Ant
Many ants symbolize soldiers, progeny, money, or long life. Conversely, they also allude to a weak and careful person. Seen on a bed, they represent children.
• Seeing an ant or ants is a reference to: (1) The dreamer himself. (2) Relatives.
(3) Death of a patient.
• Ants coming out of their hole: Trouble and worries.
• Understanding the language of the ants: Domination or a high post, in view of the story of the prophet and king Solomon
(Peace be upon him).
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Little boy
(See Child)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Knife
• Stealing the knife of an educator: The dreamer has a burning passion for one of his sons.
• Swallowing a knife: The dreamer will eat up part of the money of his son.
• A man whose wife is pregnant dreaming of having a knife: She will safely deliver a child, whether male or female depending on other signs in the dream. And so is the case with a spear.
• Being given a knife as a sole weapon: Will have a male child or find a brother or will enjoy welfare.
• A person on trial dreaming of wielding a knife: Will triumph as his evidence will
prevail.
• Slaughtering with a knife: Will eat a slaughtered bird or animal.
• Lacerating one’s hands with a knife: Will see something spectacular.
• Holding a knife: Will obtain two hundred monetary units. If poor, only twenty-five.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Dog
• Seeing hunting dogs entering a city: Unemployment.
• Seeing hunting dogs returning from an expedition: (1) Unemployment.
(2) The end of fear.
• A sheepdog: (1) The dreamer will obtain certain benefits from the king or chief.
(2) A good neighbour who is keen on preserving your interests as much as he does his own.
• Dogs of the type that guard houses: Man’s wife and property are being safeguarded. If those dogs look weak, it means sickness and losses.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
A Woman Acquiring a Spinning Wheel
If a woman dreams that she has acquired a spinning wheel, if she is expecting, she will give birth to a girl. Otherwise a sister will be born, if such a spinning wheel has a spindle or rod, it means she will get her daughter married.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Lance
In a dream, a lance represents a branch of wood, stability based on one's strength, or stepping away from the wrong path. A lance in a dream also represents a woman, a child, testifying to the truth, or going on a journey. A lance in one's hand in a dream represents a grand son or a blessed son who will grow to preside over people and defend them with his own life. A broken lance in a dream represents an incurable deficiency or a disease that will inflict one's child. Carrying a lance while riding a horse in a dream means authority with honor. If someone denies his ownership of a lance in a dream, it means an accident or a betrayal. If the lance belongs to a brother, then it means a calamity.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Ghost
(Phantom; Spook) A ghost in a dream represents money earned from a friendly person. If a pregnant woman sees a ghost in her dream, it means that she will give birth to a son. (Also see Mirage)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
A Lamb
It symbolises a child.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Receiving a Lamb as a Gift
A child will be born to him.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Accursed son
(See Recalcitrant child)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Recalcitrance
(See Recalcitrant child)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Breast
If he is unmarried, it means that he argues about his fertility and doubts his own ability to conceive children. If a young woman sees her breasts in a dream, it means that she will bear a child. Otherwise, if a single young girl sees her own breasts in a dream, it means that she will get married. If a female child sees herself having matured breasts in a dream, it means her death. If a man sees himself suckling milk from a woman he does not recognize in a dream, it means a long sickness. Otherwise, if his wife is pregnant, it means kissing his wife's breasts.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Turquoise
The turquoise is a harbinger of victory, people’s enthusiasm and sympathy for the dreamer, and long life. A woman dreaming that she is holding a knife with a turquoise handle means she will give birth to a boy who will live long.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Sand Grouse
The male sand grouse symbolizes a warrior. The female bird is a narcissist—a beautiful woman who admires herself. Dreaming of seeing a sand grouse means the dreamer’s wife, if pregnant, will give birth to a boy.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Swim
According to Ibn Siren, it is better to wake up after swimming one’s way to safety than to regain consciousness while still struggling in the water.
• Swimming: Will challenge an opponent and defeat him.
• A ruler dreaming that he wishes to swim in the sea but the latter is agitated: He will fight another chief. If he crosses the sea by swimming
(in the dream), he will defeat his opponent.
• A scholar swimming in the sea: Will acquire more learning.
• Swimming on the shore: Will go to jail and remain there inasmuch as the swimming was easy or difficult or strong or weak.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Eating the Meat of a Lamb
His child will become a means of prosperity for him.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
A Camel Calf that is Weaned
It symbolises a perbond child.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Slaughtering a Lamb not for its Meat
A child or member of his family will die.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Rebellious son
(See Profligacy; Recalcitrant child)
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
A Crested Bird
It represents a small child.
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin