Tree
• A sick man sitting on top of or owning a tree: His fate will depend on the condition of the tree as witnessed in the dream.
• A healthy person sitting on top of or owning a tree: Will get or fail to get what he wants
(be it sex, marriage, or anything else), depending on the condition of the tree.
• Owning plenty of trees: Will become a leader or a judge of men.
• Plenty of trees in a house: Men and/or women will assemble there for something good or bad:
(1) If the trees bear good and tasty fruits alluding to welfare and prosperity and people are eating from them: A banquet will be given there.
(2) If the fruits are bad or allude to unhappiness: The assembly will be for a funeral rite.
(3) If there is a sick person in the house and the fruits seen in the dream were unknown: The fate of the patient will depend on the season and the condition of the trees.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Teacher, Ustaad, Tutor, Etc.
Represents a friends or a king or his minister. And if a person sees himself sitting which the pupils or students in the madrasah it means he will live long and reach a good old age.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Water in the Vessel
Boarding or sitting in a vessel filled with water suggest grief, sorrow, anxiety, calamity, imprisonment or sickness. But the ultimate result will be deliverance and salvation.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Marble
(Beauty; Eulogy; Hardness; Wealth) In a dream, marble represents prosperity, a beautiful wife, respectable people, class, servants, or properties. If a poor person sees the floor of his house covered with marble in a dream, it means prosperity, marriage, purchasing a business, acquiring knowledge, learning a poem, bearing righteous children, or if he qualifies, it could mean that he will receive a high ranking appointment, or that he may actually work with marble, or in sculpturing marble or in manufacturing fountains from marble, or work in masonry, or as a stone cutter, or he may change his attitude toward things, signalling the end of depression and the start of a joyful time in his life, living in high rises, or spending money for leisure and vacations.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Bathroom
According to Imam Jaafar Al-Sadeq (see biography at the beginning of this book), the bathroom could symbolize seven things:
(1) The patriarch of the family. (2) A valuable woman. (3) Troubles and unhappiness.
(4) A debt. (5) Delay or obstacles. (6) Confirmation or a seal.
(7) A loan.
For other interpreters, including Ibn Siren and Al-Kirmani:
• Building a bathroom or seeing one in good shape is a bad omen.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Prison
• Choosing one’s jail: God will save the dreamer from the malice of a woman who is tempting him to falter in view of the Quranic verse: “He said: Oh my Lord! Prison is more dear than that unto which they urge me, and if Thou fend not off their wiles from me I shall incline unto them and become of the foolish.”
(“Yusuf” [Joseph], verse 33.)
• Building prisons: The dreamer will build cities.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Climbing a Mountain
If a person sees himself climbing a mountain it means he will attain high positions.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Mat
(Plaited fabric; Seat; Woven straws) In a dream, a mat represents a servant, or the court of justice. Sitting on a mat in a dream means that one will commit an act which he will regret. (Also see Straw mat)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
A Woman with a Beard
This may be a reference to her husband who will enjoy a good reputation as a result of his high standing in the community.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq
• Seeing Abu Bakr alive: Will be lenient and compassionate with people.
• Sitting with Abu Bakr: Will abide by the truth and promote the Tradition of the Holy Prophet, giving Muslims good counsel.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Thyme
Wild thyme means lasting joy brought by a woman, a child, a high post, or a trade.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Ladder or Stairs
Climbing a ladder or stairs symbolises the religion of Islam by virtue of which he will acquire high stations in the Hereafter.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Seeing a Female Mule
the mre seeing of a female mule in one's dream represents a perbond honour, status, respectability and high standing in the community.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Grudge
(Rancor; Hatred) In a dream, to see oneself having a grudge, of suffering from one means earning a high rank or becoming a governor.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Troubled waters
Swimming in troubled waters or in high tides in a dream means adversities, or having to face a strong opponent.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Shark
(Fish) A shark in a dream represents high spirit, or it could mean belonging to the upper class or to a noble lineage.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Hermitage
Occupying a hermitage or building one in a dream means rising in station. A beautiful and a newly built hermitage in the dream represents a wife. A hermitage in a dream also could mean migration, bewilderment, severing a friendship, hiding, power, or it could represent one's son. Whatever may affect a hermitage in the dream also could manifest in the life of one's son. (Also see Retreat; Temple)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Glass house
(Dwellings; House) Sitting on the rooftop of a glass house in a dream means marriage to a beautiful woman from a noble family and who may die soon after her wedding. (Also see Dwellings)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Tides
(Ocean) In a dream, swimming in troubled waters or high tides means adversities, or having to face a strong opponent.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Mosque
The mosque symbolizes the scholar, the master around whom disciples gather to attain perfection, do good to others, and recall and mention God.
• A mosque having been demolished: A religious person will die in that area.
• Building a mosque: (1) The dreamer is good to his parents, other family members, and relatives and invites people to come together to do good things.
(2) The dreamer will overpower enemies.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars