Letter "H" — 95 interpretations

Category: Weather

In a dream, hail signifies affliction, hardship, famine, loss of wealth, destitution, widespread oppression, or torment. By its nature, hail cools the land and destroys harmful insects, worms, and scorpions, while reducing the threat posed by snakes. Therefore, seeing hail falling in its appropriate season in a dream points to the removal of distress, relief from worries, and victory over difficulties, enemies, or envious rivals. Witnessing hail during the summer in a dream indicates commercial losses, whereas seeing it fall in winter signifies success and abundance. Intense or heavy hail in a dream denotes the ruin of businesses, disruption of communication, and damage to roads and pathways, thus symbolizing an obstruction to public benefit. Hail in a dream may also refer to an unusual type of trade or enterprise arriving from the direction of the storm-bearing wind. If no harm is experienced in the dream, hail represents good news, particularly when people are seen collecting it in containers. When hail falls upon farmland without causing damage in a dream, it signifies a plentiful harvest. Gathering hail in one’s clothes or wrapping it in fabric in a dream means loss of wealth or the disappearance of an expected delivery.

Category: Human Body

In dreams, hair symbolizes money and longevity. When a wealthy person ties a strand of hair into a bun of their own, it signifies growth in wealth and business expansion through loans or mortgages. For a poor person seeing the same, it indicates borrowing funds to settle debts yet needing more for living costs. Straight hair becoming frizzy or curled foretells honor, while frizzy hair turning straight suggests humiliation or demotion. For someone with straight, lanky hair seeing it unusually long, it means funds managed for an employer will be squandered, wasted, or lost. Soft, lanky hair appearing longer than normal denotes expanded authority for a manager and diversified interests. A strongman or warrior with a bun of hair implies protection and respect from a powerful figure; for a rich person, it means additional wealth, and for a poor one, it represents debts. Curly hair indicates that power, honor, and praises will go to one's superior. A woman seeing her hair straight foretells benefits, especially if using hairpieces or wigs in makeup. Braiding hair for women means saving or investing money; for the poor or blind accustomed to it, it brings complications and hardships. A sick woman braiding her hair signals death from illness. Hair long enough to braid with the beard signifies mounting debts. Shaving the moustache or underarm hair means settling debts, relieving distress, or maintaining good hygiene. Braiding hair also represents mastering one's profession. Shaving the head during pilgrimage season denotes safety and protection. Shortening hair or removing unwanted hair during makeup signifies stress relief or being forced to repay debts. A thief or fugitive grabbing their own long, lanky, horse-like hair means capture. Hair resembling a hog's foretells major disasters. An unhappy person becoming hairy indicates worsening depression and misery, while a happy person growing hairy means heightened joy. A woman's black hair represents her husband's affection for her. A woman wearing a veil or headpiece suggests a journey separating her from her husband temporarily or permanently. People staring at her hair means she will face slander and defamation. A man with horns made of hair signifies power and skill. Dishevelled or rumpled hair at the back of the head implies humiliation. Tousled hair on the right side means molesting male children among relatives; on the left side, molesting female children; without relatives, it means harm from one's own wrongdoing. Long underarm hair indicates achieving goals or a generous nature; thick underarm hair reflects thirst for knowledge, business pursuit, or profit through patience. Hair infested with lice means a large family. Wishing for longer or thicker hair and attaining it signifies reaching goals, debt repayment, or prosperity; uncommon length or thickness without shame means debts, distress, and family care inability. Long hair also denotes mischief and hardships; thick, long hair can mean many children, fear of sin, thoughts of a significant person, or daily worries. Reduced hair suggests easing difficulties. Someone pulling one's hair foretells financial crisis. A woman with a strand of hair cut means marital dispute or someone urging her husband toward another woman. Grooming hair with oily dressing means worldly adornment; oil running over the face indicates trouble. Bad odor from hair means receiving praises. Delousing hair signifies discovering personal flaws; lice falling during combing means spending inheritance on charity or improving behavior. Hair regrowing anew suggests potential loss of most wealth. Hair growing on unusual facial areas means debts; on the palm, business benefits; on chest or tongue, wisdom and diligence unless excessive, then adversities, stress, sorrows, and debts. Scattering or falling forearm hair means losing all savings. Braiding leg hair signifies improper earnings or violating divine laws. A woman's hair symbolizes her protection, husband, or family; ugly, smelly hair reflects living conditions or marital state. Nicely combed hair denotes loyalty and promise fulfillment. For one lacking loyalty, shaving or shortening hair means wasting money; generally, shortening hair indicates knowledge and guidance. Combing a wife's hair suggests divorce. Attractive hair represents good character. Hair also implies apprehension. Turning into animal hair means hard work and difficulties; for the poor, it means basic needs met. Eyebrows, eyelashes, hairy arms, legs, and chest signify man's virility, beauty, protection, or enduring wealth. Ear hair means knowledge or reprimand; nose hair represents beneficial matters with possible hidden issues or money. Hair covering a woman's body means staying celibate; for married women, caring for parents and children. A hairy child indicates long life. A beardless man becoming hairy means impending wife pregnancy. White hair signifies financial loss for the rich or debt payment for the poor. (See Black hair, Dye, Shaving, Strand of hair)

Category: Action

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)

Category: Types of People

In a dream, a hairdresser or barber symbolizes a just and trustworthy person who manages people’s wealth, resources, or affairs with fairness and wisdom, placing things where they rightly belong. He represents someone who brings order, balance, and clarity, removing excess and correcting what is untidy or burdensome. Such a figure also signifies guidance, mediation, and sound judgment, directing others through proper channels and lawful means. Seeing a hairdresser in a dream may point to relief from worries, the settlement of matters, the purification of one’s livelihood, and the presence of an individual who helps others improve their condition while acting with integrity and responsibility.

Category: Objects

Seeing a container holding half a bushel in a dream signifies holiness, modesty, cleanliness, and inner purity. This meaning is derived from the tradition of God’s Prophet, who was known to perform his ritual ablution using such a measuring vessel on a regular basis. (Also see Unit of measure)

Category: Objects

A spacious hall in a dream denotes ease, relief from monetary hardship, a supportive wife, a capable and virtuous lady of the household, a high-ranking authority with little associated risk, a road marker, a commendable son, a diligent worker, or a profitable investment. If the hall appears dark, filthy, or infested with insects and spider webs in the dream, then it carries the opposite meaning.

Category: Objects

In a dream, a hallway symbolizes a servant entrusted with directing and organizing the affairs of his master. It may also stand for a doorkeeper, or for a person’s actions and conduct that steer him toward his objective, whether leading to paradise or to the fire. A hallway can further represent one’s grave, as it is a passage toward either heaven or hell, or it may signify the steps of a sick or disabled person. Its lighting, width, and the ease or difficulty of passing through it reflect the eventual outcome.

Category: Tools

A hammer in a dream represents someone who holds power, dominance, or influence. Carrying or holding a hammer signifies attaining honor and substantial benefits. It may also symbolize an assistant or helper, and for one who earns his livelihood through it, it can indicate money and income. In another sense, a hammer may point to wrongdoing or to speaking loudly and forcefully with noise and uproar.

Category: Objects

Within a dream, a handbell symbolizes a mediator, an intermediary, a spouse and offspring, or the caller to prayer at a mosque. This vision may also indicate a public disgrace. To sound such a bell in one's dream signifies spreading untruth. Carrying it suggests keeping company with an unworthy individual or encountering a deceiver. Ringing a handbell in a market within the dream denotes taking a false vow.

Category: Tools

(Toil, Sustenance, Millstone, Journey) A hand mill appearing in a vision signifies relief from hardship, suffering, or the fulfillment of necessities. It may also foretell wealth following need, matrimony, acquiring a helper, or relocation to a new dwelling. Should one see a hand mill in a home not used for milling grain or spices, it warns of misfortune, loss, or quarrels. Should one then grind bread, meat, or honey with it, this reveals the base nature of that household's inhabitants—their deceit, pretension, or deviant conduct. Witnessing a hand mill grinding stones portends a state of fright. Grinding barley or grain for sustenance suggests resolving domestic issues, abundance, recovery from sickness, or reviving one's trade. A large hand mill seen at a town's center signifies conflict and ruin, especially if it crushes rocks or produces flames or sparks. Alternatively, it may indicate an epidemic if the mill processes rotten grain, clay, or tainted meat. A tilted millstone points to escalating costs. A mill turning without grinding anything symbolizes fruitless labor. One operated by a wheel heralds affluence. A mill that turns idly indicates a journey. If it spins to no end, it suggests death's approach. Two small hand grinders represent two detestable associates beyond correction or guidance. Operating a millstone by hand denotes earning one's living through religiously sound means and honest toil. A millstone can also signify reprehensible deeds. For a prisoner, a broken millstone foretells imminent release; for one condemned, it suggests a repealed sentence or death before execution. Concerning provision, the finer and more functional the mill, the better one's fortune, and the reverse holds true. Purchasing a hand mill suggests marriage, giving a daughter in marriage, or a business voyage. Should the stone symbolize a husband or wife, it denotes persons of honor. A hand mill can also signify ease, deliverance, wickedness, combat, disagreement, spouse, attendant, income, voyages, gluttony, or a woman of public indiscretion. (Refer also to Water mill, Windmill)

Category: Objects

(Bound, Matrimony, Manacled, Restrained) Should a dreamer see his own hand fastened to his neck, this indicates a failure to fulfill the divine obligations on his earnings. A hand bound around the neck may also signal his cessation from sinful acts. Should both hands be restrained in the vision, this denotes a miserly disposition. To be apprehended and shackled by officials signifies confinement or the onset of adversity. Finding oneself handcuffed in a dream may also symbolize entering marriage, committing an offense, or practicing duplicity. (Also refer to Bond, Rancour)

Category: Objects

(Headscarf, Scarf) Within a dream, a handkerchief signifies wealth, advantage, dignity, a spouse, an offspring, or command. Viewing an adorned headscarf suggests acquiring pleasing verses of poetry, or it may denote kindness, patronage, or safeguarding. A headscarf can also represent prayer beads, authority, or an attendant. Tying a knot upon a handkerchief indicates one might wed a woman of ill repute, or it could mean assisting her to abandon transgression. A handkerchief may also signify either parsimony or liberality. Carrying one portends marriage to a woman of beauty.

Category: Action

Clasping hands with another in a vision signifies finalizing a pact, obtaining advantages, pledging loyalty, upholding a vow, making a dedication, harboring good will, executing a formal agreement, or valuing a companionship. Shaking hands followed by an embrace heralds joyful announcements, positive reports, kind words that will be met in kind, or it may represent the wisdom he imparts to others. (Also see Greetings)

Category: Action

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.

Category: Action

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.

Category: Feelings

Generally, experiencing happiness in a dream signifies grief or sorrow. Feeling joy over something that the heart inwardly rejects or recognizes as improper conduct indicates sadness and distress in waking life. Happiness in a dream may also point to negligence in observing God’s commands. If the joy in the dream comes from the freeing of a prisoner or the recovery of a sick person, it signals favorable changes ahead. Being told news meant to bring happiness but causing sadness instead, such as hearing of someone’s return when he has in fact passed away, means that sorrow will soon be lifted. Feeling happy in a dream reflects sadness, grief, or weeping, while seeing one’s friends joyful indicates happiness for the dreamer as well.

Category: Feelings

In a dream, experiencing harm, damage, or loss signifies fear, distress, shock, or a sudden threat that unsettles the heart and mind, reflecting anxiety or trials that weigh upon the dreamer. Such harm may symbolize inner turmoil, apprehension about future events, or a warning that calls for caution and patience. Complaining or expressing grief over the harm or loss in a dream, however, carries a positive meaning, for it indicates relief after hardship, the easing of fear, and the attainment of one’s aims in waking life. It suggests that through endurance, supplication, and acknowledgment of one’s difficulties, success, fulfillment, and resolution will be granted by God.

Category: Feelings

In a dream, displaying harshness, austerity, grimness, or severity, whether through sharp speech, lack of restraint, or deliberate harsh conduct, signifies pride and arrogance rooted in the ego. It reflects a hardened heart that resists advice, rejects correction, and turns away from remembrance and divine guidance. Being defiant or unmoved when God’s words are spoken in a dream indicates spiritual heedlessness, self-admiration, and persistence in sinful behavior. Such a vision serves as a warning, pointing to moral rigidity, inner blindness, and the danger of distancing oneself from humility, repentance, and obedience, urging the dreamer to soften the heart and return to righteousness.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Feelings

(Regret) In a vision, acting with undue speed symbolizes remorse, and remorse itself signifies impulsive action. If an ailing person dreams of rushing hurriedly, it points to the approach of his end. The sole favorable interpretation of haste in a dream is to be quick in performing virtuous deeds, provided the dream's outcome is positive. In all other cases, it denotes misfortune or wickedness. (Also see Hurry)

Category: Feelings

Loathing and aversion are roots of discord and hostility among people, who nonetheless require mutual cooperation to achieve shared aims. If one sees himself burdened by contempt, or feels hatred toward another in a dream, it is an ill portent for all parties. To despise someone who holds affection for you in a vision implies treachery, envy, and deep-seated bitterness. Feelings of hatred within a dream may also represent an earnest desire to pursue righteousness and shun wrongdoing. (Also see Grudge)

Category: Feelings

Haughtiness, disdain, or superciliousness in a dream serves as a profound warning for anyone who genuinely seeks to gain true respect and honor from others; rather than elevating one's status, such arrogant behavior ultimately leads to self-abasement, humiliation, grovelling before people, excessive servility, sycophancy, flattery, and toadying, resulting in a complete loss of dignity, rank, authority, and esteem in the eyes of others.

Category: Jinn

Seeing oneself haunted or possessed by evil spirits in a dream signifies grave moral and spiritual corruption, indicating involvement in usury, forbidden earnings, or secret and deceptive practices, and it warns of the loss of wealth, inner peace, and divine protection, leading to unhappiness, severe anxiety, emotional distress, or depression, and reflecting a state of confusion, vulnerability, and domination by sinful impulses that require repentance and spiritual cleansing.

Category: Objects

Seeing a hawser or thick rope in a dream symbolizes binding forces and strong ties, and it may indicate robbery or forceful gain, lawful or unlawful profits, and enduring benefits, while also pointing to a long lifespan or the bond of marriage, representing connection, commitment, restraint, and events that firmly link the dreamer to people, wealth, or lasting responsibilities.

Category: Food

Seeing a hazelnut in a dream signifies a wealthy stranger who is liberal with his wealth yet slow-witted, disagreeable, and awkward in character, though capable of uniting people. It also points to money obtained with great effort and difficulty. As a general symbol, nuts in dreams indicate grief, distress, or deep sadness. A hazelnut may further signify receiving news that one’s homeland has been devastated by warfare and its children taken captive. It can also symbolize the marriage of an eldest daughter to a man who is unfamiliar or previously unknown. (Also see Hazelnut tree)

Category: Trees

Seeing a hazelnut tree in a dream symbolizes a mature, strong, and firmly established person known for endurance and stability, while its nuts represent that person’s wealth, possessions, or financial resources, indicating benefit derived from them, but throwing a hazelnut at someone in a dream carries a severe and ominous meaning, signifying committing a grave injustice against that person, equated with stoning or destroying them through accusation, harm, or oppressive action. (See Hazelnut, Stoning)

Category: Human Body

In a dream, the head signifies leadership, authority, or personal capital. A larger-than-usual head denotes one's father or an elevation in status and honor, while a smaller head indicates loss of respect, rank, and honor. For an intelligent person, a smaller head means a turn toward ignorance or loss of employment. Having two or three heads signifies victory over enemies, wealth for the poor, blessed children for the rich, marriage for the unmarried, or achieving a goal. Being without a head cover represents disobedience to a superior. A hanging or lowered head means confessing to misdeeds, a life of humiliation, or striving to please others. A head fixed backward suggests delays in goals, hindered travel, or a slow return from a journey. A severed head without beheading foretells imminent death or freedom. A head turning into a lion's head means ruling and prosperity; a sheep's head signifies justice and fairness; a donkey's head indicates a return to ignorance; heads of dogs, donkeys, horses, or domesticated animals symbolize toil and hardship; a bird's head denotes frequent travel; and heads of elephants, wolves, or tigers represent ambitions beyond one's means, yet still beneficial. Being hit on the head with a stone signifies neglecting nighttime prayers. Pain in the head or neck means illness. An anointed head represents good deeds and piety. Eating a raw head means backbiting; eating a cooked head means stealing money from that person if recognized, otherwise stealing from property or shares. Holding one's head in one's hands signifies reorganizing debts. A head on a bloody tray represents a lying leader, as blood in dreams signifies falsehood. A turban symbolizes a crown or a flying ship. The head also represents knowledge, wisdom, respect, children, followers, or money. Losing one's head denotes carelessness or mismanagement. Beheading oneself means suicide, severing family ties, or betraying a father or teacher. Examining one's head means assessing one's capital or investments. Gathered cattle heads signify profits. Being beheaded by a king means God cleansing one's sins and relieving distress. A money changer losing their head foretells bankruptcy. (Also see Body)

Category: Objects

Seeing oneself without a head cover, headdress, or scarf in a dream, for a devout and religious Muslim woman who ordinarily observes hijab, carries a grave symbolic meaning: if she is married, it indicates that her husband has abandoned her permanently with no intention of ever returning, effectively ending the marriage and leaving her in a state of irrevocable separation; if she is unmarried, it foretells a bleak prospect in which she is destined never to marry, remaining single for the rest of her life and facing the possibility of lifelong solitude in terms of matrimonial union.

Category: Human Body

Experiencing a headache in a dream points to one’s sins. Enduring a severe or migraine-like headache signifies the need for repentance, scaling back one’s ambitions, giving charity, observing a voluntary fast, seeking spiritual seclusion, or undergoing an inner transformation toward righteous actions. A headache in a dream can also indicate a life filled with sadness, hardship, and emotional suffering. In another sense, it may symbolize one’s employer, manager, or direct superior.

Category: Objects

(Tiara, Turban) Seeing headgear in a dream signifies authority, travel, or marriage. Receiving a head covering or tiara indicates the possibility of embarking on a far journey. Wearing headgear suggests attaining a governmental position or public office. For someone who habitually wears it, the headgear represents those who hold authority over him, such as a ruler, father, brother, uncle, teacher, or scholar, since they all share similar rights over him. A dirty or worn head covering points to grief, hardship, and distress. Losing one’s headgear or seeing it fall signifies the death of a superior or one of the mentioned figures. If a king presents a headgear or tiara, it means gaining authority to appoint others to offices. Any damage to the turban of an Imam reflects on his faith and the condition of his followers. Wearing a black turban denotes power or serving as a judge. A headgear adorned with a white feather signifies leadership, while one made of animal fur or hide indicates injustice, blindness to one’s wrongdoing, or the corrupt nature of one’s superior. Headgear, turbans, or tiaras may also symbolize an ascetic. (Also see Overseas cap, Turban)

Category: Feelings

Taking care of one’s health in a dream signifies sincere efforts to reform one’s life, correct behavior, and improve spiritual and worldly conditions, reflecting self-awareness and a desire for balance and well-being, and seeing oneself applying an ointment to the eyes carries the same meaning, symbolizing the pursuit of clarity, guidance, and rectification of one’s actions and intentions for a better and more upright life. (Also see Medicine, Physical fitness)

Category: Objects

Should an individual's name be brought before an official panel for consideration, and if he is selected to occupy a role in a governmental body within a dream, this indicates he may meet the necessary qualifications for that post. If his nomination is unsuccessful in the vision, it signifies his demise, or that he might never enter that institution again. (Also see Exhibition, Inquisitional court)

Category: Human Body

Seeing the heart in a dream symbolizes awareness, intelligence, effort, and inner capacity, for it is the ruler and organizer of the body and the seat of understanding, intention, and resolve, and it also signifies good character, moral conduct, spiritual vigilance, devotion to religion, and eloquence of speech; if one sees his heart being taken away, it points to fear, intense desire, corruption or weakness in religious practice, or the occurrence of a sudden accident or calamity that shakes inner stability, while seeing the heart darkened, rusted, or sealed with an opaque covering signifies heedlessness, sinfulness, and moral decay, indicating a heart blinded from truth, guidance, and remembrance of God. (Also see Body, Chest)

Category: Human Body

Experiencing heartburn or sorrel in a dream signifies recovery and relief from illness or weakness, indicating the return of strength and health, yet it may also point to hypocrisy, pretence, or affected behavior, reflecting inner discomfort, insincerity, or a contradiction between one’s outward actions and inner intentions.

Category: Weather

Feeling intense heat or hot weather in a dream carries meanings tied to its season, for experiencing warmth during winter signifies benefit, gain, comfort, prosperity, or the acquisition of fine and costly clothing, while experiencing the same heat during the summer points to hardship, distress, loss, or discomfort, indicating adversity, exhaustion, and unfavorable circumstances.

Category: Celestial Bodies

Seeing oneself residing in the lowest heaven in a dream, if one is worthy, indicates appointment to a ministerial position or service under a government minister, since the lower heaven belongs to the Moon, which signifies a chief minister or secretary. The second heaven, linked to Mercury, signifies gaining knowledge, discipline, and refined writing skills, through which people will seek one’s instruction. The third heaven, associated with Venus, indicates prosperity, employing a female servant, owning ornaments, and living in ease and comfort. The fourth heaven, ruled by the Sun, signifies leadership, authority, honor, or service to influential figures. The fifth heaven, related to Mars, indicates presiding over a police unit, mountain guards, a small force, a group of bandits, or managing a brothel. The sixth heaven, governed by Jupiter, signifies profound spiritual insight, religious devotion, becoming a judge if qualified, asceticism, sincere worship, strong faith, sound administration, or serving as a treasurer. The seventh heaven, under Saturn, indicates purchasing a home, land, farmland, or attaining long life. If one is unfit, these benefits may reach a superior, a descendant, or a close associate. Standing beyond the seventh heaven signifies exaltation, though such elevation may directly lead to one’s death. (Also see Mars, Jupiter, Skies)

Category: Objects

Seeing green hedges of an orchard growing outward beyond the boundary while the trees remain inside signifies corruption in religious conduct, decline in worldly rank, financial loss, failure to repent, or preferring the ignorant and boastful over the righteous. It may also indicate weak devotion, abandoning one’s faith, or elevating common people above the virtuous. If the hedges are replaced by a wall, fence, or ditch, it signifies the rising prominence of the garden’s owner. Hedges symbolize one’s religion, while the trees represent religious obligations. They may also represent one’s family, relatives, or livelihood. When interpreted as the world, hedges further symbolize family, descendants, religious life, and the deeds that protect one from punishment in the Hereafter.

Category: Action

Urging one’s animal to move faster in a dream signifies accepting guidance and heeding advice, reflecting responsiveness to admonition, willingness to correct one’s course, and readiness to act upon counsel in order to improve one’s conduct, hasten obedience, and move toward what is beneficial and right.

Category: Human Body

In a dream, heels symbolize one’s children or inheritors. Discovering that one has no heels indicates the absence of heirs within the family. If a heel is broken or severed, it may signify the death of a child. A fractured heel also points to an undertaking that will bring regret, or it may denote sadness, misfortune, grief, a severe trial, or even one’s death. The right heel represents a son, while the left heel represents a daughter. Heels further signify the end of one’s worldly life and judgment in the hereafter, as well as one’s estate and possessions. Strong heels reflect righteous deeds, whereas darkened heels indicate negligence and defiance of divine commands. Heels may also signify punishment for sins or represent a son inclined toward gambling. Weak heels and tendons portray a bold, daring, and forward-moving character. For an unmarried person, seeing heels signifies marriage. Heels can also indicate empty or boastful speech. Playing with one’s heels suggests delight in triumph over an opponent. A broken heel may also point to illness. Heels represent wealth and property, and lacking heels means losing one’s riches. A well-formed heel brings good news and blessings. (Also see Body)

Category: Hell

Entering hellfire in a dream signifies committing grave sins such as murder or adultery. Emerging from it unharmed points to severe worldly trials. Seeing the fire of hell drawing near indicates hardships, debts, penalties, losses, and troubles from which escape is difficult. Entering hellfire while holding an unsheathed sword means speaking ill of others and committing vile acts against oneself, and the same applies if one enters it smiling. Finding oneself imprisoned in hell without knowing when it began signifies restriction, poverty, deprivation, and neglect of prayer, fasting, or remembrance of the Lord. Walking over burning coals means transgressing people’s rights. Eating the food of hell signifies tyranny and bloodthirstiness. Being inside hell with darkened eyes and a blackened face indicates befriending the enemies of God and consenting to their deceit, leading to humiliation in this world and punishment in the hereafter. Seeing hell warns against provoking the wrath of rulers and signifies notoriety, moral corruption, heedlessness, and indulgence in forbidden acts, where even knowledge brings harm. Hell also represents loss of status, poverty after wealth, despair after comfort, unlawful earnings, arrogance, and punishment that may appear as illness ending in a shocking death, employment in the service of a tyrant, corrupt religious innovation, or the birth of a child of adultery. In general, hell signifies overwhelming lust, slaughterhouses, bathhouses, ovens, false beliefs, denial of truth, miserliness, rejection of the Day of Judgment, alliance with devils, joining evildoers, and denying God’s sovereignty. Seeing Malik, the guardian angel of hell, signifies guidance after negligence; his approach means salvation and restored faith, while his turning away indicates actions leading to hellfire. The angels who punish sinners represent authority figures, soldiers, or tax collectors. Entering hellfire and then leaving it signifies, by God’s will, a final outcome in paradise. Seeing one’s limbs reproach oneself means the body is admonishing and awakening the conscience to the realities of the hereafter and the Day of Reckoning. (Also see Bathhouse, Fire, Malik, Mental hospital)

Category: Objects

Seeing the helm, tiller, or wheel of a boat in a dream symbolizes true and sound knowledge that guides one safely, and it represents authority, leadership, and the position from which direction and decisions are made, while also signifying strong credentials, trustworthy judgment, and a dependable source or reference upon which others rely in times of uncertainty. (Also see Boat, Ship)

Category: Objects

In a vision, a helmet signifies security, wealth, a spouse, vocation, journeying, or one's own head. A white helmet denotes repose, tranquility in one's existence, or recovery from a severe headache. Donning a warrior's helmet also represents safeguarding one's possessions and shielding against mishaps. Wearing a broad, rounded helmet suggests engagement to a comely and prosperous woman. A helmet crafted from iron symbolizes a defender of the people, or it may denote reliability, standing, position, a wife, or strength. A white helmet in a dream conveys dignity and the preservation of one's assets.

Category: Action

Helping or honoring the poor in a dream, or giving priority to their needs despite one’s own limited means, signifies elevation in rank, dignity, and spiritual merit, and it points to attaining a higher position or recognition while remaining under the authority of others, reflecting humility, service, and honor gained through compassion and selflessness.

Category: Plants

Henna, the reddish-orange dye derived from the leaves and stalks of the henna plant, symbolizes a man's professional tools, as well as embellishment, wealth, success, or offspring; for a man to see his hands stained with henna in a dream signifies continuous praise and gratitude toward his Lord; however, if only the right hand is dyed and appears unattractive, it suggests he might commit a killing; applying henna to the hands also indicates recklessness in revealing both virtues and flaws openly, or delivering goods or services without accepting responsibility for defects, errors, or inappropriate conduct toward clients; if the hands are intricately tattooed with henna designs, it means deceit in earning income, which will ultimately be uncovered, causing rivals to delight in his downfall; for a woman, having her whole body covered in henna foretells harmonious and affectionate relations with her spouse; if the henna fails to take color after application to her hands, it implies her husband withholds his affection; if merely the fingers are tinted, they symbolize date branches or grape clusters; overall, using henna to color hands and hair as adornment denotes marital joy and contentment for both spouses, provided it remains within accepted boundaries. (Also see Dye, Tattoo)

Category: Types of People

Seeing a herald in a dream symbolizes one who announces, guides, or prepares the way for events to unfold, and it may represent an escort who accompanies others, a station master who organizes arrivals and departures, or a broadcaster who spreads news, reflecting the conveyance of messages, the initiation of change, and the public declaration of matters that affect many people.

Category: Types of People

Seeing a herder in a dream symbolizes a guardian, protector, or caretaker who watches over others, representing responsibility, leadership, and vigilance, and it points to someone entrusted with guiding, managing, and safeguarding people or resources with patience, authority, and concern for their well-being.

Category: Objects

Seeing a hermitage in a dream signifies spiritual withdrawal, self-restraint, upright conduct, isolation, asceticism, mastering one’s impulses and desires, separation from one’s spouse, distancing from companions, or it may indicate illness. If a sick person sees himself inside a hermitage, it can signify death or the repression of sexual urges. Dwelling in or constructing a hermitage in a dream denotes elevation in rank. A newly built and attractive hermitage symbolizes a wife. A hermitage may also indicate migration, confusion, breaking off a friendship, concealment, authority, or represent one’s son. Any condition that befalls the hermitage in the dream may likewise affect the life of the dreamer’s son. (Also see Retreat, Temple)

Category: Human Body

Suffering from herpes, ringworm, fungus, or tetter in a dream signifies miserliness and tightfisted behavior, indicating possession of the means to repay debts while deliberately hiding that ability from creditors, and it reflects fear, anxiety, and moral discomfort arising from withholding what is due, clinging to wealth, and dreading being confronted or asked to fulfill financial obligations.

Category: Human Body

Experiencing hiccups or spasmodic inhalation in a dream signifies anger, agitation, and undue interference in the affairs of others, and it may also point to illness or physical weakness, while for one who is already sick it is an ominous sign indicating death, and for a healthy person it instead symbolizes the acquisition of money or an unexpected gain that comes suddenly and without planning.

Category: Objects

Discovering a hidden treasure in a dream, especially one concealed by people of an earlier generation, signifies gaining an inheritance, lawful sustenance, spoils, or wealth acquired without direct effort, and it may also symbolize the birth of a son from unlawful relations or the presence of an orphan, since the benefit originates from the earnings or actions of others, reflecting power, temptation, concealed matters, and outcomes that carry responsibility, trial, or moral consequence alongside material gain.

Category: Other

Seeing a loaf of bread with wings flying in a dream signifies a rise in prices and an increase in the cost of living, indicating scarcity, economic strain, and difficulty in obtaining basic needs, and it reflects inflation, hardship for people, and a time when sustenance becomes expensive and burdensome. (Also see Bread)

Category: Water

Swimming in rough seas or amid high tides in a dream signifies trials and severe adversities, and it points to confronting a powerful enemy or overwhelming force, reflecting struggle, danger, and the need for endurance and strength to survive turbulent circumstances and emerge safely from hardship.

Category: Earth

In a dream, a hill signifies a formidable and perilous individual. Any structures around the hill reflect that person's riches. If one sees level ground next to a raised area or hill, such a mound represents a wealthy man whose affluence matches the extent of the adjacent lands. A verdant meadow encircling a hill denotes the person's might, fairness in conduct, or religious commitment. By extension, it also means receiving promotion through a person of influence. Traversing hills in a vision signifies evading peril. Stationed atop a hill indicates having authority over a devout individual. Moving down a hill or raised ground denotes financial loss, severe head pain, or disgrace. Being confined atop a hill signifies an elevated position. If the elevation is composed of refuse, it points to worldly and material standing. A raised area in a dream can also symbolize one's spouse.

Category: Action

Preventing or hindering someone from carrying out their work in a dream signifies ingratitude and denial of favors, and it may also indicate disbelief, moral blindness, or a rejection of truth and goodness, reflecting an attitude of obstruction, arrogance, or refusal to acknowledge the rights and efforts of others.

Category: Human Body

Seeing hives, an allergic rash, or urticaria breaking out on the skin in a dream signifies swiftly acquired wealth or sudden money, and it may also point to spending riches on wedding celebrations or joyful occasions, while at the same time it can symbolize the eruption of injustice, public outrage, or the hastening of punishment, reflecting matters that surface quickly, spread visibly, and bring immediate consequences.

Category: Types of People

Seeing a hobo, tramp, or homeless wanderer rummaging through streets and refuse in a dream signifies a person who gathers income from both lawful and unlawful sources, and it may also represent someone who exposes people’s secrets, meddles in their private affairs, or spreads what should remain hidden, reflecting shameless curiosity, intrusion, and disregard for boundaries, as well as involvement in matters that bring moral contamination, social harm, and loss of dignity. (Also see Beggar, Poverty)

Category: Earth

(Deception, Plot, Profits, Fall) Excavating a pit, a well, or a channel with the intent to nourish plants signifies tending to one's own requirements and supporting the welfare of one's household. Consuming the earth removed from such digging represents arrogance, or a person who gains wealth through trickery. Finding oneself within a cavity in a dream also indicates marital separation. Observing such a hole from the outside foretells a dispute with one's partner that will ultimately be resolved. If an ill or imprisoned person dreams of emerging from a hole, it denotes liberation from his tribulations. Tumbling into a pit and calling for help unsuccessfully suggests embarking on a brief journey. A hole also symbolizes a destitute woman who endeavors to conceal the faults of others, yet fails to hide her own. Concealing oneself within a hole signifies the alleviation of fears or the conclusion of hardships. While hidden, discovering sustenance, fresh water, or a garment denotes benefiting from unexpected quarters or reconciling with an adversary. Creating an opening in one's footwear portends encountering difficulties and trials. (Also see Den, Mouse hole, Tunnel)

Category: Objects

In a dream, the Holy Book or the Qur’an symbolizes a king, ruler, or judge who governs according to Islamic law and jurisprudence. If a king, ruler, or judge sees that the Holy Book has vanished, is burned, or its words are washed away, it signifies his death. When a ruler or governor sees himself writing a copy of the Holy Book by hand, it indicates that he is just and that he bases his judgments on divine law. If a judge sees himself handwriting a copy of the Holy Book, it suggests that he withholds his knowledge and is overly bold or proud of his rank and position. If a religious scholar or theologian sees himself copying the Holy Book, it means that he will gain profit from a business transaction. If a king or ruler sees himself swallowing the Holy Book, it indicates that his death may be near. If a judge swallows the Holy Book, it means that he accepts bribes. When a ruler sees himself erasing what is written in the Holy Book, it means exile, and if a judge erases it, it signifies his death. If the erasing is done by licking it with the tongue, it denotes committing a grave sin, while if a witness erases it, it means that he will deny his testimony. Carrying the Holy Book or purchasing a copy of the Qur’an in a dream means living according to its standards and guidance. Reading from the Holy Book before God’s Prophet, peace be upon him, signifies committing oneself to memorizing it. Eating the pages of the Holy Book means accepting bribes, though if a common person eats its pages or some lines, it means earning a livelihood through reciting or teaching the Qur’an, or through copying and selling it. Seeing the Holy Book also signifies an increase in wisdom. Writing copies of the Holy Book represents piety, or it may symbolize a scholar who lives by its teachings, acts upon its commands, and shares knowledge with others. Tearing out its pages signifies ingratitude toward God’s revelations, denial of His favors, or doubt about them. If one behaves toward the Holy Book in a way he would detest while awake, it means loss of faith and religious devotion. Carrying a copy of the Holy Book signifies gaining authority and knowledge. The Holy Book may also represent a spouse, a child, or wealth. For a sick person, seeing it means recovery, and for one facing an enemy, it means victory. For a sinner, it indicates repentance and return to God, or possibly receiving an inheritance. If one follows innovations and recognizes this in the dream, it serves as a divine warning. Seeing the Holy Book may also mean witnessing wonders, miracles, hearing news, receiving glad tidings, or enjoying a long life if one browses through it completely. It can also represent gardens, paradise, places of worship, or a person who must be obeyed, such as a ruler, parents, a teacher, or a shaikh, and it may signify a truthful oath, good news, admonition, or warning. Seeing the Holy Book or earlier divine scriptures indicates presiding over people. Carrying the Holy Book or any revealed scripture and finding its pages blank when opened means pretending to be something one is not, impersonating a scholar, or feigning religiosity. Kissing the Holy Book signifies reverence for its contents and adherence to its commands. Seeing its lines crooked means contentment with one’s provision and fulfillment of obligatory duties. Stealing and hiding a copy of the Holy Book signifies cheating in prayer or neglecting its proper performance. Looking into the Holy Book and then writing what one reads onto one’s clothing means interpreting the Qur’an according to personal desires. Seeing the Holy Book resting on one’s lap and a chick picking up all its words signifies having a child who will memorize the Qur’an, benefit from the father’s piety, and find strength, lawful earnings, and trust through it. Buying a copy of the Holy Book signifies benefit, prosperity, and becoming a well-known and distinguished religious scholar. If the Holy Book is taken forcefully from someone’s hands, it means loss of knowledge or employment. Spreading its pages on a flat surface means seeking wisdom and obtaining it, or possibly receiving an inheritance. Placing the Holy Book on one’s shoulders signifies receiving an appointment, being entrusted with responsibility, or memorizing the Qur’an. Trying to eat the pages of the Holy Book means being a constant reader of the Qur’an, while trying but failing to eat them signifies attempting to memorize it but repeatedly forgetting what one learns. (Also see Qur'an)

Category: Earth

Feeling a deep longing or yearning to return to one’s homeland in a dream signifies separation and division, such as divorce between spouses or the breaking of bonds between close friends, and it may also indicate a transition from poverty to wealth, while if this yearning is accompanied by crying, wailing, or lamentation, it carries an ominous meaning, pointing to misfortune, sorrow, or the arrival of troubling and harmful events.

Category: Action

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.

Category: Food

Seeing honey in a dream symbolizes lawful wealth, love, prosperity, and blessings, often pointing to money gained through successful trade, partnership, or honest effort, and for a righteous and devout person it represents the sweetness of faith, joy in worship, and the reward of good deeds, while for a worldly or heedless person it signifies modest earnings acquired through toil and hardship; seeing honey rain from the sky denotes stability of society, strengthening of moral values, religious devotion, ease in living, abundance, and widespread blessings, and honey may also symbolize the bond between husband and wife, moments of intimacy, rest, affection, and marital relations, yet it can at times indicate distress, jealousy, ill temper, or anxiety over betrayal, since sweetness attracts envy and harm just as honey draws insects; purified honey in a dream signifies relief after hardship, healing from depression or nervous illness, the completion of pregnancy and birth, marriage after the waiting period following divorce or widowhood, wealth purified through almsgiving and charity, sound knowledge free from doubt and innovation, or final guidance after heedlessness, and it may also represent hard-earned money, medicine, or the embrace and kisses of lovers, while licking honey signifies marriage and eating bread and butter with honey points to a life of comfort, richness, and sustained ease. (Also see Lick, Love)

Category: Objects

In a vision, a honeycomb signifies an inheritance of legitimately acquired wealth, or funds from a joint enterprise, or gains in a broader sense, provided it remains untouched by fire. If a honeycomb is presented to someone in a dream, it indicates he possesses knowledge he wishes to share or teach. Should the honeycomb be served as nourishment on a table, it denotes spoils or blessed income. If placed within a vessel, it represents lawful profit. If one dreams of distributing it to people, it suggests he will recite the Qur'an with ornamentation, anticipating admiration and encores. Consuming a honeycomb still containing honey implies engaging in relations with one's mother. Eating a honeycomb may also signify martyrdom or the blending of varied concerns. Refined honey in a dream denotes righteous actions, permissible earnings, offending one's parents, convalescence from sickness, or giving testimony before a judge. (Also see Honey)

Category: Feelings

Honoring someone in a dream, or being crowned with laurel, signifies elevation in status, dignity, and rank, indicating advancement, recognition, and the attainment of respect and authority, whether in worldly affairs, social standing, or spiritual merit. (Also see Help, Laurel)

Category: Human Body

Seeing an animal’s hoof, or the hoof of an ostrich, in a dream symbolizes strength, endurance, and the ability to move forward, and it may indicate travel, setting out on a journey, or progressing along one’s path, while also signifying preparation for improvement, steady advancement, and readiness to pursue better conditions and outcomes in life. (Also see Slippers)

Category: Animals

Seeing the hoof of cattle or a horse in a dream symbolizes knowledge and the pursuit of its sources, signs, and traces, reflecting following guidance and seeking understanding, and when the hoof belongs to the king’s horse or that of his messenger it signifies wealth, honor, and benefit derived from authority, while hoofs also indicate being compelled to move or relocate from one place to another, guidance for one who is lost or confused, and hearing the sound of running hoofs through the streets foretells rainfall, flooding, or events that arrive suddenly and affect the land and its people.

Category: Animals

(zool.) Seeing a hoopoe in a dream symbolizes a truthful envoy, a close confidant, a spy, a disputing scholar, deliverance from hardship and distress, or the demolition of a structure. It also represents a person who knows God Almighty and comprehends the worth of divine law. For a thirsty person, seeing a hoopoe indicates finding water. The hoopoe may also signify a distinguished scholar who is frequently accused and blamed, alluding to the bird’s unpleasant odor. Seeing it further denotes gain, honor, and wealth. Eating a hoopoe means receiving news from a ruler or hosting a traveler. The hoopoe also represents a royal adviser, court diviner, astrologer, writer, scribe, or critic. Holding one in the hand signifies glad tidings or profits from trade in a distant town or market. Owning a hoopoe indicates influence over someone in authority, or it may symbolize a writer or an intelligent person lacking religious commitment. Slaughtering a hoopoe means gaining control over such a person. Owning a female hoopoe signifies marriage, while slaughtering a female hoopoe signifies deflowering a young girl.

Category: Human Body

Seeing a horizontal wound in a dream signifies hostility and hidden animosity, and it points to backbiting, slander, and malicious speech exchanged among people, indicating harm caused by tongues rather than hands, the spread of rumors, and wounds inflicted through envy, gossip, and ill intent.

Category: Animals

In a dream, a horn signifies might and being unconquerable. Possessing a horn denotes vanquishing one's adversary. Should a ruler be seen with two horns, it means that ruler will extend his dominion across both eastern and western lands. A horn also symbolizes a kinsman from whom advantages can be derived. Should a person sprout two animal horns, it foretells his death through sorrow and oppression. A horn further represents offspring, the passage of years, armaments, wealth, children, or the source of one's pride or noble appearance. (Also see Trumpet)

Category: Animals

A hornet in a vision represents a combative foe, a construction worker, an architect, a thief, a bandit, a contemptible person with illicit income, an off-key singer, consuming tainted food, or revealing confidential matters. It also signifies a backbiter, an agitator, a formidable combatant, a powerful enemy who disputes truth, pitiless individuals, a wicked person, a bloodthirsty character, a hurtful disposition, or a damaging association. Battling against swarming hornets denotes engaging in conflict with wicked people.

Category: Animals

Seeing a horse in a dream symbolizes honor, nobility, generosity, strength, good character, partnership, travel, leadership, commerce, a spouse, or a son, and owning horses signifies prosperity, dominance, and victory over enemies, while riding a horse reflects dignity, elevated status, wealth, and companionship with noble or virtuous people along one’s path; owning a mare indicates the birth of a beautiful son, whereas owning a nag or workhorse points to contentment in life or marriage to a wealthy and honorable woman who will bear children, and seeing a horse may also symbolize acquiring a fine home or secure dwelling; a blond horse represents knowledge, devotion, piety, and fear of wrongdoing, while a nag may represent one’s spouse, and a saddled horse signifies a wife during menstruation when marital relations are forbidden; a gathering of horses indicates an assembly of women for a wedding or a funeral, and owning or feeding a herd of horses reflects leadership over people, managing affairs, or overseeing a business; witnessing the death of one’s horse foretells loss of property, position, or livelihood, and the condition or vigor of the horse reflects the dreamer’s own state, while dismounting from a horse signifies committing a sin that leads to dismissal, resignation, or loss of rank; a hairy horse represents a large family, and damage to a horse’s tail signifies the loss of children or lineage, while a clipped tail indicates the dreamer’s death and the fading of his name; being attacked by a horse signifies being confronted by a noble person or young boy seeking justice, and a winged horse represents temptation and trials through unlawful desire, though for a descendant of the Prophet it signifies elevation in rank and authority; horsemen appearing in the sky indicate war or widespread conflict, and riding a horse while holding a spear signifies coercion, dominance, or forcing others to fulfill obligations; seeing one’s horse drown foretells death from illness, buying a horse indicates business profit or earnings from teaching, selling a horse signifies gratitude and good conduct, and being bitten by a horse means leadership in warfare; killing a horse symbolizes attaining high rank, wealth, and authority, while slaughtering it unlawfully signifies the ruin of one’s livelihood; a riderless horse entering a town indicates the arrival of a noble or influential person whose presence causes fear or competition, and its departure signifies the imminent death of a notable individual from that place, while horses running through streets foretell destructive rain or floods, and a weak horse reflects the weakness, decline, or vulnerability of its owner. (Also see Dung, Horse fright, Nag)

Category: Action

Experiencing horse fright or suddenly crying out in fear in a dream signifies hastiness and swift movement, indicating an urgent journey, rapid relocation, or abrupt transition from one state to another, and it may also symbolize abandoning one school of thought for another, adopting a new ideology, or undergoing a profound change in beliefs or religion driven by shock, urgency, or inner upheaval. (Also see Horse)

Category: Types of People

Seeing a horseman leading a procession, caravan, or group of travelers in a dream signifies embarking on a long and distant journey, and it may also indicate recovery and renewed strength after illness, or the initiation of trade, commerce, and active business pursuits, reflecting movement, leadership, and transition toward new opportunities and outcomes. (Also see Ride)

Category: Feelings

Seeing hospitality in a dream, such as offering food or hosting a dinner, signifies gathering people for charity, righteousness, or the performance of good deeds, and if one invites others to a meal and they eat fully and with satisfaction, it indicates leadership, authority, and presiding over those people, while preparing a guest room in one’s home signifies the imminent arrival of a long-anticipated traveler or the return of someone long absent. (Also see Food, Guest, Invitation, Table)

Category: Types of People

Seeing oneself as a hostage in a dream signifies an accumulation of sins that has turned the person into a pledge held for the settlement of debts. Holding someone as security for a promise or keeping him as a pawn until conditions are fulfilled indicates a tendency toward injustice. A hostage also symbolizes errors, wrongdoing, exposing people’s private affairs, revealing secrets, backbiting, or a debt that subjects a person to continual pressure and harassment. Being taken hostage further denotes hardships, ordeals, or falling in love, whereby the heart becomes captive to the beloved. (Also see Enemy, Enmity)

Category: Objects

Seeing a hostel in a dream signifies fornication, adultery, temporary pleasure marriages, or renting and leasing property, tools, machinery, storage space, or clothing. If a sick person rents a room in a roadside hostel or inn, it may signify death, recovery from illness, relief from anxiety, settling in a new land, marriage after long bachelorhood, purchasing a vehicle, or acquiring money or goods that can be sold during financial hardship. A married person resting in a hostel signifies the birth of a son who will later assist his father in business and bring joy and ease. If one’s child is disobedient, it indicates repentance and returning to live under the care of a parent. For a heedless person, seeing a hostel signifies guidance and returning to the path of God. (Also see Hotel)

Category: Weather

Eating hot food or drinking a hot beverage in a dream signifies wealth or sustenance gained through hardship and strain, or an abundance that turns into a burden and causes distress, and it may also point to unlawful earnings, illicit profits, losses, or the disappearance of blessings from one’s deeds, while washing a deceased person with boiling water in a dream carries a severe warning, indicating punishment and the fate of hellfire awaiting that person.

Category: Water

Using hot water to wash away dirt in a dream signifies benefit, relief, and the removal of harm or impurities, pointing to improvement in one’s condition, while drinking hot water from a boiler carries an ominous meaning, indicating illness, anxiety, stress, depression, or being frightened or disturbed by jinn-shaitans and troubling inner states. (Also see Bathhouse, Drink, Hot)

Category: Objects

Seeing a hotel, hostel, or inn in a dream symbolizes one’s house, body, reputation, property, honor, or place of cleansing and judgment, such as a bathhouse, oven, or court, and whatever occurs within that hotel reflects changes or events affecting these aspects of the dreamer’s life, while staying overnight in an unfamiliar hotel signifies travel, relocation, or transition, and it may also represent the temporary nature of worldly life as a stopping place on the journey toward the abode of the hereafter. (Also see Hostel, Travel)

Category: Objects

Seeing an hourglass or sandglass in a dream symbolizes the passage of time and close relationships, and its two bulbs represent two sons, two brothers, or two partners whose conditions are directly affected by whatever occurs to the hourglass in the vision, while the hourglass itself may also signify adornment, beauty, courtship, or marriage, and the sand flowing from the upper bulb into the lower bulb represents man’s semen, indicating procreation, continuity of lineage, intimacy, and the unfolding of destiny through time.

Category: Objects

In a dream, one's house carries various symbolic meanings, one of which represents the dreamer's wife or life itself; entering one's house signifies impending marriage or intimate relations with one's spouse; constructing a house indicates recovery from illness for a sick individual; yet if the building process is strenuous and the family tradition involves burying the deceased within the same property, it foretells the death of a sick family member; when no one is ill and the construction involves music and festivities, it portends difficulties, afflictions, and suffering; under those same festive circumstances, if the dreamer is single it denotes marriage, while if married it means giving away a daughter in marriage; being bound and confined inside a house suggests receiving joyful news, or it may signify robust health and wealth; carrying a house upon one's shoulders implies caring for a dependent woman or wife; a house constructed of gold warns that fire will destroy it; a roofless house allowing visibility of the skies, sun, or moon symbolizes the marriage of a woman from that home; discovering a larger house within one's own foretells the arrival or residence of a pious and virtuous woman who will bring blessings to the household; a tunnel beneath the house indicates deceit or the presence of a treacherous individual with access to the family; a house lacking lights represents a woman of wicked disposition, and for a woman dreaming of such a house it signifies encountering a man of immoral character; demolishing one's own house points to internal family disputes; observing grass sprouting indoors heralds an upcoming wedding. (Also see Cage, Dwellings, Glasshouse)

Category: Plants

In a vision, a domestic garden signifies safeguarding the modesty of women, preserving the dignity of men's self-restraint, warding off doubt concerning the permissibility of one's income, or shielding the purity of children. A private enclosure may denote miserliness, or the refusal to assist someone in need, whether that need be material or intellectual. A household garden also represents personal worship, observance of fasts, austerity, devoutness, caution against sin, glorifying God, and proclaiming His majesty. It may also indicate matrimony among relatives, mental disturbance affecting the inhabitants, the payment of a monetary fine, or the imposition of a burden. (Also see Garden, Nursery)

Category: Feelings

Hearing or witnessing a hubbub in a dream signifies social unrest, collective agitation, or a public outcry, and it may also point to participation in a religious celebration, mass gathering, or a major event that concerns the affairs and interests of many people, reflecting widespread involvement, communal emotion, and occurrences that leave a strong impact on society. (Also see Shout)

Category: Prophets

Seeing God’s prophet Hud, peace be upon him, in a dream signifies that the dreamer will face harm, hostility, or opposition from ignorant and ignoble people, yet he will ultimately be delivered from severe distress and protected from their evil, and it also denotes receiving divine guidance, mercy, and blessings, along with the ability to lead others away from misguidance, calamities, plagues, and destruction through wisdom, patience, and steadfast faith.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Types of People

Seeing an unrecognized descendant of Adam in a dream may represent the dreamer himself. If that person acts righteously, it reflects the dreamer’s own deeds, and if he behaves wickedly, the dreamer may follow a similar path. Recognizing such a person means receiving something from him. If what is received is pleasing, it signifies achieving personal aims. Receiving a shirt indicates appointment to a high position, while receiving a rope signifies an agreement, pledge, or covenant. Taking money from him represents something that will be lost or abandoned in distress, or it may indicate a dispute between them. Every human being in a dream represents oneself, one’s peers, a look-alike, someone sharing the same name, one’s town, or one’s profession. If a known person appears with a high rank, it signifies losing that status, and if he appears with a low rank, it indicates promotion. (Also see Man, Mankind)

Category: Feelings

Seeing oneself in a state of humiliation in a dream signifies victory and elevation in rank. At the same time, humiliation may also point to poverty, a life of austerity, spiritual shallowness, or weakness in religious observance. Enduring humiliation in a dream can likewise indicate attaining an honorable status and distinction. (Also see Meekness)

Category: Types of People

Seeing a humourist, comedian, or storyteller in a dream signifies frivolity and idle behavior, and it represents prankishness, mockery, satire, falsehood, deceit, and biting sarcasm, reflecting a tendency to mislead, belittle others, or treat serious matters lightly, and serving as a warning against dishonesty, hypocrisy, and wasting time in vain speech or amusement. (Also see Comedian)

Category: Human Body

Seeing a hump in a dream symbolizes a heavy condition or responsibility that one carries, and it may indicate becoming well known or prominent among people, or suffering from an overwhelming debt that is difficult to repay, since the back bears burdens, and it can also signify a long lifespan, enduring hardships, or the responsibility of bearing and raising children, reflecting both weighty trials and lasting consequences. (Also see Hunchback)

Category: Types of People

Seeing a hunchback in a dream signifies prosperity, long life, or having many children. Seeing oneself as a hunchback indicates acquiring wealth and extensive property through an influential family member or one’s son. Such a vision also denotes being granted alertness, prudence, and keen perception. (Also see Back, Body, Hump)

Category: Feelings

Hunger in a dream signifies wearing mourning clothes, being overtaken by fear, or holding one’s hand tightly. It also points to financial loss, striving to preserve certain standards, perseverance in earning a livelihood or pursuing one’s craft, and attachment to worldly matters. Some interpreters view hunger as fullness and thirst as quenching thirst within dreams. Seeing oneself hungry in winter indicates a trial of gluttony. Prolonged hunger in a dream signifies benefits that come after a long delay. Hunger may also symbolize wealth, harmful companionship, visiting others, ascetic practices, fasting, inflation, injustice, poverty, and at times piety, restraint from wrongdoing, or remembering and giving thanks to God Almighty.

Category: Action

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)

Category: Types of People

In a dream, a hunter symbolizes a libertine, a seducer who gathers women, or a procurer. Befriending or assisting a hunter, when he is pursuing animals lawful for food, signifies personal benefit and advantage. If the hunt targets creatures forbidden for consumption, it indicates hardship and suffering. Hunting a lion signifies attaining great power through cunning or deceit. Hunting sparrows, hawks, or falcons likewise denotes acquiring authority. Hunting birds or pigeons represents a deceitful trader, while hunting wild beasts signifies cheating travelers. Fishing symbolizes womanizing. A hunter of beasts represents one who exploits foreigners, while a bird hunter may also symbolize a schoolteacher, music instructor, or a preacher. (Also see Beast, Dog, Hunt)

Category: Action

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)

Category: Plants

Hyacinth flowers, with their bulbous roots and bell-shaped blooms, or as gems like sapphire, carry varied interpretations in dreams based on their variety, form, and scent; smelling a hyacinth signifies alleviation of grief, cessation of hardships, righteous actions, or fulfilling a sincere vow; seeing a deceased person holding or offering a hyacinth to smell indicates that the departed resides in paradise; for an unmarried individual, encountering a hyacinth foretells impending marriage; for a married person, it predicts the birth of a son, gaining knowledge, or excelling in a scholarly pursuit that brings pride; yet a strongly scented hyacinth may denote turmoil, anxiety, or illness; flowers from the lily family, including hyacinth, presented to a sick person symbolize death; a thriving hyacinth plant in the soil represents a handsome son or kind words; a wreath of hyacinths signifies honor; a hyacinth vendor portrays a troubled individual since such blooms fade quickly in his care; cut lily family flowers or those arranged in a bouquet imply grief, whereas on their parent plant they denote joy, a spouse, or a child; a hyacinth elevated toward the sky heralds the passing of a spiritual sage or celebrated learned figure; an upright hyacinth in open fields stands for a son, gathered into a bouquet it embodies a woman, but cut and placed improperly in a container or unsuitable spot it warns of disaster; hyacinth also symbolizes a lovely woman or divine favors, its aroma reflecting marital affection, its delicacy showing familial care and provision; hyacinth branches spreading within a home suggest praising or admiring someone; receiving a scentless hyacinth points to tribulation; hurling a hyacinth at another foretells causing them sadness and rupturing their bond; observing someone seated in a mosque encircled by hyacinths means that person is slandering the dreamer with untrue claims. (Also see Lily of the valley, Water lily, Stone)

Category: Animals

A hyena in a dream symbolizes a vicious, oppressive, and treacherous adversary whose deeds follow the influence of a wicked and repulsive old sorceress; eating hyena meat in a dream indicates being under a spell or enchantment without realizing it, yet deep down yearning to break free from that malevolent influence; riding a hyena signifies marriage or acquiring power; a limping hyena represents a sorceress, the spouse of an obscure individual, an unemployed person, an idler, or a deceiver; riding one also denotes attaining dominance; a hyena may further signify revealing hidden matters, meddling in others' affairs, effeminacy, an intersex person, a miserable wife, or an unattractive, deceitful, and unfaithful woman, thus interpreting it as a woman suggests possibly wedding such a person; shooting a hyena with an arrow means communicating with such a woman; hurling a stone or walnut at it implies defaming a woman; striking it with a sword means harshly verbally abusing such a woman; drinking hyena milk foretells incurring losses from such a woman due to her treachery; stabbing a hyena indicates engaging in trade with her, overseeing her affairs, or marrying into her relatives; seizing the hyena's skin, bones, or hair means exploiting such a woman financially for her wealth; if the hyena is male, it embodies a lawbreaker and a contemptible individual.