Islamic Interpretation
In a dream, seeing one’s own picture displayed on a wall signifies death and the lasting inscription of one’s name, as on a gravestone, pointing to remembrance after departure from this world. Pictures and paintings symbolize memories, reflections on the past, guidance, counsel, and lessons drawn from earlier experiences. They also represent the passage of time, the succession of days and years, and the stages of one’s life as they quietly advance. Paintings may indicate contemplation, awareness, or reminders meant to awaken the heart. For an immigrant or one living far from home, seeing pictures in a dream denotes reunion with family and loved ones, return after separation, or engaging in enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, along with recalling values, ties, and duties that were left behind. (Also see Paintings)