Dream Interpretation & Dream Meanings A–Z

Aba Cloak

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a green-and-white cotton aba cloak in a dream, or putting on a new aba, was taken as a sign of abundant blessings and benefits commensurate with the beauty of the garment.

Ibn Sirin: Wearing a tight aba of black or another dark colour was interpreted in the opposite way.

Al-Kirmani: An aba seller was said to represent someone who gives worldly concerns precedence over religious ones.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing oneself dressed in silk was interpreted as desiring both worldly life and the life to come.

Full-entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium; historical attribution retained.

Abdomen and Belly

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing the abdomen in a dream was given four interpretations:

1. A place where knowledge is studied.

2. Governance or administration.

3. Livelihood.

4. Children.

Ibn Sirin: The abdomen represents children.

Al-Kirmani: The abdomen is interpreted as a symbol of relatives.

Seeing your abdomen grow larger signifies an increase in your wealth.

Seeing your abdomen grow smaller signifies a decrease in your wealth or in the number of your children.

Dreaming that you break everything you possess and put it into your abdomen signifies obtaining something you desire.

Feeling pain in your abdomen signifies an increase in wealth.

Seeing blood emerge from your abdomen signifies repenting for a wrongful act you have committed or are about to commit.

Taking pearls out of your abdomen signifies abandoning the five daily prayers.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a child emerge from your abdomen signifies that a descendant of yours will be born who later achieves great distinction.

Seeing hair grow on your abdomen signifies falling into debt.

Removing the hair from your abdomen signifies repaying your debts.

Seeing a hole in your abdomen signifies that your spouse will spend your wealth.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Acquaintances and Familiar People

Later commentators: Seeing or talking with acquaintances in a dream signifies receiving news.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TANIDIK KİMSE”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Administering a Hadd Punishment

Ibn Sirin: Administering a hadd punishment ^[117] in a dream signifies fulfilling women's wishes. Dreaming that such a punishment is administered to you is interpreted in the opposite way.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Administering a hadd punishment to another person is interpreted favourably. If the dreamer is a person given to wrongdoing, however, it signifies sorrow and distress.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HAD UYGULAMAK”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry; they are historical views, not scientific predictions.

Adornments and Dressing Up

Ibn Sirin: Seeing adornments signifies wealth corresponding to their quantity and is associated with women's ornaments in the traditional account.

Al-Kirmani: Wearing something decorated with jewels and precious stones signifies gaining lawful wealth proportional to the value of the decoration.

Losing an ornament signifies grief and difficulty.

Possessing jewellery intended for women signifies sorrow.

Later commentators: Seeing oneself dressed up or adorned signifies experiencing major events.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “SÜS, SÜSLENMEK” (5 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Advice and Counsel

Ibn Sirin: Receiving advice about worldly and spiritual matters signifies glad tidings of happiness in this world and the next; the opposite sort of advice is interpreted in the opposite way.

Offering advice to others signifies happiness.

Giving worldly and spiritual counsel to an ill person signifies recovery if that person is actually ill, together with benefits in this life and the hereafter.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Giving or receiving counsel grounded in religious faith is interpreted favourably. In the source's spiritual explanation, one who gives guidance about the hereafter in a dream is among the angels close to God, bringing news of goodness and calling people to gratitude.

Counsel that urges wrongdoing and corruption is ascribed to Satan. It draws people away from good actions and delays repentance. The source therefore urges repentance and turning to God for protection and salvation.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NASİHAT” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Aeroplane and Fighter Aircraft

Later commentators: Flying in an aeroplane signifies the failure of an ambitious plan and financial loss.

Seeing an aeroplane catch fire, trail black smoke and crash signifies encountering an unpleasant incident.

Seeing an aeroplane fall while burning, but without the black smoke specified above, is considered favourable.

Seeing a fighter aircraft signifies unexpected loss.

Seeing numerous fighter aircraft signifies unrest.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “UÇAK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Agarwood and Fragrant Wood

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Agarwood has four interpretations:

1. A person of pleasant appearance and speech.

2. A devout person whose words carry influence.

3. Praise.

4. Goodness.

Ibn Sirin: Agarwood signifies a good-natured, cheerful person.

Seeing agarwood incense burned beneath you signifies being protected from the harm of other people.

Al-Kirmani: Agarwood signifies benefit; the greater the quantity seen, the greater the benefit traditionally expected.

Full English translation of the original heading “ÖDAĞACI” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Agate

Ibn Sirin: Possessing an agate stone was interpreted as receiving a benefit from a person of high standing.

Ibn Sirin: Losing one’s agate stone signified the opposite.

Ibn Sirin: Possessing sacks filled with agate signified acquiring wealth in proportion to the amount of agate seen.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“AKİK”). Historical interpretation, not a factual prediction.

Alcoholic Drinks

Allama Majlisi: Dreaming that you drink alcohol signifies that you will become wealthy and prosperous, but will also be miserly.

Complete English translation of “İÇKİ” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions or medical advice.

Almond

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing almonds in a dream has two interpretations:

1. Acquiring wealth in secret.

2. Recovery from illness.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing almonds signifies sustenance acquired through conflict.

Obtaining almonds signifies acquiring a livelihood through effort and difficulty, in proportion to the amount received.

Al-Kirmani: Possessing almonds in their shells, or receiving them from another person, signifies gaining money or other benefits from a miserly person, but only after some difficulty.

Seeing oil extracted from bitter almonds signifies receiving benefit from a miserly person in proportion to the amount of oil produced.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Almonds signify blessings and wealth.

Seeing almonds in their shells signifies that part of your wealth will be earned with difficulty.

Later commentators: Eating sweet almonds signifies that other people will appreciate you.

Eating bitter almonds signifies that you will encounter discord or disappointment.

Almond Paste

Ibn Sirin: Eating almond paste in a dream signifies that you will hear pleasing words.

Possessing a large quantity of almond paste signifies that you will receive substantial income.

Giving almond paste to another person signifies that you will bring comfort or relief to that person.

Alphabet and Letters

Later commentators: Seeing or learning the alphabet is associated with happiness within the family. Writing letters in alphabetical order suggests bringing an affair or an incident to an appropriate conclusion.

Editorial translation from the Turkish compilation; traditional interpretations, not factual predictions.

Amber

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Amber has four traditional meanings: benefit; leadership or authority; happiness and the fulfilment of a wish; and praise.

The author: Possessing amber signifies receiving a benefit in proportion to the quantity seen. Giving amber to another person suggests bringing that person comfort or relief. Losing amber signifies suffering a loss.

Editorial translation from the Turkish compilation; traditional interpretations, not factual predictions.

Amber (Kehribar)

The author: Possessing a quantity of amber in a dream was traditionally interpreted as a sign either that you would have a daughter or that you would experience difficulties.

Seeing amber that was white or green was understood as a sign that you would receive a benefit.

Seeing yellow amber was associated with illness.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Amber Musk Perfume

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Amber musk has five interpretations:

1. Good manners and moral character.

2. Praise.

3. Islam.

4. Wealth and the fulfilment of wishes.

5. Goodness and benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing amber musk signifies refined manners and renown.

Applying amber musk to another person signifies that person learning courtesy and moral conduct from the dreamer.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing amber musk signifies making the Hajj pilgrimage.

Possessing amber musk signifies receiving a benefit from a woman or merchant.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MİSK-İ AMBER” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Ammunition and Military Equipment

Allama Majlisi: Seeing weapons of war and ammunition in a dream signifies strength, exalted standing, leadership and personal benefit.

Amulet and Talisman

Ibn Sirin: Wearing an amulet bearing one of the names of God signifies relief from distress, repayment of debts, recovery from illness or a safe return home from abroad, according to the dreamer's circumstances.

Al-Kirmani: Writing amulets and distributing them to others signifies benefiting people.

Writing amulets and receiving payment for them signifies sadness.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MUSKA” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Angel Gabriel (Jibril)

Allama Majlisi: Seeing Gabriel (peace be upon him) signifies the fulfilment of your wishes, steady advancement in your career, greater standing and the acquisition of knowledge.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing Gabriel happy signifies victory over an enemy, relief from sorrow and the fulfilment of your wishes.

Seeing Gabriel unhappy signifies sadness.

Seeing Gabriel bring you good news, or warn you against an undertaking, signifies that the same good news will reach you in waking life, or that you should avoid the undertaking in question.

Seeing Gabriel give you something signifies gaining a position through an influential person; according to some interpreters, it may instead signify experiencing great fear.

Dreaming that you have become Gabriel and that people address you by his name signifies becoming trustworthy and wise and attaining what you desire.

Angel Israfil and the Trumpet

Allama Majlisi: Seeing the angel Israfil (peace be upon him) signifies a long life.

Seeing Israfil blow the Trumpet signifies that justice will spread through your region, people of piety will gain strength, wrongdoers will be humbled, and people will turn towards good deeds.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing Israfil in a joyful state signifies gaining power, increasing your knowledge, and living in security.

Seeing the Trumpet in Israfil’s hand signifies turmoil, misfortune, and unrest in your region.

If, in that same dream, Israfil is in a city but does not notice you, it signifies unrest arising in that city.

Seeing Israfil look at you angrily signifies that someone in a position of authority will become angry with you.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing Israfil blow the Trumpet sorrowfully, and hearing its sound, signifies an increase in deaths in your region.

Seeing the Trumpet in Israfil’s hand signifies the spread of justice in your region and the downfall of oppressors.

Seeing Israfil look at you happily signifies receiving a benefit from a person of authority.

Seeing Israfil give you a sealed letter signifies that your death is drawing near.

Seeing Israfil call out to you and then suddenly disappear signifies suffering harm at the hands of a person of authority.

Complete English translation of “İSRAFİL (A.S)” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions or medical advice.

Angels and Angelic Beings

Allama Majlisi: Angels are beings entrusted by God. In this world they stand as symbols of justice, fairness, ease and relief.

Seeing an angel signifies gaining wealth and respect, enjoying good fortune and having children.

Seeing the angel Ridwan signifies spending the present year in happiness, security and comfort.

Ibn Sirin: Fighting angels was interpreted as a warning of sin and divine punishment, calling the dreamer to repentance.

Seeing angels appear sorrowful or preoccupied signifies sadness and hardship.

Hearing angels announce glad tidings signifies the birth of a righteous child.

Seeing angels take something from you signifies a loss of property or wealth.

Seeing angels gather in a place and being afraid of them signifies war breaking out in that area.

Seeing angels fight signifies victory over an enemy.

Seeing angels bow and prostrate signifies an improvement in one's circumstances.

Seeing angels in the form of women was interpreted as falsely attributing something to God. The source cites the Quranic rebuke of those who described angels as God's daughters ^[149].

Flying alongside angels signifies that one's death is drawing near and that one will depart this world after repentance.

Watching angels from afar without being able to approach them signifies falling into sin. The source cites a Quranic passage denying glad tidings to evildoers on the day they see the angels ^[150].

Crying out together with angels signifies the destruction of one's house.

Seeing angels obey you signifies joy if you are devout, but sorrow if you are not.

Seeing angels greet you and look upon you with mercy signifies, by God's leave, prevailing over enemies and attaining a good end.

Seeing angels descend together upon a region signifies its inhabitants finding peace and overcoming their enemies.

Al-Kirmani: An angel represents glad tidings from God.

Receiving advice from angels was interpreted as a sign of martyrdom.

Seeing the angels closest to God in a particular place signifies a battle between Muslims and unbelievers, victory for the Muslims by God's leave, and the return of abundance if the area is suffering scarcity.

Flying into the sky with angels signifies becoming an ascetic, turning away from worldly life and orienting oneself towards the hereafter.

Ascending to the sky with angels and immediately returning signifies that death is near and one's name will be remembered favourably.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing the closest angels look upon you with happiness signifies justice, illness followed by recovery, safety and beneficial events.

Seeing oneself as an angel signifies relief from sorrow and the repayment of debts.

Being frightened by angels or receiving their glad tidings signifies a renewed rise in one's working life.

Receiving an object from an angel signifies assistance or a gift from a person of high standing.

Seeing a group of angels arrive to welcome you signifies happiness in both this world and the next.

Seeing all the angels come to visit signifies that one's death is approaching.

Being raised into the sky by angels carries the same interpretation.

Seeing angels descend to earth bearing swords and lamps signifies the birth of a wise child.

Receiving white or green clothing from angels signifies the death of someone close, or the approach of one's own death.

Receiving black clothing from angels was interpreted as departing from Islam.

Receiving yellow clothing from angels signifies illness followed by repentance.

Seeing angels turn away from you signifies a need to repent and turn back to God.

Receiving a Quran or a paper bearing Quranic writing from angels signifies a legal dispute in which the dreamer is in the right and ultimately prevails.

Seeing an angel as a child, young person or elder reflects the condition of one's own childhood, youth or old age respectively.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing an angel is regarded as a favourable omen.

Conversing with an angel signifies an engagement or marriage in the near future.

Seeing oneself as an angel signifies love and affection.

Being surrounded by angels signifies peace and tranquillity.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MELEK, MELEKLER” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Animal Carcass

Contemporary commentators: Seeing the carcass of an animal was associated with sorrow and grief.

Seeing a dead horse was interpreted as a sign of a prosperous period and a longer life.

Complete English translation of the source heading “LEŞ” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Animal Tails

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: An animal's tail has four traditional interpretations:

1. Blessings.

2. Friends.

3. Wealth.

4. A comfortable livelihood.

Ibn Sirin: Having a tail like that of a horse, donkey or cow signifies increased income and a peaceful life, but also negligence in religious matters.

Eating a sheep's tail signifies receiving lawfully acquired wealth in proportion to the amount eaten.

Having a tail like a dog or wolf signifies obtaining wealth unlawfully and being condemned by others.

Al-Kirmani: Having a donkey-like tail signifies gaining wealth in proportion to its length.

Having a sheep-like tail signifies having a fortunate child with abundant provision.

Holding the tail of an animal whose meat is forbidden signifies receiving unlawfully obtained wealth.

Later commentators: Seeing animals with long tails signifies serious difficulties.

Grabbing an animal by the tail signifies doing something incorrectly.

Seeing an animal wag its tail signifies happiness.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUYRUK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Animal-Skin Bags and Waterskins

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: An animal-skin bag used for storing oil has nine interpretations:

1. A trustworthy person.

2. A woman.

3. A servant.

4. Sound religious faith.

5. Good health.

6. Long life.

7. Wealth and provision.

8. Goodness and blessings.

9. Inheritance through women.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an oil skin signifies acquiring lawful wealth and becoming rich.

Ibn Sirin: A skin bag used for oil represents a trustworthy person who spends other people's wealth in both good and difficult times.

Owning an animal-skin bag or receiving one from someone signifies befriending a trustworthy person and receiving benefits in proportion to the bag's size.

Owning an old, dirty skin bag signifies experiencing mistreatment from other people.

Losing your skin bag signifies separation from a friend whom you considered trustworthy.

Seeing a skin bag for milk or yoghurt represents a person who spends money on bridges, mosques and similar public works.

A honey skin or jar represents a scholar who pursues knowledge and guides others on the right path.

Owning a skin bag or being given one signifies befriending a respected person and receiving kindness from them.

Seeing a skin bag lost or tearing it apart signifies forming a friendship with someone, according to this source.

The author: Seeing a water skin or a new skin bag signifies undertaking a journey.

Owning an old water skin signifies the opposite.

Seeing a hole in a water skin signifies suffering a loss while travelling.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TULUM”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Animals and Wild Beasts

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing predatory animals in a dream has four interpretations:

1. An enemy.

2. An oppressive ruler.

3. A quarrelsome, foul-mouthed woman, in the terminology of the historical source.

4. A bad neighbour.

Allama Majlisi: Dreaming that you are bedridden and wild, predatory animals attack and eat your flesh signifies sorrow and hardship, the death of your spouse or the loss of your property. The source advises repentance and giving charity in connection with this interpretation.

Seeing certain animals speak to you signifies doing something astonishing and obtaining something you had hoped for but previously been unable to acquire.

Seeing animals mate signifies encountering a calamity that will affect you only slightly.

Seeing animals attack you signifies bringing an enemy under control.

Running away from animals signifies safety from difficulties and success in overcoming your problems.

The author: Hunting wild animals, or receiving something belonging to wild animals from another person, signifies benefit.

Seeing all wild animals obey you signifies that a community will experience difficulties concerning religious belief and, as a result, submit to your authority.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing predatory animals turn into donkeys, or seeing one turn into a donkey, another into a cow, another into a sheep and another into a camel, signifies increasing livelihood alongside difficulties concerning religious belief.

Seeing your domesticated animals turn into predators signifies the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Catching a tame four-legged animal signifies receiving a benefit from a villager in proportion to the value of the animal caught.

Seeing a herd of four-legged animals approach and obey you signifies that a group of villagers will submit to your authority.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself turn into a predatory animal signifies losing your reason.

Hearing predatory animals speak to you signifies gaining a position in which your words carry authority.

Fighting predatory animals and killing them signifies prevailing over your enemies.

Fighting predatory animals but failing to kill them signifies defeat by your enemies.

Worshipping four-legged desert animals signifies serving wise people.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating the flesh of predatory animals signifies acquiring unlawfully gained property and consuming forbidden food.

Hearing the cries of predatory animals signifies hearing words of hostility or argument.

Seeing yourself turn into a four-legged animal signifies losing your reason.

Seeing a four-legged animal speak to you signifies gaining respect and standing.

Eating the meat of a four-legged animal signifies acquiring wealth in proportion to the amount eaten.

Later commentators: Slaughtering an animal signifies benefit.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HAYVANLAR”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry and reflect historical beliefs, not scientific predictions.

Anklet

Ibn Sirin: Seeing an anklet around your ankle signifies hardship for a male dreamer. If the anklet is made of silver, that hardship is considered less severe.

Al-Kirmani: For women, an anklet represents a husband or a favourable outcome.

Seeing an anklet adorned with gold signifies wealth for a woman, but something religiously forbidden for a man.

Removing or losing an anklet from your ankle signifies that something will cause you distress or humiliation.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HALHAL”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry; they are historical views, not scientific predictions.

Antenna

Later commentators: Seeing or possessing an antenna is interpreted as receiving news from friends who live far away. Connecting an antenna to a radio signifies financial power. Fixing an antenna to the ground suggests undertaking a major task through your own strength. Breaking an antenna signifies receiving unwelcome news.

Traditions attributed in the Turkish reference: later commentators. These are historical interpretations, not verified predictions.

Ants

Later commentators: Seeing an ant signifies that your affairs will progress slowly, but that patience will eventually bring considerable benefit.

Seeing ants on your body signifies happiness and great success.

Crushing an ant or trampling on an anthill signifies misfortune and anxiety.

Being bitten by an ant signifies beginning a new undertaking in your profession and earning a substantial income from it.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Anvil

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing an anvil is introduced as having three meanings, although five are listed:

1. Leadership and greatness.

2. Wealth and benefit.

3. Strength.

4. Authority or management.

5. Good fortune in work.

Ibn Sirin: An anvil symbolises a distinguished and influential person.

Receiving an anvil from someone and making it your property signifies receiving help from an influential person and befriending them, or entering their service and benefiting from the association.

Al-Kirmani: An anvil symbolises a good-natured leader.

Owning an anvil or receiving one as a gift signifies becoming friends with such a person and benefiting from their support.

Giving someone an anvil signifies that the recipient will benefit from that same influential person.

Losing an anvil or having it stolen signifies the end of that friendship.

Full English translation of the original heading “ÖRS” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Apple

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing apples in a dream has eight interpretations:

1. A child.

2. Benefit or advantage.

3. Illness.

4. A bondwoman (an enslaved woman, in the terminology of the historical source).

5. Wealth and the fulfilment of a wish.

6. Authority or leadership.

7. Effort and perseverance.

8. News received privately or openly.

Ibn Sirin: Green or red apples signify receiving a benefit from a person of influence.

White apples suggest earning income from merchants.

Yellow and sour apples signify hardship and illness.

Seeing yourself cut a white apple in half signifies parting ways with a business partner.

Picking a red apple from a tree and eating it signifies the birth of a daughter.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing apples signifies good fortune or a benefit reaching you from someone unexpected or from a distant place.

Eating a sour apple signifies receiving unpleasant news.

Eating a sweet apple signifies receiving good news.

For a ruler, the apple represents the city under that person's authority.

For a merchant, it represents the merchant's business.

Eating an apple that belongs to you signifies the extent of the effort you devote to your work, in proportion to the amount you eat.

Archangel Michael (Mikail)

Allama Majlisi: Seeing the angel Mikail (Michael) signifies becoming wealthy if one is poor, receiving God's mercy, gaining possessions and plentiful rainfall.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing Mikail happy signifies overcoming an enemy and attaining one's wish.

Seeing Mikail unhappy signifies sorrow.

Receiving something from Mikail signifies attaining a position through the help of an influential person.

Seeing oneself become Mikail, with people addressing the dreamer by that name, signifies benefiting others and gaining esteem.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MİKAİL (A.S)” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Arm

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: An arm has six traditional interpretations:

1. A brother.

2. A child.

3. A business partner.

4. A friend.

5. A paternal cousin.

6. A neighbour.

Ibn Sirin: An arm represents a brother, child, trustworthy friend or partner.

Seeing your arm strong signifies acquiring strength and benefit.

Seeing the opposite signifies a lack of power or benefit.

Seeing your arm fall off or be severed signifies, in the historical interpretation, the death of or separation from a brother or partner.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KOL. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Armbands and Armlets

Ibn Sirin: Wearing a gold armband signifies experiencing trouble because of your siblings or someone else.

Seeing a silver armband signifies arranging the marriage of your daughter or a niece on your sister's side.

For a woman, seeing the same dream signifies wealth, blessings and jewellery.

Wearing a silver or iron armband signifies gaining strength and assistance from your brother.

Seeing the armband break or disappear is interpreted in the opposite way.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KOLLUK, KOL BAĞI. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Armour (Armor)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing armour in a dream has six interpretations:

1. Greatness and status.

2. Protection and refuge.

3. Strength.

4. Wealth.

5. Livelihood.

6. Well-being in this world and the hereafter.

A person who makes and sells armour represents someone who teaches others good manners.

Ibn Sirin: Wearing armour signifies support in proportion to its cleanliness and condition.

Owning armour signifies that you and your family are safe from your enemies.

Wearing armour signifies having a strong constitution and being beyond the reach of enemies.

Wearing weapons together with armour signifies protection from the wrongdoing of hypocrites and other people.

Putting on armour signifies safety from enemies.

Sitting upon a horse or a suit of armour signifies that your affairs will grow stronger and you will overcome an enemy.

Losing your armour signifies defeat by an enemy.

Receiving armour from someone and putting it on signifies that the giver will become your enemy and support your adversary.

Al-Kirmani: Owning armour signifies safety from harm caused by relatives and enemies.

Having weapons along with armour signifies protection from other people's wrongdoing and your friends' deceit.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Riding a horse among soldiers while wearing armour signifies improving fortune and success in your affairs.

Seeing your armour fall from the horse and become lost signifies defeat by enemies as a result of dishonourable conduct.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “ZIRH”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Armpit

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an armpit signifies relief from sorrow and distress or freedom from difficulties caused by your family.

Ibn Sirin: The armpit symbolises ugliness and blame.

Seeing hair under the arm signifies achieving an aim or being defeated by an enemy.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a foul smell emanate from an armpit signifies acquiring unlawful wealth.

Placing your hands under your armpits signifies fulfilling a wish, defeating an enemy and, according to some commentators, courage. The source cites the Qur'anic command to place one's hand beneath one's arm and bring it out white without illness. [143]

Seeing something lacking in your armpit signifies failing to attain your aim and being defeated by an enemy.

Seeing an unpleasant odour come from your armpit signifies acquiring wealth through considerable hardship.

Seeing sweat flow from your armpit signifies a loss of wealth in proportion to the amount of sweat.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KOLTUKALTI. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Army and Military Forces

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: The source introduces four interpretations of seeing an army in a dream, although five are listed:

1. Locusts.

2. Flooding.

3. Wind.

4. Hostility.

5. Hardship.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an army signifies acquiring lawful wealth.

Contemporary commentators: An army signifies anxiety about the future.

Seeing an army on parade suggests major changes in your life.

Joining an army signifies success in a commercial venture.

Seeing an army engaged in battle suggests that you may become wealthy.

Full English translation of the original heading “ORDU” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Arrow and Archery

Prophet Daniel: An arrow represents an honest person who does good to others.

Seeing someone shoot an arrow towards you signifies receiving a message.

Seeing someone deliberately shoot an arrow at you signifies sending that person a letter or message.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing one's arrow or spear fall to the ground signifies sorrow and difficulty.

Seeing one's arrow break signifies suffering a loss.

Complete English translation of the source heading “OK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Arrowheads

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing an arrowhead in a dream has six meanings:

1. Proof or a compelling argument.

2. Authority.

3. Long life.

4. Victory over an enemy.

5. Leadership.

6. Benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Striking down an enemy with an arrowhead signifies defeating an adversary through sound evidence.

Seeing your arrowhead break or disappear signifies the opposite.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself as a warrior holding a gleaming steel arrowhead signifies gaining benefit from a respected person.

If the arrowhead becomes discoloured, the expected benefit will be smaller.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TEMREN”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Asceticism and Renunciation

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Dreaming that you are an ascetic has four interpretations:

1. Turning away from worldly life.

2. Withdrawal into seclusion.

3. Continual devotion to worship.

4. Not coveting other people's possessions.

Ibn Sirin: Becoming an ascetic and sitting among ascetics in a lodge signifies abandoning worldly pursuits and turning to the hereafter.

Leaving that place signifies becoming attached to worldly possessions and pleasures.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “ZAHİT OLMAK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Ashes

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Ashes have nine traditional interpretations:

1. An undesirable worker.

2. Unlawfully acquired wealth.

3. Empty words.

4. Hostility.

5. Sin.

6. Deception.

7. Longing or regretful yearning.

8. Remorse.

9. Fruitless work.

The source quotes the Qur'an: “The deeds of those who reject their Lord are like ashes scattered by a violent wind on a stormy day; they will gain nothing from what they have earned.” [148]

Allama Majlisi: Ashes signify unlawfully acquired wealth.

Later commentators: Seeing ashes signifies hopelessness or serious illness.

Scattering ashes signifies the death of an acquaintance in the near future, according to this traditional reading.

Gathering ashes signifies an increase in your possessions.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÜL. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Asparagus

Ibn Sirin: Gathering asparagus in its proper season signifies receiving a benefit.

Eating raw asparagus signifies suffering a loss.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUŞKONMAZ (Bot.). Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Assembly and Gathering

Ibn Sirin: Drinking alcohol with intoxicated people at a gathering signifies yielding to one's desires and engaging in unlawful consumption.

Attending a gathering where alcohol is served, without drinking it, signifies tolerating corruption and unlawful behaviour.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Attending a gathering devoted to learning as an observer signifies joy arising from a religious occasion.

Becoming overwhelmed at such a gathering signifies facing a seemingly intractable problem but finding happiness in the end.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MECLİS, TOPLANTI” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Aubergine and Eggplant

Ibn Sirin: Eating aubergine, whether cooked or raw and whether in or out of season, signifies distress proportional to the amount eaten. The source gives the same meaning to fresh and dried aubergine.

Al-Kirmani: Possessing many aubergines and selling them, giving them away or throwing them out without eating any signifies relief from grief and hardship.

Full English translation of the original heading “PATLICAN” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Automobile and Driving

Contemporary commentators: Driving a car signifies success.

Sitting in a car, by contrast, is interpreted as misfortune.

Full English translation of the original heading “OTOMOBİL” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Axe

Ibn Sirin: An axe in a dream represents a servant or worker who deliberately performs a task badly so that they will not be asked to do it again.

Jabir al-Maghribi: An axe signifies a cowardly person who seeks help from a hypocrite and stirs up trouble among people.

Dreaming that you own an axe or receive one from someone indicates that you will befriend a person with the qualities described above.

If your axe breaks or goes missing, the traditional interpretation is that your death is approaching.

Later commentators: Seeing an axe is associated with bad luck.

Using an axe to carry out a task signifies progress in your affairs.

Ayat al-Kursi (Verse of the Throne)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Reciting Ayat al-Kursi in a dream signifies that you will attain a position of honour or authority.

Al-Kirmani: Reciting Ayat al-Kursi signifies that, if you are poor, you will become prosperous; if you are ill, you will recover; if you are sorrowful, you will find joy; and if you are enslaved or held captive, you will be set free.

Azrael (Angel of Death)

Allama Majlisi: Seeing Azrael (peace be upon him), the Angel of Death, signifies that your appointed time is near and that you should repent.

Seeing Azrael in anger signifies that you will die without repenting and that your death will not be easy.

Seeing Azrael take your soul signifies that your livelihood will be comfortable and secure.

If Azrael greets you, it signifies safety in this world and the next, and entry into Paradise. The source cites the Qur'an: “Indeed, those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then remain steadfast—the angels descend upon them, saying, ‘Do not fear and do not grieve, but rejoice in the Paradise you have been promised.’” [75]

Ibn Sirin: Seeing Azrael in the sky while you stand on the earth signifies that you will be removed from the work or offices you hold.

Seeing Azrael close to you signifies that your appointed time is near.

Seeing Azrael happy signifies that you will die as a martyr.

Wrestling with Azrael and being unable to defeat him signifies that your appointed time is near.

If, in the same dream, you overcome Azrael, it signifies that you will fall seriously ill and approach death, but subsequently recover your health.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing Azrael happy signifies a long life.

If Azrael greets you, it signifies that your appointed time is near and that you will die as a martyr.

If Azrael looks at you angrily, it signifies that you will face a dangerous situation.

If Azrael gives you something sweet, it signifies an easy death.

If Azrael gives you something bitter, it signifies a difficult death.

If Azrael brings you glad tidings, it signifies that you will receive the same good news in waking life.

Killing Azrael in a dream signifies that you will acquire a new enemy.

Baby

Later commentators: Seeing a baby in a dream is generally interpreted favourably.

Giving birth to a baby signifies gaining new sources of income.

Seeing a baby being born signifies separation from one's wife for a male dreamer; a favourable outcome for someone who is poor; an unfavourable outcome for a wealthy person or merchant; and a return home for someone travelling.

Seeing a baby you know being breastfed signifies that the baby's mother will be happy.

Naming a baby signifies changes in your life.

Seeing a baby asleep signifies a promising future.

Seeing a baby playing signifies happiness.

Seeing a thin baby signifies a period of unrest.

Seeing a plump baby signifies a favourable period.

Seeing a baby close to death signifies an unexpected success.

Dreaming that you kill a baby signifies causing serious harm to yourself.

Baby name

Later commentators interpret naming a baby as an indication of a change in one’s circumstances; the text does not offer a universal meaning for every dream involving a child.

Sources named in the Turkish reference: Later commentators.

Back and Spine

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: The back has twelve traditional meanings in a dream:

1. Strength.

2. A brother in faith.

3. A companion or beloved friend.

4. A judge or ruler.

5. A minister.

6. Evidence or an authoritative argument.

7. A father.

8. A brother.

9. A son.

10. Property.

11. Giving assistance to someone.

12. A grandfather.

Ibn Sirin: The back represents a powerful person from whom help can be sought.

Seeing fractures or dislocations in one's back is traditionally interpreted as the death of someone one trusts and relies upon.

Seeing one's back injured signifies a calamity affecting a trusted source of support.

Al-Kirmani: The vertebrae of the back represent strength and children; their soundness or affliction is understood as reflecting the dreamer's children and personal strength.

Seeing one's back large and strong signifies having a strong, intelligent and healthy child.

Carrying something on one's back signifies sorrow and trouble in proportion to its weight.

Carrying a deceased person on one's back is interpreted as marrying that person's widowed spouse.

Turning one's back signifies deteriorating circumstances.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing an enemy's back signifies being safe from the enemy's harm.

Seeing a woman's back signifies worldly circumstances becoming more favourable.

Ismail ibn al-Ashʿath: The back represents a brother.

Seeing one's back broken signifies a brother's death.

Feeling pain in one's back signifies sorrow caused by a brother or someone of high standing.

Having one's back cauterised because of illness signifies improvement in both religious and worldly affairs.

Leaning one's back against a wall signifies setting out on a journey and acquiring wealth there.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SIRT” (28 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Backgammon

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a backgammon board in a dream has five interpretations:

1. Rank or position.

2. A woman.

3. A child.

4. Wealth.

5. An argument.

Ibn Sirin: Playing backgammon and losing signifies sadness or becoming the victim of a trick.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Playing backgammon signifies hostility.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAVLA”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Bag and Suitcase

Later commentators: Seeing or buying a bag signifies that you will become privy to a secret.

Seeing a bag left open suggests that you may encounter a theft and should therefore exercise caution.

Receiving a small bag as a gift signifies that something fortunate will happen to you.

Bakery, Oven and Baker

Later commentators: Seeing a baker signifies that your worries will diminish.

Being in a bakery signifies a successful and happy life.

Dreaming that you are married to a baker indicates that you are in good health or will enjoy good health.

Seeing an oven or bakery signifies that the present year will be one of abundance and prosperity for you.

Baking and Cooking

Contemporary commentators: Baking bread signifies happiness and good fortune.

Baking a cake signifies better circumstances than usual.

Making sweets signifies the fulfilment of some of your wishes.

Full English translation of the original heading “PİŞİRMEK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Baldness and Being Bald

Ibn Sirin: Becoming friends with a bald person was interpreted as a sign that you would form a friendship with a person of high standing.

Seeing hair grow on a bald person’s head was said to mean that you would incur a debt or acquire a small amount of property.

Seeing yourself bald was interpreted differently according to the dreamer: for a man, it signified relief from sorrow and hardship; for a woman, a loss or reduction in adornment.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing baldness was interpreted in different ways:

For a merchant, it signified benefit and financial gain.

For a craftsperson, it indicated profit from the craft and professional advancement.

For a judge, it was associated with worry.

For a woman, it signified a reduction in adornment.

Later commentators: Seeing yourself bald was understood as a sign that you would prosper among wise people or gain wealth.

Seeing another person bald was interpreted as meeting someone with a serious disposition.

Seeing bald children was associated with good health.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Balloon

Later commentators: Seeing a balloon in a dream is associated with excessive cunning.

Dreaming that you are flying in a balloon suggests that you will move further away from your goal.

Seeing a gas-filled balloon burst or tear indicates that someone will become angry with you.

Bank

Later commentators: Depositing money in a bank signifies that your hidden wishes will be fulfilled.

Withdrawing money from a bank indicates that you will borrow money from someone.

Being hired to work at a bank suggests that your circumstances may change completely.

Barberry (Berberis)

The author: Seeing or eating barberries in a dream signifies sadness and hardship.

Picking barberries from a bush or tree signifies coming into conflict with a miserly person.

Diken üzümü is a Turkish common name for barberry (Berberis), including species known locally as karamuk.

Barley

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing barley in a dream signifies wealth obtained with relative ease. A barley seller represents a person who places worldly interests above the life to come.

Al-Kirmani: Eating barley, whether fresh, dry or cooked, signifies receiving a modest benefit. Owning barley, or having someone give it to you, signifies receiving goodness in proportion to the quantity and enjoying good health. Sowing barley signifies acquiring wealth and performing a deed pleasing to God.

Translated from the Turkish reference. Attribution reflects the source text; historical interpretations are not predictions.

Barzakh (the Intermediate Realm)

Later commentators: Seeing the realm of Barzakh—the intermediate state between death and resurrection in Islamic belief—signifies misfortune and distress.

Basil and Fragrant Herbs

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing sweet basil (reyhan) has seven interpretations:

1. Marriage.

2. A woman.

3. A friend.

4. A child.

5. Pleasant words.

6. A gathering devoted to knowledge.

7. Good conduct.

Seeing basil growing in your home or garden signifies obtaining one of these seven blessings.

Seeing basil deteriorate signifies losing one of these seven things.

Prophet Daniel: Selling fragrant basil signifies doing good deeds, learning, offering advice to people, being praised and receiving substantial benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing and enjoying fresh, clean, green basil signifies having a child.

Picking basil from the ground signifies sorrow proportional to the amount picked.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A dream's details of abundance or shortage of basil depend on the dreamer's circumstances. Selling basil in its proper season is interpreted very favourably; selling it out of season is considered unfavourable.

Full English translation of the original heading “REYHAN (Bot.)” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Baskets

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A basket in a dream has nine traditional interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A servant.

3. A bondwoman.

4. Sound religious faith.

5. Well-being and good health.

6. Long life.

7. Property and blessings.

8. Goodness and abundance.

9. An inheritance through women.

Ibn Sirin: A basket represents a woman and burdensome obligations.

Possessing a basket is interpreted as employing a servant.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SEPET” (12 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Bath Towel and Pestemal

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a large traditional bath towel or pestemal is interpreted as a serious illness affecting you or someone close to you. This is a historical belief, not medical guidance.

Full English translation of the original heading “PEŞTAMAL” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Bathtub

Later commentators: Bathing in a tub carved from stone or marble signifies, in this traditional reading, serious illness followed by a joyful event; it is not a medical prediction.

Bathing in an iron or enamel bathtub signifies an improvement in your circumstances.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÜVET. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Bats

The author: Seeing a bat represents people who have gone astray, according to this historical interpretation.

Owning a bat signifies befriending people whom the source regards as misguided.

Seeing your bat fly away signifies the end of a friendship with such a person.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a bat signifies encountering a dangerous undertaking.

Catching a bat signifies that your circumstances will improve after some time, or that an ill relative will recover.

Seeing many bats signifies embarking on a successful financial venture.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YARASA”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Bayt al-Ma'mur (the Frequented House)

The author: Bayt al-Ma'mur is described in this source as a place in the fourth heaven, directly above the Kaaba. It is also described as the sanctuary where the angels perform their pilgrimage.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you travel to Bayt al-Ma'mur signifies that you will become a trusted custodian among people, distinguish yourself through knowledge, perform the Hajj pilgrimage and be protected from the harm of enemies.

Seeing Bayt al-Ma'mur on earth signifies that you will join the company of a just and learned ruler.

Building a house in Bayt al-Ma'mur, or sleeping there, signifies that your death is approaching.

Circumambulating Bayt al-Ma'mur signifies departing from this world.

Seeing Bayt al-Ma'mur in the form of a mosque and praying there signifies that all your needs will be fulfilled.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing the entire way from your home to Bayt al-Ma'mur opened up signifies that many people will perform Hajj or Umrah during that year.

Seeing Bayt al-Ma'mur adorned, with angels circling it, signifies that scholars and devout people will attain high standing and honour.

Beads and Marbles

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing beads in a dream has seven interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A servant.

3. An enslaved woman.

4. Wealth.

5. Good manners and moral character.

6. A child.

7. An enslaved man or male servant.

The author: Finding beads signifies that you will acquire wealth in proportion to the number you find, or that you will enjoy comfort during a journey.

Beans

Ibn Sirin: Seeing beans in a dream is interpreted as a sign of sorrow. The interpretation is the same whether the beans are raw or cooked.

Later commentators: Seeing beans growing on their stalks signifies that you will not achieve your goal.

Bear

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a bear in a dream signifies that you will have a particularly contemptible enemy.

Killing a bear signifies that you will defeat your enemy.

Ibn Sirin: A bear represents a base adversary or a foolish thief.

Eating bear meat or possessing a bearskin signifies that you will experience fear and anxiety.

Al-Kirmani: A bear represents a wretched, deranged man or a foolish, deranged woman.

Seeing a female bear signifies that you will marry a woman with the characteristics described above.

If a female bear enters your home, it signifies that you will marry.

If a male bear enters your home, it signifies that a man with the characteristics described above will come to visit you.

Killing a bear or riding on one signifies that you will overcome your enemy.

Beard and Facial Hair

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a beard in a dream has nine interpretations:

1. A sword.

2. Honour.

3. Rank.

4. Outward appearance.

5. Your standing in relation to another person.

6. Goodness.

7. Marriage.

8. Children.

9. Receiving respect.

Prophet Daniel: Seeing your beard short signifies repayment of debts and joy if you are sad.

Seeing your beard shaved signifies difficulty earning a living and humiliation.

Seeing your beard fall to the ground is traditionally associated with the approach of death.

Seeing your beard plucked out signifies a loss of esteem.

Shaving your hair and beard signifies that others will not show you respect.

Plucking white hairs from your beard signifies opposing the practice (Sunnah) of the Prophet.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing your beard long signifies increasing prestige and improved affairs.

Seeing your beard cut off signifies the death of your spouse in the historical account.

Ibn Sirin: A beard symbolises a man's honour. The source recounts a tradition about an angel who glorifies God for adorning men with beards and women with flowing locks.

Seeing your beard evenly long signifies advancement in your career.

Seeing it extend below your navel signifies grief and hardship.

Combing your beard with your fingers signifies becoming respected and influential.

Applying henna to your beard without the dye taking effect signifies that you will not conceal your circumstances from others.

Seeing your beard touch the ground is traditionally associated with approaching death.

Shaving your beard completely signifies financial loss and diminished prestige.

Seeing yourself unable to grow a beard signifies a loss of wealth and reputation in this old account.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing your beard turn white signifies increased patience, although accompanied by sorrow.

Biting off part of your beard signifies harm to members of your household.

Losing your beard because of illness signifies fear of sudden death and a loss of respect, according to the source.

Combing your beard or applying rosewater signifies helping someone establish a profession and hearing praise from other people.

Seeing your beard grow signifies becoming stronger.

Seeing someone pull out your beard signifies hostility between you and that person.

Seeing your beard excessively long signifies sorrow and difficulty.

Seeing it short signifies dignity, rank and the fulfilment of wishes.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing your beard grow below your navel signifies debt, poverty or distress.

Seeing your beard resemble your father's in every way signifies receiving an inheritance from him.

Pulling out a handful of your beard and throwing it away signifies losing property.

Pulling out a handful of beard hair and hiding it away signifies concealing your wealth and refusing to share it.

Ismail ibn al-Ash'ath: Shaving your head during the Hajj season signifies repayment of debt if you are indebted and joy if you are sad.

Seeing some beard hairs fall out for no apparent reason, leaving visible gaps, signifies relief from difficulties.

Seeing your beard turn completely white signifies a modest reduction in prestige.

Shaving your beard entirely signifies a loss of esteem.

For a woman, seeing a beard on your face is interpreted in the source as poverty, sorrow and public shame following a wrongdoing; this is a historical social judgment, not a factual assessment.

Seeing a beard on your wife's face is interpreted as her being unable to bear further children, or, if she already has a child, that child becoming a respected leader among their people. This is not medical information.

Seeing a beard on a child who has not reached adulthood signifies grief and distress.

Pulling someone by their beard signifies that the other person will inherit from you.

Seeing another person pull your beard signifies inheriting that person's property, according to the source.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing your beard grow signifies better communication with others.

Seeing a beard or having one signifies very good health.

Cutting or removing a beard signifies a loss.

Seeing a red beard signifies protecting troublesome friends.

Seeing a beard on a woman's face signifies the need for caution.

Full English translation of the original heading “SAKAL” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Becoming Jewish: Historical Dream Interpretations

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Dreaming that you have become Jewish is interpreted as facing a difficult undertaking and acting contrary to religious rulings.

Seeing a Zoroastrian fire-worshipper signifies becoming absorbed in worldly affairs and neglecting the hereafter.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you have become Jewish signifies, in this historical account, following religious innovations, helping Jewish people and complying with their words.

Dreaming that you have become Jewish, Christian, a polytheist or an idol-worshipper signifies, according to the source's polemical religious interpretation, straying from the path and falsely attributing claims to God.

Dreaming that you repent and return to Islam after following one of those religions signifies committing a grave sin and subsequently repenting.

Not knowing which religion you have adopted or in which direction you are praying signifies reaching an impasse and feeling helpless and uncertain about what to do.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YAHUDİ OLMAK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Bed and Bedding

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a bed in a dream has four interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A bondwoman.

3. Guardianship or authority.

4. Livelihood, benefit and well-being.

Prophet Daniel: Seeing a green bed that belongs to you signifies marrying a devout, God-fearing woman.

Seeing your own bed coloured red signifies, in this historical account, a spouse of difficult and immoral character.

Seeing your old bed become new signifies that your spouse will abandon poor habits and acquire good character.

Seeing your new bed become old has the opposite interpretation.

Seeing a green bed turn red signifies that your spouse will abandon good behaviour for wrongdoing.

Seeing a red bed turn green signifies the opposite.

Seeing a red bed turn white or yellow signifies that your spouse will repent of sin but suffer a serious illness, possibly becoming bedridden.

Seeing your bed in an unfamiliar place signifies buying land and cultivating it, or, according to some interpreters, receiving an inheritance.

Sleeping in a bed signifies comfort and ease.

Sleeping on a bed suspended in mid-air signifies gaining status and authority through a woman.

Seeing your bed torn signifies that your spouse is following a wrongful path or, according to others, that your spouse will die.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a bed signifies the growth of your clan and an increase in prestige.

Ibn Sirin: A bed represents a woman; its condition reflects the historical interpreter's judgement of her character.

Buying or changing a bed, or moving from one bed to another, signifies a desire to marry another woman and divorce your first wife.

Acquiring a bed better or worse than your old one signifies intending to divorce your first wife and remarry, your spouse withdrawing from you or, if you have several wives, the death of one of them.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself in a bed whose owner you do not know signifies suffering a loss corresponding to the bed's value.

Seeing your bed laid upon an unfamiliar throne and sitting on it signifies gaining authority and overcoming an enemy.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A bed signifies guardianship and well-being. The source quotes: “They will recline on couches lined with brocade.” [212]

Throwing your bed out of the house and then bringing it back signifies divorcing your wife and taking her back before the waiting period ends.

Seeing yourself upon more than one bed signifies marrying as many times as the beds you saw.

Seeing your bed inside a house or well and being unable to retrieve it signifies that your spouse will feel deeply hurt and that the difficulty will persist.

Sleeping on a soft bed signifies a particularly prosperous year.

A woollen bed signifies marrying a wealthy woman.

Seeing your bed torn or burned signifies the approach of death or weakness in your spouse's faith, according to the source.

Replacing a silk bed with one made of ordinary cloth signifies divorcing a spouse described as sinful and marrying a good woman.

Seeing your bed suspended in the air signifies promotion at work and improved fortune.

Seeing your bed fall from the air to the ground signifies that your spouse will fall ill but recover quickly.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing an empty bed signifies someone's death.

Making a bed signifies a happy family life.

Lying in a clean bed signifies satisfaction with your life.

Lying in a dirty bed signifies dissatisfaction with your life.

Being unable to lie in a bed signifies disagreement.

Sleeping beside a child in a bed signifies the fulfilment of your wishes.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YATAK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Beer

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing beer in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Benefit.

2. A kiss.

3. Service.

4. A person of low character.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you drink beer signifies that you will find relief or comfort through someone employed in your service.

Giving beer to another person signifies that you will give that person money or property.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Drinking sweet beer signifies receiving a benefit from a person of low character.

Drinking sour beer signifies suffering harm at the hands of that same person.

Begging and Receiving Alms

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you beg and people continually give you something signifies goodness and blessings.

Beheading

Allama Majlisi: Dreaming that you cut another person's throat signifies that you will treat that person unjustly.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you are beheaded and your head is separated from your body signifies freedom if you are imprisoned, recovery if you are ill, repayment if you are in debt, or that you will make the pilgrimage to Mecca. If a non-Muslim has the same dream, it is interpreted as embracing Islam.

Dreaming that you are struck in the neck but your head remains attached signifies that these outcomes will come about through the person who struck you. In general, the text regards beheading in dreams as favourable for the poor but unfavourable for the wealthy.

Being Bound

Allama Majlisi: Dreaming that chains are fastened around your hands signifies that you should exercise caution.

Dreaming that your foot is tied to a tree signifies that your work or livelihood will come to a standstill.

If, in the same dream, someone unties your foot, it signifies that your affairs will move forward again.

Being Hit and Striking Others

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Hitting or striking someone in a dream has six interpretations:

1. Intercession.

2. Struggle.

3. The resolution of a seemingly insoluble matter.

4. Travel.

5. High standing.

6. Unlawful wealth.

Al-Kirmani: Being struck with a stick signifies hardship and poverty caused by someone described as lacking faith.

Being struck with a clod of earth signifies benefit.

Being hit on the back with a clod signifies receiving advice from someone.

Being punched signifies experiencing hardship at the hands of the person who struck you, in proportion to the severity of the blow.

Being shot with a handgun signifies hearing an insulting remark and losing standing.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Being deliberately struck by someone signifies receiving income and wearing new clothes.

Being struck with a stick or whip by an acquaintance signifies mistreatment by that person.

Ismail al-Ash'ath: Being struck by someone who has died signifies gaining benefit from a journey or recovering what you lost.

Seeing yourself dead while people around you strike you signifies becoming stronger in religious life or, according to some interpreters, having your debts paid.

Striking a deceased person who accepts the blow signifies that person's favourable condition in the afterlife, according to the tradition.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “VURMAK, VURULMAK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Being Kicked by an Animal

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that a horse kicks you is interpreted as a sign that your affairs or work will suffer setbacks.

Being kicked by a camel is associated with an arduous journey.

Being kicked by a cow is interpreted as suffering a loss.

Belching (Burping)

Al-Kirmani: Belching in a dream signifies words that will bring you respect or esteem.

Seeing food rise into your mouth while you belch is interpreted as a sign that death is approaching.

Ibn Sirin: Belching up something sour or bitter signifies that you will say something that brings harm or danger.

Seeing smoke emerge from your mouth, or hearing a sound as you belch, signifies that you will be reproached for speaking at an inappropriate moment and will later regret it.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the supplied Turkish compendium entry “GEĞİRMEK”. These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Bell

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a bell in a dream has three traditional interpretations:

1. Telling lies.

2. Stirring up discord.

3. Feeling affection towards people characterised in the source as unbelievers.

The author: A bell represents a hypocritical or divisive person.

Hearing a bell ring signifies that you will associate with such a person and tell lies.

Breaking a bell signifies that you will repent of your sins.

Bells

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a bell in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Bad news.

2. Empty and unnecessary talk.

3. Worldly wealth.

4. Sorrow and hardship.

The author: Ringing a bell signifies hearing offensive words.

Playing various musical instruments together with a bell signifies suffering misfortune.

Seeing a bell break signifies repenting of the lies you have told.

Contemporary commentators: Hearing bells ring signifies wealth.

Seeing a bell signifies undertaking something but failing to succeed.

Ringing a bell signifies making someone happy without realising it.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “ZİL”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Belt and Strap

Allama al-Majlisi: Fastening a belt around your waist was interpreted as a sign that you would gain respect and receive a lawful inheritance.

Seeing your belt come undone was taken to signify that you had reached the midpoint of your life.

Seeing your belt fall to the ground was interpreted as a sign that the end of your life was approaching.

Ibn Sirin: Wearing a belt around your waist was interpreted according to your religious circumstances. For a devout person, it signified that an adversary would treat you fairly; for a person who was not devout, it served as a warning to repent promptly of past sins, since the dream was not regarded as favourable.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Holding a belt in your hand was understood as a sign that your religious faith was weak.

Seeing yourself as a devout person wearing a belt was interpreted as fear of leaving Islam.

Removing the belt from your waist and throwing it away was taken to mean that you should repent without delay.

Later commentators: Seeing an old belt was interpreted as fruitless effort.

Seeing a gold belt was associated with success.

Seeing an old, worn-out belt was associated with adversity.

Finding a belt was interpreted as gaining someone’s trust.

Seeing a belt around your waist was taken to mean that you would soon enter into a relationship.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Bicycle

Later commentators: Seeing or riding a bicycle in a dream signifies that you will narrowly avoid a minor road accident.

Seeing an old or dilapidated bicycle signifies that you should exercise greater caution than usual.

Buying a bicycle signifies that you will take part in sporting activities.

Binding the Feet

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Tying someone's feet in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Remaining faithful to the person whose feet you tie.

2. Divine favour or kindness.

3. Receiving goodness and benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing someone tie your feet signifies working faithfully with that person and not leaving them.

Binoculars

Later commentators: Seeing or using binoculars signifies a bright future.

Seeing broken binoculars signifies a lack of financial security.

Bird

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Birds have four traditional interpretations:

1. Wealth.

2. Greatness.

3. Leadership.

4. Governance.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a large bird signifies determination and patience in pursuing a desired goal.

Seeing many birds chirping together in one place signifies a calamity.

Seeing a bird fly away from your hand and later return signifies the fulfilment of a wish.

Seeing a bird fly away signifies a reduction in your wealth.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a bird speak to you signifies professional advancement.

Seeing a bird tear a piece of flesh from your body and fly away signifies having possessions forcibly taken from you.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a waterbird signifies wealth and the fulfilment of wishes.

Catching a waterbird signifies greatness or a rise in standing.

Owning a waterbird signifies having a child.

Later commentators: Songbirds signify news, migrating birds signify change, and birds of prey signify the presence of an enemy.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUŞ. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Bird Beak

The author: Seeing yourself with a beak like a bird signifies acquiring wealth.

Being struck painfully by the beak of a vulture or falcon signifies suffering financial harm.

Having a bird's beak signifies acquiring wealth.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUŞ GAGASI. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Bird Nest

The author: Seeing a bird build a nest in your home signifies receiving a benefit.

Destroying or scattering the nest in the same dream signifies doing something wrong.

Putting the nest back in place signifies working as a teacher.

Seeing a large bird in the nest signifies being protected by a prominent person and receiving a benefit from them.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUŞ YUVASI. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Bird's Nest

Contemporary commentators: Seeing an empty nest signifies that a desired romantic relationship will not develop, discord at home, or a loved one leaving to lead an independent life.

Seeing chicks or bird eggs in a nest signifies a happy family life or an expanding family.

Destroying a bird's nest signifies losing your home or homeland because of a mistake you make.

If the nest you destroy belongs to a dangerous animal, the dream signifies narrowly escaping danger, knowingly or unknowingly.

Seeing a ruined nest signifies trouble, sorrow or anxiety.

Seeing the nest of a dangerous animal signifies associating with ill-intentioned people.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YUVA, KUŞ YUVASI”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Biscuits and Cookies

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Biscuits or cookies have four interpretations:

1. Lawfully obtained wealth.

2. Abundant provision.

3. Abundant blessings.

4. A comfortable livelihood.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing or eating biscuits signifies good living and plentiful earnings.

Putting a biscuit in your mouth but being unable to eat it signifies living at other people's expense.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KURABİYE. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Biting and Being Bitten

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Biting has four interpretations:

1. Harm.

2. Enmity.

3. Hostility.

4. A decline in status and wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming of being bitten forcefully signifies suffering harm in proportion to the severity of the bite.

Being bitten by a donkey signifies that your future prospects will be favourable.

Being bitten by a cow signifies that you will experience hardship during that same year.

Being bitten by any animal signifies enmity.

Complete English translation of “ISIRMAK” from the Turkish source. Interpretations are attributed to historical commentators; they are not factual predictions.

Blackboard and Chalkboard

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a blackboard in a dream is introduced in the Turkish source as having four interpretations:

1. An increase in wealth.

2. A son.

3. Knowledge.

4. Guidance.

5. Leadership or governance.

6. Wisdom.

Later commentators: Seeing a blackboard signifies that you are in need of advice.

Approaching a blackboard in order to write on it signifies having to make a payment on account of something.

Writing on a blackboard signifies suffering a loss because of something you did not know or had not learned.

Seeing other people write on a blackboard signifies hearing sound advice.

Wiping a blackboard clean signifies beginning a new undertaking with greater caution and experience than you had in earlier work.

Source discrepancy: the Turkish text announces four interpretations, but lists six. All six have been retained without silently changing the source.

Full English translation of “KARATAHTA” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Blindness and Loss of Sight

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Blindness in a dream has six traditional interpretations:

1. Poverty.

2. Misery.

3. Sorrow and distress.

4. Loss or deficiency.

5. Wealth.

6. Corruption of religious belief.

The source quotes the Qur'an: “They are deaf, dumb and blind, so they will not return.” [146]

Seeing a blind person you know regain their sight signifies that person being freed from hardship.

The author: Seeing yourself blind signifies straying from the religious path.

Seeing one eye become blind signifies, in this historical account, losing half your religious devotion or committing a grave sin.

Al-Kirmani: Leading a blind person by the hand signifies that you are a compassionate believer.

Seeing yourself blind another person signifies leading them astray.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÖR. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Blood and Bloodletting

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Having blood drawn in a dream has four interpretations:

1. An improvement in one's affairs.

2. Travel.

3. Enmity or hostility.

4. Partnership.

Allama Majlisi: Falling into a well filled with blood signifies shedding blood unjustly.

Having blood drawn from a vein signifies obtaining considerable wealth.

Saying “Blood is coming” while giving blood signifies an increase in your wealth.

Saying “Blood is going” while giving blood signifies losing your wealth.

Seeing so much blood leave your body that none remains is interpreted as a sign that death is approaching and that you should repent.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Seeing heavy bleeding from your nose without feeling physically weak, and seeing that blood stain your clothes, signifies acquiring unlawfully obtained wealth.

Seeing a small amount of blood flow from your nose, feeling somewhat weak as a result, and having no blood stain your clothing signifies a loss of wealth and descent into poverty.

Having blood drawn from veins in your muscles and wrists signifies that your affairs will return to order.

Having blood drawn from veins in your hands signifies a deterioration in your affairs.

Seeing your veins drained and turned purple signifies sadness and hardship.

The author: Wanting to have blood drawn from your body but seeing no blood emerge signifies hostility or conflict.

Seeing blood emerge signifies either acquiring wealth or suffering disappointment or loss, according to the different readings recorded in the source.

Having blood drawn signifies happiness if you are chaste and devout; otherwise it signifies troubles proportionate to the amount of blood drawn.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing blood come from your body without any wound signifies that, if you are someone who takes bribes, you will receive one; otherwise, you will suffer harm.

Seeing wounds on your body with blood flowing from them signifies loss and the sadness that follows.

Being wounded by someone's sword and seeing blood flow from the wound signifies that people will speak ill of you, while the source also associates the ordeal with earning spiritual merit.

Having blood drawn by an elderly person signifies hearing stinging words from an enemy or losing your property.

Having blood drawn by someone signifies hearing offensive words from relatives. Other interpreters associate it with a loss of wealth proportionate to the blood drawn, or the death of a relative.

Al-Kirmani: Drinking blood signifies consuming unlawfully acquired wealth or shedding blood unjustly.

Seeing an opening in your body from which blood flows and stains your clothes signifies acquiring illicit wealth proportionate to the blood lost.

Being newly wounded without bleeding signifies a decrease in wealth or hearing kind words from someone.

Seeing blood flow from your genitals is interpreted as a miscarriage if your wife is pregnant.

Seeing blood flow from your anus and stain your body signifies acquiring illicit wealth proportionate to the blood lost.

Seeing your gums bleed signifies a dispute with relatives and the sadness it causes.

Having a scholar draw blood from you until the bowl fills is interpreted as becoming ill and spending money in an effort to recover.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Falling onto a bloodstained place signifies shedding blood unjustly.

Seeing blood flow through a city or street signifies that much blood will be shed in that area.

Seeing blood run through gutters signifies bloodshed in the region where you live.

Having a vein opened and blood drawn signifies speaking the truth in a particular matter.

Having someone draw all the blood from your body until none remains in your veins is interpreted as approaching death or, if you are ill, suffering a dangerous illness from which the source says you will not recover.

Ismail al-Ash'ath: Opening a vein and drawing blood with your right hand signifies increased income.

Opening a vein and drawing blood with your left hand signifies a deterioration in your affairs.

Having blood drawn by someone you know signifies that your wife will give birth to a daughter.

Later commentators: Seeing blood signifies concern for a person close to you.

Seeing yourself bleeding is interpreted as an exceptionally favourable sign.

Seeing blood come from your mouth is interpreted in this historical source as a sign of a very dangerous illness.

Full English translation of “KAN, KAN ALDIRMAK” from the supplied Turkish compilation. These interpretations reflect historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions, medical diagnoses or judgements about people.

Boat and Rowboat

Later commentators: Seeing a boat was traditionally interpreted as a sign that you would experience a change in your circumstances.

Travelling by boat in clear, pleasant weather was taken to mean that you would encounter a favourable and enjoyable event.

Travelling by boat in overcast weather was interpreted as encountering an unpleasant event.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Body and Physique

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dreaming that your body has grown larger or has an additional part signifies wealth and victory over an enemy.

Dreaming that part of your body is missing signifies poverty and defeat by an enemy.

Seeing swelling throughout your body signifies illness.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing people's bodies signifies sorrow and distress; any increase or deficiency in a person's body reflects the state of that person's livelihood.

Dreaming that your body is thin and frail signifies poverty.

Seeing your body as well-fed and well cared for signifies wealth.

Dreaming that a twisted cord emerges from your body and grows longer signifies that you will enjoy a comfortable livelihood and increasing prosperity.

Seeing the lengthening cord break signifies the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Dreaming that your body turns to iron or silver signifies a long life and increasing sustenance.

Dreaming that your body resembles a sieve signifies that your death is approaching.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing your body healthy and well cared for signifies that your affairs will be put in order and your secret will remain concealed.

Seeing your body become thin signifies that you will grow poor and your secret will be revealed.

Later commentators: Dreaming that you have a large and attractive body signifies good health or greater financial comfort.

Dreaming that your body develops or reaches maturity signifies improved circumstances for men, love for young girls, pregnancy for young women and financial assistance for older women.

Seeing your body grow thin or wrinkled signifies a decline in health and happiness.

Seeing your body waste away signifies a life-threatening illness or a major loss.

Seeing your body injured or covered with wounds signifies that there is something you need to relinquish.

Feeling that your body is heavy and immobile signifies encountering major obstacles or receiving poor assistance in dealing with a problem.

Feeling your body become light signifies that, while trying to repair one relationship, another relationship will deteriorate and you will be unable to resolve the situation.

Taking off your clothes and becoming naked signifies facing an embarrassing situation.

Dreaming that somebody removes your clothes signifies that others may deceive you and that you should be cautious.

Seeing another person's naked body signifies that, if you look with sexual desire, one of your wishes will come true; otherwise, you will make an intriguing discovery.

Undressing another person signifies that, if you do so with sexual desire, you will become involved in a secret and forbidden romance; otherwise, another person will suffer public disgrace.

Body Hair

Allama Majlisi: Seeing your body covered with hair signifies an impending misfortune.

Shaving the hair from your body signifies relief and happiness.

Seeing hair on another person's body is interpreted favourably.

Seeing hair in an unusual place on your own body is also interpreted favourably.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing hair all over your body, with blood and pus gathered around it, signifies receiving wealth in proportion to the hair and pus; if there is neither blood nor pus, it signifies diminishing wealth.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing every part of your body covered in hair and feeling distressed by it signifies hardship in proportion to the hair; seeing the opposite signifies a reduction in your wealth.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KIL. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Body Trembling

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing one of your limbs tremble in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Deteriorating circumstances.

2. Fear and anxiety.

3. Sorrow and hardship.

4. Loss and illness.

Ibn Sirin: A trembling head signifies distress.

A trembling neck signifies failing to return property entrusted to you.

Trembling hands signify hearing harsh words.

A trembling stomach or navel signifies a difficult journey.

Al-Kirmani: Trembling throughout your body signifies hardship.

Trembling feet signify an arduous journey.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TİTREMEK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Body Weight: Gaining and Losing Weight

Allama Majlisi: Seeing fatness or swelling on one's own body or someone else's signifies acquiring rank, leadership and knowledge.

Seeing oneself lose weight signifies, for a devout person, honour and improved affairs; for someone who is not devout, poverty followed by eventual improvement, according to the historical account.

Later commentators: Being overweight represents good luck and success.

Seeing oneself overweight signifies that certain wishes will come true.

Dreaming of having been overweight in the past signifies unexpected wealth.

Seeing a person who is overweight signifies happiness, good fortune and success.

Seeing an overweight child signifies improved circumstances.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “ŞİŞMANLIK-ZAYIFLIK” (7 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Boil (Skin Abscess)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a boil on any part of your body signifies that your wealth will increase in proportion to the size of the boil.

Dreaming that a boil bursts and blood comes out signifies that you will lose part of your wealth.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Dreaming that a boil splits open, releasing blood and pus, and that you suck out the fluid signifies that you will accumulate wealth in proportion to the amount drawn out.

Applying medicine to a boil and washing bloodstains from your clothes signifies that you will repent of acquiring wealth through unlawful means.

Bomb

Later commentators: A bomb in a dream represents danger.

Seeing a bomb signifies that you will face a sudden and unwelcome event.

Throwing a bomb at someone signifies hostility instigated by others.

Seeing a bomb explode or be defused signifies that you will encounter an accident.

Seeing a bombing or an assassination attempt involving a bomb signifies that you will escape an impending danger without realising it, or that you have already done so.

Bondwoman (Enslaved Woman)

Al-Kirmani: In a dream, a bondwoman represents wealth.

Buying a bondwoman signifies receiving income.

Selling a bondwoman signifies a decrease in your wealth.

Bones

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing bones in a dream was given seven interpretations:

1. Desire or aspiration.

2. Relatives.

3. Children.

4. The head of the household.

5. Wealth or property.

6. Brothers and sisters.

7. A partner.

Ibn Sirin: Bones were interpreted as representing the wealth or property from which people derived their livelihood.

Taking hold of a bone with meat on it was understood as gaining a benefit proportionate to the amount of meat.

Seeing a bone without any meat was associated with receiving only a small benefit.

Giving a bone to another person was interpreted as helping that person obtain something good.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself bandage someone whose bone you had broken was understood as gaining distinction, receiving various benefits and encountering kindness. Some interpreters also associated it with finding a solution to a seemingly insoluble problem.

Later commentators: Seeing bones was associated with a period of heavy work and many responsibilities.

Gnawing the meat from a bone was interpreted as anxiety about making a living.

Throwing a bone to a dog was understood as doing someone a good turn only to be met with ingratitude.

Seeing the bone of a deceased person was interpreted as finding yourself in need of something.

Swallowing a fish bone was associated with struggling against unease and resentment.

Seeing a pelvic bone was interpreted as a sign that you would have beautiful children.

Seeing your pelvic bone become stronger or harder was associated with good health.

Seeing your pelvic bone become dislocated or broken was associated with grief and sadness.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Books and Reading

Allama Majlisi: A bookseller represents someone following the right path.

Seeing a book signifies earning income and finding relief.

Opening a book and reading it signifies becoming involved in unnecessary arguments and suffering distress as a result.

Ibn Sirin: Reading a book signifies choosing the religious path and finding previously closed opportunities opened to you.

Reading a book of hadith signifies becoming close to a person in authority.

Reading a book of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) signifies giving up wrongdoing.

Reading a book of religious principles signifies undertaking work that brings spiritual benefit.

Reading a book of stories signifies developing an interest in accounts of prophets and saints.

Reading a book of wisdom signifies reading the Qur'an.

Reading a grammar book signifies attending to worldly affairs.

Al-Kirmani: Reading a poetry collection signifies doing something for which others will condemn you.

Reading a mathematics book signifies remaining sorrowful.

Reading novels, epics, comedies or similar books signifies gossiping about others and suffering public disgrace, according to this old interpretation.

Later commentators: Seeing or reading a book signifies meeting a very important person.

Writing a book signifies dissatisfaction with your professional life.

Buying a book signifies doing things beneficial both to yourself and to others.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KİTAP. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Boots and High Boots

Later commentators: Seeing high boots or long boots in a dream is traditionally interpreted as a sign that you will face a demanding task.

Borage (Sığırdili Herb)

Al-Kirmani: Seeing the plant known as sığırdili (borage) is traditionally associated with an argument.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SIĞIRDİLİ (Bot.)” (1 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Bottle and Bottles

Ibn Sirin: A bottle in a dream represents a woman in this historical account.

Being given a bottle signifies marriage to a woman of limited means.

Seeing rose oil or violet oil in a bottle signifies marriage to a wealthy and devout woman.

Drinking pomegranate or pear syrup from a bottle signifies making use of a woman's property.

Seeing that same bottle break signifies that woman's death, according to the source.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a pleasant-smelling substance in a bottle signifies illness.

Later commentators: Seeing a bottle signifies having an enjoyable time.

Seeing a broken bottle signifies painful developments.

Seeing an empty bottle signifies needing something but being unable to obtain it.

Seeing a bottle filled with water signifies a favourable future.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “ŞİŞE” (10 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Bow and Arrow

Allama Majlisi: Drawing a bow signifies setting out on a journey.

Receiving a bow from someone signifies having a son.

Seeing your bow break signifies suffering misfortune.

Selling your bow signifies receiving a punishment.

Ibn Sirin: Owning a bow and arrows signifies a profitable journey.

Receiving a bow from someone signifies having a son or a brother.

Shooting an arrow with a bow signifies speaking the truth in an inappropriate manner.

Giving a bow to someone, selling it or losing it signifies separation from your spouse.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YAY”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Bowel Movement and Excrement

Allama Majlisi: Dreaming of having a bowel movement signifies relief from all your worries and the repayment of your debts.

Coming into contact with another person's excrement signifies acquiring wealth through unlawful means.

Seeing animal dung signifies wealth obtained through lawful means.

Bowl and Basin (Tas)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: A bowl or basin in a dream has four meanings:

1. A female domestic servant.

2. An enslaved woman (in the terminology of the historical source).

3. A child.

4. Benefit.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAS”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Bowls and Drinking Vessels

Ibn Sirin: A bowl symbolises a servant who performs good deeds.

Seeing a drink in a wooden bowl signifies setting out on a journey and obtaining a lawful livelihood through that journey.

Seeing an empty bowl signifies helplessness.

Seeing a drink in a gold or silver bowl signifies wealth or sustenance obtained through unlawful means.

Seeing a drink in a white bowl signifies a doubtful or questionable source of livelihood.

Seeing a glass bowl signifies a woman.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a pleasant-tasting drink in a bowl and drinking it signifies benefit.

Seeing something sour in a bowl and drinking it signifies sadness and hardship.

Seeing an empty bowl signifies bankruptcy.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Bra and Brassiere

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a brassiere in a dream signifies honour, rank and happiness for women, but sorrow for men, according to the source's gendered historical reading.

Having a brassiere signifies, for a woman, honour, position, fulfilment of her wishes, wealth, blessings and joy; for a man, it signifies humiliation and misfortune.

Later commentators: Wearing a bra signifies undertaking an activity that brings no benefit.

Removing one's bra signifies freedom from troublesome problems.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “SUTYEN” (4 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Bracelet

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a bracelet in a dream has twelve interpretations:

1. A brother.

2. A sister.

3. A partner.

4. A friend.

5. Strength.

6. Wisdom.

7. Rank or position.

8. Affection.

9. A child.

10. Wealth and prosperity.

11. A profession or agriculture.

12. Deception.

Ibn Sirin: A bracelet represents a husband for a female dreamer, but poverty and hardship for a male dreamer.

Dreaming that you are wearing a silver bracelet on your arm signifies that your grief and difficulties will be lessened.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that a king gives you a bracelet signifies that you will have a child or a sibling; for a female dreamer, it signifies marriage.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Wearing silver bracelets on both arms signifies that you will acquire wealth through hardship.

Later commentators: Wearing a bracelet signifies a secret love affair.

Receiving a bracelet as a gift signifies happiness.

Seeing a bracelet on another person's arm signifies that you will incur unnecessary expenses.

Seeing a black bracelet signifies illness.

Seeing many bracelets signifies excessive or unnecessary spending.

Brain

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a brain in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Hidden wealth.

2. Intellect.

3. Insight and discernment.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Dreaming that you eat a brain signifies that you will spend your own wealth.

Eating another person's brain signifies spending that person's wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing your brain spill onto the ground signifies losing your wealth.

Picking up your brain and putting it back in its place signifies acquiring capital.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating the brain of an animal whose meat is permissible under Islamic law signifies lawful wealth; eating the brain of an animal whose meat is forbidden signifies unlawful wealth.

Bread

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing bread in a dream has four interpretations:

1. A comfortable livelihood.

2. Lawfully acquired wealth.

3. Leadership or administrative responsibility.

4. Goodness and blessings.

Allama al-Majlisi: Clean, wholesome, well-made bread signifies happiness.

Buying bread and taking it home signifies acquiring lawful sustenance and increasing your wealth.

Baking bread signifies reducing the provisions you make for your family.

Dirty or unwholesome bread signifies a difficult livelihood.

Barley bread signifies asceticism and piety.

Bread made from broad beans, lentils or chickpeas signifies poverty.

Rice bread signifies a deterioration in your affairs.

The author: Seeing clean bread signifies happiness.

Seeing dirty bread signifies an unsatisfactory livelihood.

Buying bread and bringing it home signifies acquiring lawful sustenance and increasing your possessions.

Giving bread to someone signifies bringing that person relief and comfort.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Finding two or three loaves of bread signifies release from sorrow.

Being unable to eat bread signifies that your death is approaching, according to this traditional reading.

Possessing a great deal of bread but not eating it signifies sadness.

Al-Kirmani: Warm bread signifies comfort and ease.

Dry, stale bread signifies hardship and deprivation.

Barley bread signifies scarcity.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing rye bread signifies religious devotion combined with difficulty earning a living.

Seeing barley bread signifies asceticism and piety.

Seeing rice bread signifies a decline in your affairs.

Seeing bread made from lentils, broad beans or chickpeas signifies poverty and sorrow.

Baking bread signifies difficulty in making a living.

Later commentators: Seeing, buying or eating bread signifies having loyal friends.

Baking bread signifies happiness.

Being hungry while watching someone else eat bread signifies that a friend will obtain a position you had hoped to secure for yourself.

Seeing stale, dry bread suggests that you need to put serious problems from your past behind you without delay.

Seeing fresh, soft bread signifies that unfamiliar guests will visit your home.

Seeing a round loaf signifies an error you need to put right.

Eating round bread signifies having to bear the consequences of a mistake you made.

Breasts and Breastfeeding

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Breasts in a dream have five interpretations:

1. Children.

2. Daughters.

3. Servants.

4. Friends.

5. Siblings.

The compiler: Breasts symbolise daughters. Any increase, loss, improvement or injury affecting them is interpreted in relation to daughters.

Seeing milk flow from one's breast signifies an increase in a daughter's livelihood and the acquisition of lawful wealth.

Seeing blood flow instead of milk signifies acquiring wealth through unlawful means.

Seeing one's breasts hang unusually low signifies the birth of a daughter.

For a man, seeing milk accumulate in his chest signifies marriage and children if he is unmarried, or wealth if he is already married.

For an elderly woman, having the same dream was interpreted as a sign of destitution.

For a young woman, seeing milk accumulate in her breast signifies longevity.

Al-Kirmani: For a man, suckling at another man's breast signifies illness.

Suckling at a woman's breast signifies bad fortune in one's work.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A man's breast represents the woman of his household, while a woman's breast represents her daughter.

Seeing the milk in one's breasts dry up signifies, in this historical account, a daughter's death if the dreamer is a woman, or a wife's death if the dreamer is a man.

For a woman, seeing another breast appear beneath an existing one signifies giving birth to a daughter.

Seeing both breasts enlarge signifies that one's children are doing well or that one's daughter will marry.

Suckling milk from both one's own breasts signifies sorrow and public reproach.

Seeing milk flow from one's breasts down to one's abdomen signifies encountering something harmful.

Seeing breasts covering one's body signifies an expanding family and many children—or, for someone without children, an increase in wealth—along with criticism from others.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MEME” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Bride

Later commentators: Seeing a bride in a dream is associated with marriage, happiness and good fortune.

Seeing yourself as a bride is interpreted as a sign that your circumstances will improve.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the supplied Turkish compendium entry “GELİN”. These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Bridge

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A bridge has four traditional interpretations:

1. A person who serves others and meets their needs.

2. Someone vested with authority.

3. Goodness and the fulfilment of wishes.

4. Acquiring a great deal of wealth.

Ibn Sirin: A bridge represents a person in authority or someone who fulfils people's needs.

Al-Kirmani: A bridge is interpreted favourably.

Crossing a bridge signifies receiving honour, status and benefit from someone in authority.

Building a structure on a bridge signifies becoming influential and acquiring considerable wealth.

Later commentators: A completed bridge heralds a promising future.

Seeing a bridge signifies having conflicting desires but nevertheless gaining valuable experience.

Seeing many bridges signifies sorrow and difficulties.

Walking across a bridge signifies the need for caution in certain matters.

Falling from a bridge signifies encountering numerous obstacles at work.

Crossing an unsafe, old bridge signifies escaping danger unharmed.

Walking across a very long bridge signifies making major progress in life.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÖPRÜ. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Bridge of Sirat

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing the Bridge of Sirat in a dream has six traditional interpretations:

1. Righteous action.

2. Difficulty in one's work.

3. Fear and anxiety.

4. Oppression by a tyrannical ruler.

5. Sin.

6. Hypocrisy.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing the Bridge of Sirat signifies weakened affairs, being in danger, or following the right path.

Crossing the Bridge of Sirat signifies being protected from every calamity.

Falling from the bridge into the fire of Hell signifies sorrow concerning property or family, committing a sin, and facing a grave calamity.

Ibn Sirin: Standing upon the Bridge of Sirat signifies that troubled affairs will improve and return to order. The source quotes: “Thus God will remove the accusations laid against you, past and future, complete His favour upon you, and guide you along a straight path.” ^[185]

Al-Kirmani: Crossing the Bridge of Sirat signifies safety from a major calamity.

Falling into Hell while crossing the bridge signifies encountering adversity.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Crossing the Bridge of Sirat signifies choosing the path of goodness and performing righteous deeds.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SIRAT KÖPRÜSÜ” (14 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Broad Beans (Fava Beans)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing broad beans (fava beans) in a dream, whether in season or out of season, signifies sadness. The interpretation is the same whether the beans are fresh or dried.

Seeing broad beans but not eating them suggests that your sorrow will be less severe.

Al-Kirmani: If someone gives you broad beans and you eat them, the dream signifies sorrow and the possibility of a dispute with the person who gave them to you.

Broom and Sweeping

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a broom in a dream has three meanings:

1. A servant.

2. Benefit.

3. Wealth acquired.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a broom and shovel signifies goodness, blessing and benefit.

Ibn Sirin: A broom represents a servant.

A large broom signifies that the servant will ask for something.

Sweeping one's house with a broom signifies losing property.

Entering a house that someone else has just swept signifies receiving property from that person.

Later commentators: Seeing a broom signifies forming connections with unsuitable people.

Working with a broom signifies overcoming obstacles as desired and achieving success.

Sweeping signifies being excessively proud and self-centred.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “SÜPÜRGE” (12 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Bucket

Ibn Sirin: Owning a bucket signifies employing a servant.

Seeing your bucket break signifies, in this traditional interpretation, the death of that servant.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KOVA. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Bugle (Trumpet)

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a bugle in a dream signifies that rainfall in your city will become so heavy that it causes flooding, or that a dispute will arise.

Building

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a building in a dream signifies that you will become a person of influence, advance in your career, gain respect and enjoy greater prosperity. If you hope to have a child, it may signify the birth of a child; if you are sorrowful, it signifies happiness.

Seeing a building decorated with gold signifies attaining a position of considerable authority.

Later commentators: Seeing a building under construction signifies that you will gain respect.

Seeing a newly constructed building signifies that you will acquire a new source of income.

Seeing a skyscraper signifies that you will earn a substantial amount of money.

Seeing a government office building signifies that you will encounter financial difficulties or losses.

Building and Laying Foundations

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Constructing a building in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Goodness in worldly affairs.

2. Goodness and blessings.

3. Happiness and the fulfilment of wishes.

4. The resolution of obstructed or difficult affairs.

Building a city signifies bringing a group of people under your protection.

Building a fortress signifies gaining protection from the harm of enemies.

Building a mansion signifies becoming occupied with worldly concerns.

Building a house and living in it signifies gaining a favourable means of livelihood.

Building a mosque signifies bringing a group of people together for a good purpose.

Laying the foundations of a minaret signifies acquiring a good reputation.

Building an ornamented or decorated place signifies marrying a woman.

Creating a garden signifies marrying a devout and wealthy woman.

Building a cemetery signifies turning your attention towards matters of the Hereafter.

Building a dome signifies striving to obtain a position or rank.

Constructing and completing a new building signifies that your religious and worldly affairs are in good order.

Beginning a new building but failing to finish it is interpreted in the opposite way.

The author: Seeing yourself construct houses, mosques, schools or similar buildings signifies performing good deeds and gaining worldly benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Laying the foundations of a new building signifies obtaining substantial benefit from buildings or construction.

Laying foundations in an unfamiliar place without knowing who owns it signifies loss or harm in religious and worldly affairs.

Laying foundations on land that belongs to you signifies gaining benefit and lawful sustenance.

Al-Kirmani: Laying new foundations using fired bricks or lime signifies acquiring wealth through unlawful means.

Building a brick structure suspended in the air signifies the grandeur of your efforts in the service of religion.

Building walls from brick signifies being deceived by worldly desires.

Constructing a building and receiving payment for your work signifies obtaining a benefit.

Building with fired bricks signifies receiving a benefit from an influential person.

Building with mud or unfired bricks signifies obtaining benefits from other people.

Complete English translation of “İNŞA ETMEK, TEMEL ATMAK” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions, diagnoses or advice.

Bumps on the Foot

Prophet Daniel: Seeing numerous bumps or protrusions on your foot signifies sorrow.

Seeing a bump on your foot break off likewise signifies sorrow.

Burial Ceremony

Later commentators: Seeing your own burial ceremony in a dream is interpreted favourably.

Witnessing the burial ceremony of someone you know signifies receiving an inheritance.

Witnessing the burial ceremony of an important public figure signifies social change.

Attending the burial of someone you do not know signifies, in this traditional account, that a friend will suffer an accident.

These are historical symbolic readings, not predictions of death, injury or inheritance.

Burial Shroud (Kafan)

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing the burial shroud of a deceased person in a dream was given three interpretations:

1. Wealth or property.

2. Hardship.

3. Corruption in religious practice.

Ibn Sirin: Preparing a burial shroud for a deceased person you knew was interpreted as a sign of sorrow and distress.

Removing the shroud from a deceased person was understood as having designs on the property of someone who had died.

Seeing a deceitful or hypocritical person remove the shrouds of the dead was interpreted as acquiring a deceased person’s property by unlawful means.

Al-Kirmani: Removing the shroud from a deceased acquaintance was interpreted as following that person’s path. If the deceased had been a scholar, it suggested devoting yourself to learning; if the deceased had been wealthy, it suggested increasing your own wealth.

Removing the shroud of someone you believed to be dead, only to discover that the person was alive in the grave, was interpreted as a sign of that person’s devotion to religion.

Shrouding a deceased person was taken to mean that, when one of your relatives died, you would be the person to wrap that relative in a burial shroud.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Butcher

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a butcher whom you do not recognise is traditionally associated with immovable property or real estate.

Seeing the butcher from your neighbourhood enter your home signifies that someone there will die.

Dreaming that you work as a butcher despite not being one signifies killing or injuring someone and being condemned by others as a result.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Butterfly

Ibn Sirin: A butterfly was interpreted as representing a weak and uninformed person who, through ignorance, puts themselves in danger.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Cabbage

Ibn Sirin: Seeing cabbage signifies receiving benefits from women.

Eating cabbage signifies benefiting from your spouse. Boiled cabbage is traditionally considered more favourable than raw cabbage.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: LAHANA. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Cactus

Later commentators: Watering a cactus signifies showing affection towards people whom the source describes as undeserving.

Seeing a cactus on your windowsill signifies being someone who pays attention to details.

Seeing a large cactus in your garden signifies that people will speak very badly about you.

Full English translation of “KAKTÜS” from the supplied Turkish compilation. Traditional interpretations are historical beliefs, not reliable predictions or judgements about people.

Cage and Captivity

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a cage in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Imprisonment.

2. A confined or narrow place.

3. A home.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you own a cage signifies being trapped in a confined space.

Breaking a cage signifies escape from confinement or prison.

Later commentators: Seeing a cage signifies the loss of freedom.

Seeing an empty cage signifies marriage and an independent life.

Full English translation of “KAFES” from the supplied Turkish compilation. Traditional interpretations are historical beliefs, not reliable predictions or judgements about people.

Calendar

Later commentators: Seeing a calendar in a dream signifies an unpleasant and unexpected event.

Buying a new calendar signifies a happy life awaiting one in the future.

Throwing away an old calendar signifies circumstances first worsening and later improving.

Reading a tear-off daily calendar signifies learning things one has long wished to discover.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAKVİM” (4 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Calf (Lower Leg)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing the calf of the leg in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Wealth.

2. Livelihood.

3. Long life.

4. Marriage.

Ibn Sirin: The calf of the leg represents material possessions and the worldly means by which people earn their living, for it is their calves and feet that support them.

Seeing your calf strong and well-formed signifies that your work and general circumstances will be favourable.

Seeing a calf that is straight but thin suggests that you will lead an unsettled or disordered life.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing your calf made of iron signifies a long life.

Seeing your calf made of glass or a rod signifies a shorter life.

Seeing your calf broken or part of it fall away is interpreted unfavourably.

Jabir al-Maghribi: The calf represents marriage.

Seeing an excessive amount of hair on your calf indicates that you will incur a heavy debt and may be imprisoned because of it.

Shaving the hair from your calf indicates that your debt will be repaid.

Calf (Young Cow)

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a calf in a dream signifies that you will acquire wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you own a male calf signifies the birth of a son; owning a female calf signifies the birth of a daughter.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a calf enter and leave your house signifies that you will experience sorrow.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a calf belonging to you die signifies that your child will die.

Slaughtering a calf and eating its meat signifies that you will consume your child's inheritance.

Owning a white calf signifies that you will have a devout, good-looking child.

Owning a black calf signifies that your child will become wealthy and virtuous.

Owning a spotted calf signifies that your child will be especially good and upright.

Owning a plump, healthy calf signifies that your child will enjoy good health and prosperity.

Owning a thin, weak calf signifies the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Call to Prayer (Adhan)

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Hearing the call to prayer (adhan) in a dream has twelve interpretations:

1. The Hajj pilgrimage.

2. Speech or a proclamation.

3. Sovereignty.

4. Greatness.

5. Leadership or office.

6. A journey or expedition.

7. Cutting or severing.

8. Bankruptcy.

9. Betrayal.

10. Espionage.

11. Hypocrites and pessimism.

12. The cutting off of a hand.

Ibn Sirin: For a righteous, believing and chaste person, hearing or reciting the call to prayer in a familiar place signifies performing the Hajj pilgrimage. “Proclaim the pilgrimage to mankind: they will come to you on foot and on every lean mount, travelling from every distant pass.” [101]

Hearing the call to prayer coming from an unknown place signifies encountering something unpleasant.

For a person described as sinful, seeing the preceding dream signifies being accused of theft.

Reciting the call to prayer while in bed signifies getting along well with your spouse.

Reciting the call to prayer in your home signifies bankruptcy.

Reciting the call to prayer from a well or a cellar signifies heresy or hypocrisy.

Reciting the call to prayer in the middle of a street signifies espionage.

Al-Kirmani: Adding to or omitting words from the call to prayer signifies treating others unjustly.

Seeing a child recite the call to prayer signifies that the child will bid farewell to their parents.

Reciting the call to prayer in a bathhouse signifies that your condition will be poor both in this world and in the hereafter.

Reciting the call to prayer at a military establishment is considered an unfavourable sign.

Seeing a Zoroastrian recite the adhan and iqama while in prison signifies release, if you yourself are imprisoned.

Reciting the call to prayer without any purpose signifies death.

Reciting the call to prayer from a minaret signifies greatness and elevated standing.

Reciting the call to prayer in a corner of your house signifies betraying someone in a matter in which you are in the right.

Reciting the call to prayer in a cellar signifies that you will soon undertake a long and difficult journey.

Reciting the call to prayer halfway up a mountain signifies encountering trouble among an oppressive community.

Reciting the call to prayer without reason from a raised platform signifies losing your reason.

Listening to someone else recite the call to prayer signifies neglecting worship and obedience.

Hearing the iqama, the second call immediately before congregational prayer, signifies being enabled to do what is right.

Calluses and Corns

Contemporary commentators: Seeing calluses on one's feet signifies discomfort about a secret one has kept hidden.

Stepping on another person's foot callus signifies suffering harm, even if it comes about accidentally.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NASIR” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Camel

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a camel in a dream has ten traditional interpretations:

1. A foreign judge or ruler.

2. An emir or commander.

3. A believer.

4. A flood.

5. Discord or civil strife.

6. Prosperity and development.

7. A woman.

8. The pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).

9. Blessings and abundance.

10. Wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing yourself mount a camel and travel swiftly signifies setting out on a journey.

Travelling on a camel signifies sorrow and anxiety.

Getting lost while riding a camel and being unable to find the right direction signifies confusion and bewilderment.

Finding a female camel signifies a desire to marry.

Seeing a female camel with her young signifies that the woman you wish to marry already has a child.

Seeing an ill-tempered camel signifies worry and apprehension.

Riding an enraged, unruly camel signifies that you will overcome a powerful person.

Fighting a camel signifies a dispute with a foreign adversary.

Grazing a herd of camels on your own land signifies that you will acquire authority in an undertaking or exercise power over the local population.

Milking a camel signifies that you will receive wealth from an influential person, in proportion to the quantity of milk you obtain.

Seeing blood emerge from a camel instead of milk signifies that the wealth you acquire will have an unlawful source.

Seeing your female camel stolen or running away signifies disagreement with your spouse or separation.

Seeing your female camel die signifies the death of your spouse, according to this traditional account.

Seeing your camel give birth signifies an increase in your children or possessions.

Seeing a female camel signifies that you will obtain something you have hoped for.

Eating camel meat signifies illness.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing someone give you a large quantity of camel meat signifies that you will receive wealth in proportion to the amount given.

Slaughtering a camel as a sacrifice and distributing its meat to the people signifies that an important person in that place will be sacrificed or will die.

Seeing a camel whose owner is unknown follow you signifies perplexity.

Taming a camel signifies overcoming an enemy.

Seeing herds of camels gather in one place signifies that enemies will assemble there, or that a destructive flood or outbreak of disease will affect the area. If those camels are carrying loads of wheat or barley, however, the people who gather there are said to bring benefits to the local population.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Riding a one-year-old camel signifies sorrow.

Seeing blood on a camel's body and then seeing that blood disappear signifies happiness and worldly wealth in proportion to the amount of blood observed.

Holding and pulling a camel by its halter signifies a dispute with a normally obedient person.

Finding numerous camels in the desert signifies that you will gain authority over desert-dwelling people and become their leader.

Finding two camels signifies acquiring wealth.

Seeing someone give you a camel signifies receiving a benefit from that person proportionate to the animal's value or the number of camels given.

Seeing a group of people kill a camel and divide its meat signifies that a wealthy person in the area will die and that their property will be distributed among the group as an inheritance.

Some traditional interpretations refer to death, illness or conflict. They describe the source text’s symbolic associations, not factual forecasts.

Canals and Watercourses

Allama Majlisi: Seeing the water of a canal signifies gaining status and distinction.

Drinking from a canal signifies earning income and seeing your affairs improve.

Ibn Sirin: Digging a water channel through which no water flows signifies deceiving people from your own community.

Seeing water flow through that channel instead signifies marriage.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing water run through a small channel signifies accumulating wealth through deception.

Falling into a canal signifies being deceived by someone.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Watering a garden with water from a canal is interpreted as having sexual relations with your spouse.

Full English translation of “KANAL, KANALET” from the supplied Turkish compilation. These interpretations reflect historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions, medical diagnoses or judgements about people.

Cancer (Illness)

Later commentators: Dreaming that you have cancer was traditionally interpreted as a warning that someone has made you a target and that your life may be in danger.

Full English translation of “KANSER” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Candles and Candlelight

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A candle in a dream was given fourteen interpretations:

1. A person exercising authority.

2. An arbitrator or judge.

3. A child.

4. A wedding.

5. Administration or leadership.

6. A guide or leader.

7. A house.

8. Happiness.

9. Knowledge.

10. Wealth.

11. Livelihood.

12. An enslaved female servant.

13. A woman.

14. The very thing seen in the dream.

Prophet Daniel: A candle is a favourable sign. It may signify reunion with an estranged spouse, marriage for someone unmarried, or the return of a relative from abroad.

Seeing the city's candles or lamps burning signifies peace and security in the city, just governance, the piety of scholars and the wellbeing of its inhabitants.

Seeing candles burning in mosques or schools signifies the townspeople occupying themselves with worship and obedience to God.

The compiler: The colour of a candle affects its interpretation.

A white candle signifies wealth and blessings.

A yellow candle signifies illness.

Losing one's candle signifies a decrease in wealth.

Melting a candle in a fire signifies that one's property will be confiscated.

Distributing candles to people signifies spending one's wealth on charitable works.

Ibn Sirin: A candle symbolises respect and blessings.

Holding a burning candle signifies increased esteem, abundance and prosperity.

Seeing a candle illuminate one's home signifies plentiful blessings during that year.

Taking a burning candle from another person's hand signifies gaining strength through someone's help.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a candle go out in one's hand by itself signifies the death of a spouse, or deteriorating circumstances if unmarried.

Deliberately extinguishing a candle signifies someone feeling envy towards you.

Contemporary commentators: Buying a candle signifies a joyful event.

Lighting a candle signifies longevity.

Seeing a candle, whether burning or extinguished, signifies the death of a relative.

Seeing a candle burning in a sacred place signifies harming someone through an action and deeply regretting it.

Making a candle or seeing one burning signifies taking part in a celebration or entertainment.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MUM, IŞITAÇ” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Cannonball and Artillery Fire

Later commentators: A cannonball signifies destruction or catastrophe.

Firing a cannonball signifies acquiring prestige or the birth of a distinguished person.

Hearing a cannon fire signifies receiving happy news.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TOP MERMİSİ”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Caravans and Travelling Companions

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you travel with a caravan signifies receiving a benefit.

Travelling with a caravan while riding a donkey signifies that your wish will be fulfilled.

Travelling with a caravan on foot signifies bankruptcy.

Travelling in the company of righteous people is interpreted favourably, while travelling with people described as wicked is interpreted unfavourably.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing the caravan with which you are travelling make its way towards your home signifies that your affairs will return to order.

Travelling with a caravan while riding a mount signifies receiving a great blessing.

Full English translation of “KAFİLE, KERVAN” from the supplied Turkish compilation. Traditional interpretations are historical beliefs, not reliable predictions or judgements about people.

Carnation (Karanfil)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing carnations signifies distinction and praise.

Owning many carnations and giving them to everyone signifies receiving praise from the people among whom you live.

Eating carnations signifies a calamity or misfortune.

Full English translation of “KARANFİL” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Carpentry and Woodworking

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Carving, cutting or shaping wood signifies teaching people worthy and beneficial things, while also encountering discord.

Al-Kirmani: A carpenter cuts, straightens and shapes timber. Accordingly, a carpenter in a dream represents someone who teaches people good manners and culture, helps them with religious matters and resolves their disputes.

Seeing timber represents people among whom there is corruption and unrest.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MARANGOZLUK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Carpet and Rug

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Seeing a clean, green carpet signifies a large gathering of people.

Spreading a carpet in another person's home signifies that you will set out on a journey and derive considerable benefit from it.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a carpet spread on the floor and knowing that it belongs to you signifies a long life and abundant sustenance.

Sitting on a carpet without knowing who owns the place where it is laid signifies that your circumstances will worsen.

Al-Kirmani: Sitting on a small carpet signifies that your life will be shortened.

Seeing the small carpet on which you sit grow longer signifies an increase in your sustenance.

Rolling up a carpet and placing it in a corner of your home signifies that your future rests in your own hands.

Later commentators: Seeing a carpet signifies unrest or unhappiness in married life.

Cleaning or beating a carpet signifies that someone whose company you find unpleasant will visit your home.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HALI”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry; they are historical views, not scientific predictions.

Carrots

Ibn Sirin: Carrots signify sorrow.

Eating carrots in a dream signifies that you will experience sadness.

Al-Kirmani: Eating carrots that taste pleasant signifies a benefit gained through considerable effort; carrots with an unpleasant taste signify sorrow. Eating large, fleshy carrots is considered a more favourable sign.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HAVUÇ”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry and reflect historical beliefs, not scientific predictions.

Carrying Loads

Ibn Sirin: Carrying a light load on your back signifies doing good for a friend in proportion to the load's size and value.

Carrying a heavy load on your back signifies a multitude of sins. The source quotes: “They will carry their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, together with some of the burdens of those whom they mislead without knowledge. How evil is the burden they carry!” [215]

Al-Kirmani: Carrying many loads of your own on your shoulders signifies receiving goodness and benefit, or suffering harm and loss, in proportion to their value.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YÜK TAŞIMAK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Castle and Fortifications

Allama Majlisi: Climbing to a castle tower signifies the fulfilment of a wish, gaining a position of standing, befriending distinguished people and receiving kindness from them.

Climbing onto the fortifications of a castle signifies safety from an enemy’s plots.

Leaving a fortress, or being made to leave it, signifies defeat by an enemy.

Being inside a strong castle that belongs to you signifies safety from an enemy’s harm.

Leaving your castle is interpreted in the opposite way.

Being inside a castle signifies abundant livelihood and receiving benefits.

Being outside a castle signifies diminished livelihood and worsening circumstances.

Ibn Sirin: A city’s castle or fortress represents the government or its governor.

A village fortress represents the village headman or local notable.

A city fortress represents the strength of the government in proportion to its height and solidity.

Seeing the entire wall of a city fortress collapse into ruins is interpreted as signifying the death of the head of government.

Seeing a fortress repaired signifies that a new ruler will establish himself in the region.

Seeing parts of the fortress being repaired signifies that a new governor will take office.

Later commentators: Seeing a castle signifies making successful progress.

Seeing a castle collapse signifies that an undertaking you hope will succeed will instead fail.

Seeing a castle guard signifies despair.

Seeing an open castle gate signifies an unpleasant meeting.

Passing through an open castle gate signifies being welcomed warmly by someone.

Seeing a closed castle gate signifies receiving a cold reception from someone.

Full English translation of “KALE” from the supplied Turkish compilation. Traditional interpretations are historical beliefs, not reliable predictions or judgements about people.

Cat

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a cat in a dream was given five interpretations:

1. A thief.

2. A person lacking religious faith.

3. Illness.

4. A compassionate woman.

5. Warfare and hostility.

Allama al-Majlisi: Killing a cat was traditionally interpreted as finding relief from hardship.

Ibn Sirin: A cat symbolised a thief of corrupt character.

Seeing a cat enter your home was taken to signify that a thief would enter the house.

Seeing the cat eat some of the food in your home was interpreted as the thief stealing something from the house.

Killing the cat was understood as killing the thief or otherwise rendering the thief unable to act.

Al-Kirmani: Killing and skinning a cat was interpreted as acquiring property obtained through theft.

Seeing a cat after the dawn prayer was traditionally associated with an illness lasting six days.

Later commentators: Seeing a cat was associated with hypocrisy or hopelessness.

Being scratched or bitten by a cat was interpreted as a sign of a dangerous enemy.

Stroking a cat was understood as placing more importance than deserved on someone who was unworthy of it.

Seeing a cat rub itself against a person was interpreted as having your goodwill exploited and being deceived by flatterers.

Seeing a mother cat together with her kittens was associated with worry and unease.

Hearing a cat meow or whine was interpreted as engaging in pointless talk or gossiping about someone.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Catapult and Siege Engine

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a catapult signifies that messengers will spread false reports in your name, causing others to accuse you.

Ibn Sirin: Bombarding the fortress or city of unbelievers with a catapult was interpreted as residents of a non-Muslim land speaking offensively about Muslims.

Bombarding a Muslim city or fortress with a catapult signifies speaking disparagingly about Muslims.

Hurling stones at a place with a catapult signifies gossiping about or insulting the people who live there.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MANCINIK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Cataracts (Eye Condition)

Later commentators: Dreaming that you have cataracts was traditionally interpreted as becoming certain about a matter and finding peace of mind.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Cauldron and Cooking Pot

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a cauldron in a dream was given five interpretations:

1. The head of a household.

2. The woman of the household.

3. A governor.

4. A servant.

5. A person who attends to the needs of others.

Allama al-Majlisi: A cauldron was interpreted as a symbol of leadership.

Ibn Sirin: A cauldron symbolised the woman of the house. Any deficiency or excess seen in the cauldron was also interpreted in relation to the head of the household.

Buying a large, new cauldron, or receiving one from someone, was interpreted as a sign that misfortune would befall the woman of the house.

Seeing food, with or without meat, inside a cauldron was taken to signify provisions obtained readily, without hardship.

Seeing a cauldron break was interpreted as the death of the woman of the house or the head of the household.

Al-Kirmani: Finding something edible inside a cauldron was understood as receiving a benefit from the woman of the house.

Finding bad or unwholesome food in the cauldron was interpreted as suffering harm through the woman of the house.

Later commentators: Seeing a cauldron boil over on the stove was said to indicate that you would experience intense excitement.

Repairing a cauldron was understood as a sign that you would attain a respected position among people.

Seeing a cauldron used for cooking was interpreted as a sign that you would entertain guests.

Seeing a large vessel used for washing clothes was associated with feeling a need for cleanliness.

Seeing a cauldron repairer was said to signify an argument.

Seeing a person who makes cauldrons was interpreted as a sign of marriage.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Cauterisation and Branding

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a red-hot branding iron in a dream signifies that you have failed to pay your zakat (obligatory almsgiving). The source cites the Qur'an: “On the Day when it is heated in the fire of Hell and their foreheads, flanks and backs are branded with it, [it will be said:] This is what you hoarded for yourselves; so taste what you used to hoard” (Qur'an 9:35; source note 87).

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Dreaming that you cauterise another person signifies that you will hear offensive words or become the subject of an accusation.

Seeing your back cauterised on account of an illness, or cauterising another person's back, signifies happiness in this world and the hereafter.

Ibn Sirin: Cauterisation in a dream signifies discovering buried treasure or acquiring wealth.

Seeing a cauterisation mark on your body signifies that you will find treasure or acquire wealth in proportion to the size of the mark. If you spend that wealth on charitable causes, you will, according to the source, be protected from divine punishment in the hereafter; otherwise you will face such punishment.

The source describes a historical belief and cites a Qur’anic passage; it does not provide medical guidance on cauterisation.

Cave

Ibn Sirin: Entering a cave and settling there was interpreted as a sign of death.

Entering a cave and then emerging from it signifies facing a difficulty.

Entering a brightly lit cave was associated with imprisonment.

Seeing a cave as narrow and dark was interpreted as dying in prison.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing or entering a cave signifies falling into a trap set by bad companions.

Digging a cave was interpreted as the death of someone close.

Living in a cave signifies happiness.

Finding oneself inside a cave signifies a major change.

Dying in a cave was associated with destitution.

Emerging from a dark cave into the light signifies an improvement in one's financial circumstances after a prolonged period of poverty.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MAĞARA” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Celandine (Swallowwort)

Ibn Sirin: Eating swallowwort or greater celandine in a dream signifies illness.

Applying the herb to your eye for medicinal purposes signifies doing a good deed.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KIRLANGIÇOTU (Bot.). Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Chains and Shackles

Allama Majlisi: Seeing chains and fetters signifies disbelief according to the source's religious symbolism. The source quotes: “We have placed shackles around their necks, reaching up to their chins, so that their heads are forced up.” [218]

Ibn Sirin: Chains represent sin and rebellion.

Seeing a chain placed around your neck signifies dying outside the faith, according to this historical interpretation.

Breaking and casting away a chain signifies repenting of your sins.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a chain tied to your hand signifies being miserly and tight-fisted. The source quotes: “The Jews say, ‘God's hand is shackled.’ May their hands be shackled and may they be condemned for what they say! Rather, both His hands are open; He gives as He wills.” [219]

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a chain fastened around your neck signifies treating other people unjustly and owing them their rights.

Seeing chains bound around your arms signifies reaching for other people's possessions and failing to refrain from unlawful gain.

Seeing chains bound around your feet signifies causing disorder in another person's home or committing sin.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “ZİNCİR”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Chair

Contemporary commentators: A chair symbolises rest.

Sitting on a chair signifies the approach of difficult and tiring days.

Full English translation of the original heading “SANDALYE” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cheeks and Complexion

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: In a dream, attractive cheeks signify goodness and happiness; unattractive cheeks signify sorrow, hardship and illness.

Ibn Sirin: Cheeks are associated with the radiance and well-being of people.

Seeing your cheeks clean and well cared for signifies gaining fame and respect among others.

Seeing your cheeks turn dark or yellow carries the opposite interpretation.

Al-Kirmani: Cheeks represent your standing among people or your adornment.

Seeing a blemish on your cheek signifies a decline in your standing or adornment.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Hair growing on your cheeks signifies falling into debt.

Seeing your cheeks turn rosy signifies happiness.

Seeing your cheeks become yellow signifies illness.

Seeing your cheeks become dark or discoloured signifies sorrow and distress involving your spouse.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YANAK, BENİZ”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Cheese

Ibn Sirin: Seeing cheese signifies profit.

Dried cheese signifies a modest gain earned on a journey.

Fresh cheese signifies plentiful earnings in your home region.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Fresh cheese signifies wealth and blessings earned easily.

Dried cheese signifies a small benefit obtained while travelling.

Eating cheese with bread signifies a difficult journey that yields only a modest benefit. Other commentators link the same dream to an illness followed by rapid recovery.

Full English translation of the original heading “PEYNİR” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cheque (Check) and Promissory Note

Ibn Sirin: Finding a sealed cheque, or receiving a sealed cheque from someone, signifies that you will acquire wealth and blessings.

Dreaming that someone writes you a cheque, promissory note or receipt signifies that you will undergo cupping (hijama, a traditional form of bloodletting; see note 86 in the Turkish source).

Jabir al-Maghribi: Sealing a cheque or possessing a sealed cheque signifies that your wealth will diminish.

Seeing your cheque lost or burned signifies that you will suffer a loss of property or wealth.

Later commentators: Seeing a cheque signifies that someone will give you their word about a matter, although it remains uncertain whether that promise will be kept.

Writing a cheque signifies that you will make promises to someone that you cannot fulfil, or do not intend to fulfil.

Chess and Checkmate

The compiler: Losing a game of chess in a dream was associated with falsehood or slander.

Playing chess and checkmating your opponent was interpreted as defeating someone through improper means.

Being checkmated by an adversary was taken to mean that someone would make a false accusation against you.

Contemporary commentators: Playing chess was interpreted as gaining an experienced and intelligent business partner and making considerable profits together.

Winning at chess was interpreted as hesitation over whether to accept a proposal made by your business partner.

Losing at chess was, conversely, understood as earning substantial income through the help of your experienced partner.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish heading “SATRANÇ”. Attributed dream interpretations reflect historical religious and cultural beliefs; they are not reliable predictions.

Chest and Breast

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a chest in a dream has five interpretations:

1. Knowledge and wisdom.

2. Generosity.

3. Faith.

4. Death.

5. Miserliness.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a chest signifies honour, high standing, knowledge, courage and respect.

Ibn Sirin: The chest represents Islamic law. The text cites the Qur'an: “Is one whose breast God has opened to Islam not upon a light from his Lord?” [105]

Seeing your chest grow broad and feeling relief signifies that your affairs will proceed favourably.

Seeing your chest constrict signifies that you will suffer a loss or setback in matters of faith.

Seeing green writing upon your chest signifies that you will become one of God's honoured servants.

Seeing black writing upon your chest signifies that you will die an ordinary death without attaining the rank of martyrdom.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing hair grow on your chest signifies that you will incur debt.

Shaving the hair from your chest signifies that you will repay your debts.

Feeling such tightness in your chest that you cannot speak signifies that you will not succeed in your religious endeavours.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“GÖĞÜS”). Historical interpretations and source attributions are retained.

Chest and Storage Trunk

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a storage chest has three interpretations:

1. Rank and honour.

2. Greatness.

3. A woman.

The compiler: A chest symbolises rank or position.

Having a new chest signifies marriage or attaining a position proportional to the size of the chest.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Having a new chest signifies marrying a beautiful, devout woman.

Having an old chest is interpreted in the opposite way.

Full English translation of the original heading “SANDIK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Chestnuts

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Chestnuts have three traditional interpretations:

1. Lawful sustenance.

2. Benefit.

3. A secure livelihood.

The author: Seeing a chestnut tree that belongs to you signifies receiving help or benefit from an eminent person.

Ibn Sirin: Eating chestnuts that belong to you signifies receiving lawful provision in proportion to the amount eaten.

Seeing sacks filled with your own chestnuts at home signifies acquiring considerable wealth and blessings during that year.

Seeing chestnuts in another person's home signifies that people will trust you enough to entrust some belongings to your care.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating chestnuts signifies sorrow.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KESTANE. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Chewing Gum

The compiler: Chewing gum signifies an argument with someone.

Having a large quantity of gum signifies prosperity.

Full English translation of the original heading “SAKIZ” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Chickenpox

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing chickenpox on the body has five traditional interpretations:

1. Abundant property.

2. A desire to marry.

3. Having a son.

4. Fulfilment of one's wishes.

5. Freedom from fear.

Ibn Sirin: Chickenpox signifies financial loss; the number of spots seen on the body is also said to indicate the amount of unlawfully acquired wealth. These are historical symbolic beliefs, not medical conclusions.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SUÇİÇEĞİ” (7 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Chickens and Hens

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: A chicken in a dream has three interpretations:

1. A beautiful woman.

2. An enslaved woman (historical terminology).

3. A servant.

Ibn Sirin: A chicken represents a servant.

Owning many domestic chickens signifies happiness.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a chicken represents worldly goods and a beautiful woman.

Seeing chickens nest in your home signifies receiving benefit from a woman.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAVUK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Chickpeas

The compiler: Seeing fresh or dried chickpeas signifies sadness.

Eating chickpeas cooked with meat signifies that the sadness will be less severe.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NOHUT” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Child and Children

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you have a daughter is associated with health, well-being and happiness.

Dreaming that you have a son is interpreted as a sign that you will have a daughter.

Dreaming that you have a daughter is also interpreted, in another account, as a sign that you will have a son.

Seeing yourself as a child is associated with sorrow and distress.

Al-Kirmani: Finding an abandoned child signifies that you will receive income or material benefit from an unexpected source.

Dreaming that you give milk to a child is interpreted as a sign of imprisonment.

The source preserves differing traditional interpretations of dreams about the birth of a son or daughter. These are presented as historical beliefs, not predictions about pregnancy or a child’s sex.

Chinese Person

Later commentators: The historical source interprets associating closely with a Chinese person as keeping company with people regarded as unsuitable.

Seeing a Chinese person is interpreted as achieving your goal after considerable and prolonged effort.

Editorial context: The first interpretation reflects an old cultural stereotype in the source. It is included as a historical quotation of meaning, not as a factual statement about Chinese people.

Christians and Christianity

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dreaming that you are in the company of Christians is interpreted, within this historical religious tradition, as a sign of affection for them and weakness in your own faith.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a Muslim become a Christian signifies, according to this historical interpretation, that the person will fall into religious error and cease to adhere to the Islamic creed.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a Christian become Muslim signifies that the person will embrace Islam and die as a Muslim.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HIRİSTİYAN, HIRİSTİYANLIK”. Attributions and historical readings are preserved; these are not scientific predictions.

Church

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a church or a monk signifies becoming devoted to worship.

Ibn Sirin: Entering a church and praying towards the qibla signifies repentance and strengthening your religious faith.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KİLİSE. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Cinema Screens

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a thin cinema screen signifies wealth and comfort.

Seeing a thick cinema screen signifies purchasing household items for a trousseau.

Seeing a clean, white cinema screen signifies finding a good opportunity.

Seeing a dirty or torn screen signifies failure at work or in business.

Making a cinema screen signifies success in one's endeavours.

Owning a cinema screen signifies acquiring property and wealth.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SİNEMA PERDESİ, BEYAZ PERDE” (6 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Cinnamon

Ibn Sirin: Having a large quantity of cinnamon in a dream signifies sorrow and distress.

Drinking cinnamon signifies an intensification of that sorrow and distress.

Al-Kirmani: Drinking cinnamon for an illness and finding that it helps you is considered a favourable sign.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TARÇIN”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Circumcision (Sunnah)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Undergoing circumcision in a dream has five traditional meanings:

1. Following the Sunnah.

2. Children.

3. Doing good.

4. Peace.

5. Separation from one's spouse.

Allama Majlisi: Undergoing circumcision or witnessing a circumcision celebration signifies happiness.

Dancing and playing at a circumcision celebration signifies sorrow.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing someone circumcise the dreamer signifies performing an act of Sunnah.

Performing a circumcision signifies an increase in wealth.

Being circumcised signifies following a Sunnah that protects one from sins.

Bleeding at the site of circumcision signifies repenting of sins.

Looking at the circumcision site during the procedure signifies the danger of embarrassment and hardship.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing oneself circumcised signifies purification from sins if already circumcised in waking life; if not circumcised, it signifies increasing wealth while neglecting Islam, according to the historical account.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “SÜNNET” (14 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Cities and Countries

Jabir al-Maghribi: Being in the following places was traditionally interpreted according to their names and associations:

Bulgarian towns: experiencing betrayal.

Cities of Iraq: obtaining what one desires and becoming wealthy.

Khwarazm [193]: a deterioration in one's affairs.

Cities of India: one's affairs going badly.

Cities of Khorasan [194]: bringing a task to a conclusion easily and comfortably.

Transoxiana (Mawarannahr) [195]: gaining honour and position.

Tabaristan [196]: encountering a difficult undertaking.

Turkish cities: victory over enemies.

Al-Kirmani: Being in the following regions or cities was interpreted as follows:

Europe: worldly affairs going well while one's situation in the Hereafter goes badly, according to the old account.

Cities of Azerbaijan: experiencing hardship.

Basra: obtaining worldly benefit.

Damascus (Dimashq): an increase in livelihood.

Fars: spending time in the company of Persians.

Cities of Morocco: reduced income from one's work.

Aleppo: receiving benefit from a person of great standing.

The Hejaz: performing the Hajj pilgrimage.

Alexandria: regretting an undertaking.

Kerman: entering into more than one marriage.

Jerusalem: making the Hajj pilgrimage if one is devout.

Kufa or Najaf: feeling at ease concerning other people.

Medina: receiving a benefit from merchants.

Mecca: earning income if it is seen as prosperous, but suffering a loss if it is seen otherwise.

Cities of Egypt: finding happiness.

Mosul: failing to attain one's desire.

Nishapur: entering respected circles.

Cities of Rum: attaining one's wish.

The city of Sham: experiencing sorrow.

Shiraz: becoming occupied with pleasure and luxury.

Tus or Mashhad: obtaining a benefit.

Wasit: being devout and God-fearing.

Cities of Yemen: enjoying safety.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “ŞEHİRLER” (33 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Citron (Fragrant Citrus)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a citron, a fragrant citrus fruit, has four interpretations:

1. A good woman.

2. An enslaved woman described as virtuous (historical wording).

3. A wealthy friend.

4. A righteous child.

Another account attributes the following four interpretations to the Imam:

1. A friend.

2. A disagreement or argument.

3. A child.

4. Benefit.

Prophet Daniel: The citron is described as a fragrant fruit of Paradise, and seeing it is therefore considered favourable.

Seeing one citron or a few citrons signifies a child.

Seeing many citrons signifies lawful earnings. A green citron is considered more favourable than a yellow one.

Ibn Sirin: Owning one to three citrons signifies children; having more signifies wealth and blessings.

Al-Kirmani: The citron signifies a wealthy, handsome, approachable and well-liked person.

Owning a citron or receiving one signifies becoming friends with someone of those qualities.

Seeing a citron beside you signifies having a beautiful child.

Eating a citron signifies receiving a share of your own property or that of an influential person.

Wrapping and hiding a citron signifies the death of a child in this traditional interpretation.

Owning many citrons and giving them away signifies showing kindness to another person.

Having sacks full of citrons signifies substantial income.

Seeing citrons in your lap fall to the ground signifies having children.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TURUNÇ”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

City and Town

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a city in a dream has seven meanings:

1. Governance.

2. A ruler or president.

3. Faith.

4. Ordinary people.

5. Security.

6. Victory.

7. Stability in one's affairs.

Seeing several cities together has four meanings:

1. Religion and devotion.

2. Spending time in pleasure and entertainment.

3. Benefit.

4. Comfort.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a city signifies happiness, fulfilment of wishes and a pleasant livelihood.

The author: Entering a city signifies strengthened religious belief and a good final outcome.

Ibn Sirin: Entering a city signifies stronger faith and attainment of one's desire.

Leaving a city or being expelled from it has the opposite meaning.

Travelling from one city to another signifies divorcing one's spouse and marrying another woman, according to this historical reading.

Travelling from a city whose inhabitants are Muslim to one whose inhabitants are not Muslim signifies unbelief in the traditional account.

Going down from a village into a city signifies benefit.

Leaving a city for a village signifies failing to attain one's wish. The source cites the Quranic plea: 'Our Lord, bring us out of this town whose people are unjust.' [192]

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “ŞEHİR” (21 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Civet Musk (Kedi Miski)

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing civet musk, a strongly scented substance traditionally obtained from the civet, was given four interpretations:

1. Good manners and moral character.

2. Praise.

3. Renown.

4. Good conduct.

Ibn Sirin: Possessing civet musk was interpreted as a sign that you were well-mannered, morally upright and admired by others.

Disliking the smell of civet musk was understood as a sign that people would criticise or condemn you.

Eating civet musk was interpreted as indicating that your spouse was a person of good manners and character.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Claws and Talons

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing claws in a dream has three meanings:

1. Power and success.

2. Livelihood.

3. Profit.

The compiler: Having talons like a bird signifies prosperity and victory over enemies.

Having bird talons in your hands signifies acquiring a benefit or blessing according to the value attributed to the birds from which they come.

Full English translation of the original heading “PENÇE” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Clear water

Clear water may represent lawful prosperity and clarity, whereas muddy water is given a more troubling meaning in the traditional text. The dreamer’s experience of the water affects the interpretation.

Sources named in the Turkish reference: Allama Majlisi.

Cleaver

Ibn Sirin: A cleaver was understood to represent a courageous person who could readily overcome both difficult and straightforward tasks.

Seeing yourself own a cleaver, or receiving one from somebody, was interpreted as forming a friendship with a person of this character and benefiting from their kindness and assistance.

Seeing your cleaver break was taken to indicate separation from a friend possessing those qualities, if you had such a friend.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A large, sharp cleaver was said to represent someone who makes difficult undertakings easier for other people.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish heading “SATIR”. Attributed dream interpretations reflect historical religious and cultural beliefs; they are not reliable predictions.

Climbing and Ascending

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Climbing in a dream has five meanings:

1. Having a need fulfilled.

2. Marriage.

3. Closeness to others and high status.

4. Achieving one's wishes.

5. Advancement in one's career.

Ibn Sirin: Sitting atop a mountain, high hill, roof or palace signifies attaining what you seek and fulfilling your desires.

Climbing upwards with difficulty signifies attaining your wishes only after hardship.

Climbing a staircase signifies gaining respect on the religious path.

Climbing steps made from mud signifies goodness.

Climbing steps made from plaster or stone signifies a weakness in faith.

Al-Kirmani: Climbing a staircase of plaster or stone signifies greatness.

Seeing stairs made of earth or mud signifies gaining a position.

Climbing a staircase without ever coming down signifies, in the historical text, that death is approaching.

Climbing to the sky and descending again signifies suffering a severe illness followed by recovery.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TIRMANMAK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Clocks and Watches

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a clock signifies making an important, decisive choice.

Hearing a clock signifies taking a decision of vital importance.

Seeing a broken clock signifies an unexpected turn of events.

Wearing a wristwatch signifies the need to make the most of opportunities available to you.

Giving someone a wristwatch as a present signifies happiness.

Seeing a watch on someone else's wrist signifies achieving great success.

Full English translation of the original heading “SAAT” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cloth Merchant

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A cloth merchant represents worldly adornment.

The author: A cloth merchant represents a potentially dangerous person because clothes are exchanged for money, and money is given an unfavourable interpretation in this source. If something other than money is taken in return for clothes, the meaning varies according to the goodness or badness of that item.

Al-Kirmani: Selling cloth or garments without receiving money signifies loss and sadness, whereas accepting something other than money is interpreted as the fulfilment of one's wish.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUMAŞÇI, MANİFATURACI. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Clothing and Garments

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing clothing in a dream has seven interpretations:

1. Sound religious belief.

2. Wealth.

3. Honour and standing.

4. Benefit.

5. Ease in earning a livelihood.

6. Deeds and conduct.

7. Justice.

Wearing new clothes in a dream has four interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A judge or ruler.

3. Wealth.

4. Goodness and benefit.

Cutting your clothing with scissors signifies receiving something of value.

Having your clothes taken off by thieves signifies discord between your wives, if you have more than one, according to this historical interpretation.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Clothing represents work and earnings.

Possessing beautiful clothes signifies that your work and earnings will be good.

Possessing unattractive clothes signifies that your work and earnings will go badly.

Red clothing signifies happiness and devotion to worship.

Green clothing signifies that the garment seen in the dream is, in symbolic terms, a garment of Paradise. The source cites the Qur'anic description of green silk garments and silver bracelets (Qur'an 76:21; source note 96).

Clean, washed white clothing signifies that people's work and affairs will be in good order.

Purple clothing signifies loss.

Torn clothing signifies the exposure of a secret.

Woollen or felt clothing signifies acquiring wealth and achieving your wishes.

Traditional regional clothing signifies poverty.

Dirty clothing of any kind signifies sorrow and hardship.

Clothing made of paper signifies humiliation or low standing.

Clothing made from animal hides signifies goodness and benefit.

Seamless garments resembling a burial shroud signify that your religious duties are coming to an end and that you are nearing the end of your life.

Clothing made from donkey hide signifies attaining honour and status.

Allama al-Majlisi: Seeing clothes signifies marriage.

White clothing signifies becoming a respected and religious person.

Yellow clothing signifies abandoning ritual prayer.

Green clothing signifies becoming pious.

Seeing a heavenly garment signifies being elevated in standing.

Seeing your clothing become ritually impure or filthy signifies acquiring unlawfully obtained wealth.

The author: Wearing old clothes signifies sorrow and distress.

Ibn Sirin: Possessing dirty clothes signifies behaving as a troublemaker.

Seeing your clothing stained with dirt or another impurity signifies corruption in both your worldly and religious affairs.

Seeing the stain on your garment caused by dead creatures signifies that your worldly affairs are sound but your affairs concerning the Hereafter are corrupt.

Taking off an old garment signifies escaping hardship and poverty.

Wearing winter clothes during summer signifies an increase in your wealth in proportion to the value of those clothes.

Wearing summer clothes during winter signifies fear.

Al-Kirmani: Wearing clothes befitting your standing signifies advancement in your career.

Wearing a king's garments signifies that your affairs will be put in order.

Wearing the garments of a vizier signifies gaining considerable wealth but being criticised by others.

Wearing the clothes of a doorkeeper signifies being deprived of the generosity of respected people.

For a young person, wearing the clothes of a middle-aged person signifies receiving someone's generosity.

Wearing the clothing of an executioner signifies obtaining a benefit.

Wearing an ascetic's garments signifies becoming someone whom people trust and to whom they entrust valuables.

Wearing a merchant's clothes signifies good work and earnings.

Wearing the clothes of righteous people signifies sound religious belief.

Wearing the clothes of corrupt people signifies encountering trouble because of them.

Wearing labourer's clothes signifies sorrow and distress.

Wearing a doctor's clothing signifies that your affairs will improve and you will become well known among the people.

Wearing clothing associated with Jewish people signifies, in this historical account, acting wrongfully through deception and facing an unfavourable outcome.

Wearing clothing associated with Christian people signifies performing an act that will keep you safe from both friends and enemies.

Wearing a monk's habit signifies adopting religious innovations and straying from the right path, according to this traditional interpretation.

Wearing a warrior's clothes signifies having a dispute with someone.

Wearing women's clothing signifies being separated from a relative or friend whom you respect.

Wearing a prisoner's uniform signifies encountering difficulty over a matter and becoming impoverished.

Wearing a porter's clothes signifies becoming notably trustworthy and accepting valuables entrusted to you.

Wearing a gravedigger's clothes signifies working in the service of a person of poor character.

Wearing a priest's garments signifies seeking a lawful livelihood from a good person.

Wearing a butcher's clothes signifies suffering a loss.

Wearing fashionable or elegant clothing signifies meeting a woman with marriage in mind.

Wearing new, unwashed clothes is considered favourable.

Wearing clothing embroidered with gold signifies an intelligent woman.

Wearing a sewn garment signifies goodness and benefit.

Seeing clothing whose owner you know signifies achieving your wishes.

Wearing revealing clothes signifies sin.

Selling old clothes is interpreted unfavourably.

Seeing thick, coarse clothing represents a poor person who is pious, devout, trustworthy and true to their word.

Possessing a thick, coarse garment signifies befriending a person with those qualities and benefiting from that friendship.

Possessing many thick, coarse garments signifies receiving wealth and blessings in proportion to what you see.

Finding a newly purchased thick, coarse garment signifies marrying a devout, wealthy woman and benefiting from that marriage.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Clothing has two kinds of interpretation: one concerns religion, the other worldly life.

Clean, new white clothing signifies that both your religious affairs and your condition in the Hereafter are good.

Tight, green clothing signifies an unfavourable condition in both worlds.

Torn, dirty clothing signifies corruption in both worldly and religious affairs.

Red clothing signifies goodness for both men and women.

Black clothing signifies goodness for preachers, judges and administrators, but sadness for other people.

Dark-coloured clothing signifies grief and misfortune.

Garments such as a robe or turban signify sorrow and hardship for men.

Yellow clothing signifies illness for men; for women it signifies marriage or, if already married, the illness of their husbands.

Green clothing signifies religious belief for both men and women.

Seeing a living person dressed in green signifies the soundness of that person's faith.

Seeing a deceased person dressed in green signifies happiness for that person in the Hereafter.

Seeing someone who habitually wears black dressed in black is a favourable sign for that person.

Seeing someone who habitually wears white dressed in black signifies loss in both worldly and spiritual matters for that person.

Wearing a king's clothing signifies receiving a benefit.

Wearing a scholar's clothing signifies benefiting from scholars.

Wearing an ascetic's garments signifies placing little importance on worldly possessions.

Wearing the clothing of a wealthy person signifies becoming attached to worldly possessions.

Wearing clothing associated with Jews or Christians signifies feeling sympathy towards Judaism or Christianity, in the terminology of the historical source.

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: Seeing a garment with one colour on the front and another on the back signifies losing respect and being humiliated among people.

Chewing or eating your own clothing signifies spending freely from your own wealth.

Wearing underclothes signifies remaining away for a long time on a journey, or being imprisoned because of a particular matter.

Seeing your clothes lost or taken from you, leaving you naked, signifies a decline in your standing.

Seeing people tear your clothes signifies a dispute with your spouse and resulting sadness.

Seeing your clothes torn signifies a dispute with a relative or friend.

Having someone take away your clothes and leave you naked signifies losing your reputation or status.

Unfolding a folded garment signifies setting out on a journey.

Folding an unfolded garment signifies the return of a relative who is missing or whom you have not seen for a long time.

For a man, wearing women's clothing signifies an increase in wealth accompanied by great fear.

For a woman, wearing men's clothing signifies receiving goodness and benefit.

Finding a garment signifies a journey; its length or shortness indicates the length of that journey.

Finishing a garment you have begun to sew signifies release from sorrow.

Al-Isfahani: The most favourable clothing in dream interpretation is made of cotton and contains no silk.

Clothing made from silk, cotton or marten fur signifies wealth acquired through unlawful means, according to this particular account.

Clothing made from coloured or raw silk is unfavourable for men but favourable for women.

Seeing old clothing signifies suffering hardship because of someone in authority.

Buying or wearing old clothing is interpreted unfavourably.

Selling or taking off old clothing is a favourable sign.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Wearing washed clothing signifies repentance for sins.

Wearing dirty clothing signifies poverty.

Wearing colourful clothing is considered favourable for women and members of the armed forces.

Wearing fashionable clothing is interpreted unfavourably.

Later commentators: Wearing golden clothing signifies making a promise that is not very serious, and nevertheless fulfilling it.

Seeing clothing embroidered with gold signifies happiness, honour and respect.

Owning gold-embroidered clothing signifies making a profitable purchase or sale.

Wearing gold-embroidered clothing signifies suffering business losses and passing through difficult days.

Possessing beautiful clothing signifies enjoying good relations with other people.

Wearing expensive clothes signifies good fortune.

Wearing white clothing signifies gaining respect.

Wearing blue clothing signifies happiness.

Wearing red clothing signifies arrogance.

Wearing yellow clothing signifies hypocrisy.

Wearing green clothing signifies the fulfilment of a wish.

Wearing black clothing signifies mourning.

Washing clothes signifies becoming economical or frugal.

Tearing clothes signifies a sudden fit of anger.

Wearing dirty clothes signifies making small, barely noticeable advances in business or trade.

Burning clothes signifies being subjected to betrayal or suspicion.

Clotted Cream (Kaymak)

Allama al-Majlisi: Seeing kaymak, a rich type of clotted cream, was traditionally associated with blessings and prosperity.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Clouds

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing clouds in a dream has nine interpretations:

1. Wisdom.

2. Leadership.

3. Sovereignty.

4. Divine mercy.

5. Religious devotion.

6. Punishment.

7. Famine.

8. Calamity.

9. Discord and turmoil.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Clouds are interpreted differently according to whether they are yellow, white, black or red, and whether or not they carry rain.

Seeing yourself beneath white, rain-bearing clouds signifies that God will grant you knowledge and wisdom, which you will in turn share with others.

Standing beneath yellow clouds signifies illness; according to some interpreters, it can also signify sorrow caused by the woman you wish to marry.

Standing beneath red clouds signifies hardship and calamity. The source explains this by recalling the traditional belief that red clouds appeared before divine punishment was visited upon a people.

Standing upright upon green clouds signifies that you will attain a position of authority.

Seeing clouds pass overhead signifies that you will befriend an influential person who keeps their word and, through that friendship, achieve what you desire.

Allama Majlisi: Clouds represent government, leadership and mercy.

Sitting on a cloud, holding one in your hands or eating one signifies that you will acquire knowledge and wisdom or enter a profession.

Seeing black clouds signifies severe punishment or a fall in prices.

Ibn Sirin: Driving or chasing clouds through the sky signifies keeping company with scholars and physicians. If a person in authority has this dream, it signifies that they will send emissaries and charitable individuals to places where their influence extends.

Catching a cloud from the sky and bringing it down to earth signifies abundant goodness and blessings during that year. The source cites the Qur'anic account of the Israelites being shaded by clouds and provided with manna and quails. [80]

Making garments from clouds and wearing them signifies that you possess, or will acquire, more knowledge than other people.

Seeing clouds cover the entire world without bringing rain is considered an unfavourable sign.

Al-Kirmani: Gathering or eating clouds signifies that you will become an outstanding physician and a scholar of exceptional learning.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating clouds signifies that wisdom will be the means by which you earn your livelihood.

Spreading a black cloud over something signifies divine wrath upon the inhabitants of that place; anyone seen nearer the cloud is, in the terms of this interpretation, nearer to that punishment.

Seeing clouds accompanied by rain signifies goodness and mercy.

Drinking rainwater from a cloud signifies that you will receive mercy and blessings in proportion to the amount you drink.

Seeing torrential rain and lightning emerge from clouds signifies that you should beware of the prayers against you made by your parents or by other Muslims.

Seeing lightning, thunderbolts and thunder signifies extremely severe punishment.

Seeing flashes of lightning accompanied by thunderbolts signifies the intensity of that punishment.

Seeing clouds spread through the room where you are sitting signifies that the people of your household possess knowledge and understanding.

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: Black clouds signify fear, terror and hardship.

Rain-laden clouds signify blessing, abundance and relief, but may also signify sorrow.

Seeing clouds approach from the direction of the sea signifies spoils or material gain.

Clown

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a clown signifies receiving an award for an achievement.

Being a clown signifies that your relatives and friends do not truly know you.

Full English translation of the original heading “PALYAÇO” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Clusters and Ears of Grain

Ibn Sirin: Fresh green clusters signify a child or an abundance of blessings.

Seeing dried ears of grain signifies a long-lived child who will experience scarcity and hardship.

Seeing fresh clusters of dates or grapes in their proper season signifies goodness.

Al-Kirmani: Eating fruit hanging in green clusters signifies abundance and blessings during that year.

Seeing fruit hanging in yellowed, dried clusters signifies scarcity and famine. The source quotes: “Those who spend their wealth in the path of God are like a grain that produces seven ears; in each ear are a hundred grains.” ^[160]

Full English translation of the original heading “SALKIM, BAŞAK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Coal

Ibn Sirin: Coal signifies unlawfully acquired wealth.

Obtaining coal from somewhere or receiving it from someone signifies acquiring wealth by unlawful means.

Putting coal on a burning fire signifies trading with an influential person and earning income from it.

Seeing yourself covered in coal signifies a dispute with someone in authority.

Later commentators: Coal symbolises good fortune.

Seeing glowing red coal signifies an unexpected and joyful event.

Warming yourself with coal signifies surviving a disaster.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÖMÜR. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Coats and Overcoats

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a new coat signifies making the most of an opportunity that comes your way.

Seeing an old coat signifies receiving help with ulterior motives and the need for caution.

Putting on a new coat signifies improving circumstances.

Taking off a new coat signifies worsening circumstances.

Tearing a coat you own signifies the ending of certain conversations or relationships.

Taking off an old coat signifies release from fears and anxieties.

Seeing someone wrapped tightly in a coat signifies being deceived and harmed by hypocritical people.

Seeing many coats signifies a series of unfavourable experiences.

Full English translation of the original heading “PALTO, MANTO” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cockscomb Flower (Celosia)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a cockscomb flower in a dream was interpreted as a sign of happiness.

Buying a cockscomb flower, or receiving one from somebody else, was also interpreted as a sign of happiness.

Giving a cockscomb flower to someone was interpreted as bringing joy to that person.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing cockscomb in its proper season signifies distinction and respect. Some interpreters also took it to represent a prosperous, virtuous and beautiful woman engaged in trade.

Seeing a cockscomb plant sprout from the ground signifies becoming friends with a merchant.

Pulling a cockscomb plant out of the ground signifies parting from a friend.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “HOROZİBİĞİ”. Historical interpretation, not an evidence-based prediction. Source attributions are preserved.

Coffin and Casket

Allama Majlisi: Seeing oneself or a relative lying in a coffin carried by a large group signifies becoming a leader and person of standing.

Falling from a coffin signifies removal from one's office or position.

Later commentators: Seeing an empty coffin signifies worrying needlessly about the future.

Seeing a coffin containing a body signifies problems concerning marriage or public affairs.

Seeing oneself in a coffin signifies joy concerning marriage or public affairs, according to this traditional reading.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “TABUT” (5 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Cold and Freezing Conditions

Ibn Sirin: Cold weather or cold objects represent hardship and harm.

Finding something cold signifies poverty in proportion to how cold the object feels.

Being harmed by a cold object signifies distress and harm arising from relatives.

Being overcome by cold until one's body becomes dry is traditionally interpreted as the death of the dreamer or a relative.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SOĞUK” (4 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Colours and Their Meanings

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Green and white signify goodness, blessings, honour, victory and pure faith.

Black signifies rulers, people under authority, and preachers.

Yellow signifies illness.

Red signifies quarrels and disputes.

Ibn Sirin: White signifies pure and beautiful religious faith.

Red signifies hardship for men and goodness for women in the historical interpretation.

Green signifies benefit in this world and the hereafter.

Yellow signifies distress and illness.

Black and purple signify grief and hardship.

Full English translation of the original heading “RENKLER” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Combs and Combing Hair

The author: A comb in a dream represents a person of uncertain lineage who stirs up discord in religious matters.

Combing your hair and beard signifies relief from sorrow.

Al-Kirmani: Combing your beard signifies paying the zakat due on your wealth.

A barber represents someone who removes sadness and distress from people's hearts.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TARAK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Comedy and Humour

Later commentators: Acting comically, arranging comic entertainment or appearing in a comedy signifies grief and distress.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KOMİKLİK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Committing a Sin

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you commit a sin without knowing what kind of sin it is signifies that you will face turmoil or disorder.

Al-Kirmani: Committing a sin in a dream signifies that misfortune will befall you and that you should repent.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “GÜNAH”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry.

Common Cold (Rhinitis)

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Having a cold in a dream has three interpretations:

1. A mild illness.

2. Anger towards another person.

3. Receiving a benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing oneself or someone else with a cold signifies having a mild cold and recovering quickly. The severity of the illness is said to correspond to how severe it appears in the dream.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NEZLE (Tıp)” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Common Rue (Sedefotu)

The compiler: Rue is associated with enmity and oppression.

Possessing rue, or receiving it from someone, is said to signify that others will show pronounced hostility towards the dreamer.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating yellowed or withered rue is interpreted as a sign of illness.

Giving rue to someone else, or throwing it out of one's home, signifies release from warfare and hostility.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SEDEFOTU (Bot.)” (4 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Compass

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a compass signifies searching for, and finding, the right course in an important matter.

Losing a compass signifies doing something shameful.

Looking at a compass signifies undertaking a journey.

Full English translation of the original heading “PUSULA” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Confession and Admitting the Truth

Later commentators: Seeing someone make a confession is interpreted as a sign that you will reproach yourself.

Taking part in someone else’s confession suggests that you should investigate carefully the actions you have taken, or intend to take.

Full English translation of “İTİRAF” from the Turkish collection. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not verified predictions.

Cooking

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you cook and prepare delicious meals is interpreted as receiving a benefit from someone in a position of authority.

Ibn Sirin: If the food you prepare in the same dream turns out badly, the interpretation is reversed.

Complete entry translated from the Turkish source (historical dream-interpretation tradition). Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators.

Copper

The author: Dreaming that you possess copper indicates that you will acquire wealth in proportion to the quantity of copper you see.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you melt copper and work it into shape suggests that a difficult undertaking will be resolved through your assistance. Some interpreters instead regard it as a sign that you will earn wealth through lawful means.

Copying and Duplicates

Later commentators: Making a copy of something signifies public disgrace, difficulties, grief and fear.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KOPYA. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Coral

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Coral has four interpretations:

1. A child.

2. Adornment.

3. Beauty.

4. Wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Coral represents a woman or a child.

Possessing coral was interpreted as a sign of divorce.

Al-Kirmani: Coral represents a woman.

Seeing other gemstones alongside coral signifies wealth.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MERCAN” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Cormorant

Ibn Sirin: A cormorant signifies provision or sustenance.

Catching cormorants signifies receiving wealth and provision from a woman in proportion to the number caught.

Slaughtering a cormorant and eating its meat signifies benefiting from your wife’s wealth in proportion to the amount eaten.

Al-Kirmani: A cormorant signifies greatness or elevated standing.

Catching a cormorant and bringing it home signifies asking your relatives for provision and receiving benefit from them as a result.

Full English translation of “KARABATAK” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Cotton

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing cotton has three meanings:

1. Lawful wealth.

2. Benefit.

3. A secret.

Ibn Sirin: Cotton signifies lawful wealth proportional to the amount seen, while cottonseed signifies earnings gained easily and without great effort.

Full English translation of the original heading “PAMUK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cotton Carding and the Cotton Carder

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dreaming that you are carding cotton has two interpretations:

1. Gaining a benefit or advantage.

2. Finding a solution to complicated or seemingly entangled affairs.

Ibn Sirin: A cotton carder represents a powerful, influential person who helps others resolve their difficulties.

Dreaming that you work as a cotton carder signifies that you will form a friendship with someone who possesses those qualities.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HALLAÇLIK”. Historical interpretations are attributed to their named commentators; they are not scientific predictions.

Coughing

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Coughing in a dream signifies grief or distress caused by a person of influence.

Ibn Sirin: The meaning of coughing depends on the nature of the cough.

A productive cough with phlegm signifies distress, the loss of property and a complaint to another person about that loss.

A dry cough signifies making a complaint without good reason.

A 'yellow cough', in which yellow matter comes from the mouth, signifies encountering a rude and unpleasant person about whom everyone complains.

Coughing in the presence of a respected person signifies bringing a grievance before someone of high standing.

Coughing quietly signifies being troubled by religious questions.

Al-Kirmani: Coughing while someone complains about you signifies helplessness.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A cough that becomes lodged in your throat traditionally signifies death.

Coughing and bringing up phlegm, whether like a young or an elderly person, signifies relief from sorrow and distress.

Full English translation of the original heading “ÖKSÜRMEK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Counterfeiting Coins

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you counterfeit money signifies speaking to people in embellished or flattering language.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Minting iron coins signifies telling people baseless falsehoods in a way designed to appeal to them.

Minting small, worthless coins signifies uttering unpleasant words.

Full English translation of “KALPAZANLIK” from the supplied Turkish compilation. These interpretations reflect historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions, medical diagnoses or judgements about people.

Counting and Settling Accounts

The compiler: Settling accounts or disputing a count with somebody in a dream was associated with difficulty.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Counting numbers was associated with distress; counting things that were easy to enumerate was interpreted as a lesser degree of that distress.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish heading “SAYMAK, SAYIŞMAK”. Attributed dream interpretations reflect historical religious and cultural beliefs; they are not reliable predictions.

Coupon and Voucher

Later commentators: Seeing a coupon or voucher signifies receiving money within a short time.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUPON. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Court and Legal Proceedings

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a court signifies seeking justice or claiming one's rights.

Being summoned to court signifies coming under scrutiny or surveillance.

Being convicted or arrested by a court signifies failing to receive the recognition one deserves for one's work.

Appearing as a witness in court signifies helping someone in difficulty.

Pronouncing a judgment in court signifies being seriously mistaken in a matter, with the opposing party in fact being right.

Hearing a court decision read aloud signifies an unsettled period caused by doubts and suspicions.

Reading a court judgment signifies depriving someone of what is rightfully theirs.

Receiving a death sentence or life imprisonment in court signifies committing an act that brings shame.

Taking someone to court signifies attaining a long-held wish after a difficult struggle.

Being sued by someone signifies suffering harm through one's selfishness.

Winning a court case signifies that events will turn out contrary to one's expectations.

Losing a court case signifies the need to reconcile with one's opponents or enemies.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MAHKEME” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Cow and Cattle

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a cow in a dream has six interpretations:

1. Governance or administration.

2. Wealth.

3. Greatness or elevated standing.

4. Leadership.

5. A year that will pass favourably.

6. Abundant benefit.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Sitting on the back of a cow that belongs to you signifies serving a person of influence.

Seeing a cow enter your home signifies that, by God’s grace, opportunities for goodness will open before you.

Allama Majlisi: A cow signifies wealth and employment.

Seeing a cow enter your home signifies acquiring wealth.

Being struck by a cow’s horn signifies being dismissed from your position.

Loading a cow with barley and wheat and bringing it home signifies an increase in your livelihood.

Eating beef signifies acquiring wealth and an inheritance, and an increase in your income.

Seeing cow’s milk signifies finding healing.

Seeing a cowhide and cow dung signifies improved fortune and the acquisition of wealth.

Buying a calf and bringing it home signifies experiencing sorrow.

Riding a black cow signifies becoming a pioneering and respected figure.

Ibn Sirin: Owning a well-fed cow signifies enjoying an abundant livelihood during that same year.

Owning a weak and emaciated cow is interpreted in the opposite way.

Seeing beef signifies acquiring wealth.

Seeing a cowhide signifies receiving an inheritance.

Milking a cow and drinking its milk signifies an increase in your possessions.

Seeing a pregnant cow signifies renewed hope.

Buying a well-fed cow signifies marrying a wealthy woman.

Buying a cow and speaking to it signifies greater abundance in your livelihood.

Struggling with a cow and being bitten by it signifies being unfaithful to your wife.

Seeing a cow enter your home signifies an increase in your income.

Al-Kirmani: Selling beef signifies engaging in trade.

Seeing a cow arrive at your home or in the street where you live signifies receiving goodness and blessings.

Having a cow knock you to the ground while you are engaged in work signifies dismissal from your position or, if you are a merchant, a reduction in your wealth.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Owning many cattle, slaughtering one, and seeing a group of people divide its meat signifies that an influential person in the region will be killed and their property seized.

Seeing cattle paw or dig at the ground signifies acquiring a considerable amount of wealth.

Wrestling with cattle signifies becoming involved in hostility with a prominent person.

Later commentators: Seeing a cow signifies improving fortune and happiness.

Milking a cow signifies earning money with ease.

Seeing a dead cow signifies suffering a substantial loss in an undertaking.

Seeing a cowshed signifies recovering from a life-threatening illness.

Complete English translation of “İNEK, SIĞIR” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions, diagnoses or advice.

Crabs

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a crab signifies befriending someone who is greedy yet charitable.

Eating crabmeat signifies improved fortune and an increase in income.

Ibn Sirin: A crab represents an ill-tempered, impatient and resentful person.

Catching a crab signifies befriending an impatient, difficult person and receiving some benefit, however small.

Killing a crab signifies separation from a friend with those characteristics.

Eating crabmeat signifies obtaining wealth through a disreputable occupation.

Al-Kirmani: Owning a crab signifies receiving kindness from a dignified but difficult friend.

Eating crabmeat signifies acquiring wealth from someone in proportion to the amount eaten.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a crab signifies withdrawing from certain business activities.

Catching a crab signifies being rewarded after overcoming a difficult task.

Eating a crab signifies improved circumstances.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YENGEÇ”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Crocodile

Later commentators: Seeing a crocodile signifies being obliged to meet someone.

Seeing many crocodiles signifies an unexpected event.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TİMSAH”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Crops, Sowing and Harvesting

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing crops and farmland has five interpretations:

1. Lawful sustenance.

2. Benefit.

3. Illness.

4. Honour and status.

5. Livelihood.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Sowing and harvesting crops in their proper season signifies benefit.

Harvesting crops while they are still green signifies illness.

Sowing a field and gathering its produce in season signifies fulfilling a religious obligation and doing good deeds.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing crops or a field signifies placing your trust in God and earning a lawful livelihood.

Sowing seeds in your own field signifies that your work will go well.

Seeing your crops sprout signifies an increase in your provision.

Al-Kirmani: Breaking open the soil, scattering seeds and gathering the produce signifies abundance.

Failing to obtain any yield from the seeds you have sown signifies sorrow and difficulty.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Sowing wheat signifies benefiting from someone in authority.

Sowing barley signifies earning substantial income through your work.

Sowing rye signifies earning only a modest income through your work.

Cross (Christian Symbol)

Ibn Sirin: Buying a cross or being given one signifies, according to this traditional interpretation, that your religious faith will weaken.

Seeing a cross around your neck signifies that your beliefs are sound.

Worshipping a cross signifies that you will associate partners with God.

Al-Kirmani: Being given a cross and then taking it, breaking it or throwing it out of your home signifies firmness in your religious convictions.

Kissing a cross and treating it as sacred is interpreted as the opposite of the preceding dream.

Later commentators: Seeing a cross on a road signifies that you will receive good news.

Seeing a cross on a tower signifies that your thoughts and intentions are good.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HAÇ”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry; they are historical views, not scientific predictions.

Crow

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a crow signifies forming a friendship with a liar or hypocrite.

Hearing a crow call signifies a dispute between you and your spouse.

Seeing a crow caw signifies damage to your property.

Ibn Sirin: A crow represents someone who breaks promises, behaves immorally, lacks faith and tells lies.

Catching a crow, or receiving one from somebody else, signifies being deceived by a person with the qualities just described.

Owning a crow signifies becoming friends with such a person.

Killing a crow signifies overcoming such a person.

Seeing crows gather in one place signifies that immoral people and thieves will assemble there.

Seeing people catch crows with great ease signifies finding wealth or provisions acquired by dishonest means.

Al-Kirmani: A crow represents a woman, while many crows represent an army.

Skinning a crow signifies engaging in an illicit sexual relationship with a woman from another country.

Killing a crow signifies misfortune for the members of your household.

Seeing a crow speak to you signifies receiving news.

Seeing a flock of crows fly across a particular place signifies that soldiers will gather there in numbers corresponding to the crows you saw.

Hunting crows signifies fraudulently taking possession of other people’s wealth.

Hearing a crow perched on a branch caw signifies making a difficult and exhausting journey.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Treating an injured or sick crow signifies giving advice to a thief.

Finding a crow and hiding it signifies following a wrongful path and yielding to your lower desires.

Seeing a crow carry something from your house in its beak signifies that an immoral person or a thief will steal something from your home.

Later commentators: Seeing a crow signifies encountering theft or corruption.

Catching a crow signifies defending yourself against powerful enemies.

Seeing many crows signifies becoming the target of a woman’s slander.

Killing a crow signifies that a misunderstanding will be put right.

Seeing crows surround you, or seeing them settle on someone’s head, signifies the danger of death.

Frightening crows away signifies that, if you act cautiously, you will prevent a danger in time.

Hearing crows call signifies receiving bad news.

Full English translation of “KARGA” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Crowd and Gathering

Later commentators: Seeing a crowd signifies receiving a benefit.

Full English translation of “KALABALIK” from the supplied Turkish compilation. Traditional interpretations are historical beliefs, not reliable predictions or judgements about people.

Crown

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: For an unmarried woman, seeing a crown on her head signifies marriage; for a married woman, becoming influential among women. A married woman seeing her crown removed signifies, in the old interpretation, that her husband wishes to marry someone else or that she will be divorced.

Allama Majlisi: Possessing a crown signifies obtaining a position better than one's present standing.

Ibn Sirin: A crown represents a husband for women and goodness for ordinary people, according to the traditional symbolism.

Wearing a crown of gold or embroidered with gold signifies great respect, accompanied by diminished attentiveness to religious matters.

For a woman, that same dream signifies marriage to a man of standing.

Al-Kirmani: Having a ruler place a crown on one's head signifies fulfilling one's desire through an influential person's assistance.

Receiving a crown from a ruler and placing it on one's head signifies marrying a beautiful and wealthy woman and attaining one's wish.

Seeing a crown fall and break signifies divorce or the death of someone close.

Having a crown removed from one's head signifies separation from one's spouse.

Later commentators: Seeing a gold crown signifies attaching excessive importance to clothing and appearance.

Seeing a crown of silver or another metal signifies receiving a gift.

Seeing a crown made from myrtle signifies marriage or attending a wedding.

Having a crown decorated with roses signifies happiness.

Seeing a crown made from bone signifies a potentially fatal illness, according to the old text.

Seeing a gold crown decorated with roses signifies death for the ill, success for the wealthy and ill fortune for the poor, in the historical interpretation.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAÇ” (15 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Crying

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Crying and then laughing in a dream signifies that death may be approaching. The source quotes: “And that it is He who causes laughter and weeping, and that it is He who causes death and gives life.” [63]

Ibn Sirin: Crying is interpreted as rejoicing through God’s grace.

Ibn Sirin: Crying over one’s sins or while attending a gathering devoted to knowledge or the Qur’an signifies the forgiveness of sins through God’s favour.

Ibn Sirin: Crying without shedding tears signifies suffering a loss.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing blood rather than tears flow from one’s eyes signifies regretting something done in the past.

Complete entry translated from the supplied Turkish text; traditional attributions preserved.

Crying Out in Distress

Later commentators: Crying out in distress is interpreted as a sign that you will encounter a calamity.

Cucumber

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a cucumber has three meanings:

1. Regret over something you have done.

2. Happiness.

3. Receiving a benefit through relatives or friends.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing cucumbers in season signifies hearing pleasant words or meeting a woman for whom you feel affection.

Eating cucumbers signifies the fulfilment of a wish.

Al-Kirmani: Eating cucumber signifies undertaking something you will later regret.

Eating cucumber in its proper season signifies grief and hardship.

Eating cucumber at intervals is traditionally associated with illness.

Full English translation of the original heading “SALATALIK, HIYAR” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cumin

Ibn Sirin: Eating cumin signifies sorrow or hostility.

Eating sour cumin signifies goodness and benefit.

Eating cumin mixed with saffron signifies illness.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KİMYON. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Cup and Teacup

Later commentators: Seeing a cup or drinking from one signifies that you will meet a friend.

Breaking a cup signifies that you will meet an old friend and receive a considerable benefit.

Cupping Therapy (Hijama)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing cupping (hijama) in a dream has seven interpretations:

1. Returning something entrusted to you to its rightful owner.

2. Stipulating a condition.

3. Holding a position of authority.

4. Happiness.

5. Keeping the company of elderly people.

6. Reviving a practice from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).

7. For a scholar, being deprived of knowledge.

Ibn Sirin: Being treated with cupping by an unknown practitioner in an unfamiliar place signifies that you will write a book and assume a responsibility.

Being treated with cupping by someone you know signifies that, if this person is your friend, they will entrust something to your care; if they are your adversary, you will be protected from their harm and relieved of sorrow.

Seeing that the cupping practitioner is young carries the same interpretation as the preceding dream.

Seeing that the cupping practitioner is elderly signifies that you will gain respect and standing.

Al-Kirmani: Performing cupping on an elderly person signifies that your affairs will improve.

Performing cupping on a young person signifies that you will defeat an adversary.

Jabir al-Maghribi: An elderly cupping practitioner represents the dreamer's good fortune, while a young practitioner represents an enemy.

Later commentators: Performing cupping is associated with temporary happiness, an argument or death.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HACAMAT, HACAMAT ETMEK”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry; they are historical views, not scientific predictions.

Currants (Ribes Berries)

Contemporary Commentators: Seeing currants growing on their branches was interpreted as spending time in the company of loyal, sincere people.

Contemporary Commentators: Breaking branches from a currant bush was interpreted as entering into a pledge of friendship with someone.

Contemporary Commentators: Picking currants was understood as giving one’s consent to something.

Contemporary Commentators: Having currants outside their usual season was interpreted as a sign of disloyalty on someone else’s part.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“FRENKÜZÜMÜ”). These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Cursing Someone

The author: Dreaming that you call down a curse upon an unjust person signifies that you will overcome the person you have cursed.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you curse someone who has done nothing wrong signifies that the curse you uttered will return upon you.

Curtains and Drapes

Ibn Sirin: Hanging a short, rough curtain over your house door signifies distress in family life, though no concern about your work.

Hanging a curtain in a large house, mosque or marketplace signifies grief and difficulties.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a curtain you hung disappear signifies leaving grief and anxiety behind.

Seeing a curtain whose owner you do not know signifies more severe distress.

Seeing a curtain whose owner you know signifies comparatively milder distress.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A new curtain is favourable for a person in authority but unfavourable for ordinary people. An old curtain is considered unfavourable for everyone.

Full English translation of the original heading “PERDE” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Cutting Nails

Allama Majlisi: Cutting your nails signifies growing courage and strength and receiving benefit from your brother or nephews and nieces.

Seeing unusually long nails signifies a calamity, for which the text recommends repentance and charity.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TIRNAK KESMEK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Daffodils and Narcissus Flowers

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A narcissus flower has three interpretations:

1. A dignified person.

2. A child.

3. A loyal and steadfast friend.

Prophet Daniel: Narcissus represents a dignified, gentle person.

For a woman, picking narcissus flowers signifies having a beautiful daughter or marrying if unmarried.

Uprooting a narcissus flower signifies divorce or the death of a child.

Giving narcissus flowers to one's husband signifies separation from him.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NERGİS (Bot.)” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Dagger and Knife

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a dagger or knife in a dream is associated with good health.

Being given a dagger or knife by someone signifies that you will have a son.

Ibn Sirin: Holding a dagger signifies that you will have a disagreement with someone.

Seeing the dagger break or become lost signifies that the dispute will come to an end and that you will be reconciled.

Holding a dagger together with other weapons signifies overcoming an enemy and seeing your affairs return to order.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HANÇER”. Historical interpretations are attributed to their named commentators; they are not scientific predictions.

Dajjal (the Antichrist)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing the Dajjal—the deceptive end-times figure described in Islamic tradition—represents a malicious person who leads others astray and whose words do not reflect what is in their heart.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing the Dajjal in a particular place signifies that discord will arise there and that dishonest, ill-intentioned people will gather. Their undertakings, according to this interpretation, will bring neither goodness nor blessing.

The Dajjal is a figure in Islamic eschatological tradition. This entry reports historical religious symbolism, not a claim that a dream predicts real events.

Dancing

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dancing in a dream signifies sorrow, distress and misfortune.

Ibn Sirin: Dancing signifies sorrow and distress.

Al-Kirmani: Dancing signifies disgrace for women and hostility for men; for ascetics and dancers, it signifies sorrow. A dancer appearing in a dream represents someone who repeatedly encounters misfortune or becomes involved in the misfortunes of others.

Dandruff

Ibn Sirin: Seeing dandruff fall from your head like rain signifies suffering harm from someone in proportion to the amount falling.

Seeing that dandruff you previously had has disappeared signifies safety from harm.

Seeing dandruff fall away from your hair signifies relief and happiness if you have been sorrowful.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KEPEK (Tıp). Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Darkness

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Darkness in a dream has five interpretations:

1. Unbelief.

2. Confusion or bewilderment.

3. The obstruction of one’s affairs.

4. Religious innovation (bidʿah).

5. Going astray.

Ibn Sirin: Darkness signifies straying from religion.

Seeing everything become dark signifies that deviation will become widespread in proportion to the darkness observed.

Finding yourself in darkness and then seeing the surroundings grow light signifies repenting and returning to the right path.

Emerging from darkness into light signifies advancing on God’s path and finding relief.

Al-Kirmani: Emerging from darkness only to enter it again signifies going astray. The source cites the Qur’anic passage: “The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Whenever it gives them light, they walk in it; but when darkness falls upon them, they stand still. Had Allah willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight.” [134]

Jabir al-Maghribi: Darkness signifies sadness and hardship.

Seeing the sky or surroundings become extremely dark signifies sadness and hardship for the people of the area, together with an obstruction of their affairs.

Seeing the surroundings grow light and then suddenly dark again signifies a sudden outbreak of deaths in that region.

Ismail al-Ashʿath: Emerging from darkness into light signifies escaping poverty and attaining wealth, being relieved of sadness, seeing one’s affairs improve and moving away from the path of error.

Full English translation of “KARANLIK” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Dates and Date Palms

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing dates in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Children.

2. Blessings.

3. Wealth.

Fresh dates signify a good child and a source of joy.

The juice of fresh dates signifies sincere faith and lawfully acquired wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Dates represent wealth and benefit.

Eating dates signifies an increase in knowledge if you are a scholar, or growth in your wealth if you are a merchant.

Eating a date and discarding its stone signifies observing religious obligations if you are a scholar, or refraining from betrayal if you are a merchant.

Eating unripe dates was interpreted as receiving an inheritance from your children.

Seeing a large quantity of dried dates in your home signifies marrying someone of noble standing and benefiting from that relationship.

Seeing dried dates in your home turn green again signifies recovery if you are ill.

Cutting dates was interpreted as a sign that somebody in your household would fall ill.

Possessing dates signifies having a child.

Eating those dates signifies gaining wealth and blessings.

Possessing many dates, eating them one by one and sharing none was interpreted as having your property seized by a person in authority.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing that you possess fresh dates signifies experiencing difficulties while also acquiring wealth, in proportion to the quantity of dates.

Seeing abundant dates in your home signifies receiving income from your possessions in proportion to the number of dates seen.

Eating dates signifies experiencing the sweetness of faith and seeing your affairs put in order.

Cutting down a withered date palm signifies leaving an undertaking unfinished and having your affairs disrupted.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Picking black grapes from a date palm was interpreted as hearing pleasant words from a hypocritical person; according to other interpreters, as hearing something useful from an ignorant person; or, if you are distressed, as finding relief and happiness. The source quotes: “Shake the trunk of the date palm towards yourself; fresh, ripe dates will fall upon you.” ^[124]

A story in the compilation relates that a man came to Ibn Sirin and said, “I dreamed that I found forty dates in the judge’s palace.” Ibn Sirin replied, “Tomorrow you will receive forty lashes in the judge’s palace.” According to the account, the man received forty lashes the following day.

A year later the same man returned to Ibn Sirin, having seen the same dream. “I found forty dates in the judge’s palace,” he said. Ibn Sirin answered, “You will find forty thousand silver dirhams.” The man asked, “I saw the same dream last year, but you interpreted it differently. What is the reason?”

Ibn Sirin replied, “When you came last year, the date season had ended and the palm groves were withered. This year the trees are green and the groves are laden with bunches of dates, so I interpreted the dream as silver dirhams.” The story says that a week later the man found forty thousand silver dirhams.

Later commentators: Gathering dates signifies love and affection.

Offering someone dates signifies receiving a kiss of gratitude for a good deed you perform.

Eating dates signifies that a woman will fall in love with you.

Seeing a date palm growing outdoors signifies the fulfilment of a long-standing wish.

Seeing a date palm grown indoors as decoration signifies feeling troubled by a developing event.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “HURMA”. Historical interpretation, not an evidence-based prediction. Source attributions are preserved.

Daughter (Young Girl)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a daughter or young girl signifies worldly happiness.

Having a daughter in a dream signifies happiness, blessings and prosperity in proportion to the child's beauty.

Seeing that you have a daughter who then dies signifies the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself arrange your daughter's marriage signifies happiness for the person she marries.

Seeing that your daughter is missing a limb signifies sorrow and hardship.

Taking a young girl by the hand or carrying her in your arms signifies obtaining goodness and blessings.

Seeing yourself turn into a young girl signifies sorrow and hardship in this historical text.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KIZ ÇOCUĞU. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Day of Resurrection (Qiyamah)

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: For righteous people, seeing the Day of Resurrection has four traditional interpretations:

1. Salvation.

2. Relief from sorrow.

3. Victory over an enemy.

4. Good fortune.

Seeing the scales of the Resurrection has five interpretations:

1. A judge.

2. A ruler or leader.

3. A scholar of Islamic law.

4. A mediator.

5. A just judgment.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing the Day of Judgment arrive, being called to account and finding the reckoning easy signifies goodness and happiness.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing the Resurrection take place signifies the spread of justice in the region by God's grace. If its people are oppressors, the source interprets it as divine punishment; if they are oppressed, it signifies victory over their oppressors through God's help.

Seeing the inhabitants of an area stand before God signifies, according to this commentary, punishment or calamity afflicting that region.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing the Resurrection signifies that an oppressed dreamer will obtain justice, a sorrowful dreamer will find happiness, and one in hardship will obtain relief.

Seeing a sign of the Last Day—such as the sun rising in the west or the appearance of Dajjal—signifies a call to repentance.

Seeing graves split open and the dead emerge signifies victory over an enemy.

Seeing yourself called to account on the Day of Judgment signifies heedlessness. The source cites the Qur'an: “The reckoning of humankind has drawn near, yet they turn away heedlessly.” [135]

Seeing the reckoning begin with you signifies suffering loss. The source cites: “How many communities rebelled against the command of their Lord and His messengers; We called them to a stern account and punished them severely.” [136]

Seeing your deeds weighed and your good deeds found heavier signifies a favourable outcome. The source cites: “Those whose scales are heavy are the successful.” [137]

Seeing your evil deeds outweigh the good signifies many sins and, without repentance, punishment in the Fire. The source cites the Qur'anic passages on those whose scales are light and who have wronged themselves. [138] [139]

Receiving your record of deeds and being told to read it signifies improvement for a devout person, but an unfavourable outcome for a sinner. The source cites: “Read your record. Today your own soul is sufficient to call you to account.” [140]

Receiving the record of deeds in your right hand signifies following the right path. The source additionally cites the Qur'anic passage concerning the Book and the Balance sent so that people might uphold justice. [141]

Being given your record and asked to read it signifies that the affairs of a righteous person will go well, while those of a corrupt person are at risk. The source repeats: “Read your record. Today your own soul is sufficient to call you to account.” [142]

Seeing yourself on the Bridge of Sirat signifies following the right path.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KIYAMET. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Days of the Week

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Of all the days seen in a dream, Friday is the most favourable, followed by Monday and then Thursday. The brighter the days appear, the more favourable their interpretation.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that the current day is Friday or Saturday signifies that you will begin an undertaking believing it will bring good, but that the undertaking will ultimately turn out badly.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “GÜNLER”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry.

Death and the Deceased

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a deceased person take you along signifies health and well-being.

Seeing a relative who has already died looking joyful signifies sorrow.

Seeing a deceased relative argue with you or turn away in anger signifies that you have not fulfilled that person's last wishes.

Seeing a deceased person performing ritual prayer signifies that they frequently sought God's forgiveness during their lifetime.

Seeing someone you know die and return to life signifies a long life for that person.

Prophet Daniel: Seeing yourself die, be ritually washed and wrapped in a shroud, while people weep over you, signifies weakness or corruption in religious belief.

Dying and then coming back to life signifies repentance for sins and a long life.

Receiving something unexpected from the dead signifies acquiring property.

Receiving food from a deceased person signifies lawful provision.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a deceased person signifies receiving good news.

Seeing yourself die signifies longevity, although the source also associates it with the destruction of your house.

Seeing a dead person restored to life signifies, for someone in authority, greater prestige and the fulfilment of a wish.

Seeing a deceased person crying signifies that they died in faith and are in a good condition in the hereafter.

Seeing a deceased person laughing signifies that they are safe from divine punishment.

Seeing a deceased person ill signifies a need to give charity to someone in poverty on their behalf and pray for God's mercy upon them.

Seeing a deceased person embrace someone still living signifies a long life for the living person.

Seeing a living person carry a dead person and set them on the ground signifies illness or hostility among relatives.

Seeing a dead person give something to a living person signifies that the item will become more plentiful and less expensive.

Seeing a deceased person eat something signifies scarcity of that item in the marketplace.

Seeing a dead person speak signifies, according to this interpretation, that what they say will come to pass.

Seeing a deceased person dressed in new clothes or nightwear signifies improvement in your affairs.

Seeing the deceased in worn clothes instead signifies the need to give charity in that person's memory.

Seeing a funeral in your house traditionally signifies that death is drawing near.

Eating the flesh of a deceased person signifies repentance from backbiting and a resolve never to do it again.

Kissing a deceased person signifies that a visitor will arrive, depart and later return.

Receiving a gift from someone who has died signifies becoming wealthy.

Eating the flesh of a dead person signifies either an inheritance or engaging in gossip and then repenting of it.

Ibn Sirin: If the deceased speak to you and give you glad tidings, it signifies that you enjoy God's favour.

If the dead speak harshly and unpleasantly, the interpretation is the reverse.

Seeing a dead person wearing fine clothes signifies that they departed this world in faith.

Seeing them dressed in white signifies a favourable condition in the hereafter.

Seeing them dressed in black signifies an unfavourable condition in the hereafter.

Dressing a deceased person in clothes is traditionally interpreted as a sign that your own death approaches.

Giving your own clothes to a deceased person signifies grief and trouble.

Receiving the Quran or a religious book from the deceased signifies a life devoted to worship.

Seeing a deceased person selling clothes signifies that the price of such clothing will rise.

Asking someone who has died, 'Were you dead?', and hearing the reply, 'I am alive!', signifies that their condition in the hereafter is favourable.

Hearing a dead person groan signifies that their deeds during life were bad.

Hearing a deceased person moan because of a headache signifies that they were arrogant in life.

Hearing a dead person complain of eye pain signifies that they looked improperly at people outside the bounds of lawful intimacy.

Hearing a deceased person complain of ear pain signifies that they listened to gossip about others.

Hearing a dead person complain of toothache signifies that they used abusive language towards people.

Hearing a deceased person complain of stomach pain signifies that they consumed unlawfully acquired wealth or food.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A sudden death signifies relief for a believer but punishment for a disbeliever, according to this historical interpretation.

Seeing yourself die and undergo ritual washing signifies growing religious devotion.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself die, being placed in a coffin and having people follow it signifies gaining respect.

Seeing yourself die and be placed in a coffin is interpreted favourably.

If you are also buried in that dream, the reading becomes unfavourable.

Seeing a deceased person carry you away on their back signifies acquiring unlawful wealth.

Dying and being brought back to life is interpreted as an exceptionally favourable sign.

Reviving a dead person signifies that, if you work as a tanner in waking life, you will no longer need to pursue that trade.

Seeing someone who died previously die once more signifies, in this account, the death of your child.

Seeing your child die signifies becoming wealthy and safe from an enemy's harm.

Seeing one of your parents die signifies an improvement in your affairs.

Seeing a pregnant woman die and undergo ritual washing signifies, for that very woman, the birth of a son.

Seeing a deceased person return to life in a joyful state signifies improvement in your circumstances.

Seeing a living person die is given the opposite interpretation.

Seeing your deceased father wearing beautiful clothing signifies increasing wealth.

Seeing your deceased wife signifies poverty.

Seeing your deceased son signifies release from sorrow.

For women, seeing your deceased son return to life signifies the return of a relative from a distant journey.

Reviving a dead person signifies helping a non-Muslim embrace Islam, according to the source.

Full English translation of the original heading “ÖLMEK, ÖLÜ, ÖLÜM” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Declaration of Faith (Shahada)

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you recited the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, was interpreted according to your circumstances: if you were devout, it indicated that you would leave this world either as a martyr or while professing your faith; if you had committed sins, it signified repentance; and if the dreamer was a polytheist, it was interpreted as conversion to Islam.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Delivering a Sermon (Khutbah)

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming of delivering a sermon from a pulpit signifies gaining honour and standing if you are already a preacher.

If you are not a preacher, it signifies that you will set out on a journey, settle in the place you visit and face danger there.

If you are wealthy, it suggests a risk of becoming poor.

If you are not an educated person, it suggests a risk of humiliation among people.

Delivering a religious sermon, if you are not Muslim, is interpreted as either embracing Islam or dying.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a woman seated on a pulpit giving advice to people signifies that her husband will be disgraced.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Dreaming of reciting a marriage contract during a sermon signifies becoming a virtuous person who shows generosity towards others.

Complete English translation of “HUTBE OKUMAK” from the Turkish source. Interpretations are attributed to historical commentators; they are not factual predictions.

Descending and Going Down

Ibn Sirin: Descending from a mountain or rooftop signifies a loss of status or esteem.

Descending from a high place signifies a reduction in your wealth corresponding to the height from which you descended.

Walking down a flight of stairs is regarded as an unfavourable sign.

Complete English translation of “İNMEK” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions, diagnoses or advice.

Desert and Wilderness

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a desert in a dream has four traditional interpretations:

1. Livelihood and one's allotted share of provision.

2. Confusion or bewilderment.

3. Obstinacy and hardship.

4. Fear and the danger of death.

Crossing a desert and emerging from it signifies leaving fear and mortal danger behind.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): A desert signifies opportunity and livelihood in proportion to its size and extent.

Seeing yourself alone in the desert signifies that you will receive a substantial income.

Travelling through the desert with a group is interpreted as a sign that a journey will bring considerable profit and an increase in your livelihood.

Ibn Sirin: Leaving a desert is associated with relief from your present difficulties, whereas entering one is associated with poverty.

Dew (Çiy and Jale)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing dew in a dream is given five interpretations:

1. Calamity.

2. Hostility.

3. An army.

4. Famine.

5. Illness.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing dew fall over the neighbourhood where you live is interpreted as hardship for local people arising from those in authority.

Seeing rain, wind and lightning together with dew is associated with famine and hunger in the region.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing rain fall together with dew is interpreted as abundance and safety.

Seeing lightning together with dew is associated with difficulties for the people of the area.

Diamond

Later commentators: Seeing a diamond signifies the prospect of a favourable future.

Possessing several diamonds signifies an improvement in your financial circumstances.

Diarrhoea (Diarrhea)

Later commentators: Experiencing diarrhoea in a dream is traditionally interpreted as a sign of sorrow, hardship and material loss.

Complete English translation of “İSHAL OLMAK” from the Turkish collection. Historical interpretations are attributed to their sources, not presented as scientific predictions.

Dinar (Gold Coin)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing five dinars (gold coins) signifies the five daily prayers.

Seeing an even number of dinars signifies sound religious belief and beneficial knowledge.

Seeing an odd number of dinars has the opposite interpretation.

Giving dinars to another person, seeing your dinars disappear, or having them stolen signifies that your worries and troubles will be removed.

Receiving four dinars from someone signifies attaining honour and standing through women.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Seeing more than four dinars signifies becoming involved in a distressing matter and hearing words that weigh heavily upon you.

Seeing a large number of dinars but knowing exactly how many there are signifies that the troubles just described will be less severe.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing that you own five dinars signifies doing a good deed.

Seeing a dinar that is neither large nor small signifies that an acquaintance who gives you the coin will enable you to acquire a small, newly built house.

Possessing one hundred or one thousand dinars signifies acquiring knowledge.

Giving away dinars or losing them signifies gaining knowledge in proportion to the number of coins that leave your possession.

Al-Kirmani: A dream involving a dinar may sometimes be fulfilled literally. For example, a person who dreams of finding a dinar may find one in waking life, without any further interpretation being necessary.

Having a dinar, or receiving one from another person, signifies having a child.

Losing your dinar signifies suffering a misfortune involving your children.

Possessing a great many dinars signifies distress.

Seeing five dinars in the palm of your hand signifies performing the five daily prayers.

Seeing two of those five dinars disappear signifies that you will perform some prayers but neglect others.

Finding numerous dinars and placing them somewhere secure signifies that you are trustworthy and will be particularly conscientious about your prayers.

Minting dinars signifies encouraging people to do good and returning property entrusted to your care to its rightful owners.

Finding a single dinar signifies that someone will give you a document and ask you to safeguard it as a trust.

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: A fine-looking dinar without an image on it represents religion and the right path.

Seeing a purse of dinars signifies considerable wealth.

Seeing a dinar with the image of an idol on one side and the name of God on the other signifies, in this historical interpretation, that a Muslim will abandon Islam or that a non-Muslim will embrace it.

Dining Tables and Spreads

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A dining spread has four traditional interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A servant.

3. Travel.

4. Livelihood.

A table laid with food is given five interpretations:

1. Spoils or gains ready to be taken.

2. Elevated standing.

3. Firm religious belief.

4. Order in one's affairs.

5. Dignity and happiness.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a funeral meal spread signifies becoming a leading figure, gaining respect and income, and having one's name spoken of honourably.

If the spread is old, the same dream signifies sorrow.

Ibn Sirin: Owning a new dining cloth signifies obtaining wealth and blessings.

Sitting at a table with bread and eating from it signifies acquiring gains corresponding to the amount of bread consumed.

Al-Kirmani: A dining spread signifies a profitable journey. The more plentifully the table is laid, the greater the income the traveller will gain.

Clearing a set table without eating signifies illness or unemployment.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A table laden with food signifies strong faith and goodness.

Removing the table without eating signifies the end of sorrow and distress.

Sitting at a table and eating a great deal signifies a long life.

Seeing three kinds of food on the table signifies provision reaching the dreamer and their children. The source quotes Jesus, son of Mary: “O God, our Lord, send down to us a table from heaven, to be a festival for us, for the first of us and the last, and a sign from You. Provide for us, for You are the best of providers.” ^[186]

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SOFRA” (21 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Dinner Jacket (Tuxedo)

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a dinner jacket or tuxedo signifies having a successful meeting or conversation.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SİMOKİN” (1 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Dirham (Silver Coin)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a dirham in a dream has twelve interpretations:

1. Truthful speech.

2. Having a need fulfilled.

3. Authority or guardianship.

4. Accumulated wealth.

5. A friend.

6. A child.

7. A companion.

8. Abundant sustenance.

9. Safety and security.

10. An enslaved woman, in the terminology of the historical source.

11. Position or office.

12. Rank or status.

A broken dirham has four interpretations:

1. Offensive speech.

2. War or enmity.

3. Shackles and imprisonment.

4. An argument.

Ibn Sirin: A sound dirham signifies good, while a defective or broken dirham signifies false speech.

Seeing dirhams signifies obtaining dirhams or money in waking life as well.

Seeing a small number of dirhams signifies hearing kind words or proclaiming the declaration of God's oneness.

Seeing the stamped side of a black dirham signifies war and hostility.

Dreaming that someone gives you a purse or sack full of dirhams signifies consulting that same person about an issue, but being misled by their advice.

Losing your dirhams or having them stolen signifies distress concerning your children.

Losing a small dirham and never finding it again signifies relief from a burden that has troubled you.

Finding a dirham or receiving one from someone signifies an argument with another person.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a dirham in your hand signifies hearing pleasant words.

Seeing many dirhams signifies acquiring wealth.

Dividing dirhams between yourself and your spouse signifies having a fruitless conversation with your spouse.

Seeing a bundle of dirhams in your home signifies acquiring wealth in proportion to the number of coins seen.

Collecting a great many dirhams signifies leading people away from the right path.

Seeing a single white dirham in the palm of your hand signifies having a child.

Seeing the dirham in your hand disappear signifies the death of your child, according to this traditional account.

Finding numerous dinars (gold coins) and dirhams signifies accumulating lawfully earned wealth.

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: In dream interpretation, a black dirham is considered more favourable than a white one. Dirhams kept in a money pouch represent words you will hear.

A beautiful-looking dirham signifies happiness in this world and the next.

An unattractive dirham signifies deprivation of happiness in this world and the next.

A sound dirham represents sound and wise speech.

A broken dirham signifies conflict with someone or the fulfilment of a need.

A silver dirham signifies acquiring wealth.

Dirt and Grime

Al-Kirmani: Seeing dirt on your head or body signifies sorrow and distress.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KİR, KİRLENMEK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Disability and Impairment

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a person with a disability has five interpretations in this historical source:

1. Benefit.

2. Helplessness.

3. Poverty.

4. Sorrow and distress.

5. Difficulty earning a living.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing yourself disabled signifies losing esteem among relatives, according to the old interpretation.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing yourself disabled signifies failing to achieve a wish.

Seeing yourself disabled and asking someone for help signifies the fulfilment of your wish.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing yourself disabled and then recovering signifies that your wishes will come true.

Full English translation of the original heading “SAKAT, SAKATLIK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Dismissal from Office

Later commentators: Dreaming that you have been dismissed from a position of authority or responsibility signifies sorrow.

Diver and Diving

Allama Majlisi: A diver in a dream represents a jurist or a person of intelligence and wisdom.

Later commentators: Seeing a diver signifies that you will have to make a difficult decision.

Dreaming that you are a diver signifies that you will courageously accept a risk, embark on a business venture and earn substantial profits.

Dividing and Distributing Possessions

Ibn Sirin: Dividing things equally among people signifies dealing justly and fairly with them.

Distributing your possessions for a good purpose signifies arranging marriages for your children.

Distributing your possessions for an improper purpose signifies worsening circumstances.

Full English translation of the original heading “PAYLAMAK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Divorce (Talaq)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dreaming that you divorce your spouse signifies that you will undertake something that ultimately leaves you with regret.

Dreaming that you divorce your spouse through khul'—a form of divorce sought by the wife in exchange for compensation to her husband—signifies that you will receive income and become wealthy. [78]

Ibn Sirin: If you are married and dream that you divorce your spouse, it signifies that you will gain respect and standing.

Later commentators: Dreaming that you are divorced signifies that you will face unfounded and improper accusations.

Doctor and Physician

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a doctor treating a sick person signifies guiding someone who has gone astray back to the right path.

Seeing a patient become more seriously ill while receiving treatment has the opposite interpretation.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you practise medicine signifies that, if you are religious, you will guide others towards the right path; if you are a sinner, it signifies improved health and greater ease in earning a livelihood.

Seeing a doctor give medicine to a patient and witnessing the patient recover signifies teaching people knowledge from which they will benefit.

Seeing the medicine fail to help the patient has the opposite interpretation.

Dog

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A dog in a dream has four traditional interpretations:

1. Enmity.

2. A greedy person of influence.

3. A bad-tempered scholar or servant.

4. People who inform on or slander others.

A dead dog has three interpretations:

1. Illness.

2. Sorrow.

3. Exile and hardship.

Allama Majlisi: A hunting dog signifies a contented, knowledgeable and wise person.

A domestic dog signifies a greedy enemy.

Striking or killing a dog signifies defeating someone with those characteristics.

Seeing a dog urinate on your head signifies losing property or good fortune and being humiliated.

Ibn Sirin: A dog signifies a lowly yet affectionate enemy.

A female dog signifies a woman whom the source judges unfavourably.

A dog's carcass signifies illness.

Hearing a dog bark at you signifies receiving offensive words from an enemy.

Being bitten by a dog signifies harm from an enemy.

Seeing dog saliva stain your clothing signifies growing weary of the harm caused by an enemy.

Seeing a dog tear your clothing signifies a loss of wealth.

Feeding bread to a dog signifies increased provision.

Seeing a dog lean against you signifies putting your trust in an unworthy enemy.

Drinking dog's milk signifies great fear and conflict with an enemy.

Seeing a dog run away from you signifies an enemy becoming afraid of you or keeping away.

Seeing a female dog enter your home signifies marrying a woman described disparagingly in this historical account.

Seeing a dog hang from your clothing signifies distress.

Ismail al-Ashʿath: A hunting dog represents a person openly hostile towards you.

Hunting with a dog signifies debating scholarly matters with an enemy and deriving benefit from the debate.

Eating the meat of an animal you have hunted signifies receiving an inheritance.

Seeing a hunting dog leave you signifies the departure of an enemy who had nevertheless been helpful to you.

Later commentators: Seeing a black dog signifies betrayal by a friend.

Seeing a white dog signifies meeting someone well suited to you.

Seeing a rabid dog signifies being needlessly afraid of someone.

Seeing an aggressive, biting dog signifies facing an accusation.

Seeing a calm dog signifies that someone is setting a trap for you.

Seeing a dead dog signifies hostility towards you among people around you.

Playing with a dog signifies distress and financial loss.

Seeing a hunting dog at work signifies an unsettled way of life.

Being attacked by a dog signifies the need to exercise caution.

Setting a dog on another person signifies making an enemy.

Seeing numerous dogs fighting one another signifies family disputes over an inheritance.

Seeing a dog bite another person signifies illness, according to this historical interpretation.

Seeing a dog howl signifies danger.

Hearing barking signifies being in danger and needing to take care.

Seeing dogs barking signifies that ill-intentioned people are around you.

Seeing dogs barking at people signifies the need to remain particularly cautious and calm.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÖPEK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Doing Good and Acts of Kindness

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you perform a good deed signifies, in this tradition, gaining respect in this world and being spared punishment in the Hereafter.

Al-Kirmani: Doing someone a kindness and then publicly disgracing the person you helped signifies ingratitude on your part.

Doing a good deed for someone described in the historical source as a polytheist signifies spending your wealth on a person from whom, according to that account, you will gain neither worldly nor spiritual benefit.

Full English translation of “İYİLİK ETMEK” from the Turkish collection. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not verified predictions.

Domestic Service and Working as a Servant

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you work as a domestic servant was interpreted as becoming a matchmaker for other people.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “HİZMETÇİLİK”. Historical interpretation, not an evidence-based prediction. Source attributions are preserved.

Donkey and Wild Donkey

The Turkish source contains two consecutive headings titled “Eşek” (donkey). Both sections are translated below, in their original order.

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a donkey in a dream has ten interpretations:

1. Good fortune.

2. Prosperity.

3. Leadership or authority.

4. Property or possessions.

5. A woman.

6. Happiness.

7. Honour.

8. Advancement and favourable prospects.

9. Greatness or distinction.

10. Rank or status.

Prophet Daniel: A donkey signifies good fortune and elevated standing. Whether it appears in good or poor condition is understood to reflect the dreamer's circumstances.

Owning a donkey, or catching and tethering one that approaches you, signifies the opening of opportunities for good fortune and freedom from sorrow.

Seeing many donkeys signifies abundance and prosperity.

Receiving a wild donkey from someone signifies acquiring property or wealth from an outside source.

Riding a wild donkey that obeys you signifies, according to this interpretation, a tendency towards sin and an unwillingness to form friendships with Muslims.

Being attacked by a wild donkey signifies encountering difficulty and sorrow.

Hunting a wild donkey signifies obtaining blessings and prosperity.

Being attacked by two wild donkeys signifies that two hypocritical people will quarrel because of your involvement.

Bringing a wild donkey into your home signifies welcoming a hypocritical person into your household.

Allama al-Majlisi: Keeping a wild donkey at home, slaughtering it and eating its meat signifies goodness and prosperity.

Ibn Sirin: Riding a black donkey signifies gaining respect and esteem.

Riding a white donkey signifies attaining honour and status.

Riding a green donkey signifies becoming devout and God-conscious, and finding happiness in both this life and the hereafter.

Riding a reddish donkey signifies a peaceful worldly life.

Riding a yellow donkey signifies illness.

Owning a pregnant female donkey signifies hope for the future, accompanied by goodness and happiness.

Eating donkey meat signifies profit from a commercial undertaking.

Slaughtering your donkey and eating its meat signifies spending your own wealth.

Seeing the donkey you are riding die signifies that, in the source's traditional interpretation, your death is approaching.

Seeing your donkey die signifies the loss of property and increasing difficulty in earning a living.

Falling from your donkey signifies becoming poor.

Falling from a donkey belonging to someone else signifies suffering harm through another person.

Dismounting from a donkey and then mounting it again signifies that your needs will soon be met.

Exchanging your donkey for another signifies a change in your circumstances.

Al-Kirmani: Buying a donkey without paying for it signifies receiving a benefit from respected people as a result of something you say.

Seeing that your donkey has only one eye or has poor eyesight signifies difficulties in making a living.

Seeing that your donkey has no eyes signifies the loss of your property.

Seeing your donkey with unusually long legs signifies strong sales in business.

Dreaming that your donkey dies and you ride another, or that you sell it and buy a replacement, signifies an improvement in your livelihood.

Seeing your donkey mate with a mule signifies making a living through a journey.

Seeing your donkey mate with a horse signifies receiving your livelihood through an influential person, though you will also suffer injustice.

Seeing your donkey mate with a sheep signifies earning your livelihood by lawful means.

Seeing your donkey mate with a bird signifies acquiring property, with your earnings derived from birds.

Seeing your donkey mate with a young donkey signifies earning money through theft.

Seeing your donkey strong and carrying a load effortlessly signifies an easier livelihood and relief from hardship.

Seeing the opposite—your donkey struggling with its load—signifies the reverse of the preceding interpretation.

Loading your donkey heavily and then riding it signifies becoming so wealthy that you cannot count your possessions.

Dreaming of sexual intercourse with your donkey signifies acquiring wealth.

Carrying your donkey on your back signifies improved circumstances and favourable fortune.

Hearing a donkey bray is considered an unfavourable sign. The source cites the Qur'anic description of the donkey's voice as the most disagreeable of sounds (Qur'an 31:19).

Seeing a wild donkey signifies an ignorant, ill-mannered or uncultivated person.

Eating wild donkey meat signifies obtaining considerable wealth.

Riding a blind wild donkey signifies obtaining exceptionally great wealth.

Turning into a wild donkey signifies an increase in your livelihood accompanied by damage to your religious faith.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Hearing the donkey you are riding bray signifies, in this traditional reading, that your spouse has poor character.

Seeing a donkey fall signifies death.

Seeing a donkey whose owner you do not know signifies acquiring wealth from an unknown source.

Trading your donkey for another signifies a change in your fortunes: if the donkey you give away is better than the one you receive, your circumstances will worsen; if the one you receive is better, your situation and wealth will improve.

Exchanging your donkey for a horse or mule signifies receiving a benefit from a person of influence.

Seeing the meat or hide of a wild donkey signifies wealth and material blessings.

Finding the head of a wild donkey signifies discovering money, or forming a friendship with an important person and benefiting from that association.

Seeing wild donkeys flee from you signifies leaving the company of devout people and straying onto a harmful path.

Later commentators — second “Eşek” section in the source:

Later commentators: Seeing a donkey signifies an argument or dispute.

Riding a donkey signifies making very slow progress towards your goal.

Feeding a donkey signifies doing a favour for someone who does not deserve it.

Seeing a donkey running signifies encountering a number of problems.

Seeing a donkey braying signifies undertaking an activity that brings no benefit.

Riding in a carriage drawn by a donkey signifies coming under the influence of people who behave with excessive and inappropriate familiarity.

Doors and Doorways

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): A door in a dream has three interpretations:

1. The head of a household.

2. A woman.

3. A servant.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): A door represents a woman.

Seeing familiar doors open before you signifies that the blessings of this world will become accessible to you.

If the doors opening before you face the street, it signifies spending your possessions on others without distinction.

Seeing the gate of a palace open before you signifies obtaining wealth from an influential person and spending it on your family.

Seeing the door of your home broken, fallen or lost signifies grief and hardship.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing yourself open a door slightly signifies that matters previously closed to you will become possible.

Trying to open a locked door but finding that you have lost your key signifies losing your work or position.

Finding the lost key again in that same dream signifies that the matter which had been closed to you will reopen.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing someone’s door broken and carried away, without knowing where it has been taken, signifies that the owner of the house will encounter difficulties.

Seeing the door of your home come away from its hinges signifies trouble between you and your family.

Seeing the number of doors in your home increase signifies a calamity affecting members of the household.

Seeing a small door in the middle of your home signifies a calamity affecting your spouse.

Seeing the door of your home grow larger and stronger signifies goodness or improved circumstances for your spouse.

Seeing the door of your home become extraordinarily wide signifies that an unruly group will enter your home at a time of trouble or conflict.

Knocking at someone’s door and receiving an answer signifies that your prayer will be answered or, if you are seeking hidden treasure, that you may find it.

Knocking at a door and seeing it opened immediately signifies that your prayer will be answered and that you will overcome an adversary.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing wild predators leap at the door of your home signifies that unruly young men will intend harm towards your wife.

Seeing two rings or bells on your door, or predators gathered outside it, signifies that women will take an interest in you.

Seeing the gates of heaven open signifies that opportunities for goodness and blessing will open for the people of the region.

Full English translation of “KAPI” from the Turkish source. Historical and cultural interpretations are attributed to their commentators; they are not evidence-based predictions or medical advice.

Dough and Kneading

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing dough in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Growth or strengthening of religious faith.

2. A modest benefit.

3. Lawful sustenance or earnings.

Ibn Sirin: Kneading dough signifies soundness and sincerity in religious belief.

Kneading dough made from wheat flour and seeing it rise signifies substantial profits from commerce.

Al-Kirmani: Buying dough or receiving it from someone signifies that you will earn lawful wealth through trade, in proportion to the quantity of dough obtained.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HAMUR”. Historical interpretations are attributed to their named commentators; they are not scientific predictions.

Dragon

Allama al-Majlisi: Seeing a large dragon signifies an oppressive ruler.

Seeing a dragon signifies encountering a fierce, flattering enemy whom you should never underestimate.

Capturing a dragon signifies becoming the ruler or administrator of a large community.

Ibn Sirin: A dragon represents a formidable enemy or intense hostility.

Possessing a dragon signifies entering the company of merchants.

Fighting and defeating a dragon signifies confronting and overcoming your enemy.

Killing a dragon and eating its flesh signifies defeating an enemy and accumulating wealth.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Being swallowed by a dragon signifies fearing that your enemy may kill you.

Seeing a dragon perch upon your shoulder and obey you signifies that a powerful enemy will submit to you and your affairs will improve.

Later commentators: Seeing a dragon as a mythical creature signifies receiving support from influential people.

Seeing an angry dragon signifies suffering a loss.

Being injured by a dragon signifies being threatened by a powerful enemy.

Killing a dragon signifies being released from hardship.

Drawing and Painting Pictures

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Drawing something in a dream has four meanings:

1. Worldly decoration.

2. Futile activity.

3. Deceit.

4. Falsehood.

The compiler: Drawing a living being is interpreted as attributing a falsehood to God in this historical account.

Ibn Sirin: Drawing on the ceiling or wall of your house signifies being deceived by worldly adornments.

Drawing a design on your hand with henna signifies acting dishonestly in the way you earn a living.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Drawing a human figure or something else signifies holding a belief described as unsound in the source.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing an artist at work signifies a happy life and longevity.

Full English translation of the original heading “RESİM ÇİZMEK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Drill and Drilling

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a drill signifies a prolonged illness.

Working with a drill signifies undertaking a difficult and unrewarding task.

Drilling a hole in the ground was associated with the death of a relative or friend.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MATKAP” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Drinking Glass

Later commentators: Buying a drinking glass signifies spending money without sufficient restraint.

Giving someone a glass as a present signifies gaining esteem and respect.

Owning a valuable glass suggests that you will receive a gift from someone.

Breaking a glass signifies separation.

Seeing a broken glass is traditionally associated with good fortune.

Seeing an empty glass suggests that you will be a guest somewhere but will not be welcome.

Filling a glass with water signifies that you will enjoy very good health.

Seeing a glass filled with water suggests that you will encounter a group of people who will take an interest in you.

Seeing a glass filled to the brim signifies that you will become involved in a dispute.

Drinking water from a glass signifies good health.

Drowning and Strangulation

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that another person strangles you signifies that you will fall into poverty. Some interpreters, however, regard strangling another person in a dream as a sign of greater financial ease.

Later commentators: Dreaming that you are drowning signifies an improvement in your fortunes and a cause for happiness.

Escaping from drowning signifies that you will meet someone who is patient, forgiving and selfless.

Being strangled by another person signifies that you will suffer a financial loss.

Rushing to rescue someone who is drowning signifies that you will face a dangerous situation but overcome it by remaining calm.

Seeing someone drowning signifies that you will occupy yourself with entertainment or amusement.

Seeing many people drown in a disaster signifies a major calamity.

Drum and Drumming

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Playing a drum in a dream is traditionally associated with hearing false or worthless talk, with a foolish public undertaking that leads nowhere, or with a person whose outwardly pleasant words conceal lies, gossip and offensive speech.

Allama Majlisi: Hearing drums, the zurna (a traditional reed instrument) or similar instruments being played in someone's home signifies that the owner of the house will become well known.

The author: A drum signifies unwelcome news, false speech and an act performed openly. These meanings are attributed to the person playing the instrument in the dream.

Ibn Sirin: Beating a drum signifies empty or untruthful speech.

Seeing yourself playing the ney (reed flute) alongside a drum and dancing signifies sadness, distress and misfortune.

Seeing yourself beating a drum alone signifies that you will speak in vain or make unfounded statements.

Beating a drum while dancing signifies sadness and distress.

Al-Kirmani: Playing a drum signifies becoming involved in confused and futile undertakings, and making promises to other people that you have no intention of keeping.

Drunkenness and Intoxication

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Being drunk in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Unlawful wealth.

2. Riches.

3. Loss of wealth.

4. Fear and anxiety.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing yourself drunk signifies becoming wealthy but neglecting the hereafter and growing attached to worldly life. The source quotes: “You will see people as though they were drunk, although they are not drunk; rather, the punishment of God is severe.” ^[161]

The compiler: Drunkenness signifies unlawful wealth and laziness in performing ritual prayer.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Becoming drunk through alcohol signifies fear and anxiety proportional to the degree of intoxication.

Full English translation of the original heading “SARHOŞ, SARHOŞLUK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Duck and Ducks

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A white duck signifies wealth or a wealthy woman; a black duck is associated in the historical text with a bondwoman.

Slaughtering a duck and eating its meat signifies inheriting property from a woman and accumulating wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing ducks belonging to you in your home signifies acquiring wealth and blessings.

Seeing numerous ducks gather and make noise in your home or street signifies a misfortune in that area.

Hearing ducks speak to you signifies travelling through the assistance of a wealthy woman and gaining benefit and prestige on the journey.

Al-Kirmani: A duck symbolises a prosperous and respected relative.

Finding something on a duck signifies receiving help from someone with those qualities.

Full English translation of the original heading “ÖRDEK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Dung Beetle

The author: A dung beetle in a dream represents someone who accumulates wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Picking up a dung beetle from the ground signifies that you will befriend a person who lives on unlawfully acquired wealth.

Killing a dung beetle signifies that you will kill someone who lives on unlawful earnings.

Seeing numerous dung beetles gather around you signifies that you will find yourself among people who consume unlawful wealth and will suffer harm at their hands.

Eating a dung beetle signifies that you will consume the property of someone who lives on unlawful earnings.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “GÜBREBÖCEĞİ”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry.

Dust

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Dust has three interpretations:

1. Wealth.

2. Calamity.

3. Punishment.

The author: Dust settling on your belongings signifies gaining wealth according to the amount of dust.

Ibn Sirin: Dust covering something you own signifies gaining wealth proportionate to the dust.

Dust filling the space between earth and sky signifies that the inhabitants of the region will face a bewildering problem with no apparent solution.

Dust settling on a curtain signifies approaching divine punishment; the historical text advises repentance and giving charity.

Al-Kirmani: Being covered in thick dust signifies divine punishment, for which the text recommends repentance.

Seeing your land or building enveloped in dust and smoke signifies acquiring wealth in proportion to the dust.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TOZ”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Dye and Colour

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing dye in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Sorrow and distress.

2. Illness.

3. Misfortune.

4. Becoming involved in hostility on account of women.

Ibn Sirin: Of all colours of dye, green is considered the most favourable in dream interpretation.

White and yellow dyes signify illness.

Black dye signifies sorrow and distress.

Dyeing Hair and Beard

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dyeing one's hair or beard in a dream has four interpretations:

1. A fruitless and reprehensible undertaking.

2. Adorning oneself with the trappings of worldly life.

3. Seeking a position of authority.

4. Becoming renowned for worldly wealth.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Dyeing one's beard signifies matters kept hidden.

Dreaming that you dye your hair and beard but the dye does not take signifies that you will reveal your true self to other people.

Dreaming that you dye your hair and beard and the colour takes signifies that your circumstances will improve and your affairs will remain concealed.

The author: Dyeing something red signifies goodness and happiness for women, but is interpreted unfavourably for men.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you dye certain objects signifies that you will accomplish things that seem impossible, yet others will refuse to acknowledge what you have done.

Seeing the dye take beautifully signifies that your circumstances will remain hidden.

Dyeing clothes is an unfavourable sign.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you dye the palm of your hand signifies that you will experience financial hardship.

Seeing your dyed hands stick together signifies the death of a respected person.

Dreaming that your hands and feet are dyed violet signifies that you will engage in deceit in the way you earn your living.

Dynamite

Later commentators: Seeing dynamite explode in a dream is interpreted as a sign that you will earn respect and affection.

Eagle

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing an eagle in a dream was given two interpretations:

1. An oppressive and murderous ruler.

2. A scholar who lacks religious devotion.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an eagle signifies becoming the leader of a group.

Later commentators: Seeing a living eagle signifies financial gain.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Earrings

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Earrings have four interpretations:

1. An increase or addition.

2. Acquiring knowledge.

3. Position and greatness.

4. Sorrow and distress.

Allama Majlisi: Earrings signify goodness for women and memorisation of the Qur'an for men.

The author: Wearing earrings signifies experiencing kindness or beauty through other people.

Wearing pearls in your ears signifies learning knowledge of the Qur'an.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÜPE. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Ears and Earlobes

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: An ear in a dream is introduced as having seven interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A daughter.

3. A friend.

4. A son.

5. A servant.

6. Fear. The source announces seven meanings but lists only six.

An earlobe has four interpretations:

1. A handsome son.

2. Honour and position.

3. Upright religious belief.

4. Benefit obtained through one's children.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing your ears cut off signifies the death of your maternal aunt or sister in this historical reading.

The author: Seeing your ear fall off signifies having a daughter or divorcing your spouse.

Seeing yourself become deaf signifies corruption in your religious belief, according to the source.

Seeing an earlobe signifies a handsome son who brings blessings.

Al-Kirmani: An earlobe represents honour or worth. Any deficiency or increase in it corresponds to a change in the dreamer's standing.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KULAK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Earthenware Basin

Seeing a large earthenware basin signifies, according to the source, a virtuous woman in your household who fulfils her duties, guides others towards what is right, has repented of wrongdoing and shares your troubles.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing an earthenware basin break or disappear signifies separation from your spouse or the spouse's death.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TOPRAK LEĞEN”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Earthenware Jar

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a large earthenware jar signifies benefit received from a woman, depending on the jar's size and beauty.

Al-Kirmani: A heavy earthenware jar signifies hidden treasure.

Having a jar full of water at home and drinking from it signifies finding considerable wealth and spending it on good purposes.

A water jar represents a wealthy woman or illness, according to the source's alternative readings.

A vinegar jar represents a devout person.

A jar of vinegar and oil represents abundant possessions.

A jar of honey signifies lawfully acquired wealth.

A jar of kerosene signifies an untrustworthy or unpleasant person.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÜP. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Earthquakes

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dreaming of an earthquake and being swallowed by the ground signifies famine, illness or suffering inflicted by someone in authority. The source quotes the Qur'anic account in which a man and his dwelling are made to sink into the earth (Qur'an 28:81; source note 93).

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an earthquake signifies that you will experience a period of difficulty.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing the ground shake during an earthquake signifies that the people of the area will suffer hardship at the hands of someone in authority, in proportion to the intensity of the shaking.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing the ground tremble slightly, with one part collapsing while another remains standing, signifies that a person in power will come to the region, oppress its inhabitants and seize their property.

Later commentators: Seeing an earthquake signifies that changes will soon occur in your life.

Suffering damage in an earthquake signifies that you will be adversely affected by growth in the national economy.

Earthquake imagery is treated here as historical symbolism. Actual earthquakes cannot be predicted from dreams.

Ebony Tree

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: An ebony tree was taken to represent a hardworking, determined and miserly person.

Ibn Sirin: It represented a wealthy person who was diligent and competent in their work but miserly and of little benefit to others.

Al-Kirmani: The ebony tree was associated with a hardworking, resolute and miserly woman.

Full-entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium; historical attribution retained.

Eggs

Prophet Daniel: A hen's egg represents a woman.

Seeing hens lay eggs beside you signifies having a child by a woman the source describes as bad.

Not knowing which bird laid an egg signifies marrying a woman whose purity is likened to the whiteness and cleanliness of the egg.

Eating a cooked egg signifies acquiring wealth through effort.

Eating a hard-boiled egg signifies marrying and enjoying a long life with a woman.

Eating raw eggs signifies consuming unlawful wealth and encountering trouble.

Eating an egg together with its shell signifies other people consuming your wealth.

Eating only eggshells signifies taking possessions belonging to the dead or taking their burial shrouds.

Ibn Sirin: Eggs of birds represent strength.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you lay an egg signifies strong sensual desires and marrying several times.

Sitting on eggs like a brooding bird signifies conflict with women and opposition to them.

Seeing a chick emerge from the egg you have been incubating signifies gaining a benefit from the children of women with whom you have had difficulties.

Giving birth to an egg rather than a child signifies, in this historical interpretation, that your future child will not embrace Islam.

Putting an egg under a hen and seeing a chick hatch signifies the revival of a failing or stagnant business; some interpreters also associate it with having children or, for a teacher, teaching children the Quran.

Breaking an egg signifies having a sexual relationship, lawful or unlawful, with an unmarried young woman, according to the source.

Having many eggs signifies having children in proportion to the number seen.

Duck or seagull eggs represent a poor child.

Sparrow eggs signify happiness and goodness.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing or owning eggs signifies harmony within the family.

Finding an egg signifies forming a strong relationship or, if unmarried, becoming engaged or married.

Seeing or holding a large egg signifies experiencing a very favourable event.

Watching a hen lay an egg signifies receiving good news.

Eating eggs signifies having no worries about food.

Seeing egg-shaped chocolate signifies meeting an important person.

Seeing coloured eggs signifies sorrow and distress.

Seeing a red egg signifies death, anger or fire.

Seeing a yellow egg signifies illness.

Throwing an egg on the ground signifies disagreeing with others and hearing unpleasant words from them.

Breaking an egg and seeing a chick emerge signifies obtaining a major benefit.

Seeing a chick hatch from an egg signifies joyful news and an improvement in family life.

Throwing a rotten egg at someone signifies that others will seek revenge for your misconduct.

Seeing someone throw an egg at you signifies that somebody will object to you or that you will be placed under scrutiny.

Cooking with eggs signifies receiving an invitation from someone unexpected.

Seeing food prepared with rotten eggs signifies a family disagreement.

Buying eggs signifies obtaining income.

Seeing a soft-boiled egg signifies great joy.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YUMURTA”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Eid and Religious Festivals

Allama Majlisi: According to this tradition, dreams seen on the eve of a religious festival or during sacred nights invariably come true.

Dreaming that it is Eid and people are going to the mosque for the Eid prayer signifies being protected from sorrow.

Dreaming that you break your fast on a festival day signifies that the people in your area will be delivered from famine.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming of Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, signifies that you will need the guidance of people of wisdom.

Dreaming of Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan, signifies receiving religious benefit from an ascetic or devout person.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing distinguished people dressed in their finest clothes and leaving the city on a festival day signifies an increase in your standing; if you are imprisoned, it signifies your release.

Seeing the same dream shortly before a festival signifies dealing with a wise person and achieving a result only after considerable difficulty.

Dreaming of Eid al-Ghadir, the commemoration associated with Ghadir Khumm, signifies the fulfilment of your wishes. The source adds that such a dream is considered especially favourable when seen at the beginning of the year.

Electricity and Electric Current

Later commentators: Receiving an electric shock signifies encountering unexpected events.

Seeing electrical sparks signifies becoming intensely attached to someone, then recovering your composure and returning to your usual self.

Seeing electric light is interpreted as a warning to take precautions against sudden events; the source suggests that failing to do so could expose you to mortal danger.

Seeing or visiting a power station signifies taking part in a serious meeting.

Working at a power station signifies entering into an agreement concerning a highly responsible undertaking.

Elephant

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing an elephant in a dream has six interpretations:

1. A foreign person who holds authority.

2. A servant.

3. A deceitful person.

4. A person of great strength and splendour.

5. An envious person.

6. An oppressor.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an elephant without coverings signifies a woman whom you wish to marry.

Taking possession of the elephant signifies that you will attain that woman.

Dreaming of sexual intercourse with an elephant is interpreted as a sign that you will divorce your spouse.

Seeing elephant hide, elephant meat, elephant milk or ivory signifies acquiring wealth.

Seeing a female elephant signifies that you will avoid a woman of bad character.

Riding an elephant signifies that you will become a ruler or leader.

Falling from an elephant signifies a decline in your rank or position.

Seeing an elephant from a distance signifies becoming acquainted with merchants.

Seeing a young elephant signifies becoming involved in government affairs.

Seeing elephant dung signifies dismissal from your position followed by appointment to another office.

Ibn Sirin: Riding an elephant signifies marriage to a woman of bad character.

Having the same dream during the daytime signifies divorce from your spouse.

Al-Kirmani: Riding an elephant during a battle signifies victory over a formidable enemy.

Riding an elephant and then falling from it signifies facing a calamity from which escape appears impossible.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Climbing onto an elephant in order to look at something signifies marriage to a woman from outside your tribe.

Embracing and Hugging

Al-Kirmani: Embracing someone you know signifies that this person is virtuous and that you will benefit spiritually from them.

Embracing a child signifies growing love for your own child.

Embracing a lion signifies making peace with an enemy.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUCAKLAMAK, KUCAĞA ALMAK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Embracing Islam

The compiler: Seeing oneself embrace Islam again, despite already being Muslim, signifies an improvement in one's affairs.

Seeing oneself as an unbeliever signifies facing a calamity.

Seeing someone embrace Islam through one's efforts signifies preventing a person from committing a sin.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MÜSLÜMAN OLMAK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Emerald

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing an emerald in a dream has five interpretations:

1. A child.

2. A sibling.

3. Lawful wealth.

4. A beautiful woman.

5. Beautiful words.

The more beautiful the emerald, the more favourable these interpretations are considered.

Ibn Sirin: An emerald represents a child, a sibling or the acquisition of lawful wealth.

Owning an emerald signifies the death or departure of a child or sibling, or the loss of your property, according to the traditional source.

Al-Kirmani: An emerald represents religious belief; any flaw or improvement in the stone corresponds to a deficiency or improvement in faith.

Jabir al-Maghribi: An emerald represents a woman; some other interpreters say that it signifies pleasing words.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “ZÜMRÜT”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Enema (Historical Dream Symbol)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Dreaming of receiving an enema and feeling discomfort signifies worsening circumstances.

Seeing the opposite signifies receiving respect and benefit.

Ibn Sirin: An enema signifies anger and a transition from one condition to another.

Giving an enema signifies an increase in earnings.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TENKİYE”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Enemy and Adversary

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing an enemy in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Your affairs coming to a standstill.

2. Sorrow and hardship.

3. Loss of wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you are fighting an enemy and that the enemy defeats you signifies that misfortune will befall you. According to this interpretation, you should give charity and repent in order to seek protection from that misfortune.

Engagement and Betrothal

Contemporary commentators: Dreaming of one's own engagement signifies the imminent end of a needless undertaking one has begun.

Seeing a stranger become engaged or arranging an engagement ceremony signifies becoming engaged or married in the near future.

Seeing a married couple become engaged signifies a good friendship.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NİŞANLANMAK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Enslaved Person (Historical)

Ibn Sirin: Owning an enslaved person and selling that person to someone wealthy signifies becoming poor and sorrowful, while selling an enslaved person is also given a separate interpretation of happiness. The source preserves these different interpretations.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KUL, KÖLE. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Ewer and Water Pitcher (Ibrik)

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing an ewer in a dream has nine interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A servant.

3. An enslaved woman (a bondwoman, in the historical terminology of the source).

4. A state of proper balance or sound condition (the Turkish source uses the term kıvam).

5. The body or complexion.

6. A long life.

7. Wealth and blessings.

8. Goodness and abundance.

9. Ease and comfort in matters concerning women.

Ibn Sirin: An ewer represents a female servant. According to some interpreters, it signifies a person who first serves a community, then becomes its leader and protects its people from misfortune.

Acquiring a new ewer, or receiving one from another person, signifies obtaining the service of a woman possessing the characteristics described above.

Seeing an ewer break signifies that the female servant will fall ill or die.

Seeing an ewer go missing signifies that the servant will run away or leave her employment.

Complete English translation of “İBRİK” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions or medical advice.

Excrement, Dung and Diarrhoea

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Having diarrhoea in a dream has four traditional interpretations:

1. Wealth acquired through unlawful means.

2. Relief and an easing of circumstances.

3. Spending money on family expenses.

4. Release from sorrow.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing horse or cattle dung signifies wealth and blessings in proportion to the amount seen.

Seeing human excrement signifies unlawfully acquired wealth.

Dreaming that you defecate in your own bed signifies giving your possessions to your spouse.

Defecating somewhere and then covering the excrement with soil signifies that you will conceal your wealth underground.

Al-Kirmani: Eating other people's excrement signifies spending wealth acquired through unlawful means.

Defecating in an unfamiliar place signifies wasting your money on pointless things.

Seeing your body soiled with excrement signifies committing a sin.

Having diarrhoea signifies spending money wastefully.

Seeing excrement pour out of your abdomen like a flood signifies sorrow and distress caused by an influential person.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Human or four-legged animal excrement signifies unlawfully acquired wealth.

Dung from stable animals or predatory animals signifies property obtained through oppression or coercion.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Human excrement signifies money or possessions that pass out of your hands.

Seeing yourself submerged in excrement signifies suffering hardship at the hands of a powerful person.

Stepping into excrement, falling, and becoming covered in it signifies distress caused by a powerful person, particularly if the place where you fell is low-lying or unpleasant.

This is a historical interpretation of a dream image; it is not advice about digestive or other medical conditions.

Execution and Being Executed

Later commentators: Seeing another person executed signifies that you will defeat an enemy or acquire a new enemy.

Seeing a friend or relative executed signifies separation from a beloved friend or family member.

Dreaming that you are executed signifies illness if you feel pain during the execution; if you do not feel pain, it signifies falling into a humiliating situation and suffering public disgrace.

Complete English translation of “İDAM” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions or medical advice.

Exfoliating Mitt and Washcloth

Later commentators: Seeing a washing mitt or exfoliating cloth signifies the need for patience in the face of gossip; otherwise, you may lose the moral support of an influential person.

Washing yourself with such a cloth signifies treating accusations made against you as evidence and using them against the opposing parties.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KESE, LİF. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Explosion

Contemporary commentators: Seeing an explosion that kills several people signifies escaping a crisis without suffering even the slightest harm.

Seeing an explosion in a large factory followed by a great fire signifies obtaining a substantial benefit.

Full English translation of the original heading “PATLAMA” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Eye Doctor and Ophthalmology

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you are practising eye medicine and that the treatments you prescribe benefit your patients signifies that you will guide people who have gone astray back to the right path, and that they will benefit from you.

If the treatments you prescribe are ineffective in the same dream, it signifies the opposite.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“GÖZ DOKTORLUĞU”). Historical interpretations and source attributions are retained.

Eyebrows

Ibn Sirin: Seeing your eyebrows neat, complete and intact signifies that your personal appearance and adornment will remain unimpaired.

Seeing your eyebrows fall out is interpreted in the opposite way.

Al-Kirmani: Having no eyebrows, or seeing them fall out, signifies attempting an undertaking that will give you a bad reputation.

Seeing your eyebrows present and intact signifies being remembered favourably for your work, which will also benefit your religious life.

Seeing your eyebrows turn white signifies an increase in your knowledge but a decrease in your wealth.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing one eyebrow hair fall out and another being plucked signifies a loss of wealth and status, together with harm to your religious commitment.

Later commentators: Seeing thick eyebrows signifies happiness.

Seeing eyebrows that are thin, singed or falling out signifies loss.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Eyelashes

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Eyelashes have four interpretations:

1. Devotion to religion.

2. A friend.

3. Wealth.

4. Happiness.

Ibn Sirin: Eyelashes symbolise religious devotion.

Seeing your eyelashes fall out signifies weakness or corruption in your faith, according to the source.

Seeing your eyelashes twitch signifies becoming ill in this traditional interpretation.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KİRPİK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Eyes and Eyesight

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing eyes in a dream has seven interpretations:

1. Light or illumination.

2. Guidance.

3. Islam.

4. Children.

5. Wealth.

6. Knowledge.

7. Faith.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing an eye that has been removed from its socket signifies that you will travel far from your homeland.

Seeing your eyes become blind signifies that someone close to you will die.

Ibn Sirin: The eye represents a person who finds the path of guidance through spiritual insight.

Blue eyes represent religious innovation (bid'ah).

Dark blue eyes represent a child.

Two eyes represent two children.

Dreaming that you have become blind signifies that you will stray from the right path or lose a child.

Becoming blind in one eye signifies that half of your deeds for the Hereafter have been lost, or that you will commit a grave sin with part of your body, or experience a great calamity.

Al-Kirmani: Applying kohl to your eyes signifies that you will seek what benefits your religion.

Applying kohl merely for adornment signifies that you will try to appear religious in order to gain respect.

Being given kohl by someone so that you may apply it to your eyes signifies that you will acquire wealth.

Seeing the light of your eyes diminish signifies that you will act hypocritically in public and in private.

Seeing many eyes on your body and being able to see everything clearly signifies that your faith will grow stronger and that you will fulfil religious obligations and follow the Prophetic tradition.

Seeing someone remove your eye signifies that you will suffer a great calamity.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing that your eye is made of iron signifies that your sense of modesty will be lost and you will be exposed to shame.

Seeing both eyes swell until they cannot open signifies that you will befriend someone who is opposed to you.

Seeing the light of your eyes grow weak signifies harm or loss in matters of worship.

Seeing your eyes removed from their sockets signifies that you will be deprived of blessings in the Hereafter.

Seeing a single eye in your face signifies that you will hear words that harm you in religious matters.

Seeing a black-eyed person's eyes turn blue signifies that your circumstances will worsen. The text cites the Qur'an: “On that Day the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall gather the guilty with eyes turned blue [with terror].” [112]

Seeing your eyes turn entirely black, with no white remaining signifies that you will become arrogant.

Receiving a blow to one eye signifies that a calamity will befall your children.

Seeing someone reach out and remove your eye signifies that your child will lead you away from the right path.

Taking your eye into your own hand signifies that you will lose your property, your child will suffer harm, or you will commit a sin.

Seeing blood flow from your eye signifies sorrow concerning your children and a reduction in your wealth.

Isma'il ibn Ash'ath: Seeing your eye become an ear and your ear become an eye signifies that you will marry a widowed woman who has a daughter and have sexual relations with both of them.

Seeing your eye in the palm of your hand signifies that you will acquire wealth.

Seeing your eyes turn white signifies sorrow and distress. The text cites the Qur'an: “He turned away from them and said, ‘Alas for Joseph!’ and his eyes became white with grief, which he kept suppressed.” [113]

A reported account: A man once came to the Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him) and said, “O Prophet, I dreamed that my right eye kissed my left eye!” Daniel replied, “Fear God and repent. Do not betray your neighbour by looking lustfully at his wife. Repent so that you may be safe from God's punishment.” The man then repented and promised never again to look at his neighbour's wife in that way.

Later commentators: The meaning of eyes varies according to their colour and condition:

Eyes that cannot see signify joyful news.

Red eyes signify consuming or unrequited passion.

Blue eyes signify a great love.

Black eyes signify the need to exercise caution.

Tired eyes signify poverty.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“GÖZ, GÖZLER”). Historical interpretations and source attributions are retained.

Face and Facial Features

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing a face in a dream has eight interpretations:

1. Honour and greatness.

2. Humiliation and low standing.

3. Order in one's affairs.

4. Religious devotion.

5. Sorrow.

6. Falling into debt.

7. A good deed.

8. Obedience to God.

Turning your face away for no apparent reason signifies repenting and returning to God, but also speaking falsely.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing your face turn into another face and then return to its original form signifies returning to the true path.

Seeing your face more beautiful than it really is signifies increased respect.

Seeing your face grow unattractive signifies declining standing among people.

Al-Kirmani: Changes in the face have the following interpretations:

Seeing your face turn red signifies goodness.

Seeing your face turn white signifies the beauty of your faith.

Seeing your face turn yellow signifies illness.

Seeing your face turn black signifies public disgrace.

Seeing your face black while your clothes are white signifies having a daughter.

Seeing your face black and dusty signifies that death is near.

Seeing your face wounded or bleeding, or yellow fluid flowing from it, signifies damage to your wealth.

Seeing your face turned backwards signifies that people will turn away from you and cause you suffering.

Seeing your face become distorted signifies a defect in faith.

Seeing abundant hair on your face signifies falling into debt.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Looking into a mirror or water and seeing yourself as very beautiful, or being told by someone that you are beautiful, signifies that your affairs will go well.

Seeing your face unattractive in the same dream signifies that your affairs will deteriorate.

Seeing your face turn red signifies arguing with someone and becoming angry.

Seeing your face turn yellow signifies illness.

Seeing your face turn white signifies devotion to worship and doing good deeds.

Seeing your face turn black signifies encountering difficulties and sorrow.

Seeing a wound on your face signifies suffering distress involving women in proportion to the wound.

Seeing irritation on your face signifies a work-related problem involving women.

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: Seeing your face beautiful and well maintained signifies gaining rank among people.

Seeing one of your faces smile and the other weep signifies marrying twice and having spouses who do not get along, according to the historical text.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing your own face beautiful signifies the fulfilment of a wish.

Seeing a beautiful face signifies happiness.

Seeing your own face ugly signifies worry and anxiety.

Seeing your own face signifies receiving good news.

Seeing a face with makeup signifies harmful friendships.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YÜZ, ÇEHRE, SURAT”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Face Powder

Al-Kirmani: Seeing face powder signifies sorrow and worry; some interpreters also associate it with a quarrel or dispute.

Having some face powder signifies arguing with someone over something they have done.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Trying to whiten your face with powder you own signifies being troubled by grief and anxiety.

Full English translation of the original heading “PUDRA” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Facial Paralysis

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing someone with facial paralysis represents a hypocrite, according to the source's historical symbolism.

Dreaming that you have facial paralysis signifies that your true beliefs will become apparent.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you suffer facial paralysis and your face becomes distorted signifies being humiliated among people.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YÜZ FELCİ”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Factory

Later commentators: Seeing a factory signifies making a profitable purchase or business transaction.

Owning a factory signifies spending a substantial sum of money without ever enjoying its benefits.

Fainting

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Fainting in a dream has two interpretations:

1. Difficulties in one's affairs.

2. Bewilderment and helplessness.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you faint and lose consciousness indicates that you will face a predicament so difficult that you will not know how to resolve it. Nevertheless, the matter will ultimately end well.

Later commentators: Fainting signifies receiving an inheritance or a gift.

Seeing someone else faint signifies that you will borrow money from another person.

Fair and Exhibition

Contemporary Commentators: Attending a fair was interpreted as forming new relationships that would prove beneficial.

Contemporary Commentators: Attending a fair held in a sacred place was interpreted as being put to the test by other people.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“FUAR”). These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Fairies and Supernatural Beings

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a peri, or supernatural fairy-like being, has five interpretations:

1. A beloved friend.

2. Fortune and wealth.

3. Obtaining results from one's work.

4. Greatness.

5. False news or futile activity.

Prophet Daniel: Seeing yourself among peris signifies embarking on a blessed journey.

Seeing a peri carry you on its back signifies obtaining honour, position and greatness.

Seeing the peri throw you off its back has the opposite meaning.

Hearing peris speak respectfully and pleasantly signifies improved circumstances at work.

Seeing a peri in beautiful clothes signifies improvement in your circumstances.

Seeing a peri in a poor or unpleasant dwelling signifies worsening circumstances.

Receiving gold, silver or similar gifts from a peri signifies increasing wealth and fortune.

Allama Majlisi: A peri symbolises a deceitful and untruthful person occupied with futile matters.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a cheerful, good-natured peri signifies fortune and dignity.

Seeing an ugly or sorrowful peri signifies grief and distress.

Seeing a joyful peri dead signifies a deterioration in your business affairs.

Fighting a peri signifies disruption of your work.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing Muslim peris signifies meeting a friend, improved luck and wealth.

Seeing non-Muslim peris signifies encountering someone you dislike, misfortune and sadness, in this traditional account.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a dead or sick peri signifies worsening circumstances.

Being slapped by the ruler of the peris signifies becoming wealthy and fortunate.

Seeing peris you recognise enter your home signifies travelling far away and visiting several cities.

Being carried off by a peri signifies unexpected help and the fulfilment of your wish.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a fairy signifies a beautiful and emotionally moving experience.

Being surrounded by fairies signifies indecision between two romantic partners.

Reaching out towards fairies that flee or vanish signifies a troubled romantic life.

Full English translation of the original heading “PERİ” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Falcon (Shahin)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq:Seeing a falcon in a dream has four meanings:

1. Rank or position.

2. Military command.

3. Wealth and blessings.

4. Children.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a falcon signifies attaining high standing through an oppressive judge.

Seeing a falcon obey the dreamer signifies having a child.

Al-Kirmani: A falcon represents a very knowledgeable person.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “ŞAHİN” (8 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Falling

Ibn Sirin: Falling face down on the ground signifies distress and suffering.

Falling during a battle signifies an intensification of that suffering.

Falling from a high place, such as a mountain, roof or wall, signifies that your wishes will not be fully realised.

Al-Kirmani: Falling from a place signifies failing to obtain what you hope for.

Falling down a mountain signifies a deterioration in your circumstances.

Being seriously injured after a fall and seeing blood flow from your body signifies suffering a loss in proportion to the extent of your injuries.

Slipping and falling signifies hardship.

Feeling pain after a fall signifies ease and relief.

Later commentators: Falling from a great height signifies a loss of respect or standing.

Falling into a pit signifies damage to your reputation.

Falling off something signifies learning about a particular matter.

Slipping without falling signifies that you will experience an incident but remain safe.

Slipping and falling signifies encountering danger.

Seeing other people slip and fall signifies discovering who your enemies are.

Falling in Love

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you fall in love with someone is traditionally associated with becoming needy or excessively desirous.

Ibn Sirin: Falling in love with a married person is interpreted as weakness or corruption in one’s religious commitment.

Ibn Sirin: Attaining the affection of the person you love is associated with receiving a benefit.

Later commentators: Falling in love is interpreted as a sign of hopelessness.

Later commentators: Dreaming that someone is in love with you is interpreted as gaining a benefit through the assistance of others.

Complete entry translated from the Turkish source (historical dream-interpretation tradition). Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators.

Family

Later commentators: Dreaming that one has a family, or simply seeing an ordinary family, was interpreted as a sign of happiness.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“AİLE”). Historical interpretation, not a factual prediction.

Farmland and Cultivated Fields

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a field whose owner you know signifies undertaking something beneficial for both your worldly life and the hereafter.

Walking through your own field signifies going to war.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing fire fall on your field and burn it signifies famine and scarcity.

Seeing a field whose owner you do not know signifies suffering a loss.

Later commentators: Seeing a cultivated, well-kept field signifies that one of your undertakings will come to a standstill.

Seeing a ruined field signifies a period of sadness.

Ploughing a field signifies being faced with demanding work.

Sowing a field signifies war or disaster.

Seeing a lush green field signifies a good income.

Seeing a wheat field signifies exceptional happiness.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TARLA”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Fashion Model and Modelling

Contemporary commentators: For men, seeing a fashion model signifies a search for love, together with a warning to proceed cautiously.

For women, seeing a fashion model signifies buying new and attractive clothes.

Seeing oneself as a model signifies aspiring to prominence without attaining it, or longing to possess something that remains out of reach.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MANKEN, MODELİST” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Fasting

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Fasting in a dream carries ten traditional interpretations:

1. Greatness.

2. Leadership.

3. Health and well-being.

4. Rank or position.

5. Repentance for sins.

6. Victory over an enemy.

7. Abundant blessings.

8. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).

9. Striving in the path of God.

10. A son.

Breaking the fast at sunset signifies goodness and lawful sustenance.

Intending to break a fast prematurely suggests hardship during a journey or an illness.

Seeing yourself fast for two months signifies repentance and purification from sins.

Observing a voluntary, recommended fast signifies protection from illness.

Fasting throughout an entire year signifies repentance.

Fasting on the Day of Ashura signifies relief from grief and distress.

Allama Majlisi: Fasting signifies gaining respect and esteem.

Deliberately breaking a fast suggests illness.

Breaking a fast unintentionally signifies becoming an ascetic.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing yourself fasting, reciting the Quran, and glorifying God through tasbih ('Subhan Allah') and tahlil ('La ilaha illa Allah') signifies repentance from prohibited deeds and sins.

Seeing yourself fasting while engaging in backbiting, gossip or offensive speech signifies outward worship and obedience to God without genuine steadfastness in religion.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that it is Ramadan and you are fasting may signify rising prices and scarcity. Other interpreters offer the opposite reading according to the dreamer's circumstances: joy after sadness, recovery from illness, repayment of debts and religious devotion.

Full English translation of the original heading “ORUÇ TUTMAK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Father

Later commentators: Dreaming that your father, who has died in waking life, is alive again is said to suggest that you are considering an action that could bring discredit upon your family. In this interpretation, the dream may serve as a warning associated with your father, urging you not to act on that intention.

Dreaming that your father has died is traditionally interpreted as a sign of joy or of receiving unexpected news that help is on its way.

Fear and Being Afraid

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Fear in a dream signifies victory. The source attributes to the Prophet Muhammad the saying, “Victory is attained by inspiring fear.”

Being afraid of a thief or another living creature signifies possible harm from someone close to you.

Ibn Sirin: Fear symbolises safety.

Feeling afraid of someone without knowing who it is signifies anxiety or distress caused by a particular person.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KORKMAK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Feeling Full and Satiated

Prophet Daniel: In traditional interpretation, feeling satisfied after drinking water is better than thirst, just as being full after eating is better than hunger.

Al-Kirmani: Feeling full signifies release from poverty.

Seeing yourself hungry and weak signifies committing a sin.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TOKLUK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Felt and Mohair

The author: White felt was traditionally associated with lawfully acquired property or wealth.

Black felt was interpreted as earning income through a business venture.

Seeing your felt burn was taken to signify the loss or destruction of your property.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Female Magician

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a female magician signifies that a problem seemingly difficult to resolve will be solved by a simple method.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SİHİRBAZ” (1 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Fennel

Ibn Sirin: Seeing fennel, whether in or out of season, signifies sorrow and hardship.

Eating fennel signifies suffering a loss.

Seeing large quantities of fennel growing on land belonging to you signifies grief and difficulty.

Full English translation of the original heading “REZENE (Bot.)” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Ferris Wheel

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a Ferris wheel in a dream has eight traditional interpretations:

1. Honour.

2. Leadership.

3. Rank or position.

4. Greatness.

5. Splendour.

6. Happiness.

7. Exalted standing.

8. Ease in one’s affairs.

Ibn Sirin: Riding a Ferris wheel signifies gaining respect or social standing.

Later commentators: Seeing a Ferris wheel signifies being taken, if only briefly, to a place you have always dreamed of visiting.

Riding a Ferris wheel signifies feelings of hopelessness.

Feuds and Hostility

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you are in a dispute with someone and defeat that person is interpreted as signifying the opposite of what appears in the dream.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you are in conflict with the governor of your region signifies receiving kindness and benefits from that governor.

Seeing the reverse of this situation signifies that a disagreement will arise between you and the governor, causing you distress on his account.

Dreaming that you are in conflict with a person of authority signifies that your needs will be met.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Quarrelling with people for no reason signifies that they will be hurt and distressed by your words.

Complete English translation of “HUSUMET” from the Turkish source. Interpretations are attributed to historical commentators; they are not factual predictions.

Fever

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you have a persistent fever which never subsides signifies continually engaging in sinful conduct. According to this interpretation, the dreamer should repent without delay and seek refuge from divine punishment.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that your fever lasts for a long time signifies sound health and a long life.

Dreaming that you have only a slight fever indicates the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Later commentators: A fever, or an elevated body temperature, is interpreted as a warning.

Dreaming that you have a fever suggests uncertainty in matters of love and friendship.

Seeing a person suffering from a fever indicates that a friend may abandon you.

Figs and Fig Trees

Ibn Sirin: Eating figs is considered favourable when they are in season, and unfavourable when they are out of season.

Picking figs, or seeing someone give you figs, signifies doing something you will later regret and experiencing distress.

Al-Kirmani: Eating yellow figs signifies illness.

Black figs signify sorrow and hardship.

Eating green, delicious figs in their proper season is interpreted favourably.

Later commentators: Seeing or eating fresh figs signifies developing better relationships with other people.

Seeing dried figs signifies a reduction in your possessions or wealth.

Picking figs signifies achieving one of your goals.

Seeing someone offer you figs signifies establishing a sincere relationship.

Seeing a fig leaf signifies becoming an honourable and devout person.

Fashioning a fig leaf out of some other material signifies becoming the object of ridicule.

Seeing a fig tree signifies gaining control over your impulses.

Complete English translation of “İNCİR” from the Turkish collection. Historical dream interpretations are not verified predictions, diagnoses or advice.

Film Actors and Actresses

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a film actor signifies yearning for things that cannot be obtained, feeling hopeless, and consequently overlooking attainable opportunities.

Becoming a film actor signifies frequent dealings with certain people whose company makes the dreamer uncomfortable.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SİNEMA SANATÇISI” (2 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Film and Filmmaking

Later commentators: Acting in a film signifies that you will meet a famous person to whom you will owe a great deal in the future.

Making a film signifies that you will make substantial progress.

Finding Something

Ibn Sirin: Finding something in a dream signifies undertaking the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimage.

Finding ten objects of any kind signifies wealth.

Finding thirty objects of any kind signifies assistance and victory.

Finding a thousand or more objects of any kind is interpreted as exceptionally favourable.

Finding silver signifies that you will marry a beautiful woman.

Fingers and Toes

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing fingers in a dream is given six interpretations:

1. Children.

2. Siblings and their children.

3. Servants.

4. Friends.

5. Strength.

6. Ritual prayer.

Ibn Sirin: The five fingers of the right hand represent the five daily prayers.

The five fingers of the left hand represent nephews and nieces.

The thumb represents the dawn prayer.

The index finger represents the noon prayer.

The middle finger represents other prayers.

The ring finger represents the sunset prayer.

The little finger represents performing prayer with proper observance of its etiquette.

Seeing fingers missing from your right hand traditionally signifies living long enough to witness the deaths of some relatives.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing your thumb severed signifies becoming financially stronger.

Seeing your index finger severed signifies neglecting prayer.

Seeing your middle finger severed signifies the death of a distinguished person or ruler in a city.

Seeing your ring finger severed signifies financial loss.

Seeing your little finger severed signifies the death of a nephew or niece.

Ismail ibn al-Ash'ath: Toes symbolise adornment and beauty.

Seeing your toes large and strong signifies leadership.

Seeing your toes thin and weak signifies difficulties in your affairs.

Finding your toes so badly damaged that you cannot walk signifies severe hardship caused by financial loss.

Seeing your fingers and toes broken signifies a deterioration in your affairs.

Full English translation of the original heading “PARMAKLAR” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Fire and Sparks

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing fire in a dream has twenty-five possible interpretations:

1. Discord and civil strife.

2. Weapons.

3. Corruption.

4. Weariness.

5. Hostility.

6. Offensive speech.

7. Obstructing the affairs of others.

8. The anger of a judge or ruler.

9. Punishment.

10. Hypocrisy.

11. Reaching an impasse.

12. Knowledge and wisdom.

13. The path of guidance.

14. Calamity.

15. Fear.

16. Burning.

17. Service.

18. Plague.

19. Meningitis.

20. Chickenpox.

21. The resolution of difficult affairs.

22. Virtue.

23. Unlawfully acquired wealth.

24. Sustenance.

25. Benefit.

Eating pieces of fire is traditionally interpreted as consuming, or being about to consume, the property of orphans unjustly. The source cites the Qur'anic warning that those who devour the wealth of orphans wrongfully are filling their bellies with fire [65].

Seeing fire emerge from your mouth signifies lying and slander.

Seeing a fire lit near you that causes you harm is, paradoxically, interpreted as a sign that some good will reach you.

Seeing wood burning in a great fire signifies discord and warfare in that region.

Setting fire to people's front doors signifies victory over an adversary.

Being burned by a fire that gives no light is traditionally associated with contracting meningitis.

If that fire gives off light instead, the interpretation is that you or your relatives will have descendants who are admired and praised, and who attain wealth and distinction in proportion to the fire's magnitude.

Seeing fire on a battlefield is linked, in this historical account, to sudden and potentially fatal illnesses such as chickenpox, plague or meningitis, with their extent associated with the size of the fire.

Seeing the same fire in a marketplace is interpreted as a sign of dishonesty, lack of conscience and religious disregard among its traders.

Seeing fire fall into the sea signifies a local ruler seizing the population's property by force and oppressing them.

Seeing fire in an unfamiliar place is associated with irreligion.

Seeing fire fall upon someone's clothing suggests that the person will face trouble, fear or anxiety.

Seeing fire fall inside you signifies falling into distress.

The Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Seeing fire that does not burn you signifies approaching the fulfilment of a wish and overcoming difficulties in your affairs.

Being thrown into fire by someone and burned signifies oppression by an influential local figure, followed by deliverance and welcome news. The passage invokes the Qur'anic words addressed to the fire of Abraham: 'Be coolness and safety for Abraham' [66].

If the fire in that dream does not burn you, it signifies having to undertake a journey against your wishes.

Seeing glowing embers is associated with a feverish illness.

Seeing fire burn your body signifies suffering or distress proportionate to the extent of the burns.

Seeing a blazing fire fall at the entrance to your house and burn your entire body without frightening you is associated with weakness in the face of illnesses such as colds, plague, chickenpox or measles.

Seeing yourself surrounded by fire signifies acquiring unlawful wealth in proportion to the flames.

If that surrounding fire is mixed with smoke, it signifies distress, illness, warfare or hostility arising from unlawfully acquired wealth.

If you feel the heat of that fire, it signifies someone speaking ill of you behind your back.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing fire signifies loss or harm.

Ibn Sirin: A place where fire is lit represents a place frequented by many people.

Going to such a place and receiving something there signifies humiliation or disgrace in proportion to what is received; however, you will ultimately escape the trouble and regret your earlier conduct.

Seeing a spark signifies hearing offensive words.

Seeing sparks leap onto you signifies a severe calamity or, alternatively, falling in love.

Finding your direction by the light of a bright fire signifies adopting an ascetic way of life.

Seeing a column of firelight rise straight upwards signifies that your good fortune is to be found there.

Seeing your house illuminated by sparks from a fire signifies advancement in your work and an improvement in your fortunes.

Extinguishing those sparks signifies a family dispute that may ultimately reach the courts.

Al-Kirmani: Throwing a ball of fire at people signifies stirring up enmity among them.

Seeing fire fall upon your shop or merchandise signifies either the destruction of your goods or selling them for three times their value without showing consideration for others.

Seeing fire fall upon another person's home signifies that person coming under the power of an influential individual and being exposed to their intrigues.

Seeing fire burn your clothes signifies conflict with relatives or sorrow over worldly possessions.

Seeing a great fire somewhere signifies unrest or war in that area.

Seeing something already burned signifies a dispute involving women.

Seeing flames rise and completely consume a city, neighbourhood or house signifies severe warfare or the spread of an epidemic in that place.

Seeing fire burn some things but spare others, and feeling afraid signifies the outbreak of war in the region.

Seeing fire without flames is associated with a serious illness.

Seeing smoke mingled with fire signifies apprehension and fear concerning one's affairs.

Seeing fire descend from the sky and burn an area signifies the turmoil and calamity described above affecting its inhabitants.

Seeing a terrifying, blazing fire fall in one place and cause damage signifies disputes breaking out among the local population.

Seeing a dreadful fire burst from beneath the ground and rise into the sky signifies the people of that region opposing God's devoted servants through lies and slander.

Seeing fire move from one place to another without causing damage signifies receiving benefit; a poor dreamer may become wealthy.

Seeing sparks fall upon a place signifies war or turmoil there.

If those sparks are extraordinarily large, the text interprets them as divine punishment visiting the region, citing a Qur'anic description of enormous sparks [67].

Seeing sparks fall among people signifies hostility arising among local inhabitants.

Throwing fire somewhere or playing with it signifies extremely offensive speech.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a bright fire in your hand signifies holding a government position.

If that fire also produces smoke, it signifies anxiety about your work.

If the fire enters your hand and disappears, it signifies receiving unlawful earnings through your work.

Seeing yourself give fire to other people signifies harming them through your conduct and attracting their resentment.

Cooking and eating food over a fire signifies hearing pleasing words.

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: Seeing fire rain down from the sky signifies local rulers causing bloodshed and disorder.

Seeing heavenly fire fall and consume food signifies acts of worship being accepted by God. The source refers to a Qur'anic passage about an offering consumed by fire [68].

Seeing fire descend from the sky without burning anyone is interpreted as a sign of approaching divine punishment. The source cites a Qur'anic warning concerning the punishment of the Fire [69].

Warming yourself beside a great fire signifies developing a close relationship with an influential person.

Pouring something onto a fire signifies bringing your worldly affairs to a conclusion.

Seeing fire descend from the sky and burn grasslands is associated with sudden deaths spreading through the region.

Seeing a great fire consume a minaret or dome signifies the death of an influential figure living nearby.

Seeing flames burst from the ground signifies a hidden treasure in the region.

Later commentators: Seeing fire blaze up signifies falling in love with someone close to you.

Seeing an extremely smoky fire signifies encountering a disaster or serious difficulty.

Lighting or seeing a fire on a hillside signifies finding a friend who suits your disposition.

Dancing around a fire, or watching others dance around it, signifies receiving happy news.

Falling into fire signifies suffering a substantial loss.

Seeing fire tongs signifies encountering a difficult situation.

Seeing fire in a stove or hearth signifies planning to have children or finding joy through children.

Extinguishing a fire in a stove or hearth is traditionally associated with contracting a serious illness.

Source: Kamil al-Ta'bir, the Turkish edition of the dream-interpretation compendium. Traditional interpretations attributed to the scholars named above; rendered into English for historical reference.

Fire Brigade and Firefighters

Later commentators: Seeing the fire brigade in a dream is traditionally interpreted as a sign that you will face a serious problem or difficulty.

Full English translation of “İTFAİYE” from the Turkish collection. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not verified predictions.

Fire Worship

The Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Worshipping or prostrating before fire signifies serving an oppressive person.

Prostrating before a fire, an oven or a lamp signifies working in the service of women.

Entering a fire signifies benefiting from a person of influence in proportion to how far one enters it.

Seeing your hands, face or clothing emit light in a way that astonishes people signifies victory over an adversary and the fulfilment of wishes in this world and the next. The source likens the image to the miracle of Moses' shining hand before Pharaoh [70].

Isma'il al-Ash'ath: Worshipping fire signifies working as a guard or protector.

Worshipping a fire that throws off sparks signifies collecting money under the guise of religion and acquiring substantial unlawful income.

Source: Kamil al-Ta'bir, the Turkish edition of the dream-interpretation compendium. Traditional interpretations attributed to the scholars named above; rendered into English for historical reference.

Firewood and Logs

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a great quantity of firewood signifies weakening faith among people in one's area and hearing many lies.

Bringing a large quantity of firewood into one's home signifies abundant income.

The compiler: Seeing either damp or dry firewood was associated with war.

Gathering firewood in the desert was interpreted unfavourably.

Complete English translation of the source heading “ODUN” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Fish

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a fish in a dream has six interpretations:

1. A deputy leader.

2. An army.

3. A girl or daughter.

4. Income.

5. Sorrow and distress.

6. A female servant or bondwoman.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): Seeing fish in seas located in warm climates signifies hardship.

Seeing fish in seas located in cold climates is interpreted favourably.

Possessing large, fresh fish signifies receiving income.

Seeing small fish signifies sorrow.

Dreaming that a pearl comes out of a fish's belly signifies that you will have a son.

Allama Majlisi: Fish meat or oil signifies goodness and benefit.

Eating stale or salted fish signifies sorrow and hardship, even if only to a small degree.

Seeing an eel signifies suffering harm or being removed from office.

Ibn Sirin: Receiving dried, salted fish from another person signifies that you will suffer oppression at the hands of a person of high standing.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing fresh fish signifies income.

Dreaming that a fish comes out of your mouth indicates that you will tell many lies.

Dreaming that a fish comes out of your penis signifies that you will have a daughter.

Eating freshly cooked fish signifies receiving income in proportion to the amount of fish eaten.

Selling fish signifies gaining a benefit.

Dreaming that fish in the sea speak to you signifies learning a secret belonging to an influential person and achieving what you desire.

Later commentators: Seeing fish in a dream signifies being deceived by a cunning person.

Seeing large fish signifies receiving valuable rewards.

Seeing small fish signifies encountering things you dislike.

Seeing red fish signifies the fulfilment of a wish.

Eating fish is interpreted as an easy childbirth for a woman and good fortune for a man.

Catching a large fish signifies that your affairs will go well.

Catching a small fish signifies sorrow and distress.

Seeing a fishing hook signifies receiving a benefit.

Seeing a container full of fish signifies that your work or business will prosper.

Seeing a fish market signifies success.

Seeing a fish-breeding pond signifies worry and unease.

Seeing dried fish signifies illness.

Fishing with a rod signifies recovering your mental well-being.

Seeing other people fishing with rods signifies a favourable opportunity to form a friendship.

Seeing large fish in clear water signifies happiness and success.

Flag

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a flag in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Greatness.

2. Travel.

3. High rank and distinction.

4. A favourable state of affairs.

The author: A flag represents a learned, wealthy, devout, generous or leading individual.

Dreaming that you possess a flag signifies receiving benefit from someone with one of these qualities.

Losing your flag is interpreted as the opposite.

Al-Kirmani: A flag signifies a journey.

Receiving a flag from a person of influence signifies attaining rank and distinction.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Dreaming that you possess a large white flag signifies forming a friendship with a wealthy person and benefiting from that person's assistance.

Possessing a black flag signifies becoming a judge or a public speaker.

Later commentators: Seeing a flag waving signifies sorrow.

Carrying a flag signifies gaining respect.

Lowering a flag from its pole signifies regretting something you have done.

Seeing a black flag signifies the presence of an enemy.

Carrying your national flag signifies serving your country.

Seeing a flag flying from its pole signifies that something pleasing will happen to you.

Flank and Ribs

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing one's flank in a dream has five interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A daughter.

3. A female servant.

4. A servant or attendant.

5. An elderly woman living in the household.

Ibn Sirin: The flank represents a woman.

Seeing swelling on your left side signifies that your wife is pregnant.

Seeing your flank wounded and bleeding signifies that your wife will suffer a miscarriage.

Placing your hands on your sides signifies that you will experience profound sorrow.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing your flank broken signifies that you will suffer distress on account of your parents or spouse.

Seeing the skin on your left side peel away and fall off signifies that you will lose both your possessions and your wife.

Feeling pain in both sides signifies that your wife will be hurt or distressed.

Seeing your two sides come together signifies sorrow.

Seeing your flank large and strong signifies the soundness of your faith or the strength of your wife.

Seeing your flank grow smaller and weaker signifies the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Jabir al-Maghribi: The flank is associated with women, for in this traditional account women were created from men's sides. Accordingly, any increase or decrease seen in the flank is interpreted in relation to women.

Seeing that you have many flanks signifies that you will have women in your life corresponding to their number.

Seeing a snake emerge from your flank signifies that you will have a child.

Flax and Linen

Ibn Sirin: Seeing flax or linen signifies lawfully acquired wealth.

Wearing linen clothing signifies abundance and blessing.

Eating flaxseeds signifies acquiring considerable wealth.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KETEN. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Fleas

Ibn Sirin: A flea symbolises a weak enemy.

Being bitten by a flea signifies hearing harsh words from an enemy.

Killing a flea signifies overcoming an enemy.

Seeing many fleas gather on your body signifies becoming the subject of public gossip and suffering harm because of it.

Full English translation of the original heading “PİRE” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Fleeing and Escaping

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Fleeing in a dream without shouting or crying out signifies happiness, whereas fleeing while shouting and crying out is interpreted as a sign of adversity.

Ibn Sirin: Fleeing in a dream signifies deliverance or escape from difficulty.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing men flee from women signifies that you will fear a person of great standing.

Full English translation of “KAÇMAK, FİRAR ETMEK” from the Turkish collection. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not verified predictions.

Flies

The compiler: A fly symbolises a person of low character.

Flies gathering on the dreamer signify deriving income from people described as disreputable.

A fly entering one's ear signifies hearing hurtful words from someone of low character.

Al-Kirmani: Being bitten by flies signifies that others will envy the dreamer.

Killing a fly that has bitten the dreamer signifies overcoming an envious person.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a fly signifies sadness and receiving insults.

A fly entering one's mouth signifies doing business with a courageous person.

Killing a fly and seeing it stick to the object used signifies achieving considerable success with little effort.

Killing a fly signifies overcoming a rival.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SİNEK” (9 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Floods and Floodwaters

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a flood has four traditional interpretations:

1. A formidable enemy.

2. An oppressive ruler.

3. A victorious army.

4. Sedition and calamity.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a flood is interpreted as being spared sorrow and distress.

The compiler: A flood represents a powerful enemy or a tyrannical sovereign.

Struggling against floodwaters signifies being engaged in conflict with an enemy.

Escaping the floodwaters and reaching the bank is interpreted as victory over an enemy.

Seeing a flood in a region with a cold climate denotes sorrow and hardship.

Seeing a flood in a region with a warm climate denotes goodness and benefit.

Floodwaters reaching the dreamer's street or house are interpreted as relief and more favourable circumstances. “So We opened the gates of heaven with water pouring forth.” ^[183]

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SEL” (12 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Floor Coverings and Spreads

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A new and large floor covering is given six traditional meanings:

1. Honour and high office.

2. Greatness.

3. Rank.

4. Wealth.

5. Long life.

6. Respect and praise.

The compiler: A floor covering is associated with lasting happiness.

Spreading out a covering and sitting on it signifies abundant livelihood and a long life.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Owning or seeing a large, clean, new and wide covering is interpreted as an abundance of wealth and blessings.

Selling one's own covering or giving it to someone else signifies a reduction in property.

Seeing one's covering burn signifies diminished livelihood and deteriorating circumstances.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SERGİ” (12 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Flour

Prophet Daniel: Seeing flour fall from the sky like snow signifies receiving lawful wealth from an unexpected source, in proportion to the flour that falls.

The author: Flour signifies lawful wealth and blessings acquired without great effort.

Ibn Sirin: Different types of flour have these meanings:

Barley flour signifies steadfast faith.

Wheat flour signifies substantial profits from trade.

Inexpensive flour signifies modest earnings.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Selling flour represents a person who trades religious values for worldly advantage.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “UN”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Flower Bud

The author: Seeing a flower bud in its proper season is interpreted favourably.

Seeing a cedar bud signifies a beautiful bride.

Other flower buds signify pleasant words.

Smelling a flower bud signifies that you will receive praise from others.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the supplied Turkish compendium entry “GONCA”. These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Flowers

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing flowers in a dream is given six possible interpretations:

1. A child.

2. A friend.

3. A person lacking aspiration or initiative.

4. An enslaved woman (a cariye in the historical text).

5. A male servant or young attendant.

6. A letter or message.

Allama Majlisi: Picking a flower and smelling its fragrance is interpreted as a sign of a minor illness.

Seeing a rose generally signifies good fortune and wealth.

Ibn Sirin: Flowers are interpreted in two distinct ways: those still growing on their stems and those that have been picked.

Flowers that do not last and quickly wither are associated with sorrow.

Flowers seen outside their natural season are said to signify misfortune involving one's children.

Flowers that have been plucked from their stems are associated with sorrow and tears.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Growing flowers in your home is interpreted as happiness arising from your children.

Seeing many different kinds of flowers bloom is associated with joy connected to your relatives.

Flowers may signify an unreliable person who shows little loyalty or commitment, or the arrival of a letter or message from a relative who lives far away.

Flying

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Flying in a dream has five interpretations:

1. Travel.

2. The Hajj pilgrimage.

3. Greatness and prestige.

4. A change in circumstances.

5. Illness or death.

Prophet Daniel: Flying like a bird from place to place signifies travelling and acquiring prestige in proportion to how high you rise.

Flying straight upwards into the sky signifies suffering harm.

Flying so high that you disappear from sight and never return to earth signifies approaching death, according to this historical interpretation.

Allama Majlisi: Flying from one place to another signifies a wholesome, blessed and healthy journey.

Flying while flapping your left hand signifies a journey with only limited benefit.

Landing in a tree after flying signifies befriending prominent people during a journey.

Flying at dusk signifies a difficult journey accompanied by hardship.

Flying upwards into heaven signifies performing the Hajj.

Ascending to the sky and never returning signifies approaching death; the old text advises repentance.

Returning after ascending signifies coming back from a journey in health and safety.

Falling from the sky signifies divorcing one's spouse and marrying someone else.

Rising to the sky, finding its gates open and meeting angels signifies performing the Hajj and receiving abundant provision.

Joining the angels in heaven and glorifying God with them signifies befriending exceptionally devout and pious people.

Flying like a winged animal signifies the need for repentance to avoid calamity.

Flying from one roof to another or from one wall to another signifies a journey and a change of occupation.

Ibn Sirin: Flying towards the qibla and returning to your starting place signifies making a profitable journey and returning soon; having wings makes this interpretation more favourable.

Flying without wings signifies a change in your circumstances.

Flying from your own roof to another signifies divorcing your spouse and marrying another woman, according to the source.

Al-Kirmani: Flying into the sky while holding reins signifies performing the Hajj.

Flying from your own home to another house signifies approaching death; the source urges immediate repentance.

Having wings unlike those of a bird signifies falling ill, becoming bedridden and eventually recovering.

Flying from place to place signifies a short journey.

Later commentators: Flying in an aircraft signifies failing at an undertaking and suffering loss.

Flying with wings signifies worry and anxiety.

Flying without wings signifies happiness.

Falling while flying signifies becoming involved in something with harmful intentions.

Watching someone else fly signifies jealousy.

Flying in a balloon signifies fulfilling your wishes.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “UÇMAK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Fog and Mist

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Fog is given four traditional meanings:

1. Bewilderment.

2. Stagnation in one's affairs.

3. Religious innovation (bidʿah).

4. Straying from the right path.

The compiler: Foggy weather is associated with the path of religion.

Seeing the surroundings clear after being enveloped in fog signifies improvement in one's affairs.

Seeing fog suddenly cover a clear landscape is traditionally interpreted as sudden death.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing fog ahead signifies unexpected obstacles to a task, which the dreamer can overcome through caution.

Being unable to see through the fog signifies undertaking a duty that requires sound judgment.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SİS” (10 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Food and Eating

Prophet Daniel: Any food that tastes unpleasant and is difficult to eat signifies trouble and sorrow.

Sour foods signify illness.

Delicious foods signify greater ease in earning a livelihood.

The author: A tasty meat stew prepared with mutton signifies benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Foods with pleasant tastes and aromas are interpreted favourably; unpleasant foods unfavourably. Peeling garlic or onions signifies sorrow, while eating bitter or tasteless food signifies hardship.

Al-Kirmani: Eating delicious foods signifies happiness; eating sour or bitter foods signifies trouble and sorrow.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A well-cooked stew with tender meat signifies goodness.

A poorly cooked stew with tough meat signifies sorrow and difficulty.

Eating all the food in your house signifies that death is approaching, according to the traditional interpretation.

Seeing a dead person eat your food signifies that the price of that food will rise.

Contemporary commentators: Eating in great haste signifies losing people's respect through carelessness and irresponsibility.

Eating only a little signifies regretting something.

Wanting to eat but being unable to find food signifies changes in your life.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YEMEK, YİYECEK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Foot and Feet

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a foot in a dream has eight interpretations:

1. Livelihood and earnings.

2. The length of one's life.

3. Effort and endeavour.

4. The pursuit of wealth.

5. Strength.

6. Travel.

7. Amusement or pleasure.

8. A woman.

Prophet Daniel: Seeing one of your feet cut off or broken signifies the loss of half your property.

Seeing both feet cut off or broken signifies losing all your property or dying; according to some interpreters, it may instead signify embarking on a journey.

Seeing that your foot is made of iron or copper signifies a long life and possessions that will endure for generations.

Ibn Sirin: If a virtuous person dreams that one of their feet is lame, it signifies that their religious faith will grow stronger. The source cites the Qur'anic words, “There is no blame upon the blind, nor upon the lame, nor upon the sick” (Qur'an 48:17; translated from the source).

Seeing your feet bound with rope signifies suffering a loss.

Seeing yourself without feet and walking with a stick signifies placing your trust in someone who will not keep their word.

Seeing your foot made of iron signifies an increase in wealth.

Seeing your foot made of silver and its surface of gold likewise signifies an increase in wealth.

Seeing shackles fastened around your feet signifies suffering a loss.

Seeing your foot tied to a pillar is regarded as a favourable sign.

Seeing your foot caught in a trap or sinking into a bog signifies being deceived in proportion to the difficulty and distress you experience in the dream.

Seeing your foot slip or fall into a pit signifies falling behind in religious and worldly affairs, or hearing words that hurt you.

Seeing your feet moving while you ride a donkey signifies making an intense effort to obtain something you seek.

Al-Kirmani: The two feet represent one's mother and father. Any deficiency or increase seen in the feet is interpreted in relation to the parents.

Seeing that you have many feet signifies undertaking a journey and, if you are poor, becoming wealthy.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing your feet resemble those of a camel or cow signifies an increase in strength and standing.

Seeing your feet resemble the paws of wild animals signifies acquiring something unlawful.

Seeing your feet resemble those of winged creatures signifies an increase in earnings or victory over an enemy.

Later commentators: Walking barefoot along a road signifies good health.

Walking barefoot through clear water is considered a favourable sign.

Walking barefoot through a meadow is considered an especially favourable sign.

Walking barefoot over stones and feeling pain in your feet signifies encountering difficulties in an undertaking.

Football (Soccer)

Contemporary Commentators: Playing football (soccer) was interpreted as neglecting one of your responsibilities.

Contemporary Commentators: Watching a football match was interpreted as taking part in a sporting event or ceremony.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“FUTBOL”). These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Forehead

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: The forehead has six traditional meanings: rank or position; honour; a prosperous child; livelihood and earnings; religious devotion; and generosity.

Ibn Sirin: The forehead signifies status, since it is the part of the body placed upon the ground in prostration before God. Some interpreters also associate it with a child in the family who will become prosperous.

Ibn Sirin: A mark upon the forehead suggests that a friend will become known for religious devotion. A wounded, bleeding forehead signifies rising status, while a forehead that becomes smaller signifies the opposite.

Ibn Sirin: A forehead changing into a different shape signifies suffering harm. Red and white hairs appearing on the forehead suggest debts connected with one’s spouse. Swelling of the forehead indicates an increase in wealth.

Ibn Sirin: A snake, scorpion or other creature emerging from the forehead is associated with suffering and distress.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Having a single eye on the forehead suggests attending to one’s own affairs. Having several eyes there signifies protecting one’s interests.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Green writing appearing on the forehead signifies having a learned and devout child. A verse of mercy written there points to a favourable end to life and, in the historical interpretation, death as a martyr. A verse of punishment indicates the opposite.

Editorial translation from the Turkish compilation; traditional interpretations, not factual predictions.

Fortress and Stronghold

Ibn Sirin: Entering a fortress was interpreted as finding safety from the harm of an enemy.

Leaving a fortress, or being made to leave it, was interpreted as being defeated by an enemy.

Al-Kirmani: Entering a secure fortress that belongs to you signifies safety from an enemy’s harm; leaving that fortress is understood in the opposite way.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Being inside a fortress signifies abundant sustenance and engaging in deeds for the life to come. Being outside it is interpreted in the opposite way.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “HİSAR”. Historical interpretation, not an evidence-based prediction. Source attributions are preserved.

Fortune-Telling and Divination

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Fortune-telling in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Overcoming an enemy.

2. Attaining a desired goal.

3. Having one's needs fulfilled.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing yourself consult a fortune and receiving a favourable result signifies victory over an enemy; receiving an unfavourable result signifies the opposite.

Fox

Allama Majlisi: A fox represents someone treacherous and deceitful.

Catching a fox or being given one signifies encountering a deceitful woman.

Drinking fox's milk signifies recovery if ill, repayment of debts if indebted, or happiness if distressed.

Eating fox meat signifies obtaining wealth.

Ibn Sirin: A fox represents a deceptive, cruel and troublemaking person or a woman among your relatives described as dishonest.

Struggling with a fox signifies a problem involving your relatives.

Seeing a fox approach you sexually and try to arouse you signifies the existence of a woman with some romantic interest in you.

Al-Kirmani: Taking aim at a fox signifies being deceived by someone through trickery.

Seeing a fox flatter you signifies being deceived by a stranger.

Seeing fox fur signifies the loss of property.

Drinking fox's milk signifies recovery if ill, joy if sad, release if imprisoned or, according to other commentators, fear concerning something.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing a fox signifies a liar.

Buying, finding or being given a fox signifies marrying or befriending a deceitful woman.

Seeing a fox settle in your home signifies marrying a woman who loves you.

Seeing a fox flee from you signifies that someone who owes you money will evade you.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TİLKİ”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Francolin (Bird)

Allama Majlisi: A francolin or black partridge represents a beautiful but unfaithful woman, according to the old commentator.

Seeing the bird signifies meeting a beautiful woman.

Ibn Sirin: The bird represents a beautiful but hard-hearted woman who does not get along with her husband.

Catching the bird or being given one signifies marrying a woman with those characteristics.

Eating its meat signifies taking and spending your spouse's property in proportion to the meat eaten.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TURAÇ KUŞU”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Friday (Jumu'ah)

Allama Majlisi: Dreaming that it is Friday signifies joy, for Friday is regarded as a day of celebration for believers.

Friendship and Companionship

The author: Dreaming that you are friends with a devout person signifies living a peaceful life.

Being friends with a person who habitually commits wrongdoing signifies that your own affairs are going badly.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Being friends with a ruler signifies receiving benefits from that person.

Being friends with a scholar signifies acquiring knowledge.

Being friends with a nonbeliever signifies a need to repent.

Being friends with an elderly woman signifies that you have become attached to worldly life.

Frog

Allama Majlisi: A frog represents a person devoted to worship.

Catching a frog signifies befriending someone with that quality.

The author: Owning a frog signifies befriending an ascetic.

Killing a frog and eating its meat signifies prevailing over an ascetic person.

Seeing numerous frogs gather in a place and croak signifies, in this historical religious interpretation, punishment for that region.

Being bitten by a frog signifies suffering harm from an ascetic.

Catching a frog in water and throwing it on land signifies acting unjustly towards an ascetic.

Later commentators: Seeing a frog signifies receiving a substantial sum of money.

Hearing frogs croak signifies receiving praise from others.

Catching a frog signifies obtaining a benefit.

Killing a frog signifies harming yourself.

Eating a frog signifies illness in the traditional account.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KURBAĞA. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Fruit and Fruits

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a greengrocer selling sweet and attractive fruit was interpreted as a sign of loss.

Prophet Daniel: Fruit is interpreted according to the tree on which it grows. If a tree's meaning is favourable, so is its fruit; if the tree's meaning is unfavourable, the fruit is read in the same way.

Eating seasonal fruit in a garden signifies accumulating wealth in proportion to the amount eaten.

Eating fruit out of season in the same dream signifies the loss of one's property.

Sour fruit signifies sorrow and distress.

Unripe fruit signifies wealth obtained unlawfully.

Seeing summer fruit fall to the ground signifies illness.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing dried fruit in its proper season signifies lawful income and sustenance.

Seeing unripe fruit carries an unfavourable interpretation.

Seeing fruit juice signifies lawful wealth.

Apple nectar signifies recovery for someone who is ill.

Seeing bitter oranges was interpreted as a sign of illness.

Seeing dates signifies benefit.

Seeing olives signifies knowledge, comfort and relief.

Citrus fruit signifies wealth if sweet, but sadness and difficulty if sour.

Ibn Sirin: Eating fresh, juicy and delicious fruit signifies benefit.

Picking fruit from a tree signifies obtaining wealth in proportion to the amount gathered.

Seeing fruit fall from a tree before you signifies acquiring wealth without effort.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing fruit on a branch signifies peace and prosperity.

Seeing fruit displayed in a shop or greengrocer's signifies renewed activity in business.

Seeing fruit in a basket or other container signifies visitors arriving at one's home.

Offering fruit to someone signifies attracting that person's interest.

Accepting fruit offered to you signifies hearing a troubling suggestion that should not be heeded.

Eating fruit signifies an increase in intelligence.

Eating sweet, delicious fruit signifies success in an undertaking.

Gathering fruit signifies obtaining benefit.

Eating bitter fruit signifies difficulties in something already planned.

Shaking a fruit tree without dislodging any fruit suggests trying to force a situation and warns against doing so.

Shaking fruit from a tree signifies a need to show determination in one's work.

Picking fruit up from the ground signifies receiving a substantial reward for a small undertaking.

Preserving or canning fruit signifies receiving support in reducing needless spending.

Seeing preserved fruit signifies benefiting from savings accumulated during times of poverty.

Preparing or cooking fruit signifies earning money from new work.

Seeing or eating unripe fruit signifies becoming ill.

Seeing spoiled or rotten fruit warns of doing something that could invite ridicule.

Seeing assorted fruit together signifies a period of turmoil that eventually ends happily.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MEYVE, MEYVELER” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Fruit Nectar and Syrup

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Drinking syrups made from pomegranate, apple or similar fruits, and enjoying their taste, has six interpretations:

1. Purity of religious faith.

2. Beneficial knowledge.

3. Benefit.

4. A long life.

5. A comfortable livelihood.

6. Remembering God.

Ibn Sirin: Syrups made from tart or unpleasant-tasting fruits such as rhubarb, lemon and bitter orange signify sadness and distress.

Bitter, foul-smelling syrups signify benefit in both this world and the next.

Syrups taken in place of medicine signify spiritual benefit in the hereafter.

Syrups consumed for treatment signify benefit in worldly life.

Complete English translation of the source heading “NEKTAR, ŞURUP” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Frying Pan and Skillet

Ibn Sirin: A frying pan represents a household servant.

Owning a new frying pan or receiving one from someone signifies either employing a good servant or having a servant leave your employment.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating food from a frying pan signifies receiving goodness and benefit from a servant.

If the food tastes sour or unpleasant, it signifies sadness.

Later commentators: Seeing a frying pan signifies meeting an old friend.

Seeing an empty frying pan signifies hopelessness.

Seeing a frying pan on a stove signifies benefit.

Washing a dirty frying pan signifies consenting to the fulfilment of some undertaking.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAVA, SAHAN”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Funeral and Funeral Procession

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a funeral in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Greatness.

2. Leadership or holding authority.

3. Honour, rank and distinction.

Seeing a group of people carrying a deceased person's bier signifies that the deceased will become a leader over those people, but will rule them unjustly.

Dreaming that you have died and are being carried in a coffin signifies that you will gain respect, although your religious convictions are unsound; alternatively, it means you will exercise authority over those carrying your bier.

Carrying a funeral bier signifies that you will serve a person of influence and receive kindness or benefit from that person.

Seeing a group carry a funeral procession, following behind them and then watching them ascend into the sky signifies that a prominent person in your region will die while travelling.

Finding yourself inside a coffin that moves along the ground signifies that you will undertake a journey.

Later commentators: Seeing a funeral signifies marriage, an increase in the size of your family or the acquisition of wealth.

Seeing yourself as the deceased person in a funeral signifies that you will be relieved of a major anxiety.

Funerary Perfume (Hanut)

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that hanut ^[120] is sprinkled over you signifies repentance and turning towards God. If you are a righteous person, it signifies safety from fear and the fulfilment of your affairs as you wish.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing fragrant hanut signifies receiving praise from others, but it is also associated with facing danger.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HANUT”. Historical interpretations are attributed to their named commentators; they are not scientific predictions.

Fur Coats and Fur Garments

Ibn Sirin: Wearing fur in winter signifies obtaining something that provides you with a livelihood.

Wearing fur in summer signifies acquiring something that supports your livelihood but ultimately brings you sorrow.

Al-Kirmani: Fur represents the woman you wish to marry in this historical account.

Wearing sable fur signifies wishing to marry a wealthy woman.

Wearing new fox fur signifies wishing to marry a wealthy, devout but deceitful woman.

Wearing rabbit fur signifies wishing to marry a woman judged unfavourably by the source.

Wearing squirrel fur signifies wishing to marry a woman who is difficult to get along with.

Wearing cat fur signifies wishing to marry a woman described as bad-tempered, dishonest and treacherous.

Wearing lynx fur signifies wishing to marry a woman of noble background.

Wearing mouse fur signifies wishing to marry a woman who has previously committed adultery, according to the traditional social judgments of the text.

Seeing your fur garment torn, burned or lost signifies sorrow and distress.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KÜRK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Furniture and Furnishings

Contemporary commentators: Seeing furniture was interpreted as a sign of a prolonged illness.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MOBİLYA” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Gallows and Being Hanged

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Dreaming that you are hanged on the gallows has four traditional interpretations:

1. Leadership and respect.

2. Wealth.

3. Eminence or greatness.

4. Speaking ill of others behind their backs.

Allama Majlisi: Witnessing an execution signifies that you will attain eminence and leadership.

Seeing a gallows signifies that you will become famous.

Ibn Sirin: He relates: “One day a man came to me and said, ‘In my dream, they cut off both hands of one person and hanged another on the gallows.’ I replied, ‘If what you say is true, the governor of this city will be removed from office today and someone else appointed in his place.’ That same day the city's governor was dismissed and another person took his place.”

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you are hanged on the gallows while no one looks at you signifies that you will gain respect but turn away from religion and engage in wrongdoing.

Being hanged on the gallows while people watch signifies that you will become the leader of a group of people.

Seeing someone hang human flesh on the gallows and dreaming that you eat it signifies that you will take wealth belonging to a person who oppresses others.

Dreaming that you are hanged on the gallows and blood flows from your body signifies that you will seek out other people's faults and consequently commit many sins.

Later commentators: Dreaming that you are hanged on the gallows signifies that you are entering a period in which you will make progress.

Seeing someone else hanged on the gallows signifies that your circumstances will improve.

Seeing yourself suspended on the gallows, or remaining there, signifies pride, happiness and good fortune.

This source records differing historical interpretations of gallows imagery. It is not a prediction of death or an endorsement of execution.

Garden

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a garden in a dream has seven interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A virtuous child.

3. The means of making a living.

4. Wealth.

5. Elevated standing.

6. Happiness.

7. A female servant or bondwoman.

Dreaming that you work as a gardener signifies that you will marry a wealthy woman with whom you get along and take up her occupation.

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): A garden represents a woman.

Watering a garden signifies having sexual relations with your spouse.

Seeing roses, basil and bread in a garden signifies that you will have a virtuous child.

Planting a peach tree in a garden signifies that you will have an intelligent child who will acquire knowledge and good manners.

Seeing basil growing in your garden and smelling its fragrance signifies that you will have a brave, knowledgeable and intelligent child.

The fragrance of basil represents a child.

Eating fruit in a lush green garden signifies that you wish to marry a wealthy woman and will acquire wealth through her.

Entering an unfamiliar garden in autumn and seeing its trees shed their leaves signifies sorrow and hardship.

If, in a garden with pavilions, flowing water and greenery, a beautiful woman calls out to you, the traditional interpretation is that you will receive the company of the maidens of Paradise in the Hereafter and attain the station of the martyrs.

Eating fruit from your own garden, or from a garden given to you as a gift, signifies that you will marry a wealthy woman and enjoy the use of her wealth.

Dreaming that fruit falls on you from trees in a garden signifies that you will quarrel with a person of distinction and prevail over that person.

Sleeping in a tree within a garden signifies that your descendants will increase in number.

Allama Majlisi: A garden or orchard signifies a woman, a son, improved living conditions, happiness, relief from distress and wealth.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a garden represents a prosperous, handsome and respected person.

Sitting in a beautiful green garden during spring or summer, surrounded by streams and trees in blossom and fruit, is traditionally interpreted as a sign that you will die a martyr.

Gathering fruit from a garden and taking it home signifies receiving benefits in proportion to the quantity gathered.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A garden is interpreted in relation to people's occupations and the efforts they devote to them.

Seeing vegetables growing in a garden signifies that your work will prosper and your standing in your occupation will rise.

Hearing that a beautiful green garden belongs to someone else and eating its fruit signifies receiving benefits from its owner in proportion to the amount eaten.

Planting saplings on a plot of land to establish a garden, and seeing the trees bear fruit, signifies that you will marry a wealthy woman and receive wealth, blessings and children through her.

Seeing grapes growing in a beautiful green garden in their proper season signifies acquiring wealth and standing in proportion to your efforts.

A traditional account: A man came to Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him) and said, “O Prophet of Allah, I dreamed of a magnificent garden filled with all kinds of fruit. An enormous pig was sitting there, and I was told that the garden belonged to it. I was greatly astonished. Many other pigs were there, eating the fruit. I was told that they were doing so at the command of the enormous pig.”

Solomon (peace be upon him) reportedly replied, “In your dream, the enormous pig represents a tyrannical ruler. The other pigs represent scholars in his service who consume unlawful gains, remain obedient to him, trade their religion for worldly advantage and have no fear of Allah's punishment.”

Later commentators: A garden represents a person's private life. Its cleanliness, greenery, order and upkeep all affect the interpretation.

Seeing a garden signifies that you will make a new friend.

Walking in a garden signifies happiness.

Working in a garden signifies the satisfaction of fulfilling one of your responsibilities.

Seeing a garden enclosed by a fence signifies that one of your wishes will not come true.

Seeing a garden without an enclosing fence signifies that you are surrounded by many people who lack the judgement or qualifications to give you sound advice.

Garlic

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing garlic has five interpretations:

1. Unlawful wealth.

2. Offensive or unpleasant speech.

3. Grief and hardship.

4. Weeping.

5. Difficulty.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing garlic signifies unlawfully acquired wealth.

Al-Kirmani: Eating garlic signifies grief, distress and weeping. The less garlic eaten, the less harm is traditionally expected.

Full English translation of the original heading “SARIMSAK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Gasoline (Petrol)

Later commentators: Gasoline (petrol) represents a romantic attachment that develops rapidly and fades just as quickly.

Seeing gasoline burning signifies that you will hear kind and heartening words.

Gazelle

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a gazelle in a dream has four interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. An enslaved woman or bondwoman, reflecting the historical terminology of the source.

3. A child.

4. Benefit received through women.

Eating gazelle meat signifies that you will marry a beautiful woman.

Obtaining a gazelle's hide, meat or tail fat signifies that you will receive wealth from a woman.

Killing a gazelle signifies that you will experience sorrow on account of a woman.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a gazelle signifies that you will marry a woman who has not previously had sexual relations.

Dreaming that you kill a gazelle signifies sexual intercourse with a woman who has not previously had sexual relations.

Seeing a gazelle die in your hands signifies that you will experience sorrow concerning your spouse.

Seeing a young gazelle signifies that you will have a child.

Ibn Sirin: Catching a gazelle during the hunting season signifies obtaining spoils or other gains.

Seeing a gazelle die inside your home signifies distress arising because of a woman.

Striking a gazelle with a stone or arrow signifies that you will speak offensively to a woman.

Genitals (Private Parts)

The author: Dreaming that your private parts are exposed where others can see them signifies, in this traditional interpretation, that a secret of yours will come to light.

Seeing yourself cover your private parts signifies that your secret will remain concealed.

Seeing your private parts exposed but covering them immediately, before anyone notices, signifies recovery if you are ill, repayment of debts if you are indebted, and safety if you are afraid.

Later commentators: Seeing the genitals in a dream is interpreted as relief from great pressure and the restoration of emotional well-being.

Getting Lost and Losing Things

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you, your spouse or your child had gone missing was interpreted as a sign of loss.

Seeing a beautiful possession of yours go missing was associated with sadness.

Seeing something bad or undesirable that belonged to you disappear was understood as a sign that your affairs would improve.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Ghosts and Apparitions

Later commentators: Seeing a ghost signifies attaining an important position.

Being threatened or pursued by a ghost signifies embarking on a bold undertaking and succeeding in it.

Befriending a ghost or being protected by one signifies success during a journey abroad.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HAYALET”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry and reflect historical beliefs, not scientific predictions.

Ghulam (Servant or Bondservant)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the traditional interpretation, selling a male bondservant or a female enslaved servant in a dream is a favourable sign, whereas buying one is considered unfavourable.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you serve another person as a bondservant or domestic servant signifies that you will experience distress because of a difficult undertaking.

Full translation of the Turkish source entry “GULAM, UŞAK”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry.

Gifts and Donations

The author: Giving or sending a gift to someone signifies receiving goodness and benefit in proportion to the value of the gift given or sent.

Ibn Sirin: A gift is interpreted according to the characteristics of the person who gives it.

Receiving as a gift something regarded as good by people signifies a favourable outcome; receiving the opposite signifies an unfavourable one.

Receiving fruit or sweets as a gift signifies forming friendships with respected people and benefiting from them.

Receiving a gift from a Jewish or Christian person signifies, in this historical interpretation, that the giver will become Muslim.

Al-Kirmani: A gift represents children.

Receiving a gift from someone and thanking them signifies health and abundance.

Failing to offer thanks in the same dream signifies the opposite of the preceding interpretation.

Jabir al-Maghribi: A gift signifies deception.

Later commentators: Giving a gift signifies success and gain.

Receiving a gift signifies loss.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HEDİYE, BAĞIŞ”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry and reflect historical beliefs, not scientific predictions.

Ginger

Ibn Sirin: Seeing or eating ginger signifies sorrow and hardship; some interpreters associate it with hostility or dispute.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “ZENCEFİL (Bot.)”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Giving Birth and Childbirth

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): For a woman, dreaming that she gives birth to a son and speaks with him is traditionally interpreted as a sign of death. Dreaming instead that she gives birth to a daughter signifies that a descendant will be born who will eventually lead the household.

Ibn Sirin: For a woman, dreaming that she gives birth to a daughter signifies experiencing good fortune and finding satisfaction in her family and relatives.

For a woman, dreaming that she gives birth to a son signifies sorrow and distress.

For a man, dreaming that his wife gives birth to a son signifies receiving a benefit after prolonged effort or hardship.

For a man, dreaming that his wife gives birth to a daughter signifies receiving an even greater benefit.

Al-Kirmani: For a man, dreaming that he gives birth to a daughter signifies hardship, sadness and poverty.

For a man, dreaming that he gives birth to a son signifies accomplishing a good deed for which he will be remembered favourably.

Later commentators: Seeing another person give birth signifies achieving your goal.

Dreaming that you give birth signifies, if you see the baby, receiving a benefit and finding relief from many difficulties.

Experiencing a painful and difficult birth signifies illness in the traditional reading.

Experiencing an easy birth signifies happiness.

Witnessing a difficult birth signifies recovering something you believed you had lost.

Attending the birth of a stranger and seeing an easy delivery signifies that an acquaintance will succeed and that you will benefit from their success.

Attending the birth of a stranger and seeing a difficult delivery signifies failure.

Seeing labour pains signifies anxiety, sorrow and distress.

Giving birth to a boy signifies success in business.

Giving birth to a girl signifies a painful experience.

Being present at a birth that goes badly signifies sorrow and misfortune.

Seeing a baby die during childbirth signifies helplessness or devastation, according to this historical interpretation.

Traditional dream symbolism must not be treated as a medical assessment or prediction about pregnancy, childbirth or infant health.

Giving Charity and Alms

Ibn Sirin: Giving charity in a dream signifies, if you are learned, becoming beneficial to other people.

Al-Kirmani: Giving charity signifies safety and release from hardship if you encounter difficulties.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Giving charity signifies freedom if you are captive or imprisoned, repayment if in debt, and embracing Islam if you are not Muslim, according to the source.

Full English translation of the original heading “SADAKA VERMEK” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Giving Thanks to God

The author: Giving thanks in a dream signifies devotion, rank, abundance and blessing. The Quranic passage cited reads: 'If you are grateful, I shall surely give you more; but if you are ungrateful, My punishment is indeed severe.' [202]

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “ŞÜKRETMEK” (1 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Giving to Charity

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you donate your wealth to charitable causes signifies that you will arrange the marriage of your son or another close relative and distribute your wealth among them.

Dreaming that you spend your wealth on corrupt purposes signifies that you will turn towards wrongdoing and unlawful conduct.

Dreaming that you give your possessions to strangers signifies distress and ruin.

Glass and Glassware

Prophet Daniel (peace be upon him): A drinking glass in a dream represents a woman.

Drinking water from a glass signifies marriage and the acquisition of wealth.

Offering wine to someone in a glass signifies that you will marry through another person's mediation.

The author: Glass represents a woman of low social standing or undistinguished lineage.

Dreaming that you own a glass object signifies marrying a woman described in this way.

Losing your glass signifies divorcing your spouse or losing her from your life.

Possessing a great deal of glass signifies acquiring substantial wealth through women.

Ibn Sirin: Possessing a piece of white glass bearing your name signifies gaining respect and having your needs fulfilled.

Seeing your name inscribed on a drinking glass signifies goodness and happiness.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Dropping and breaking a drinking glass signifies that, if you are married, you will divorce your spouse; if you are unmarried, the wife of one of your relatives will die.

Later commentators: Cutting, shaping or polishing glass signifies that you will conduct business using cheques, promissory notes or similar instruments.

Glasses and Spectacles

Later commentators: Seeing or wearing glasses in a dream signifies that your affairs will take an unfavourable turn.

Wearing green glasses signifies a promising future in your professional life or other undertakings.

Complete entry translation from the supplied Turkish compendium (“GÖZLÜK”). Historical interpretations and source attributions are retained.

Globe (Planet Earth)

Contemporary commentators: Seeing the globe signifies a happy marriage in the near future if you are unmarried, or a journey that will bring emotional relief if you are married.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YERKÜRE”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Glorifying God (Tasbih)

Ibn Sirin: Reciting tasbih, words glorifying God, signifies obedience to God.

Glorifying God in a dream signifies being a devoted servant and finding relief from difficulties.

Reciting tasbih for yourself signifies sorrow and distress, but also gaining spiritual reward.

Reciting praises in gratitude to God signifies firm belief and receiving benefit.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TESPİH ETMEK”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Gloves

Later commentators: Buying gloves as a gift for someone signifies making an unfounded accusation about another person.

Wearing gloves signifies happiness.

Seeing that you have gloves in your hand signifies gaining respect.

Seeing torn gloves signifies a lack of recognition or respect.

Losing your gloves signifies having an argument or quarrel.

Glue

Ibn Sirin: Owning glue in a dream signifies marital problems in proportion to the amount of glue.

Gluing something together signifies accomplishing solid, lasting work.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “TUTKAL”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Goat

Allama al-Majlisi: Eating goat meat in a dream was interpreted as undergoing considerable hardship and afterwards acquiring wealth through lawful means.

Ibn Sirin: A male goat was taken to represent a prominent and influential person.

A female goat was associated with a woman.

Slaughtering an unknown goat was interpreted as gaining victory over an influential person.

Skinning a goat was understood as accumulating considerable wealth.

Eating the meat of the goat you had skinned was interpreted as consuming the wealth you had accumulated.

Riding a goat and steering it from side to side was understood as deceiving an influential person and directing that person according to your wishes.

Seeing a goat throw you to the ground was interpreted as the person you had sought to control depriving you of your position.

Breaking a goat’s horns was taken to mean that you would render the person under your influence powerless.

Seeing a goat’s hair grow thicker was interpreted as an increase in your wealth.

Shearing a goat’s hair was said to signify receiving wealth from your child in proportion to the hair you cut.

Finding a female goat, or having someone give you one, was interpreted as a sign of marriage.

Al-Kirmani: Milking a female goat and drinking the milk was taken to signify receiving income from a woman.

Slaughtering a female goat and eating its meat was interpreted as having a wish fulfilled through a woman.

Slaughtering a goat for its meat was said to signify marrying a woman without finding benefit or happiness in the marriage.

Seeing a female goat leave your home was interpreted as divorcing your wife.

Possessing a herd of goats, at home or elsewhere, was understood as acquiring wealth in proportion to the size of the herd.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating the meat of a female goat was interpreted as becoming ill and then recovering quickly.

Seeing a goat, its hide, its hair or its milk was associated with goodness and blessings.

Seeing a female goat and eating its meat was interpreted favourably if the meat tasted good, but as a sign of difficulty if it tasted bitter or unpleasant.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Goblets and Drinking Cups

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing a goblet or drinking cup in a dream has nine interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A servant.

3. A bondwoman (an enslaved female servant, in the historical terminology of the source).

4. Firmness of religious belief.

5. Benefit or the proper ordering of affairs.

6. A long life.

7. Wealth and blessings.

8. Goodness and abundance.

9. Benefit received through women.

Allama Majlisi: Holding a goblet and drinking everything it contains is interpreted in the historical source as a sign that your life will not be very long.

The author: Possessing a goblet signifies marriage.

Ibn Sirin: A goblet is said to represent a bondwoman, or a woman whose company brings delight, in the historical language of the text.

Drinking water or rosewater from a goblet signifies intimacy with one’s lawful spouse and the birth of a virtuous child from that union.

Pouring water or rosewater out of a goblet is interpreted in the source as signifying the death of one’s child.

Al-Kirmani: Drinking a full goblet of water or rosewater signifies marrying a woman, receiving goodness through her and having a devout child.

Pouring the water out of the goblet is interpreted as the child surviving but the wife dying.

Seeing the goblet break and its water spill is interpreted as the death of both the wife and the child.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Seeing goblets hanging on the walls of your home signifies having as many wives as there are goblets.

Seeing green or red goblets is interpreted as a sign of pious and devout wives.

Seeing scarlet goblets is interpreted as a sign of wives of poor character who are preoccupied with amusement.

Seeing yellow goblets is interpreted as a sign of wives who are ill or pale in complexion.

Seeing black goblets is interpreted as a sign of wives who have previously experienced misfortune.

Full English translation of “KADEH” from the Turkish collection. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not verified predictions.

Going on Hajj (Pilgrimage)

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Going on Hajj has seven interpretations:

1. Marriage.

2. Purchasing an enslaved woman or female bondservant.

3. Visiting members of the governing authorities.

4. Doing good to other people.

5. Striving to perform charitable and beneficial deeds.

6. Performing deeds that merit divine reward.

7. Keeping the company of people of knowledge.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you travel to perform Hajj signifies that God will grant you the opportunity to undertake the pilgrimage. If you are ill, you will recover; if you are in debt, it will be repaid; if you are afraid, you will be safe from what you fear; and if you are travelling, you will return to your homeland safely.

Dreaming that you set out for Hajj but miss the pilgrimage signifies a long life and an improvement in your affairs.

Al-Kirmani: Dreaming that you fail to perform Hajj even though it is obligatory upon you signifies that you will betray a trust.

Full English translation of the Turkish source entry “HACCA GİTMEK, HACCETMEK”. Interpretations are attributed to the commentators named in that entry; they are historical views, not scientific predictions.

Gold

Allama Majlisi: Seeing gold is traditionally associated with falling ill.

Later commentators: Seeing or possessing gold signifies favourable progress in business.

Later commentators: Finding gold suggests meeting someone you love. Losing or spending gold indicates suffering a loss.

Later commentators: Seeing yourself adorned with gold suggests a low standard of living. Wearing clothing made of gold points to receiving a promising but insincere or unserious assurance.

Later commentators: Cleaning or washing gold signifies gaining respect through your own efforts.

Editorial translation from the Turkish compilation; traditional interpretations, not factual predictions.

Grain and Cereals

Later commentators: The interpretation of grain depends upon its quantity.

Seeing abundant grain signifies plentiful blessings.

Seeing a small amount of grain signifies poverty.

Collecting grain signifies freedom from worries.

Trading with a grain merchant signifies completing the tasks one must undertake to the best of one's ability.

Full English translation of the Turkish source heading “TAHIL” (5 source paragraphs). Interpretations are attributed to their historical commentators and are not evidence-based predictions or advice.

Grape Juice

The author: Drinking grape juice in season signifies acquiring wealth through hard work.

Al-Kirmani: Drinking grape juice signifies sadness.

Selling grape juice without drinking any signifies being free from sorrow.

Cooking a meat dish with grape juice signifies freedom from sorrow and greater happiness.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “ÜZÜM SUYU”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Grape Molasses and Grape Must

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Grape molasses or must is given four interpretations:

1. Wealth.

2. Abundant benefit.

3. Ease in earning a living.

4. Honour and the fulfilment of wishes.

Grape must is also assigned three meanings:

1. A beautiful woman.

2. A bondwoman.

3. A servant.

The compiler: Fresh grape must signifies lawful sustenance.

Sour or stale must signifies earning a living through hardship.

Ibn Sirin: Grape molasses or must signifies benefit. The source quotes: “Then after that will come a year in which the people will be given relief and in which they will press fruit for juice and oil.” ^[157]

Eating grape molasses signifies acquiring property proportional to the amount eaten.

Putting molasses in your mouth signifies hearing pleasant words from another person.

Al-Kirmani: Pressing grapes to obtain must signifies acquiring wealth and prestige through the help of an influential person.

Eating must signifies acquiring more or less wealth according to its sweetness.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating delicious grape molasses signifies having a child of noble character.

Reducing grape must until it becomes thick molasses signifies undertaking work that brings goodness and benefit.

Full English translation of the original heading “PEKMEZ, ŞIRA” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Grapes

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Grapes in a dream have three interpretations:

1. Wealth and blessings.

2. Benefit.

3. A comfortable livelihood.

Seeing black or white grapes, whether in or out of season, has three meanings:

1. A virtuous child.

2. Knowledge of inheritance.

3. Lawful wealth.

Pressing grapes has three further meanings:

1. Good and blessed wealth.

2. Abundance of provision.

3. Safety from famine and calamity. The source quotes a verse about a year in which people would receive rain and press abundant produce. ^[209]

Prophet Daniel: Eating black grapes signifies hardship if it is grape season and fear or anxiety if it is not.

Eating red or white grapes signifies greater worldly blessings than expected when they are in season; out of season, it signifies speaking favourably about wealth and provision.

Ibn Sirin: Eating white grapes in season signifies wealth acquired through effort.

Eating red grapes in season signifies a small benefit.

Grapes with hard berries signify wealth obtained only through difficulty or force.

Pale-skinned grapes signify lawful wealth.

Grapes with cloudy juice signify unlawful wealth.

Reddish grapes signify honour and rank.

Blackish grapes signify hardship.

Fresh, delicious grapes signify rank, prestige and earnings.

Jabir: Pressing grapes in a wooden press signifies working in the service of an oppressive person.

Pressing grapes in a basin signifies serving an influential woman.

Pressing grapes in a bowl signifies serving a miserly person.

Making molasses from pressed grapes and filling jars with it signifies receiving considerable wealth from someone in authority.

Al-Kirmani: Pressing grapes for their juice signifies lawful earnings.

Drinking grape juice signifies an increase in knowledge if you are a scholar, or increased wealth if you are a merchant.

This is a complete paragraph-by-paragraph English translation of the Turkish source heading “ÜZÜM”. Historical and cultural readings are presented as source attributions, not as scientific predictions.

Grapevine and Vineyard

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: In the traditional account, a grapevine carries five interpretations:

1. Benefit or gain.

2. Loss or disappointment.

3. A deceitful or scheming person.

4. War or hostility.

5. Wealth of doubtful origin.

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A vineyard has three interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. A benefit received through a woman.

3. Sorrow and distress.

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a vineyard in ruins indicates that its owner is in unfavourable circumstances.

Ibn Sirin: A vineyard is associated with a noble and benevolent woman.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing beautiful, luxuriant green trees in a vineyard signifies marrying a kind-hearted woman and receiving goodness and benefit through her.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing the leaves of grapevines turn yellow is interpreted as illness. If the vineyard belongs to someone else, any increase or deficiency observed in it is attributed to its owner rather than to the dreamer.

Complete entry translated from the Turkish source (historical dream-interpretation tradition). Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators.

Grass and Herbs

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing grass has five interpretations:

1. Religion.

2. Wealth.

3. Children.

4. Leadership.

5. Good character or circumstances.

Ibn Sirin: Fresh grass signifies religious devotion and plentiful provision.

Being among grasses or in a meadow signifies remaining steadfast in faith.

Seeing grass growing on your body signifies increasing blessings.

Gathering grass and bringing it home signifies a journey that will provide income.

Throwing the grass out of your house signifies spending your possessions on charitable causes.

Eating grass signifies illness.

Full English translation of the original heading “OT” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Graves and Cemeteries

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Seeing a cemetery has three interpretations:

1. Sadness.

2. Prison or imprisonment.

3. Distress.

Prophet Daniel: A grave represents a prison or imprisonment.

Seeing a grave dug for oneself signifies a reduction in livelihood.

Being placed in a grave signifies diminished income and an impending journey.

Being buried and having earth thrown over one's body signifies shortcomings in religious life.

Allama Majlisi: Seeing a cemetery signifies learning lessons from events and regretting one's sins.

Seeing a deceased person emerge from a grave signifies relief from great sorrow.

Digging a grave signifies constructing a building.

Putting a dead person into a grave signifies encountering misfortune and distress.

Visiting a cemetery signifies observing one of the practices of the Prophet Muhammad.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a cemetery signifies associating with ignorant people whom the source describes as corrupt in religious and worldly affairs.

Being placed in a grave signifies imprisonment.

Seeing a grave dug on the roof of one's house signifies longevity.

Al-Kirmani: Visiting a cemetery signifies bringing comfort to prisoners.

Seeing the questioning angels Munkar and Nakir ask you questions is interpreted according to one's answers: correct replies are favourable, incorrect replies unfavourable.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Going to a cemetery signifies becoming poor.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a cemetery was associated with losing someone one cares about.

Seeing a military or martyrs' cemetery was taken as a sign of war.

Bringing roses to a cemetery signifies the death of an acquaintance.

Emerging from a grave signifies escaping helplessness and undergoing an inner transformation.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MEZAR, MEZARLIK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Greenery and Grassland

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq: Seeing greenery in a dream has four interpretations:

1. Islam.

2. Religion.

3. Steadfastness in belief.

4. Piety.

Ibn Sirin: Greenery represents religious faith. The more abundant and healthy the greenery, the stronger the dreamer's devotion; faded or yellowing grass carries the opposite meaning.

Seeing greenery signifies health and well-being.

Seeing greenery in its proper season signifies religious faith.

Seeing abundant greenery on land you own signifies chastity and modesty.

Eating bitter or unpleasant greens carries the opposite of that interpretation.

Eating tasty green plants signifies abundance and lawful provision.

Settling in the middle of a green field signifies remaining steadfast in your faith.

Seeing a deceased person among green plants or grass signifies that the person's state in the hereafter is good, or that your affairs will improve and you will earn a reward in the hereafter.

Seeing grassland that belongs to someone else signifies befriending devout and God-fearing people.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Eating greens in season signifies ascetic devotion and piety.

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a lush green pasture signifies happiness.

Seeing dried-up grassland signifies becoming less diligent and less patient in certain matters.

Lying on grass signifies that something previously overlooked or little discussed will suddenly become valuable.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YEŞİLLİK, ÇİMENLİK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Greetings and Offering Peace

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: Offering a greeting in a dream has four traditional interpretations:

1. Safety and security.

2. Happiness.

3. Good fortune.

4. Material benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a friend greet you signifies reconciliation with an enemy.

Being greeted by someone you do not know is interpreted as forming a friendship with a stranger.

Being greeted by an elderly acquaintance is taken as a sign of marriage to a beautiful woman.

Al-Kirmani: Exchanging greetings with a business partner is interpreted as a partnership that will not endure.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Being greeted by a woman signifies experiencing happiness through another person.

Being greeted by an elderly woman you know signifies good fortune.

Being at prayer and offering the closing salutation with the left hand is interpreted as becoming entangled in complicated affairs.

Complete English translation of the historical Turkish entry “SELAM, SELAMLAŞMAK” (12 source paragraphs). These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or advice.

Grocery Shopkeeping

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Running a grocery shop in a dream has three interpretations:

1. Earnings.

2. Receiving a benefit.

3. Sorrow and distress.

Ibn Sirin: Dreaming that you work as a grocer indicates that you will make considerable effort to earn your livelihood and receive earnings in proportion to that effort.

Al-Kirmani: Selling goods in a shop in exchange for gold or money is interpreted as a sign of sorrow and distress.

Groin and Pubic Region

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing the groin or pubic region in a dream was given two interpretations:

1. A woman.

2. Wealth and abundance.

Ibn Sirin: Looking at your groin and thinking that hair has never grown there signifies that your affairs will take a turn for the worse.

Seeing an unusual abundance of pubic hair signifies distress arising from a woman or women, as well as poverty.

Feeling pain in your groin signifies experiencing hardship in proportion to the pain you felt.

Full-entry translation of the Turkish compendium. These are historical religious and cultural interpretations, not factual predictions or medical advice.

Ground and Earth

Contemporary commentators: Seeing the ground turn black signifies sorrow and grief.

Seeing yellow ground, or sunlight shining upon the earth, signifies happiness.

Sitting on cold ground signifies the need to look after your health.

Lying on the ground and sunbathing signifies taking an enjoyable excursion with a group.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YER, ZEMİN”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Grove and Woodland

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A grove or wooded area has four traditional interpretations:

1. A nomadic woman.

2. An enslaved woman (a historical category used by the source).

3. Benefit.

4. Sadness and difficulty.

Ibn Sirin: A grove represents a woman.

Entering a lush grove with fruit-bearing trees and eating their fruit signifies marrying a woman of nomadic ancestry and receiving benefit through her.

Seeing the same grove devoid of trees signifies suffering a loss.

Seeing thorns instead of trees in a grove and being pricked by them signifies sorrow and difficulty involving women, according to the historical text.

English translation from the Turkish compendium: KORU, ORMANLIK. Historical interpretations are attributed to their commentators, not presented as established predictions.

Growing Old

Ibn Sirin: Seeing your beard turn white and yourself grow old signifies an increase in dignity and honour.

Seeing an unknown elderly man looking cheerful signifies fulfilling a wish through a friend's help and escaping sorrow.

Seeing an unknown elderly man looking sad signifies the opposite.

Jabir al-Maghribi: Dreaming that you become young despite being old in waking life signifies losing standing and being deceived by worldly attractions.

Dreaming that you become old despite being a child or young person in waking life signifies an increase in respect.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Turkish source heading “YAŞLANMAK”. These are historical and cultural interpretations, not scientific predictions or medical advice.

Growing Younger (Rejuvenation)

Ibn Sirin: Seeing yourself grow younger and your grey beard turn black signifies that you will lose respect or social standing.

Seeing a young man whose identity you do not know signifies that an enemy will humiliate you and that your wishes will remain unfulfilled.

Seeing a young person become old signifies an increase in standing and respect. This interpretation is given for both women and men.

Jabir al-Maghribi: If a young person dreams of becoming old, it signifies that they will acquire knowledge and good manners.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the supplied Turkish compendium entry “GENÇLEŞMEK”. These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Guard and Guard Duty

Ibn Sirin: Seeing a guard in a dream signifies attaining a position of status.

Dreaming that you perform guard duty properly and conscientiously signifies happiness in both this world and the Hereafter.

Serving as a guard at a royal palace signifies receiving goodness and benefit from a powerful person; if you are a merchant, it signifies making substantial profits from your trade.

Guarding virtuous and devout people signifies gaining spiritual or religious benefit from them.

Walking in the company of devout guards signifies receiving a benefit.

Walking with guards who engage in sinful conduct signifies suffering a loss.

Guest and Hospitality

The compiler: Hosting guests signifies a meeting or gathering.

Inviting a group of people as guests signifies a commitment that distracts one from one's work.

Being welcomed as a guest in a garden full of fruit trees was interpreted as martyrdom in battle.

Al-Kirmani: Seeing a guest play various musical instruments and dance signifies misfortune.

Contemporary commentators: Hosting a guest signifies having dealings with a court or receiving an unfamiliar visitor at home.

Being received as an unwelcome guest signifies a dispute with one's friends.

Being a guest signifies incurring substantial expenses in the future.

Complete English translation of the source heading “MİSAFİR” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Guide and Guidebook

Contemporary commentators: Seeing a guide signifies a conspiracy, an heir, or wealth that will not last.

Full English translation of the original heading “REHBER” from the Turkish historical dream-interpretation compendium. These attributed interpretations are historical beliefs, not evidence-based predictions.

Guillotine

Later commentators: Seeing a guillotine signifies that a court will impose a severe sentence upon you, but that your situation will quickly improve.

Seeing yourself beneath a guillotine signifies that a decision will be made about you.

Being present at an execution by guillotine signifies that you will witness an event.

Complete paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the supplied Turkish compendium entry “GİYOTİN”. These are historical interpretations, not factual predictions.

Gutter and Rainwater Spout

Imam Jaʿfar al-Sadiq: A rainwater gutter has three interpretations:

1. A provincial governor.

2. A pioneer or leader.

3. A small benefit.

Ibn Sirin: Seeing water pour down a gutter signifies bloodshed in the region.

Seeing rain flow down a gutter signifies local people suffering harm from an influential person.

Seeing rain fall and drain from a roof gutter despite there being no rain clouds signifies God showing mercy to the inhabitants of the area.

Installing a gutter on one's roof signifies receiving wealth from a distinguished person.

Falling from a gutter signifies suffering harm.

Contemporary commentators: Climbing upwards by holding onto a drainpipe signifies attaining one's goal by unlawful means.

Slipping and falling in the same dream signifies failing to achieve that goal by unlawful means.

Sliding down a water gutter and falling signifies escaping a disturbance by an unconventional method.

Complete English translation of the source heading “OLUK” from the historical Turkish compendium. Interpretations are attributed to their respective commentators and are not factual predictions.

Hail and Hailstorms

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (peace be upon him): Seeing hail fall in a dream has five traditional interpretations:

1. Calamity.

2. Hostility or conflict.

3. An army.

4. Famine.

5. Illness.

Ibn Sirin: Hail is associated with divine punishment and famine.

Seeing hail fall in its proper season signifies that the people of the region will enjoy comfort and abundance.

Seeing hail outside its usual season signifies hardship for the people of the region.

Later commentators: Seeing hail fall signifies suffering substantial losses.

Being inside a building while hail falls outside signifies sorrow and distress.

Being caught in a hailstorm signifies difficulties in family life.

Hair and Hairstyles

Allama Majlisi: Shaving your hair signifies release from sorrow, repentance for sins, and becoming devout and God-fearing.

Seeing your hair long signifies sorrow and distress.

Seeing your hair turn grey signifies relief from grief and repentance.