Illness

Illness

Having an illness in a dream represents a sickening character, or a hypocrite. Finding oneself ill in a dream means enjoying good health for that year, or it could mean loss of devotion and lack of piety. If a warrior finds himself sick in a dream, it means that he will be wounded. If one sees his wife sick in a dream, it means that she is negligent of her religious obligations. If a sick person sees himself riding an ox, or a swine in a dream, it means his death. A feverish illness in a dream means pressure caused by a ruler. Feeling sick, or feeling down with an undiagnosed illness in a dream means spending money, or wasting it in ways other than on God's path. In a dream, illness mostly denotes religious disobedience and religious disdain. If one's sick child recovers from an illness in a dream, it means his death. If one sees the entire city suffering from an illness in a dream, it means a war, or a siege. If one sees himself ill in a dream, it also means victory over his enemy and enjoying a happy life. Otherwise, seeing anyone suffering from an illness in a dream means lack of work, and for a rich person it means becoming needy. If a business traveller sees himself ill and desiring something in his dream, it means that his business deal will not fall through, for physicians mostly do not grant their patients their wishes. If a bedridden person sees himself freeing a slave from bondage in a dream, it means his death, for a dead person has no property. Seeing a friend sick in a dream means that one will suffer from the same illness. Illness in a dream also signifies spending money, repentance, prayers, supplications, imploring, while falling in love in a dream means a sickness. Seeing two of one's children sick in a dream means that one may suffer from trachoma or ophthalmia, for one's eyes in a dream represent his children. Illness in a dream means that one has lost something to his adversary. Seeing one's father ill in a dream means having a migraine headache, for one's father in a dream also represents his head. An illness in a dream also signifies falsehood and corruption. If one sees himself suffering from a terminal illness in a dream, it means that his sins will be forgiven, and he will die with God Almighty pleased with him. An illness in a dream also signifies a calamity, distress, fear of something, desiring something, or trouble. The illness of a woman in a dream represents her stepdaughters from her husband. Man's sickness in a dream also could signify abstaining from sexual intercourse with his wife during her menstrual period. The illness of scholars means weakness in their religious adherence. The sickness of a ruler means religious failure, or that he may die in that same year. The illness of a teacher in a dream means separation from his students. The illness of a child in a dream means distress and worries for his parents. The death of a suffering old person, or someone with a terminal illness in a dream means relief. The death of an animal in a dream means lack of benefits. A plague in a dream means drought, or prosperity for physicians as well as for undertakers. Complaining about some pain in a dream means distress unless if the one complaining in the dream is an opponent, then it means victory and joy for the person seeing the dream. (Also see Thief)

Cases

• suffering from an illness in a dream means lack of work
• seeing anyone suffering from an illness in a dream means lack of work
• seeing a friend sick in a dream means that one will suffer from the same illness
• illness in a dream also signifies spending money
• repentance
• prayers
• supplications
• imploring
• falling in love in a dream means a sickness
• seeing two of one's children sick in a dream means that one may suffer from trachoma or ophthalmia
• illness in a dream means that one has lost something to his adversary
• seeing one's father ill in a dream means having a migraine headache
• an illness in a dream also signifies falsehood and corruption
• if one sees himself suffering from a terminal illness in a dream
• an illness in a dream also signifies a calamity
• distress
• fear of something
• desiring something
• trouble

Thief

(Assassin; Illness; Robber) In a dream, a thief represents an illness, deficiency in one's character, or a physical ailment. If the thief is a black man, it means that the illness relates to one's black bile. If the color of his skin is red, then it relates to one's blood. If the color of his skin is yellow, then it relates to his galls. If the color of his skin is white, then it relates to his chest and phlegm. Whatever a thief takes in the dream should be interpreted in relation to the substance of what he took. If he takes nothing from one's house, then it denotes a passing ailment. If one catches the thief, or holds to his shirt in the dream, it means that he knows the cure. A thief in a dream also represents an assassin, the angel of death, a visitor, or someone asking for marriage. If there is a sick person in the house and a thief enters that house in a dream, it means the death of the ailing person. If a thief comes to one's house and takes nothing from it in a dream, it means the recovery of sick person from his illness. A thief in a dream also can be interpreted to represent a cunning person, a deceiver, an adulterer, a hunter, a backbiter, someone who asks for things that do not belong to him, a lion, a snake, a Satan, eavesdropping, or one's mind, desire and passions. If a scholar sees a thief in his dream, it means that he will learn wisdom from an anecdote. A thief in a dream also represents a liar, or the humiliation inflicted upon such a person. (Also see Crocodile; Illness; Robbery)

Cases

• an illness
• deficiency in one's character
• a physical ailment
• an assassin
• the angel of death
• a visitor
• someone asking for marriage
• a cunning person
• a deceiver
• an adulterer
• a hunter
• a backbiter
• someone who asks for things that do not belong to him
• a lion

Crocodile

(Alligator; Thief) A crocodile in a dream represents a policeman. A crocodile in the water in a dream represents a person no one can trust, whether he is a friend or a foe. A crocodile in a dream also represents a thief or an untruthful merchant. If one sees a crocodile pulling him into the water where he kills him in the dream, it means that one will be caught by a policeman who will kill him, then steal his property. If one escapes from the crocodile in the dream, it means that he will escape from such a danger in real life. In general, a crocodile in a dream means insolence, sins, a bandit, unlawful earnings, fear, and depression. It may also mean the end of one's life, portrayed by his drowning. Seeing him in water is bad while seeing him on dry land means that he is weak and humiliated. If a crocodile pulls someone into the waters in a dream, it means that someone in authority will force him to do something he despises. If one sees himself eating the meat or flesh of a crocodile, or if one sees himself dragging a crocodile out of the water in a dream, it means that he will triumph against his enemy or opponent. (Also see Alligator; Policeman; Thief)

Cases

• a crocodile in a dream represents a policeman
• a crocodile in the water in a dream represents a person no one can trust, whether he is a friend or a foe
• a crocodile in a dream also represents a thief or an untruthful merchant
• a crocodile in a dream means insolence, sins, a bandit, unlawful earnings, fear, and depression
• seeing him in water is bad while seeing him on dry land means that he is weak and humiliated

Alligator

An alligator in a dream represents a knowledgeable person who guides people from darkness unto light. (Also see Crocodile)

Cases

• knowledgeable person who guides people from darkness unto light

Policeman

A policeman in a dream represents security and peace, prayers, a secret friendship, a hidden love, protection against Satan or his party, or perhaps he may represent one's guardian dog. A policeman in a dream also represents the angel of death, a fright, or distress. If a policeman brings his helpers with him in a dream, it means a scare, sorrows, sufferings, punishment, or a danger. He also may represent an evil person, a perfidious and a harmful beast or a lion. If someone in authority sees himself befriending a policeman in a dream, it means that he will make a new covenant, or introduce an amendment to the law, or draft a new constitution which he will sign. If one sees himself putting a policeman in prison in a dream, it means that he will engage in a political fight.

Cases

• security and peace
• prayers
• secret friendship
• hidden love
• protection against Satan
• guardian dog
• angel of death
• fright
• distress
• scare
• sorrows
• sufferings
• punishment
• danger
• evil person
• perfidious
• harmful beast
• lion
• new covenant
• introduce an amendment to the law
• draft a new constitution
• putting a policeman in prison
• engage in a political fight

Guardian

(Herder. See Woodcutter)

Woodcutter

In a dream, a woodcutter represents the person in charge of distributing one's inheritance, since it is he who disposes of the dead branches of a tree. In a dream, a woodcutter also represents an agitator, winter profits, eavesdropping, gossip, burdens, or sins.

Cases

• distributing one's inheritance
• agitator
• winter profits
• eavesdropping
• gossip
• burdens
• sins