Vein
The veins, arteries, or blood vessels symbolize the dreamer’s family. Whatever happens to them in a dream applies to the latter. The word erq, vein in Arabic, is a homonym for an ethnic group. Dreaming of slashing a vein means:
(1) The dreamer will be cut off from his clan in one way or another, possibly by death.
(2) Death of a relative.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Buffalo
The buffalo should be interpreted as a bull that does not work. Nevertheless, it symbolizes a courageous man who fears no one, who endures beyond his capacity, and who likes to do good. The she-buffalo should be interpreted as a cow, even insofar as her milk, meat, and skin are concerned. If a woman dreams that she has a horn like a buffalo:
(1) She will rule. (2) She will be wedded to a king, if eligible. If not, she will obtain some benefit commensurate to her status.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Moustache
• Too much hair in the moustaches (thick moustaches): Bad omen.
• Less hair in the moustaches (thin moustaches): Good augury.
• The beard growing without the moustache growing as well: The dreamer will obtain money that somebody else will enjoy.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Bear
The bear symbolizes a powerful man, full of fortitude and wicked in his intentions, treacherous, and an evil-monger. It also alludes to an enemy, a foolish thief, an effeminate person, or one who robs pilgrims and attacks caravans. According to the legend, the bear used to be a woman and was metamorphosed. Dreaming of riding on a bear means one:
(1) Will obtain a high position. (2) Will experience fear, but be safe.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Minaret
The minaret refers to a man around whom people gather to listen to his teachings about philanthropy. It also represents a person who invites people to embrace Islam. It symbolizes elevation in life and dignity. In other interpretations, it alludes to the postman. Dreaming about falling from a minaret into a well indicates:
(1) Prestige and livelihood will vanish. (2) Will leave one’s religious and beautiful wife to marry an authoritarian woman.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Laugh
Paradoxically, laughter means sorrow, in view of the Quranic verse that says: “Then let them laugh a little: they will weep much, as the reward of what they used to earn.”
(“Al-Taubah” [Repentance], verse 82.) It could also mean that the dreamer will have a son, again because of a Quranic verse, which says: “And his wife, standing by, laughed when We gave her good tidings [of the birth] of Isaac, and, after Isaac, of Jacob.”
(“Hud,” verse 71.)
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Insult
The rule in such dreams is that the aggressed is always better than the aggressor, as the aggressed must ultimately triumph.
• Being insulted by a person: (1) The dreamer will be harmed by that person, then triumph over him.
(2) The one who insults owes something to the dreamer and is duty-bound to settle it.
• Insulting someone: The dreamer wishes to kill him.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Run
• Running: Triumph over enemies.
• Running on a horse, camel, or any such animal or on one’s feet: Request will be granted speedily; escape and salvage from a fearful matter. It could also mean trying to flee from God Almighty or the Angel of Death, in which case the dreamer is doomed to perish.
• A dead person running: (1) Danger is gone. (2) The dreamer has fallen short of achieving a certain goal and feels bitter about it.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Buttocks
Also see Anus and Posterior Part.
• Seeing buttocks: Gains, money, benefits, and livelihood proportionate to their appearance.
• According to Al-Kirmani, feeling pain in one’s buttocks or ass: A tragedy.
• Licking an ass or buttocks: You are hypocritically eulogizing a debauched person.
• Seeing the mother’s anus or buttocks: (1) A planned pilgrimage will not be valid.
(2) Earnings will dwindle and livelihood will come to a standstill.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Hawk
The hawk symbolizes two things: (1) An honest but unfair and famous ruler.
(2) An illustrious son.
Being chased by a hawk means a courageous man will be angry with the dreamer.
The sparrow hawk symbolizes a king, like the falcon.
• Seizing a sparrow hawk: Will send a thief to jail.
• A sparrow hawk coming out of one’s penis: Will have a son who will become famous for his courage and chivalry.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Bald
Baldness symbolizes money from a higher authority that will only bring about hardships and serve no purpose.
• Being bald or backbiting: The dreamer’s chief will lose part of his capital, and his power and prestige will wane. In case the dreamer has debts, this dream means that he will settle them.
• The hair of the head falling, little by little, till the dreamer becomes bald: Money might go and, with it, one’s prestige.
• A bald woman: (1) A year of drought. (2) Intrigue.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Brass
For the ancient Arabs, brass or bronze and copper alluded to money obtained from Christians or Jews.
• Melting brass or bronze: (1) Will have a dispute over materialistic questions.
(2) A reference to slander, degrading conversations, and decadence.
• Finding some brass or bronze in one’s hand: Beware of hostile people and prove that you heed God by observing religious tenets.
• Seeing brass, bronze, or copper: The dreamer is calumniating and insulting people.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Sadaqa
ALMS GIVING.
• Dreaming of alms giving depends on the dreamer. Such a dream made by a religious scholar or an erudite man means that he will be conveying his knowledge to others. The same dream made by a ruler means that he will be in charge of more people. To a craftsman it means that he will teach his craft to certain persons, etc.
• Giving sadaqa to the poor: (1) No more worries. (2) No more fear.
• Feeding an atheist: The dreamer is fortifying the enemy.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Gazelle
• Turning into a deer, a buck, or a gazelle: Will enjoy the delights of this world.
• Capturing a gazelle: Inheritance and abundant means.
• Owning a gazelle: God will bless the money the dreamer earns, and he will marry a noble girl.
• Introducing a gazelle in one’s house: (1) If the dreamer is a man: Will marry his daughter to a good person.
(2) If the dreamer is a pregnant woman: Will give birth to a boy.
• Eating venison: Will obtain money from a pretty woman.
• Obtaining a fawn: Will have a boy from a beautiful girl.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Banana
The banana tree symbolizes a rich, pious, and polite person. It is one of the noblest trees.
Seeing bananas in a dream is a particularly good omen, because exception is made for that fruit by the ancient Arabs, regardless of its yellow color, which in other cases always symbolizes disease. It is a good dream even if the bananas are not ripe or taste sour.
• Eating bananas: (1) For a worldly person: Benefits and desires will be fulfilled.
(2) For a religious individual: Stronger faith.
• A banana tree growing in a house: A male child will be born in that house.
Dream interpreter: Various Islamic Scholars
Squirrel
(See Fur) 408
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Ebbing
(See Ship) 138
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Mongoose
(See Weasel) 284
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Soar
(See Kite) 400
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
Surrender
(See Islam) 422
Dream interpreter: Ibn Sirin
