifies expiation for sins and the restoration of one's honor. To feel such distress also denotes remorse for a wrongful act. If the distress lifts and one is freed from its weight in the dream, it signifies repentance. Distress and sorrow can also represent being enamored or suffering from devotion to a beloved. (See also Uptight, Worries)

Category: Types of People

A person who submerges or goes underwater in a dream symbolizes a spy, an investigator, or a reporter. (See also Spy)

Category: Action

Observing a fortune-teller who practices geomancy—interpreting random patterns formed by thrown earth or lines drawn in sand—represents a deceitful and crafty individual, a thief, or may symbolize profits gained from importing merchandise. (Refer to Astrologer, Fortune-teller)

Category: Other

Beholding the Exalted Throne of Allah Most High in its complete and majestic state in a dream signifies abundant blessings, joyful news, and firmness in faith. Should the Throne appear lacking any of its perfect qualities, it warns of negligence and unlawful innovation. Seeing the Glorious Throne may foretell elevated rank, honorable responsibility (for the worthy), or symbolize one’s spouse, home, means of transport, triumph over foes, poetic inspiration, or righteous deeds when witnessed in its full splendor and radiance. For a qualified person, sitting upon the Divine Throne while Allah sits above it signifies oppression of scholars, arrogance, and spreading corruption. For one unfit to rule, it indicates rebellion against parents, defiance of teachers, contradicting superiors, issuing rulings without knowledge, wrongdoing toward others, or unjust judgment. (See also Allah, Bearers of the Throne, Seat)

Category: Action

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)

Category: Action

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)

Category: Animals

A dog in a dream symbolizes a brazen and shameless man who boldly commits sinful deeds. When it barks, it portrays an insolent person with a loathsome and detestable nature. A bite or scratch from a dog signifies injury inflicted by an enemy, the severity of which corresponds to the pain felt in the dream; it may also indicate illness or severe hardship caused by a close friend or servant. If a dog rips one’s clothes, a wicked individual is spreading slander and backbiting against him. Hearing no bark means the foe has retreated, leaving only minor damage. A dog can equally represent a depraved woman who belongs to a circle of wrongdoers and persists in hostility. A puppy denotes a beloved child: white foretells a son who will grow into a faithful believer, while black indicates he will rule the household and lead its people. A puppy may also signify a child born of unlawful union, an abandoned infant wrapped in cloth and raised by an arrogant person. A shepherd’s dog promises gain and benefit. A pet dog points to a harsh, embittered adversary. A greyhound signifies attainment of power, dominion, and wealth; it may likewise represent the trusted aide of a military commander or a clever strategist devoid of moral principles. A Japanese spaniel or Pekingese suggests dealings with foreigners or conducting trade abroad. Raising a dog for companionship reflects deep attachment to a servant one cherishes. Hunting with a dog indicates fulfilling carnal desires. Killing a dog means overcoming an enemy. An entire pack of hounds departing for the chase heralds widespread blessing and prosperity, or decisive action; their return signals relief from fear or scarcity of work. Their arrival in a town warns of rising unemployment. A sick house-dog foretells sickness, financial loss, loss of appetite, or the fading joy of life. A barking female dog announces harm and deception from vile people. Dogs also relate to extreme fever and to the stars Procyon and Sirius. All breeds reared for play signify lighthearted enjoyment. Whatever befalls such dogs reflects distress, grief, or the end of worldly pleasure. Being turned into a dog means Allah granted great knowledge to the dreamer, who then misused and abandoned it, whereupon Allah removed that blessing. A dog further represents an informant, a police hound, a feeble enemy, or a stingy person. Barking at someone foretells hearing shameful words from one lacking honour. Eating dog meat means crushing an adversary. Drinking dog milk signifies fright. Resting one’s head upon a dog or using it as a pillow shows the dog has become a loyal friend. In general, dogs symbolize street urchins, beggars, fawning flatterers, or base individuals who remain devoted to their master while jealously guarding his family and wealth. Dogs embody greed, lust for worldly gains, fighting over them, and possessing no savings. A hunting dog denotes honour and profit; a shepherd’s dog, a caring neighbour who prioritises others. Adopting a dog as a pet suggests wavering faith, paying compensation, or joblessness. Travelling with a dog means vanishing from sight. A dog may finally indicate disbelief, ingratitude, despair, falsehood, terror, imprisonment, or fleeing justice. Seeing a dog inside a city also heralds the renewal of a trade agreement.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Objects

Seeing a dome in a dream is a symbol of a person who holds authority, power, and command, such as a ruler, king, sultan, governor, leader of an army, a high-ranking scholar, a judge, or the head of a household or community. The dome is interpreted this way because, just as a physical dome crowns and protects a building and is its most exalted and prominent part, so too does a person in command stand above others, bearing responsibility and providing shelter, justice, or leadership to those beneath him. If the dome is beautiful, majestic, tall, well-built, made of strong materials, or adorned with gold, green, or bright colors, it indicates a just, powerful, honorable, and respected leader, or it reflects the dreamer's own rising status, acceptance among people, and increase in authority and dignity. A green dome especially is very positive, often pointing to a religious authority, a wali of Allah, or a scholar whose knowledge benefits others, because green is the color of Paradise and the coverings of its domes.

Category: Objects

Constructing a dome or cupolaed structure in a dream signifies marriage. Destroying one foretells death or divorce. A dome also denotes authority and governance if one owns it or stands beneath it. Observing a dome encircled by birds indicates exaltation. Erecting a dome upon clouds represents marriage, power, and high rank. Witnessing good deeds elevated for blessing, or that one may die a martyr. If four men are seen demolishing a dome, it means a noted scholar in that area will soon die, and the elements of earth, fire, water, and air will conflict or annul one another. (See also Pavilion, Shrine, Tent)

Category: Other

The gender of a gifted item in a dream hints at the gender one may receive in waking life. A donation similarly denotes charity, a present, or a gift, all bearing the same interpretation. (Refer to Endowment, Gift)

Category: Animals

In a dream, a donkey symbolizes a boy, a child, a wife, livelihood, a scholar without practical work, or travel. Riding one may ease difficulties. Riding any animal without proper gear signifies imposing on oneself or others, or taking an unnecessary and inadequate path. Riding a donkey or mule represents one's adornments, children, a wealthy spouse, riches, or profitable trade. Its braying signifies evil, severe trouble, a child born of adultery, or malevolent spirits. Riding a large donkey denotes a dignified station. An upright donkey represents worldly benefit; a handsome or white one signifies ornamentation. A skinny donkey means poverty; a fat one, wealth. A black donkey brings happiness, honor, and prosperity; a green one, fear of transgression. A saddled donkey signifies an honored son; one with a long tail, an enduring dynasty; its hoofs represent money. A donkey's death foretells the owner's death, a break with friends or family, the death of a supporter, selling a cherished property, divorce, travel, or a husband's demise. A stray donkey with no known master symbolizes an ignorant, intrusive, and demanding person. Owning donkeys means associating with ignorant folk. If a donkey becomes stubborn and moves only with beating, it shows that sustenance comes only through extra prayers and devotion. An obedient donkey reflects its owner's piety. Leading a donkey into one's house signifies new income. Only the braying is disliked; otherwise, the donkey is generally beneficial. It represents honesty in seeking provision and earning lawful money. If it represents the dreamer, it means he trades in impure goods like pigs, monkeys, toys, or games. (See also Zebra)

Category: Objects

A door in a dream represents the guardian of the household. An open door indicates a source of provision. The house door also symbolizes the wife. If its appearance differs from reality, it denotes changes in one's life. If broken or burned, it foretells hardship for the guardian. Seeing a small door within the main entrance signifies intruding upon others' private chambers, a secret affair of one's wife, or exposed betrayal at home. Lions leaping at the door mean insolent men will pursue the wife. Seeking an unfindable door indicates indecision. Entering through the main door signifies victory over opponents. A door opening directly to the street means earnings benefit strangers more than the household. A disappearing door means the head of the household dies. Passing through a small door into open space signals relief from troubles. Exiting through the main door into a verdant garden symbolizes entering the afterlife. Two knockers or ringlets on the door denote debt to two demanding creditors. Fire consuming the door means the wife's death or failure to manage the household. City gates represent a just ruler. A door also guards what lies behind it: property, secrets, and family. A well-built door protects privacy; a faulty one exposes it. A carpenter building a new door brings glad tidings of health and wealth. Inability to properly secure the door signifies troubles caused by the wife. Changing the door means moving to another dwelling. Entering and locking the door ensures protection from evil. (Refer to Doorjamb, Door post)

Category: Objects

A doorjamb or doorpost in a dream signifies the master of the house or his steward. If it is removed, it means such a person is dismissed from service. If it is taken away entirely, it portends the death of the homeowner. (See also Door)

Category: Types of People

In a dream, a doorman signifies a person of rank or someone possessing strong influence. If one sees himself acting as a doorman and employing a helper, it points to rising into a position of authority. Serving as the king’s doorkeeper suggests financial burdens, while working as the prince’s gate attendant indicates attaining a role of command. (Also see Keeper of the Gate)

Category: Objects

The front threshold of a home in a dream reflects one’s strength or may symbolize marriage. Removing the doorstep signifies losing that power. Taking away the lintels indicates divorcing one’s spouse. If the lintels vanish entirely, it points to death; if still visible, it suggests an illness followed by recovery. The lintel can also represent a woman of the house or its attendant. For a governor, seeing his doorstep removed means dismissal from office. Whatever occurs to the doorstep should be understood in relation to one’s wife or a woman. (Also see Threshold)

Category: Feelings

Questioning divine truth or harboring uncertainty about God’s message in a dream points to hypocrisy, double-dealing, deceitful conduct, or luring an innocent woman into wrongdoing. (Also see Fog, Uncertainty)

Category: Food

In dreams, dough can signify debts, income, or livelihood. It also suggests comfort, ease, awaiting a captive’s release, or anticipating a child’s birth. Having dough at home indicates wealth or trade. Sour dough warns of financial loss. Kneading dough can mean an unexpected visitor or a long-awaited traveler arriving. Kneading in a confined area implies immoral acts, while kneading in open space suggests marriage. Dough that fails to rise points to corruption and hardship. Barley dough denotes an effeminate person or achieving leadership and surpassing rivals. Watching someone knead dough represents a caring ruler, a beloved leader, or one genuinely supportive through word and deed. (Also see Bread)

Category: Food

In a dream, consuming a doughnut may point to income gained through amusement or melodies. It might also suggest dodging a perilous mishap, or in some cases, it could hint at a deadly event. A doughnut could carry dual meanings—either distress and mourning, or delight and contentment. Spotting someone who prepares these treats in a dream may indicate evading harm, or it might serve as a warning of looming threat. (Also see Pigeon, Ringdove, Turtledove)

Category: Other

When a person dreams of offering a dower without a clear reason, it may reflect their readiness to carry out required acts or adhere to a spiritual command.

Category: Earth

Dreaming of soft feathers or fluff can symbolize wealth, earnings, garments, legacy, or possessions taken by force. It may also stand for money that is rightfully earned.

Category: Action

(Sleeping) If someone dreams of nodding off or collapsing forward into slumber, it may suggest they are losing their way or straying from the right course.

Category: Action

When a dreamer sees themselves pulling a weight they can barely manage, it may signify their ability to manage their environment using tact, compassion, or firm resolve. However, if they are the ones being pulled, it could foretell negative outcomes.

Category: Jinn

Dreaming of a dragon points to a harsh sovereign or cruel authority, and may also picture a devouring blaze. The count of its heads measures the threat: more heads, graver peril. Should an ill dreamer meet the beast, it forecasts his expiry. If a woman with child imagines birthing such a creature, she will deliver an offspring burdened by lingering sickness. Bearing a dragon likewise signals a youth who will master speech, answer to two names, or follow the paths of soothsayer, recluse, rogue, bandit, or insolent wretch finally slain. The dragon also marks the passage of eras. When the monster approaches without dread, speaks plain words, or bestows a gift, expect joyful announcements. If a colossal dragon shifts into human shape, it embodies a regiment of male or female jinn; marching feminine spirits betoken a foe cloaking aim and name. That enemy owns many heads and arts of foul conduct, each head from one to seven signifying varied misfortunes or crafts of harm. A seven-headed serpent shows an unequalled adversary whose plots know no parallel. Should the sleeper rule the dragon, he exploits one whose mind is unsound. (Also see Jinn)

Category: Objects

Curtains in a dream stand for shielding one's intimate affairs. They also portray a loyal confidant, faithful companion, or a wife who veils her spouse's flaws, safeguards his trade, and keeps his gaze from straying. For a learned man they mirror his uprightness, virtuous spouse, and progeny. Nameless drapes betoken care or anguish. When they hang across the front entrance, hardship arrives from the outside world. Aged curtains indicate passing woes, while torn ones promise mirth and delight: vertical rips bring swift joy, horizontal gashes slander the household. Black folds signal anxiety tied to wealth, offspring, or officials; white or green portend favourable turns. Drapes adorning a mosque door reflect spiritual setbacks. Curtains out of place warn of adversity; those shading familiar windows carry no meaning, yet over strange surroundings they speak of dread that ends in relief. Gold-trimmed hangings hint at illusion or dispelled sorrow. An unmarried viewer who sees such veils will wed, guard chastity, or find a venture shielding him from want. A fugitive or frightened soul wrapped in drapes secures refuge from dread. Slipping through a tear while clinging to a curtain denotes a protracted, exhausting, far-flung journey. The larger the fabric, the heavier the trial.

Category: Objects

Peering into the scent drawer or the compartment holding the gem scale forecasts brisk profitable winds, needs fulfilled, and kin reunited. A paper drawer promises long life. In general, a drawer bears glad news. Opening one to discover a pearl or jewel inside heralds pleasant word or gain arriving within days. (Also see Table of Contents)

Category: Types of People

Within a dream, seeing a person who interprets dreams signifies glad tidings for one in grief and foretells difficulty for one in joy. For an individual guarding his private affairs and ambitions, this vision suggests he will discover a trusted ally to help fulfill his aims. If awaiting word from a partner, or for someone in a distant place, it indicates the awaited message will arrive. Such a figure also symbolizes one skilled in reading signs, decoding communications, examining materials, a tracker, a man of religious learning, a legal counselor, a wise guide, a sympathetic companion, an arbiter, or a healer. Conversely, he may denote a person incapable of discretion or a bearer of both joyful and distressing announcements. In the vision state, he can further manifest as a exhorter, a consultant, a balancer of accounts, a currency exchanger, a cloth cleaner, a preparer of the deceased, a hair cutter, a jester, a disseminator of reports, or one who seeks out the faults of others. To envision oneself as a dream interpreter, and if one is fit for the seat of judgment, it points to attaining a judgeship. If pursuing knowledge, he will gain it; if aspiring to medicine, he will become a doctor. Otherwise, he may become a money changer, a financier, or any of the trades previously listed. Relating a dream to an interpreter within the dream, if the interpretation aligns with sound understanding and the teachings of the Qur'an and the Prophet's tradition, then what is heard is truthful. If the explanation is not understood, it may be necessary to seek a capable interpreter in waking life to address one's concerns. (Also see Astrologer, Divination, Fortune-teller, Founder, Interpretation, Seer)

Category: Objects

In a dream, a dressing room carries a significance akin to that of a comb. For an unmarried woman, it symbolizes a husband. For an unmarried man, it signifies a virtuous and diligent wife. (Also see Comb, Wardrobe)

Category: Food

In visions, fresh fruits signify wealth that is fleeting, whereas dried fruits denote wealth that is enduring. (Also see Fruits)

Category: Tools

Seeing this tool in a dream represents a person who is cunning and aggressive. It can also signify the fulfillment of a desire or need, or utilizing another's aid to achieve an objective, or possibly embarking on an unwanted journey. Furthermore, it may symbolize the act of boring a well, or depict a man of intense and vulgar lust. In the dream realm, a drill can also represent the male of a large four-legged animal or a young female horse. (Also see Drilling)

Category: Action

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)

Category: Drinks

Sipping an unfamiliar sweet beverage or a cup of cool, fresh water in a dream signals right direction, wisdom, refined taste, and the steadfastness of those who walk the path. Taking cool sweet water at dawn points to permissible earnings and gain for all, except for one accustomed to hot boiled water, for whom it predicts ailment, strain, melancholy, and fright from jinn. Any yellowish drink foretells sickness. Swallowing an infusion of violet blossom hints at healing or abstaining from specific fare. If one unwillingly tastes bitter medicinal syrup, expect a mild indisposition; yet quaffing apple nectar, honeyed cordial, myrtle brew, or any delightful draught brings joy to the rich and woe to the poor. A glass of apple nectar may also mean benefit from a servant or employer, favour from a mighty man, or a taxing life. Imbibing a remedy forecasts recovery if the malady exists; otherwise it warns of possible illness and the need for such a cure. A constipating drink mirrors stinginess, while a laxative reflects open-handedness. A headache draught or pain-killer embodies kindness or tact, as does any potion that purifies the kidneys. Beyond this, drinks symbolise building design, sacred learning, swift address of affairs, or concealment of secrets. Brightly coloured beverages announce merriment, delight, festivity, celebration, and amended conduct. Fruit-based drinks allude to the fruit itself. Tasting rose-water reveals distrust in another’s promise; an unknown fragrant sip strengthens conviction, loyalty, or vow-fulfilment. A foul or spoiled draught, especially from a gold or silver cup, denotes denial of true blessings or apostasy. Should a departed soul offer a sweet, aromatic drink, it conveys guidance and admonition, and hints that the giver abides in paradise. Drinking from an ordinary cup may indicate the final drink. An unknown beverage also represents the refreshment reserved for the righteous and chosen among God’s creation. (Also see Cold water)

Category: Action

Swallowing scalding water straight from the boiler in a dream foretells illness, tension, gloom, and fright launched by evil jinn. Drawing cold, revitalising water from the ordinary tap points to relief and gladness. (Also see Cup, Drink, Mug)

Category: Types of People

Dreaming of one who tends beasts denotes a chief, company president, or affluent man. Overall, sighting a groom, attendant, stable-hand, or animal handler is an ill omen, suggesting rashness, a procurer, pimp, go-between, marriage officiant, adulterer, or one who chains a male creature to mate with a female. (Also see Copulation)

Category: Types of People

A driver in a dream stands for travel, a market place, a carrier, or heading toward benefit or harm for whoever intends it. (Also see Car, Carrier)

Category: Tools

A driving belt seen in a dream signifies fathering a son or setting out on a journey.

Category: Other

A driving force in a dream points to revenge from something, or obedience to someone coupled with anxious curiosity over what comes next. If propelled by a person, the sleeper is being pushed toward murder or hired to assault another. If spurred by an animal, lion, or raptor, it signals humiliation by someone higher, or affliction through sickness.

Category: Types of People

In dreams, a rider of a dromedary represents a midwife, and a midwife represents such a rider.

Category: Other

(Specifically referring to the excrement of a bird.) Witnessing droppings in a vision signifies the acquisition of new clothing. Should the droppings belong to an eagle or vulture in the dream, this represents the removal of a ruler or person in high authority from their position. (One may also refer to the entries for Dung and Manure.)

Category: Human Body

To dream of dropsy, the condition of fluid gathering abnormally in bodily tissues, denotes disgrace and being looked down upon by people.

Category: Action

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.

Category: Objects

(A pharmacy or apothecary.) For an ill person to see a drugstore in a vision is an indication of healing from that sickness.

Category: Objects

Observing a drum in a dream represents receiving or spreading false information. Dancing to a drum's rhythm within a house warns of a misfortune befalling that household. Should one see himself transformed into a drum, it signifies experiencing confusing and unclear dreams. A tambourine with one skin symbolizes a woman possessing many faults. Drums associated with women denote reckless trade, secretive commerce, selling trinkets, ugliness, or a miserly woman with numerous adversaries. Hearing drums in a procession signifies deceptive news. The sound of an auctioneer's drum, a town crier's beat, or a herald's signal in a dream can portend a death. Some interpreters say the drumbeat of a marching column denotes a person who remains thankful to his Lord in all conditions. Hearing the drums of pilgrims signifies encountering a wise spiritual advisor. (See also the entries for Drummer and Tambourine.)

Category: Types of People

A drummer appearing in a vision symbolizes celebration and happiness. Should a drummer come to visit an ailing person in the dream, it suggests the sick individual will soon pass away, with drums played at the funeral rites. Alternatively, it may signal the person's recovery, leading people to rejoice and play music in celebration. A drummer can also represent a messenger bearing important news. The vision of a drummer may likewise indicate an affliction of colic. He may signify a powerful and intimidating individual. Other interpretations include representing one's own stomach, a bearer of false tidings, a panderer, or one who summons people to falsehood. (Refer also to the entry for Drum.)

Category: Mood

(Inebriation) To be intoxicated in a dream signifies sorrow, anxiety, despondency, cares, arrogance, pride, dissipation, and the misuse of wealth. Within the dream state, wine is considered the chief of beverages. If one becomes drunk on wine and then rends his garment, it indicates he has arranged his affairs in an orderly and harmonious fashion. Yet it also points to the abuse of his station through excessive indulgence in worldly pleasure, reaching a point where he cannot manage his desires. To be seen consuming wine to the point of drunkenness denotes earning illicit income, with that wealth exerting control over how it is spent. Becoming drunk without consuming any actual liquor suggests senility or the childishness of an elder. For both men and women, this state in a dream is generally an ill omen, representing folly and complications in life. However, if a fearful person sees himself drunk, it means he will conquer his anxieties. Feigning drunkenness represents making a false claim; such a person may also suffer a false accusation in waking life as a corrective lesson, emerging from the ordeal as one who appears drunk without drinking. For a devout person, seeing himself drunk could symbolize his intense love for God. (See also the entry for Intoxicants.)

Category: Earth

(Solid ground) The appearance of dry land in a dream signifies attaining security and reaching a place of safety.

Category: Human Body

To suffer from a condition of dry skin in a dream indicates having expended one's wealth in a manner displeasing to God, borrowing funds from others, losing them, and being unable to settle one's debts. As a consequence, one will face a fitting and deserved punishment. (One may also consult the entry for Skin inflammation.)

Category: Other

(Aridity, Thirst) Experiencing dryness in the body or a lack of moisture, whether in a person or even in the leaves of trees within a dream, denotes distress, impoverishment, or a miserable existence. The sensation of dryness in a dream points to stagnant trade, a sluggish property market, and the inability to sell agricultural goods. It also symbolizes destitution, economic downturn, depression, or a deep longing and pining for a beloved person who is missed.

Category: Animals

A duck in a dream symbolizes a woman or a female servant. Consuming duck meat in a vision signifies wealth obtained through the efforts of one's employees or subordinates. It may also foretell marriage to a wealthy woman. Ducks inhabit water yet remain dry, and thus in dreams they can represent pious, pure, and virtuous men of high standing who live in the world without being tainted by it. If a duck speaks to someone, it indicates he will be honored and elevated by a woman's influence. The duck also denotes ease and contentment derived from sustenance, and its reliance on water parallels the lives of sailors and fishermen, while its nature is gentle. However, hearing the quack of a duck inside one's home warns of impending troubles in that place or announces a death. (Refer also to Swan's meat.)

Category: Action

(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.)

Category: Human Body

(Muteness, Silence) Inability to speak in a dream points to corruption in one's religion or falsehood. Seeing oneself mute suggests one slanders the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) or backbites honorable people, or that one is a reprobate and insolent. It may also signify ignorance. Such dumbness can represent the reversal of a judicial ruling, or failing to speak when one ought to. It may also indicate the loss or termination of one's employment. If one sees his tongue bound, however, it foretells eloquence, mastery of language, clear speech, wise words, prosperity, and triumph over an adversary.

Category: Other

Gathering or sweeping dung in a dream symbolizes accumulating money. The droppings or dung of a horse represent earnings from a reputable merchant. Sitting upon horse or sheep dung signifies generating income through business dealings with one's own relatives. (One may also consult the entry for Manure.)

Category: Celestial Bodies

(Twilight, Evening) The time of dusk in a dream represents the strategic or military maneuvers of a ruler and his appointed officials.

Category: Earth

In a dream, dust represents material wealth. Witnessing a dust cloud signifies an enigmatic situation from which escape seems difficult. Washing dust from one's hands denotes a descent into poverty. Dust settling after a rainstorm or a display of thunder and lightning indicates periods of drought or calamities. A dust cloud stirred by the swift movement of a vehicle or a horse symbolizes taking command of one's affairs, engaging in deceit, or stirring up conflict. Dusting one's shop and casting the dirt onto the street foretells business losses. Should a merchant see his goods coated in dust, it portends a slump in trade and difficulty selling his merchandise. (See also the entry for Specs of dust.)

Category: Objects

(Cage, Garment, House, Fortune, Robe) In a dream, one's dwelling symbolizes his place in the world or his worldly life. The state of the dwelling reflects the condition of the dreamer's deeds in wakefulness. Finding oneself in a newly constructed house, freshly painted and fully furnished, signifies prosperity. For a poor person, it means meeting financial obligations with ease; for one under strain, it heralds relief. For an artisan, it denotes mastery of his craft or attaining authority commensurate with the dwelling's beauty, size, and detail. For a sinner, it signifies repentance. The spaciousness or confinement of the dwelling mirrors one's financial state, knowledge, social interactions, hospitality, and generosity. A renovated dwelling suggests the revival or improvement of one's business. Fresh paint indicates the fulfillment of religious duties. Tiled or marble floors symbolize pleasures or one's wife. Dwellings made of solid iron denote long life and power. Entering an unknown house and finding deceased souls residing there means one has crossed into the realm of the hereafter. Dwellings built of mud or plaster reflect adverse circumstances. Entering and then leaving such a dwelling foretells a severe illness from which one will nearly die before recovering. Leaving in anger warns of imprisonment. Seeing someone enter one's home signifies an intrusion into private life or a brazen person becoming a close friend who then betrays trust and commits adultery with one's wife. Seeing one's dwelling collapse or cave in suggests receiving an inheritance from a deceased relative. Building a dwelling for oneself or others can mean the death of a relative or child, or the divorce of one's wife. Dwellings also represent a temporary station in life. If the construction material is unsuitable, it points to unlawful earnings. The dwelling further symbolizes one's physical body, carnal self, and worldly substance. Demolishing a new home in a dream represents evil and severe trials. (Refer also to the entries for Cage, Glass house, and House.)

Category: Objects

Applying henna or any colouring substance to the hair or hands in a dream signifies a herbalist’s trade, festive occasions, joyful announcements, gentle affection, or deep mercy. Dyeing one’s hair also indicates concealing or safeguarding one’s private matters and those of others. To colour the grey strands of one’s beard denotes showing off, embellishing one’s goods or actions to appear more impressive than they truly are. Dyeing hair can likewise proclaim abundant blessings and favours, or, for someone in a position of power, imposing terms upon an adversary; otherwise it warns of hardship, irritation, debts, distress, or estrangement from loved ones. A woman dyeing her hair carries the same meaning as a man. Covering grey hair points to renewed strength, dignity, and courage. Applying henna only to the head (not the beard) means following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings upon him. Dyeing both head and beard suggests hiding poverty while still demanding respect from others. When the hair readily accepts the dye, it foretells recovery of lost rank, though with diminished pride, or learning to adorn oneself with contentment. Using an unusual dye that works promises deliverance from calamity through wondrous means; if it fails, one’s hidden flaws will be exposed and he will lack defence against slander. Attempting to dye the hair with dry henna clay and succeeding reveals ignorance followed by sincere repentance and self-reform. A woman whose hands appear gilded has surrendered all her wealth to her husband and feels content doing so, yet she herself will rise in authority within the household. A man whose feet are dyed and patterned foretells domestic troubles. Dyed hands generally signify financial difficulty. Dipping a hand into a corpse signals witnessing a secret plot. Hands wrapped after dyeing indicate defeat in litigation or rivalry. Dyeing only a single finger with henna represents bunches of dates or grapes. In general, beautifying hands and hair with acceptable dye brings mutual joy to spouses provided boundaries are observed. Dyeing hands and feet together means renovating the home. A needy person dyeing himself conceals invalid ablution during prayer or Qur’an recitation, or shows neglect toward worship. For women, dyeing heralds happiness, fresh garments, gold, or impending marriage festivities. Excess dye spilling beyond the proper area warns of anxiety provoked by trade or companions. A man using something other than henna on hair or beard will suffer his greatest fear. Suppressing emotions through dye while ill promises swift recovery. Dyeing hair black to conceal unfavourable circumstances, nullify good deeds, or mask evil intent follows the custom of Pharaoh, who blackened his hair to disguise his true nature and ignorance.

Category: Types of People

In a dream, a leather tanner or a cloth dyer represents a deceitful individual, though he may also perform good deeds. The dyer can symbolize a person of substantial wealth, someone in a position to assist others, a man of learning, or an authority figure. Seeing a dyer change a white garment's color to green signifies repentance from wrongdoing. If he dyes a white garment black, it indicates apostasy or abandoning faith. Should one see a dyer in his home, either receiving or taking garments to dye, he symbolizes an adulterer and suggests that a member of that household may die within the year.