Islamic Interpretation
In Islamic dream interpretation, a wall symbolizes wisdom, direction, awareness, hidden knowledge, discernment, or a division between companions. One's condition in the dream, such as standing or sitting by a wall, reflects one's own state. A wall also signifies a person of strength, wealth, power, and piety. If a wall appears in need of immediate repair and people arrive to assist, it represents a scholar or a mosque leader who has lost influence, with friends rallying to restore his standing. For a prosperous merchant, seeing his house walls crumble indicates the recovery of a lost valuable. A wall collapsing upon someone signifies numerous sins requiring swift repentance to avoid punishment. A wall falling inward upon a house suggests illness, while falling outward portends death. A crack in a wall foretells family opposition. Clutching a wall signifies approaching death, the firmness of the grip indicating its proximity; it can also mean holding fast to the support of a powerful figure. Building and then destroying a wall signifies sabotaging one's own livelihood or potentially causing self-harm. Recognizing a specific wall signifies a close friend who may perish from sorrow. A wall also represents a formidable person who can only be approached with gentleness. Vaulting over a wall signifies abandoning faith for disbelief or heeding the counsel of an unbeliever. Seeing one's reflection in a wall signifies one's death and the inscription of their name upon a gravestone. A traveler seeing his home with renewed walls signifies marriage. Water seeping through a wall crack denotes tribulations and anxiety. (Also see Walls of the city)