Browse all Islamic dream interpretations beginning with the letter O. Each interpretation is based on authentic Islamic sources and scholarly traditions.
Category: Other
Dreaming of an oak tree symbolizes a formidable individual characterized by stubbornness and avarice, who clings tightly to wealth; alternatively, it may signify a venerable spiritual leader, a person of profound piety, or a mighty and prosperous figure of great stature and influence. (Also see Oak tree, Tree)
Category: Trees
An oak tree appearing in a vision signifies material gain, flourishing wealth, and esteem, or alternatively, keeping company with inattentive individuals dwelling in mountainous regions. It may also indicate calling upon pious individuals, spiritual recluses, and those who forsake worldly life to inhabit desolate places or abandoned ruins. Such a tree can sometimes denote acts of homosexuality. A perpetual green tree in a dream symbolizes durability and resilience, though its needle-like leaves may also point to servitude. (Also see Oak, Tree)
Category: Objects
Oars or paddles in a dream symbolize the means by which matters are set in motion, representing the movement and guidance of a ship through life’s waters, and they may also allude to a hidden relationship or secret affair carried discreetly, while at the same time they signify reaching safety after uncertainty, receiving assistance, and finding a loyal helper or supportive friend who helps one progress and attain security. (Also see Boat, Ship)
Category: Objects
Within a dream, an oboe signifies joyful diversion, leisurely pastimes, festivity, delights, social festivities, nuptials, incitement to defiance, or moral decay. Should one be presented with an oboe by a ruler in the vision, it foretells that he will hold a position of administrative authority. Covering the instrument's apertures with one's fingers symbolizes the acquisition of knowledge, committing to memory, and comprehending the divine verses of the Qur'an. Performing upon the oboe additionally indicates possessing a melodious voice and clear articulation. Bearing an oboe made of gold represents a man of profound wisdom. For an ailing individual to behold or grasp an oboe signifies his impending demise. If a gossip carries the instrument, it denotes defamation, while a man yearning for progeny who sees himself holding an oboe shall be granted a son. (Also see Flute)
Category: Mood
Obstinacy witnessed in a dream points to observing or perpetrating wicked acts in one's waking state. To be headstrong, insistent, and unyielding in such a vision may also signify evading a responsibility, or retreating from a confrontation, disagreement, debate, or commercial venture. This trait may further represent an individual who is overbearing and haughty, earning the disfavor of others. Displaying pushy and stubborn behavior can also signal intense frustration or vexation concerning a matter, or that people find his presence disagreeable and harbor significant doubts about his character. (Also see Obtrusive person)
Category: Other
An obtrusive person in a dream, whether demanding, ignorant, or obstinate, symbolizes hardness of heart and lack of understanding, and it is commonly likened by people of knowledge to a stone, reflecting rigidity, insensitivity, stubborn resistance to advice, and an unyielding nature that neither benefits from wisdom nor responds to guidance. (Also see Darkness, Obstinacy)
Category: Water
To dream of the ocean signifies a vast and multifaceted symbol, encompassing constraint as a prison for its inhabitants, and representing loss, dread, and boundless sorrow, yet also infinite wisdom, an unprotected city, and the entire world with all its tribulations and marvels. The ocean further denotes a powerful, righteous, and compassionate ruler, revered and relied upon by the people. For a merchant, it mirrors his trade; for a laborer or student, it embodies his skilled master. Witnessing the ocean foretells success in one's aims. Entering its waters means approaching a person of authority, while resting on its shore suggests cautious employment under such a figure. Consuming all its water unseen signifies a long reign; drinking any portion indicates proportional wealth, and quenching thirst with it promises riches, vigor, and a long life. Requesting its water is to seek service with a mighty leader. Pouring seawater into a vessel heralds divine bounty, bestowing high rank and wealth, though status outlasts riches. Drinking from it also symbolizes gaining knowledge and upright conduct, while crossing it means obtaining spoils. Powerful, harmless waves reaching one's street announce the visit of a great personage. Bathing in the sea denotes repentance from sin. Viewing the ocean from afar warns of approaching community trials, and seeing it recede to reveal the seabed portends a loss of power, divine wrath, governmental strife, economic hardship, drought, or enemy attacks. Standing upon the water means receiving unanticipated blessings, and walking above it reflects pure intentions, clarity, strong faith, and certainty. A sick person performing ablution with seawater indicates recovery, debt repayment, or relief from worldly burdens. (Also see Water)
Category: Other
Perceiving an unpleasant scent in a dream signifies hearing foul speech, or it may represent anguish. Detecting a smell arising from beneath the armpit in a vision foretells a headache, blockage of the nose, a chill, or receiving distressing tidings; it could also indicate the revealing of confidences, the dissipation of deep-seated resentment and envy, or experiencing relief after a day of strenuous labor. Alternatively, it may point to the onset of an ailment affecting the eyes, or denote something repulsive. Should a child smell such an odor from his own underarm, it symbolizes his arrival at the age of maturity, or it may warn of a sickness or mishap that could threaten his life. (Also see Cloud of smoke, Perspiration, Smell)
Category: Action
An offering in a dream, whether an immolation, sacrifice, or vow, symbolizes what is most cherished, representing a wife who is the joy and comfort of her husband or a child who is the pride and delight of his father, and it also signifies righteous deeds, devotion, and sincerity in worship, while at the same time it may indicate trials, hardships, hostility, disputes, quarrels, or arguments within the family, as well as conflict, invasion, or contention, and it can also point to lawful gains and profits, such as those earned through hunting or effort after struggle. (Also see Immolation, Sacrifice)
Category: Objects
An office in a dream, in the sense of employment or a place of work, symbolizes authority and responsibility, indicating the attainment of leadership, management, or a position of influence, yet it can also reflect the opposite meaning, such as humiliation, a lowly or contemptible state, miserliness, restricted living conditions, poverty, anxiety over providing for one’s children, and fear or uncertainty regarding one’s future and livelihood.
Category: Types of People
An officiant in a dream symbolizes the formalization and dissolution of relationships, indicating a wedding, a lawful union, or, in another sense, separation and divorce, and depending on the dreamer’s state of mind, character, or profession, the officiant may also represent a corrupt intermediary or a pimp, reflecting manipulation, exploitation, or involvement in morally questionable dealings. (See Saddler)
Category: Objects
An oil press in a dream, whether an oil mill or refinery, symbolizes the extraction of benefit and purity from effort, representing spiritual guidance, sacred knowledge, and wisdom that nourish the soul, and it may also signify a foster mother or wet nurse who provides care, sustenance, and upbringing, indicating nurturing influence, support, and the transmission of strength and understanding. (Also see Sugar mill)
Category: Other
In a dream, anointing oneself with oil signifies obtaining blessed and lawful income or recovering from an ailment, while drinking oil generally portends misfortune, an evil spell, or sickness. However, olive oil specifically symbolizes divine knowledge, profound wisdom, spiritual enlightenment, inner illumination, blessings, and righteous earnings. Consuming any other oil, such as from rapeseed or the terebinth tree, indicates acquiring wealth from dubious or illicit origins. Dreaming of oil can further represent the heart's radiance, spiritual advancement, deepening insight, or conversely, contraception, homicide, or the fracturing of bones. Oil may also denote a broker or intermediary. If wholesome oil becomes rancid in the dream, it signifies the breaking of a covenant, whereas if spoiled oil is restored to purity, it denotes increasing awareness, firm conviction, and the adoption of virtuous conduct in one's dealings. (Also see Extracting oils from seeds, Olives)
Category: Other
In a dream, an old woman symbolizes the nearing end of one’s worldly life, grief, the Hereafter, wine, or conceiving children after losing hope of fertility. She may also represent deception, craftiness, hypocrisy, backbiting, or slander. Seeing an old and sick woman indicates impotence, frailty, or disability, while a thirsty old woman signifies drought. If she transforms into a young girl, she represents rainfall. When an unknown old woman visits a sick person, it signifies his death, but if she visits a pregnant woman, it brings glad tidings of a son. Sleeping with an old woman while engaged in an important project indicates that the endeavor will fail. An old woman also symbolizes barren land. Seeing her veiled signifies hardship and regret. An ugly old woman or hag represents adversity and war, while a young woman seeing herself as old signifies gaining honor and dignity. An unknown old woman may also indicate a poor harvest that year. If an old woman descends from the sky and people marvel at her, she represents the passing year. An ugly old woman may also signify the end of war or the conclusion of drought. A frail old woman represents a year of drought, but if she gains weight and becomes beautiful, it signifies favorable changes in weather and prosperity for farmers. A showy old woman signifies a comfortable life or forthcoming good news; if she appears frowning, she denotes distress and loss of status; if ugly, she denotes hardship; if naked, she denotes scandal. An old woman entering a house signifies prosperity and business success, while her leaving signifies the opposite. An unknown old woman carries a stronger meaning than one who is known. Frequently visiting an old woman indicates attachment to worldly pleasures. If a postmenopausal old woman sees herself menstruating again and engaging in lawful marital relations, it signifies increased piety and both material and spiritual success; if the relations are unlawful, it indicates attachment to worldly gains and neglect of spiritual values. If a young woman sees herself as an old woman, it signifies prosperity and a successful marriage.
Category: Food
In a dream, olives symbolize wealth, worldly joys, and personal prosperity. An olive tree signifies a blessed man who provides for his family, a virtuous woman, or a son destined for leadership. A yellow olive indicates deep spiritual anxieties. Pressing olives for oil foretells earning divine blessings and benefits, whereas watering an olive tree with its own oil symbolizes an incestuous act with one's mother. Purchasing an olive tree, consuming its fruit, or drinking its oil denotes receiving blessings or marrying a noble and chaste woman. The leaves represent following the righteous path, fulfilling religious duties, guidance, enlightenment, reciting the Qur'an, bringing comfort, or generating income for the needy, though eating a raw olive can signify the opposite: poverty, debt, or may reference its origin. The leaves also symbolize pious individuals or spiritual guides, while the fruit signifies easily acquired wealth and a contented life. Gathering or pressing olives implies toil and difficulty. For an ailing person, olives denote restored health and vigor. Overall, the fruit and leaves also represent diligence and determination, yet olives in a dream further signify gradual growth and development. (Also see Oil)
Category: Other
Seeing the Commander of the Believers, Omar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, in a dream signifies long life, trustworthiness, strength of character, and praiseworthy deeds, and whoever sees him will be inclined to speak the truth, uphold justice, and invite people to the straight path, and he may also be granted the ability to visit the Sacred House in Mecca for an auxiliary pilgrimage (‘Umrah). Shaking hands with Omar in a dream indicates prosperity, piety, vigilance in faith, and strong belief, with deeds whose worth exceeds one’s reputation, while seeing him frowning means a call to justice and a command to enjoin good and forbid evil. If a land suffers from drought and Omar is seen in a dream, it signifies the coming of rain and blessing, and if tyranny prevails and he is seen, it foretells the establishment of justice and fairness. If Omar strikes someone with a stick, warns him, or threatens him in a dream, it is a sign that the dreamer must abandon wrongful actions or deviation from God’s path, or that he may face discipline or persecution from a ruler or scholar. Seeing oneself as Omar or wearing his garments in a dream means attaining honor, a dignified rank, or dying as a martyr, and seeing him smiling indicates adherence to the teachings of God’s Messenger, peace be upon him, and following his Sunnah. Seeing Omar in a dream also signifies the dominance of truth and justice in one’s time, trustworthiness, and the spread of righteousness, and it may further indicate reconciliation with enemies, replacing hatred with love, harmony with in-laws, detachment from worldly attachments despite the ability to attain them, and ruling or dealing with people with justice, compassion, and love.
Category: Food
An omelette made of eggs in a dream symbolizes abundance and ease, indicating prosperity, happiness, joyful occasions, and celebrations, and it points to lawful profits, growth in livelihood, and the gathering of blessings, while it can also signify marriage, union, and the coming together of people in harmony and comfort. (Also see Eggs)
Category: Action
Omitting or forgetting something in a dream signifies worry, confusion, and inner disturbance, indicating trouble, carelessness, or the misplacement of matters that require attention, and it reflects heedlessness, distraction from important duties, or neglect that may lead to anxiety, loss, or disorder in one’s affairs.
Category: Human Body
The loss of one eye in a dream can signify the forfeiture of half one's possessions, the dissolution of a marriage, negligence in fulfilling religious duties, the commission of a grave sin, or misspending a significant portion of one's life. To be sightless in a single eye may also denote anticipation and hope for an awaited event, or the loss of a brother or a son. For a devout and diligent individual, such a vision affirms the sincerity of his belief. Should a wicked, corrupt, or deceitful person experience this dream, it warns of tribulation, a potentially fatal illness, the loss of a hand in misfortune, or the departure of a wife, sister, partner, or divine favor, leading to impiety. (Also see Antichrist)
Category: Food
Consuming an uncooked onion in a vision portends an unfortunate event. If an ill person eats a modest portion, it suggests he may succumb to his sickness; however, consuming a great quantity foretells recovery. Eating green onions or scallions, conversely, signifies material well-being and physical vigor, though these will be accompanied by anxiety, grief, or distance from one's spouse. Ingesting a pungent or aromatic herb implies scorn or aversion from certain family members, or the eventual exposure of concealed affairs. If the herb is a type of bulb that must be peeled, it symbolizes inquisitiveness and listening in secret, representing that which is typically cast aside. For a merchant, onions symbolize currency; for a voyager, they denote good health, accomplishment, and a secure journey home. Onions in general also represent hardship and trials. Harvesting onions from a field signifies injury inflicted by one's own kin.
Category: Types of People
Within a dream, an ophthalmologist symbolizes a spiritual mentor who leads people from obscurity into illumination and fosters harmony between those who care for each other. This figure also represents an instructor who inspires the pursuit of wisdom, encourages foresight regarding one's deeds, and cultivates perceptive vision. An ophthalmologist may further signify a pearl hunter, a deep-sea diver, a digger of wells, a restorer of ancient water sources, or an expert who distinguishes genuine sight from its imitation. He also embodies a preacher or an advisor capable of clarifying the divergence between the way of the righteous and the path of the negligent. Such a person in a dream may also indicate someone bearing a message or news to convey.
Category: Types of People
An opponent or adversary in a dream symbolizes contrast and rivalry whose outcome is revealed in wakefulness, for if one’s opponent is a deceased person the advantage and good fortune will belong to the living, whereas if the opponent is alive the benefit and better outcome will be granted to the one who has passed away, and in all cases opposition in a dream signifies that the better state, honor, or success will manifest for whichever of the two is destined to prevail after the dream. (Also see Orbit)
Category: Feelings
Seeing oppression in a dream, especially people wronging and oppressing one another, signifies the coming of tyranny, indicating that an unjust ruler or oppressor may dominate the land, seize authority, or strip people of their rights, and oppression in a dream is also interpreted paradoxically as guidance, while guidance in a dream may be interpreted as oppression, reflecting the reversal of meanings whereby hardship can lead to awakening and rectification, and apparent guidance may expose hidden injustice or severe testing. (Also see Injustice, Terrorization)
Category: Celestial Bodies
The orbits of the sun or the moon in a dream symbolize enclosure and dominance, indicating encircling one’s adversaries or surrounding the paths of debtors, and they may point to a great gathering or council of leaders, as well as to trials, hardships, or contempt, while the circular form itself represents noble, upright, and just people who stand for order, balance, and fairness. (Also see Opponent)
Category: Action
Organizing, arranging, or putting things in order in a dream symbolizes knowledge, clarity, and sound judgment, and it indicates acquiring understanding, managing affairs wisely, and earning, preserving, and benefiting from lawful wealth through discipline, planning, and proper conduct.
Category: Animals
An oriole in a dream symbolizes inner uncertainty and reflection, indicating doubt, wonder, and hesitation, as well as withdrawal, quietness, and concealment, and it points to trust, confiding secrets, and forming associations with people in authority, while at the same time it may reflect caution, apprehension, and fear of one’s enemy, combined with watchfulness and restraint.
Category: Objects
In a dream, ornaments generally indicate poverty. If one sees the world adorned for him and finds that he can request anything he desires from it, it signifies falling into poverty or facing ruin. As for unfamiliar ornaments, unrecognized decorations, or lands embellished in an unusual manner, such ornaments are considered a favorable sign. Likewise, wearing customary or traditional ornaments that one is accustomed to using for adornment in a dream is regarded as a good omen. (Also see Earrings, Gem, Gold, Necklace)
Category: Other
Picking up an abandoned infant in a dream signifies taking in one’s enemy, in reference to the story of Moses and Pharaoh. Picking up a forsaken child may also indicate restoring matters to their proper state or relieving distress and sorrow. Planting an apple tree in a dream signifies adopting an orphan or providing care for one. Seeing oneself as an orphan denotes depression caused by injustice. Being an orphan in a dream may also signify sadness arising from love for a woman, or from the loss of property or wealth.
Category: Types of People
An orthopaedist who straightens deformities and sets broken bones in a dream represents a righteous ruler who governs with justice, teaches virtue, balances matters, and acts with fairness. Seeing an orthopaedist also signifies presumption, strength, and boldness, as well as officiousness, skill, and determination, since he removes what is flawed and reunites what is broken. At times, he also represents distress and hardship. The orthopaedist may symbolize an architect, and likewise an architect represents an orthopaedist in a dream; thus, seeing him can signify construction. He may also represent a generous person who shelters and helps the needy, a wise individual who heals wounded hearts, a just judge, a great scholar, a cobbler, or a tailor. If one sees himself before an orthopaedist for a broken bone and then complains of an abscess in his neck, which the orthopaedist opens with pliers to drain it, this signifies a debt that must be repaid, a vow that must be fulfilled, giving testimony in court, or submitting to the judgment of a scholar. If an orthopaedist sets one’s broken right arm and binds it to his neck, it means being compelled to perform a personal favor that prevents him from fulfilling other duties or charitable acts. The same interpretation applies to a broken leg.
Category: Animals
In a vision, all species of the oryx genus—those imposing African and Asian antelopes bearing long, straight horns—symbolize a distinguished commander, a devout and solitary man who, while pious, may not adhere strictly to prophetic teachings; he could also be an ascetic or an originator of new ideas. To discover the eye of an oryx in a dream suggests marriage to a virtuous and comely woman whose life will be brief. If one's head transforms into that of an oryx, it denotes affluence or an appointment to a position of command. (Also see Buffalo, Mountain goat)
Category: Animals
Within a dream, an osprey signifies a formidable fighter and a pitiless individual who inspires no trust. Should one observe an osprey upon his roof, within his dwelling, or poised above his head, it embodies the angel tasked with taking souls. Capturing an osprey denotes frequenting a ruler's presence while maintaining constant vigilance, regardless of whether one submits to or disputes him. If an osprey rakes someone with its talons, it foretells despondency and monetary loss. Consuming its flesh represents dealing with an exacting person. The osprey further represents a sovereign of whom little is said, yet who is the primary agent in the downfall of many adjacent rulers. Observing an osprey in a tree promises gain, kindness, and divine favor. One in flight signifies triumph in life's endeavors. An osprey perched upon a mountain peak, rock, or cliff indicates prosperity for someone embarking on a new vocation or enterprise. However, for one gripped by fear or on a journey, it may instead herald ill news. For the wealthy and eminent, riding an osprey portends death, while for the impoverished it forecasts profit and achievement that will aid their household and community. The bird also signifies a traveler's homecoming. Its approach and speech to someone are glad tidings of accomplishment and gain. A pregnant woman who dreams of an osprey will bear a son destined to become a valiant warrior or a community chieftain. A deceased osprey signifies mortality. Thieves or robbers who see one will face retribution for their misdeeds. Being carried aloft by the bird heralds elevation in rank and dignity. Combating an osprey means contending with those in power. Bearing its standard ensures conquest over an adversary. A female osprey represents destitute women forced into harlotry, and its chicks symbolize children born of illicit union.
Category: Animals
In a dream, a male ostrich embodies a servant, a wanderer, a deaf person, a castrated man, or a herald of death. It also signifies riches and divine blessing. To see oneself slaughtering one denotes homosexual acts. Receiving a male ostrich as a gift means one will become a scholar, a judge, or attain a high office commensurate with one's merits. Riding an ostrich indicates employment as a messenger or mail carrier, or alternatively, deriving sustenance from illicit income. An ostrich dwelling in one's home promises a long life. Carrying one signifies bearing the burden of one's transgressions. Finding an ostrich egg signifies the pursuit of a woman for sensual purposes.
Category: Tools
An oven in a dream, whether a furnace, kiln, grill, or household range, symbolizes authority, livelihood, and the management of affairs, and lighting it for warmth or cooking signifies growth in earnings, expansion of benefits, and progress in one’s livelihood, while an oven inside the home indicates resolving a problem, restoring order, or gaining victory over enemies. An oven that produces no ashes points to an unhappy or flawed marriage, and interpretations vary according to the type of oven seen, for a grilling oven signifies imprisonment for a free person and release for one who is jailed, and it also represents a respected scholar or wise authority whose judgments reconcile disputes and satisfy opposing sides. A household range symbolizes the head of the family, the housekeeper or servant, as well as stored wealth, a coffer, or a safe place, while a baker’s oven represents the governor’s residence, a reform house for youth, fulfillment of needs, earning a livelihood, or recovery from illness. Baking dough in a dream indicates satisfying necessities, regaining health, triumphing over enemies or opponents, winning legal disputes, teaching a child a trade, sending a child to school, enlisting a son in service, or attaining wealth, and a bakery oven also reflects one’s source of income, business, profits and losses, personal desires and impulses, or changes in life circumstances. Seeing an unknown bakery oven points to the governor’s house or a courthouse, since fire symbolizes power and sovereignty, and an oven in general also represents a marketplace where exchange, gain, and loss take place. (Also see Furnace, Heater)
Category: Objects
Wearing an overcoat in a dream symbolizes protection, strength, and support, indicating security, dignity, and the ability to endure hardships, while wearing a decorated or ceremonial overcoat signifies authority and power, the lifting of sadness and depression, fulfillment of needs, and the attainment of comfort, respect, and stability in one’s affairs. (Also see Cap, Coat, Raincoat)
Category: Objects
In a dream, witnessing an overseas cap or similar headgear signifies healing from a sickness or spiritual cleansing from sin; however, if a cloth merchant visits an ill person in the dream, it portends death. (Also see Headgear)
Category: Animals
An owl appearing in a dream symbolizes an oppressive ruler, or an arrogant and perilous robber who operates in solitude without accomplices. It may also denote idleness, or a state of being overwhelmed by dread and confusion. The owl further signifies a betrayer. Should one envision himself in combat with an owl, it foretells a confrontation with an adversary. This bird also represents an individual lacking constancy or the resolve to act justly. If an owl descends into one's dwelling within the vision, it brings tidings of a person's demise. Moreover, the owl embodies thieves who conceal themselves in gloom and among crumbling structures, and it reflects the vexation of being compelled to labor diligently for one's sustenance.